![]() This writer submitted a message through the r/coronavirus subreddit directly to the moderators pointing to the decisive role being played by the WSWS in combatting the discredited “Wuhan Lab” conspiracy theory, and this message resulted in the following six-word response “ Nope, but thanks for the feedback.” Yet the moderators of the r/coronavirus subreddit have refused to lift their blacklist. Gordon wrote the September 8, 2002, article in the New York Times that falsely asserted that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seeking to build a nuclear weapon-was shared by at least 29 journalists on Twitter.Īmong the publications that reporters who shared this article on Twitter write for are Nature, Forbes, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone and the Sydney Morning Herald. In light of the recent campaign by the WSWS to expose the revival by the US corporate media and political establishment of the discredited “Wuhan Lab” theory-which has been shared widely on Twitter and been supported by leading scientists and epidemiologists-the continuation of the ban by Reddit moderators on r/coronavirus is a blatant attempt to stop our views and analysis from reaching the members of the forum.įor example, the WSWS article written by Andre Damon on June 1 entitled, “Author of Wall Street Journal ‘Wuhan Lab’ story wrote lies about ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’”-which exposed the fact that Michael R. While our daily readership continues to climb internationally, the original, unique and consistently accurate reporting and analysis of the WSWS-especially on the subject of the coronavirus pandemic-has become increasingly influential and is playing a direct role in shaping public views on the topic Secondly the argument that the World Socialist Web Site is not a “reliable source” or “a reliable news organization” or a “recognized institution” is completely false. In the first place, the argument that only links from a “non-political source” are permitted is entirely illegitimate given that links shared freely from the capitalist media such as the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal on the forum are in fact “dedicated mostly to political coverage.” The real purpose of this language from Reddit moderators is McCarthyism-i.e., banning of left-wing and socialist ideas from being shared and discussed on the subreddit. ![]() If possible, please re-submit with a link to a reliable or non-political source, such as a reliable news organization or an recognized institution.” “Your submission has been automatically removed because the linked source may not be reliable or may be dedicated mostly to political coverage. Content from the World Socialist Web Site remains blacklisted and blocked from being shared on some of the most popular discussion forums on the social news aggregation website Reddit.Īmong the Reddit forums-known as subreddits-that have banned the posting of article links from are r/coronavirus with 2.4 million members and r/politics with 7.6 million members.Ĭontent moderators of these subreddits have blacklisted the World Socialist Web Site without explanation and refused to respond to multiple WSWS exposures of the ban as political censorship and the demand that it be lifted.Īny attempt to post articles from the WSWS on the r/coronavirus subreddit returns the following message:
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