Notice how Facebook has the audacity to insert post-election adverts for Biden onto ALL Team Trump’s postings!! To any reasonable-minded person, added to its recent censoring on behalf of the Biden family, constitutes blatant proof of political bias!
For those new to this blog, William Koenig is one of my prime sources during the last two decades. An independent editor/journalist accredited with and based in the White House, he closely monitors key world indicators from a perspective of Bible prophecy.
News at 13:00 GMT London = 08:00 EST Washington (thus Sunday’s web- page):
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In his weekly Koenig’s Eye-view From The White House published Friday evening 6th November, Bill refers to and provides links to information on past electronic and mail-in manipulation of electoral votes by Democrats…
Inside the White House
U.S. Presidential Election Insight
‘I can still not see Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being sworn in as the president and the vice president. Maybe that will happen, but this election is not over. We must keep praying for God to intervene and continue to pray for His eternal plan and will in this situation. Also, Praying for the peace that only Christ can give.
‘We have never had an administration more favorable to evangelicals. Millions prayed for President Trump’s re-election. The enthusiasm and excitement in event after event was enormous.
‘The Democrats tried to remove President Trump from the day he was elected. There have been lies, deception, fraud and sedition, all being facilitated by the majority of the U.S. media.
‘The Trump factor helped Republicans gain House seats and senators get re-elected despite false polls of mainstream media
‘The most Hispanics and blacks ever voted for a Republican presidential candidate.
‘Trump’s constant emphasis of socialism and violence led to important gains in the House in a rebuke to socialism and defunding of the police. The Senate results were also exceptional for Republicans.
‘Does President Trump have a plan to expose voter fraud through electronic manipulation and mail ballots?
‘I know the experts advising the White House on how electronic manipulation works. I spent an hour with one of the top national experts in August. They know the names of the companies, how it is done and who is behind it. It is complicated. If anybody would expose this, it would be President Trump.
‘President Trump may be letting everything play out with the final vote count while putting things in place to challenge the results and then let it rip. He also could be allowing the media and others to set themselves up.
Electronic Vote Count Manipulation
‘The following is a video interview of General Thomas McInerny (retired) by Steve Bannon.
‘Below the McInerny interview are details on the Hammer and Scorecard vote manipulation vehicle.
‘Steve Bannon interviews General Thomas McInerny (retired) on voter fraud and ‘The Hammer’ And ‘Scorecard’ – https://streamable.com/502nww(Note: This video was removed this afternoon for violating terms of service. Obviously, due to the important content.)
‘Election commissions receive mail-in ballots, which are susceptible to vote dumping.
‘Counting: Three pieces of paper. The main envelope, the envelope with the ballot and then the ballot. Once recorded, it is hard to reverse the vote. Not allowing Republican vote observers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and Michigan is corruption.
‘Not requiring states to have the votes in their possession on election day also leads to fraud. Where ballots can show up to make up the vote differences. I know of cases in Southern California, New Mexico, Florida and Minnesota where Republicans were defeated by late arriving ballots that were fraudulent. They all found that once those ballots were recorded, to remove and/or reverse them can be complicated, legally challenging and costly.
‘Counting mail-in votes prior to the election facilitates election day results. That should be legally required.’
Read also by clicking images (thanks Chris Moyler & Jonathan Ely):
Koenig’s World Watch Daily is one of my prime sources during the last two decades. An independent editor/journalist accredited with and based in the White House, Bill Koenig closely monitors key world indicators from a perspective of Bible prophecy.
Cont’d from Part 1: This very highly selective sample indicates there’s a lot of discussion about US vote-rigging, but we look forward to emergence of supportive evidence of deep-state corruption. So please weigh and watch for purpose of testing…
You may recall my report of personally encountering Facebook censorship after blogging a week or so earlier of its blocking reports of Joe Biden’s questionable financial dealings, some of which involve China?
Well, the proverbial stuff continues to hit the fan and, although engaged elsewhere (ie NOT locked down!!) I’ve managed to collect snippets from Fb friends and am breaking into our long weekend so that readers can be aware of a little of what’s going on ‘behind the scenes’.
