> It's political censorship disguised at fact checking. If they were really concerned about "fake news", they would apply the same standards to the other side. Remember how just a couple years ago almost all of the major media outlets were pushing a conspiracy theory about "Russian Collusion"? Yet nobody is talking about shutting ABC, CBS, NBC, or MSNBC down, kicking them off cable, or banning them from the internet.
You're misremembering. Russian collusion was an allegation that needed to be investigated because of 1) the actions of Russian intelligence agencies to influence the election in ways advantageous to Trump, and 2) weird things members of the Trump campaign did that were suspicious. However, the major media outlets only reported on that, and it didn't go on to claim that there was actual collusion.
For instance, here's the first page of results from major media outlet search for "Russian collusion" (ending the day before the Mueller report):
> POLITICS Trump Says There Was ‘No Collusion’ With the Russians
> OPINION The Russians Were Involved. But It Wasn’t About Collusion.
> POLITICS Indictment Details Collusion Between Cyberthief and 2 Russian Spies
> OPINION How Will ‘Collusion’ Play in the Midterms?
> OPINION Can We Please Stop Talking About ‘Collusion’?
> OPINION Oh, Wait. Maybe It Was Collusion.
That last piece sounds like it's the closest to saying there was collusion, lets see what it says:
> What remains to be determined is whether the Russians also attempted to suborn members of the Trump team in an effort to gain their cooperation. This is why the investigation by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, is so important.
That's not pushing a conspiracy theory.
On the other hand, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, etc. lied to the extent that they're legitimately worried about the conspiracy theories they were pushing costing them a lot of money from defamation lawsuits:
However, I don't fault you too much for this confusion. There are a lot of liars out there who've found a lot of success "arguing" with false equivalencies to keep their followers loyal to the cause.
You're misremembering. Russian collusion was an allegation that needed to be investigated because of 1) the actions of Russian intelligence agencies to influence the election in ways advantageous to Trump, and 2) weird things members of the Trump campaign did that were suspicious. However, the major media outlets only reported on that, and it didn't go on to claim that there was actual collusion.
For instance, here's the first page of results from major media outlet search for "Russian collusion" (ending the day before the Mueller report):
https://www.nytimes.com/search?dropmab=true&endDate=20190321...
> BRIEFING Judge Doubles Down on Scrutiny of Roger Stone’s Book
> POLITICS Roger Stone’s New Instagram Post and Book Draw Scrutiny After Gag Order
> POLITICS Trump Lawyer ‘Vehemently’ Denies Russian Collusion
> POLITICS ‘Collusion Delusion’: Trump’s CPAC Speech Mocks Mueller Inquiry
> POLITICS Trump Says There Was ‘No Collusion’ With the Russians
> OPINION The Russians Were Involved. But It Wasn’t About Collusion.
> POLITICS Indictment Details Collusion Between Cyberthief and 2 Russian Spies
> OPINION How Will ‘Collusion’ Play in the Midterms?
> OPINION Can We Please Stop Talking About ‘Collusion’?
> OPINION Oh, Wait. Maybe It Was Collusion.
That last piece sounds like it's the closest to saying there was collusion, lets see what it says:
> What remains to be determined is whether the Russians also attempted to suborn members of the Trump team in an effort to gain their cooperation. This is why the investigation by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, is so important.
That's not pushing a conspiracy theory.
On the other hand, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, etc. lied to the extent that they're legitimately worried about the conspiracy theories they were pushing costing them a lot of money from defamation lawsuits:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/business/fox-smartmatic-news-...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/05/media/lou-dobbs-fox-show-canc...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/02/03/newsmax-mike-...
However, I don't fault you too much for this confusion. There are a lot of liars out there who've found a lot of success "arguing" with false equivalencies to keep their followers loyal to the cause.