{"id":25255,"date":"2022-10-31T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=25255"},"modified":"2022-11-10T09:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:45:02","slug":"media-scroll-starring-elon-musk-jon-stewart-and-bill-maher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2022\/10\/media-scroll-starring-elon-musk-jon-stewart-and-bill-maher.html","title":{"rendered":"Media Scroll starring Elon Musk, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10\/31\/22<\/strong><\/h3>\n

From CNBC<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>Thierry Breton, EU commissioner for the internal market, said Twitter will have to \u201cfly by our rules\u201d after Elon Musk\u2019s $44 billion purchase of the company<\/strong>.<\/em>
\nIMHO: <\/strong>The EU can do what it wants. In the US we respect free speech. Twitter should be treated as a utility providing regular folks the same opportunity to have their voices heard as politicians, media oligarchs and celebrities. You think the world is flat. I think that’s misinformation but have at it. The same goes for what ever your thoughts might be on vaccines, election security, gender debates or what have you. Of course, there needs to be a few very basic rules. Here are my humble suggestions.
\n1. No threats to individuals or groups.
\n2. No coordinated or targeted harassment of any individual or group.
\n3. No use of actual hate terms (i.e. the N word), particularly those aimed at racial, ethnic, religious or sexual groups. Make a list of what they are and simply don’t allow their use. But keep it tight enough so that every utterance of disagreement isn’t labeled hate speech. Not everything’s a “code word.”
\n4. No cursing (i.e. the F word). I know that notion sounds quaint but it’s the flippant use of such words that inevitably drives down the quality of discourse. The bottom line is that Twitter should be about expressing ideas not name calling.<\/p>\n

From the New York Post<\/strong><\/a>: Comedian and liberal icon Jon Stewart slammed Hunter Biden\u2019s past role serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy firm as \u201ccorruption straight up off the bat.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/strong>Here’s a discussion of the that on Fox News. The pertinent portion begins at the 1:57 mark.<\/p>\n