These items are presented in roughly chronological order but, in view of time constraints, I can’t provide links; BUT LAST SHALL BE FIRST and in my humble opinion THIS IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF US ELECTIONS’ UPHEAVAL – ie. this explains the whole farago:
NOW for the roughly chronological sequence, NB: I broke Fb’s communitystandards and thus got blocked in posting a link to the following Natural News item on Chris Moyler’s Fb:
This exceptionally interesting historic week is a testing ground of prophecy…
The world thinks Donald Trump may be a poor loser unable to accept the democratic process and threatening to fall back on legal procedures and judgement. But let us not overlook the fact that throughout the last four years he’s withstood vicious calumnies (directed by ‘deep-state’ and the Obama-Soros ‘Organization For Action’?) that were legally proven to be unfounded.
As theologian and professor Wayne Grudem writes in his paper I quoted in Part 4:
“…Few human beings would have the courage and strength of character to persist in the face of such overwhelmingly hostile mainstream news coverage. And he has not done this while avoiding the press but has held 17 solo press conferences and 44 joint press conferences in 3 ½ years (as of July 20th) 80 plus numerous less formal interchanges…
“In addition, he has done all this while enduring 3 ½ years of “resistance” by a massive special counsel investigation (that came to nothing), impeachment by the House (that came to nothing), and numerous nationwide injunctions against his executive orders issued by individual US District Court judges. In this context, Trump’s resolute pursuit of the policies on which he campaigned seems to me to be commendable.”
THEREFORE, as the Lord is the God of Righteousness and Justice, then it may well be the best course of action for the incumbent president to resort to legal challenges if the result is still in the balance and the eventual outcome is unfavourable. (Further Reading links below will help)
And as blogged personally, you and I are now only too well aware of social-media chicanery and mendacity, so it’s not beyond reason that fraudulent voting has taken place.
1st PROPHECY – 26th September
NOTE what was prophesied six weeks ago (click image for link to original) that the greatest battle for America will take place in the Supreme Court of the United States:.
I heard the Lord say, “Watch Pennsylvania, yes watch and see what I will do. I say to the intercessors, stand as watchers and as pillars of the state and pray Pennsylvania through in the election for it will be the key that opens the flood gate for the nation to be delivered from destruction. For America hangs in the balance and I have placed upon the shoulders of this state the key to victory that will close the door to the enemy that seeks to destroy the land of liberty. I say look and see, I have laid a keystone within you America, yes a tested stone, a white stone, a precious cornerstone state, a sure foundation where the bell of liberty will ring once again. I will cause a sound to ring out from you, a sound of Triumph from my Trumpet. For you are my Key-Stone that I have set in the hand of the church to take down the giant in this hour. The giant that seeks to devour this nation, but he will fall and his body will cause the ground to quake in the city of brotherly love. Yes the ground will quake in the city founded by the Quakers. I will shake Pennsylvania by my power and corruption will surface for all to see, but the one who believes will be unshakable, the one I have set in place will not be moved.“
Immediately upon seeing its title and text yesterday I got a Holy Spirit buzz in realising the direct connection between both words AND saw therein the Lord’s implicit reference to the importance of His Law, His Book and His Heart for the origin of the establishment of the United States of America. Also, I was strongly reminded of the relevance of President Trump meeting early in his term with Prime Minister Theresa May, as told in Prophetical Significance of PM May’s Speech in Philadelphia – and with historical overtones!
That is, BOTH WORDS ARE BASED UPON AND CENTERED UPON THE SOURCE OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW!! AND AT THE ROOT OF ITS COMMON LAW IS SAXON ENGLAND’S MAGNA CARTA – THE BASIS OF WHICH CAME FROM KING ALFRED THE GREAT’S LAWS BASED UPON BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES!
On 4th July 1776 the British colonialists’ congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, capital city of Pennsylvania. (The date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.)
