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Did MoveOn.org and BarackObama.com Promote Hate Speech?
The American Thinker ^
| 6/12/12
| William A. Levinson
Posted on 06/12/2012 9:58:56 AM PDT by Winged Hussar
The answer to this question depends on how much responsibility a moderated discussion forum has to exclude racist, anti-Semitic, and other forms of hate speech. MoveOn.org and BarackObama.com have both argued that, as anybody can post anything to their discussion forums, they are not responsible for the content.
"Exercise of editorial control" was, on the other hand, the doctrine under which Prodigy was held legally responsible for libelous material that somebody posted on a discussion board over which Prodigy exercised such control, although Congress later passed legislation to mitigate or eliminate civil liability in such cases. The bottom line is, however, that it has been proven beyond any doubt that both MoveOn.org and BarackObama.com exercised editorial control over their forums, but failed to remove hate speech even worse than what one might find at the Stormfront White Nationalist Community.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: moveonorg; obama; sharpton
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To: Winged Hussar
Do bears defecate in the wooded areas?
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06/12/2012 10:02:43 AM PDT
by
History Repeats
(If Obama had a son, he'd have his picture hanging on the wall of the Post office wanted board.)
To: Winged Hussar
When liberals are haters the press turns a blind eye...
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06/12/2012 11:03:13 AM PDT
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GOPJ
(Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
To: Winged Hussar; sickoflibs
MoveOn.org was called out in 2006 for its alleged toleration of hate speech, including the epithet "Jew Lieberman," on its prized Action Forum. MoveOn's damage control claimed that (1) right-wing operatives planted the hate speech to embarrass MoveOn.org, and (2) MoveOn.org removed the hate speech as soon as it came to MoveOn's attention. They came up with this excuse because that's what they do ... fake letters, fake comments, fake people - liberals are liars...
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06/12/2012 11:18:18 AM PDT
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GOPJ
(Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
To: SJackson
MoveOn.org was called out in 2006 for its alleged toleration of hate speech, including the epithet "Jew Lieberman," on its prized Action Forum. MoveOn's damage control claimed that (1) right-wing operatives planted the hate speech to embarrass MoveOn.org, and (2) MoveOn.org removed the hate speech as soon as it came to MoveOn's attention. They came up with this excuse because that's what they do ... fake letters, fake comments, fake people - liberals are liars...
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06/12/2012 11:19:20 AM PDT
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GOPJ
(Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
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