As reported yesterday in Daily Telegraph:
CONCLUSION
If the upheaval over the American presidential election does proceed to the Supreme Court, then I conclude it is a clear sign of the Lord getting America back to its Bible-based roots and starting over again from a spiritually sound foundation. AND that means demolishing demonic strongholds, does it not?
Hence the deeply spiritual dynamic of this momentous battle!
Further Reading:
The Telegraph View and Allister Heath offer sound analysis and insights:
PPS >Why ‘The Keystone State’?
Pennsylvania’s essential role in the founding of the United States earned it the nickname, the “Keystone State.” The term “keystone” comes from architecture and refers to the central, wedge-shaped stone in an arch, which holds all the other stones in place. During the early days of our nation, Pennsylvania held a key position geographically, economically, and politically.
Today the keystone is a popular symbol of Pennsylvania — it’s even used as an official symbol of Pennsylvania state government. Each Pennsylvania state agency has its own variation of the keystone as its logo.
After comparing ex-president Obama’s and his successor’s opposite traits of anti- and pro-Christian respectively in Is Donald Trump’s Heart For The Kingdom? I could have made a 4th ‘Dismantling Obama’s Legacy’ sub-header in its Part 2.
Part 1 drew attention to Trump’s dealing with the Nigerian President over Christian persecution, viz:
UPON RETURNING TO MY PERSONAL FACEBOOK I NOTICED WHAT I’D DONE HAS BEEN INEXPLICABLY CHANGED
After publishing the previous post at 10:15 I hit Share button to pop it onto my Facebook profile. Its picture promptly appeared (as below, I inserted a comment from the blog).:
Upon revisiting FB around coffee-time I was surprised to find it had been changed to:
THIS IS EVIDENCE FACEBOOK MONITOR AND, IF CRITICISED, THEY THEN CENSOR & CHANGE THE CONTENT!!!!!!
I’M SO HONOURED IN FB TREATING ME LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!
What’s more, a Fb friend had already but inadvertently given me a forewarning when replying to a comment I’d made on his latest posting. Chris Moyler says,
“FB dumped my detailed reply here, as I tried to include a picture. You change screens for a moment, and everything is flushed away! Deeply fed up!!!”
LOL – they’ve now deleted a comment I’d put to the original FB entry; so now state:
“MY PREVIOUS COMMENT HAS BEEN DELETED WHEREIN I DREW ATTENTION TO THE ABOVE IMAGE BEING CHANGED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION !!!”
There’s extensive, heated discussion on the upcoming US election [2020], and of which my fellow ‘watcher’ John Barber’s Trumpwatch 35: Crunch Times presents an honest, balanced viewpoint.
According to Professor Wayne Grudem, author of the huge tome Systematic Theology on my bookshelf, “every time viewers heard a negative evaluation of Biden, they heard 158 negative evaluations of Trump. For every positive statement they heard about Trump, they heard 18 negative statements” (emphases mine). He doesn’t cite his source but we’ll revisit his opinion later.
Personally, after hearing the Lord say “This is all about to be fulfilled” upon opening my Bible 12 years ago (as recounted in The Endgame is Now in Play), I began paying close attention to events in the Middle-East, especially those related to Bible prophecy. Also, I began emailing some friends and church leaders in order to keep them appraised of the situation. This included monitoring American involvement through weekly reports from a Christian editor based in the White House. Things took a fascinating, surprising turn of direction with January 2017’s change in the US administration.
Yet politics turns most Christians in Britain off because of its nature and public distrust of politicians. However, biased mainstream media makes us not only uninformed – even accepting media’s deceptions – but also disables our grasp of how the Lord and His servants are working behind the scenes. Moreover, much as I respect church leaders, too few appreciate the prophetic.
UNEASE OVER TRUMP – MY CHALLENGE
Consequently, pastors are prone to dismiss prophetic insights, as have national prayer and healing ministry leaders I’ve known! After circulating the video of Trump declaring Jesus Christ is more famous than himself to some local leaders, I got a gentle rebuke in some useful depth from one who cites two scriptures relating to his unease over Trump, and encourages me to look carefully at the fruit of his words, attitudes, values and actions, viz: “I have to say that I struggle to see the values of Jesus or a heart for His Kingdom in what I have seen over the years.”
This is not surprising as he readily admits to not being well-informed on politics and, in view of Trump’s seemingly peculiar character, his cynicism is most understandable. He offers, “I suspect that many have done this for votes or political advantage – and few have actually been in submission to God and on His side. I pray that Trump and Biden both get to this place, and that God’s will is done and His Kingdom comes in the US election.”
We can stand in agreement and I say a definite ‘AMEN’ to his closing prayer! Even so, I can’t let the opportunity go by without sharing some facts for the sake of being better informed.
So I sent a short briefing based upon what I’d already said by email with that video: “In thirty five years watching events relating to Bible prophecy, and involvement in the prophetic for the latter half of that time, plus keeping close tabs on US administrationssince 2009, I do not recall being so blessed with how the Lord graciously used me as this week.”
I since realise my reply, expanded by some post-2009 observations, may be of some help to my readers on both sides of ‘the Pond’.
First, the criticisms based upon:
BRIEFING 1 – re. Scripture
“These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” (Matt 15:8) – Reply: “This can refer to Democrats’ leaders Obama and Biden (supposedly Catholic yet a RC bishop of Tennessee asks of Biden, “At your judgment before God, how will you explain changing your position about abortion and how will you explain promoting no limits and allowing all protections removed protecting the most innocent? Will you tell God you supported the ultimate child abuse because of the American Constitution?”)”
“By their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matt 7:16) – Reply: “Some is obvious in Trump’s attempting to return Kingdom values back into public life (eg his Pro-life stance and his supporting ‘March For Life’) and nomination of Amy Barrett for a Supreme Justice, as well as furthering Father’s prophesied purposes for the state of Israel.”
BRIEFING 2 – re. President OBAMA
May 2009 – Early in his first term Obama met Netanyahu to discuss the latter’s 2-state solution for the Middle-East….involved attempts to turn the Arab world and Europe against Israel, and to appease Iran – even to ‘blackmailing’ Israel over its nuclear defence! (Obama wanted to be able to use Iran’s territory for supplying US troops in Afghanistan/Pakistan.) Also, there’s been dismay in Cairo and Riyadh over his courting the terrorist mentors in Teheran. No wonder Egypt and S.Arabia – both kept militarily informed by Israel – and five Gulf emirates turned a deaf ear to Obama’s secret (and 3rd) delegation seeking hundreds of billions dollars investment in US and global economic stimulus plans! That weekend a political furore gripped Washington and frayed Obama’s key policies.
June 2009 – Obama’s infamous Cairo speech to Muslim world included delegates from the banned Muslim Brotherhood who were invited at Obama’s specific request against president Mubarak’s wishes. I express reservations about his claims as a Christian and historian as he negated known facts and gave an Arabic and Palestinian narrative!
These indicated Obama’s direction of travel in being thoroughly anti-Israel, getting MB members in his administration (as well as throwing pres Mubarak ‘under a bus’ and creating a diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia!) and courting the terrorist regime of Iran.
He was also plainly anti-Christian in taking no action whatsoever against Islamist violence against Nigerian Christians; wanting American black churches to turn away from Biblical principles of marriage; promoting and celebrating lgbt and same-sex marriage nationally and globally; increasing accessibility of abortions and making US overseas financial dependent upon receiving countries introducing legislation to facilitate abortion (Ie. modern-day practice of abominable child sacrifice in worship to false-god Molech.)
During his 2016 campaign, REUTERS STOPPED RECORDING on Sunday (4 Sept) as Donald Trump received a standing ovation at a black churchand praise from African-American Bishop Wayne T. Jackson in Detroit. As Pastor Jackson presented Trump with a Hebrew shawl (tallit), a Jewish Bible, and offered his prayers, the black audience cheered and clapped. As a Reuters cameraman became suddenly aware of the strong impact of the moment, a voice is heard off-camera saying, “He’s getting a shawl!” The cameraman then says, “I’m shooting this, I don’t care what they say….I’ll take a demotion for this“ – but the feed got cut!
Just before his inauguration The Times interviewed Donald Trump with Tory party MP and ex-leader of the Brexit campaign, Michael Gove and reported: ‘Britain and America will get a new trade deal “done quickly and done properly”, Donald Trump said on Sunday night as he promised he would help make Brexit great. The US president-elect praised Britain for voting to leave the European Union, saying: “People, countries, want their own identity, and the UK wanted its own identity”. (emphasis mine)
It’s not so much that Trump trashes Obama’s ‘mobster-style’ threat, made during his visit to support ex-PM Cameron, to send Britain “to the back of the queue” in trade negotiations if we to vote to get out of the EU…more that Trump’s incisive remark about Britons wanting our own identity tallies so closely with a four years-old prophetic word brought by Revd Dr Sharon Stone. His remark demonstrates that, both nations’ new and radically different leadership that’s come into office through exceptionally unusual circumstances, IS ALIGNING WITH THE LORD’S STATED PURPOSES AND DESTINY FOR OUR NATIONS. (Fulfilled Prophecy #15)
Prayer played a major role in the inauguration of Donald Trump. The ceremony featured six religious leaders, more than any other inauguration in history. The list included Paula White, one of his spiritual advisors, Rev. Franklin Graham, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Rabbi Marvin Hier, and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson.
‘African-American religious and political leaders lay their hands on Donald Trump as they pray for him at a White House reception to mark Black History Month. The US president vowed to deliver ‘abundant’ equal opportunities for all.’
And check out Trump’s dealing with the Nigerian President over Christian persecution:
“There is great hope with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. They will need our prayers daily because the tasks at hand are enormous and very serious. I rejoice at the change because it has been very tough being in the White House press corps the last eight years.
“I am ready for greater involvement in the pressroom and keeping you up-to-date on what is taking place behind the scenes. Fortunately,Trump, Pence, Conway, Priebus, Bannon, Spicer and the nominees are very pro-Christian, pro-Evangelical and pro-Israel. This is truly a new day for believers in Yeshua.”
FOOTNOTES:
IS DONALD TRUMP’s HEART FOR THE KINGDOM? – THE SERIES:
Sean Feucht of Missoula, Montana, describes himself as “Husband, father, missionary, musician, speaker, author and founder of a grassroots global worship, prayer and missions organization; Burn 24/7….His lifelong quest and dream is to witness a generation of burning hearts arise across the nations of the world with renewed faith, vision and sacrificial pursuit after the Presence of God.”…
Further to my being alerted in the middle of one night about masks being only one step away from introducing the Mark of the Beast, or trial-run, or ‘grooming‘ as confirmed by Gilad Rosinger, here are some items to keep you informed on the disputed issues:
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Published July, updated Oct 2020: click for Swiss Policy Report
Click to read Telegraph article (paywall: first month free)
For ease of reference, here are previous items in chronological order on progress in fulfillment of Veronika West’s prophecy of ‘falling giants’ which, in my humble opinion, crosses over with that on whistle-blowers:
My readers in the UK may be interested in a couple of reports that bring this American issue nearer to home because of Facebook and Twitter’s unwarranted twisting of public debate. Those to whom this is new will find Cranmer’s introduction useful:
‘There is something rather sinister going on at Twitter. Readers will recall the daily news being full of serious allegations of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign in order to influence (allegedly) the 2016 election. They may also recall the Steele dossier which was the foundation of the allegations, and how this led to an attempt to impeach President Trump, which failed.
‘Did anyone have any difficulty reading full details of the allegations on social media? The mainstream media on both sides of the Atlantic were awash with material about it, and it only it petered out when US Attorney General Barr released his report which found that the foundation of the allegations were murkily enmeshed with Hillary Clinton’s election campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The Steele dossier was discredited but it had served its purpose. Continue reading →
The video gives Donald Trump’s opening shot to an exceptional speech and declaration from any world leader as he points heavenward saying,
“But you know…we still need help from the Boss! We need help from the Boss – that’s what I think – we need help (…applause…) Yeah, we need help….Now they’ll criticise me for saying that: ‘How dare he say that! How dare he say that!’ Nah, I’ll say it…I’ll say it!
“Somebody said to me the other day, ‘You’re the most famous person in the world by far’. I said ‘No I’m not, no I’m not!’ they said, ‘Yes you are’; I said ‘No!’; they said, ‘Who’s more famous?’ I said, ‘Jesus Christ!’ (…applause…) I’m not taking any chances…Hey, I’m NOT having any argument – Jesus Christ…I guarantee…”
This marvellous declaration brings Jesus’ own words to mind, and upon checking them the Lord drew my attention to the import of their context within Matthew 10:
Jesus Teaches the Fear of God
27“Whatever I tell you in the dark,speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But ratherfear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in[h]hell.29 Are not twosparrows sold for a[i]copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Confess Christ Before Men
32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men,him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.”
Christ Brings Division
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.35 For I have come to‘set…” [A personally poignant paragraph follows that the Lord gave me in answer to what was happening in mid-90’s.]
Version in Luke 12 makes this acknowledgement even wider: 8“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Mebefore men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.9 But he whodenies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 10 “Andanyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.”
PS. 28 Oct: This post is an astonishing ‘God-incidental’ demonstration of Deuteronomy 19:15 (a matter is established by two or three witnesses) because of its almost simultaneous publication in the afternoon of Monday 20th October with one from Veronika West. That morning I’d checked the specific scripture covering this video. It was strongly impressed upon me to quote it in context AND to use both Gospel variants: ie. add what Jesus says about ‘fear of God,’ as well as ‘before the angels’, in honouring those who confess Him.
Hence, my astonishment to discover (after posting this) Veronika had just posted Angel Armies on Assignment in America – AND it closes with ‘…the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord…’ !!!
The previous post relating to the prophecy on falling giants in USA and Facebook getting its come-uppance for suppressing the New York Post’s article on the Biden family corruption, raised confirmatory contributions from readers in New Zealand..!
First, as mentioned at close of that blog, is this from Alex Alexander highlighting Fb’s global control of free expression (emphasis mine):
“That is a very important word to me as elections on now in NZ. Facebook banned an entire political party called Advance NZ. Two days ago. They have had to take out full page advertisements in newspapers. (Emphasis RB).”
His compatriot Phil View responds at the foot of the urgent word Neil Mackereth brings …Next 40 days are critical:
“Alex, I feel that Christian Conservatism took an absolute battering in the election. We trust in God…Just another thought, but I have never in my lifetime seen an election where the media covered for Government as has just happened. A university politics lecturer raised concerns with me a couple of weeks ago about the mass manipulation of New Zealanders by Jacinda Ardern. He was proven right last night. A client told me last week he was so concerned about what is going on he is shifting his investments out of New Zealand. It will be interesting to see where we are at in 40 days.”
Moreover, I never forget hearing the late great End-times teacher of Australia, Barry Smith, frequently speaking of New Zealand as being the “globalist’s guinea pig” – as it’s hidden away outside the wider world’s close attention! Continue reading →
Friday’s centre-pages op-ed of the Daily Telegraph and its World News section did not fail to grab my attention in view of my Newsflash: update on ‘whistleblowers’, as in one of Veronika West’s prophecy in its preceding post and in “giants will fall” – especially as an appropriate follow-on to my recent posts here and here on Facebook’s censorship (blocking my blog of John Barber’s Book of Daniel – his ‘badge of honour – Jonathan Ely’s post on Chinese whistle-blower virologist as well as Veronika West’s prayers for Trump).
‘HAVE you read the latest about Joe Biden, his son Hunter and the whiff of scandal? No, you probably haven’t, because the story has been whipped off social media faster than you can say “Left-wing conspiracy”.
‘No wonder there’s outrage. It took 16 years after founding Facebook for Mark Zuckerberg to decide that posts denying the Holocaust should be banned. But a Biden-bashing scoop gets zapped in seconds. Of course many are fulminating about the latest flagrant example of new media’s anti-conservative bias…’
Nick Allen, the DT’s Washington correspondent, opens his report (emphases mine),
‘Facebook’s Sir Nick Clegg was involved in the controversial decision to reduce the social media distribution of a New York Post story which was based on the alleged emails of Joe Biden‘s son. [RB: when leader of the Liberal Democrat party Clegg was co-Prime Minister with David Cameron.]
‘The decision, which has caused uproar with less than three weeks to the US election, was lambasted as politically motivated censorship by senior Republicans, who accused Facebook of “acting as Joe Biden’s PR team”.
‘Facebook’s move was announced on Wednesday by its policy communications director, Andy Stone.
‘It is understood that the vast majority of decisions on content moderation at Facebook are made automatically by artificial intelligence or comparatively low-paid contract workers. However, a small number of cases, which are considered culturally, socially, or politically sensitive, are escalated through a chain of executives. They go through the vice-president of content policy, and the vice-president of global public policy, and then to Sir Nick, vice-president of global affairs and communications.
‘It is not known who would have taken the ultimate decision in either of the recent cases.
‘The Telegraph understands that even decisions about posts by Mr Trump no longer always require Mr Zuckerberg’s sign-off, because the company has now had enough experience at moderating the president. A spokesman for Facebook declined to say what part Sir Nick played in the decision.
‘The row over Facebook’s role came after the New York Post published details from Hunter Biden’s purported emails, including his business dealings in Ukraine and China, along with personal photographs that included one showing Hunter asleep with a crack pipe…
Nick Allen concludes,
‘The president (Trump) suggested repealing section 230, a law that protects social media companies from being sued over content posted on their platforms.
‘Announcing the action on the New York Post article, Mr Stone said: “This story is eligible to be fact-checked by Facebook’s third-party fact checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform.”
‘Jack Dorsey, chief executive of Twitter, said his company’s handling of the situation had been “unacceptable”.
‘He said: “Our communication around our actions on the New York Post article was not great.”
‘Josh Hawley, a Republican senator, said he wanted Facebook and Twitter to answer questions in Congress over the controversy.
‘He said: “It’s basically Big Tech versus democracy. These tech companies want to control what we read. They want to control journalists in this country. They want to control the news and we just can’t let them.”
In this connection Alex Alexander highlights Fb’s global control of free expression:
“‘Emmanuel is with us’ That is a very important word to me as elections on now in NZ. Facebook banned an entire political party called Advance NZ. Two days ago. They have had to take out full page advertisements in newspapers. (Emphasis RB) Praise the I AM.”
PS:
PPS:..
‘A Tennessee Catholic bishop asked Joe Biden on Sunday how he will account to God for his support of killing innocent unborn babies in abortions. Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee has not been shy about criticizing the Democrat presidential candidate. Biden claims to be a devout Catholic, but he supports abortions without restriction and wants to force taxpayers to pay for them. He and his vice presidential running mate, Kamala Harris, are being described as the most pro-abortion presidential ticket in history.
‘On Sunday, Stika posed an open question to Biden on Twitter.
“At your judgment before God, how will you explain changing your position about abortion and how will you explain promoting no limits and allowing all protections removed protecting the most innocent?” the bishop asked. “Will you tell God you supported the ultimate child abuse because of the American Constitution?” click to continue reading
A commentator on a Facebook item about the effect of Covid-19 and lockdowns took me to task after having inserted a link to my post on the scandalous scientific fraud exposed by Dr Yan’s team of virologists. He pointed to an article about why it’s better for Christians to avoid conspiracy theories. However, that team’s research and finding do not fall in that category – but was I expecting too much for a critic to have read their full report before leveling any judgement?? Also, we believers DO need to use our rational, intellectual capabilities for examining issues – after all we’re to be judges in Father’s Kingdom.