FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 2, 2020
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Facebook Rejects Blankenship Article
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Don Blankenship released the following statement on Facebook rejecting his article.
On Monday, June 1, I posted an article on Facebook explaining that the video of the Minneapolis police officer choking George Floyd to death was not evidence of racism. My point was that the video was evidence of a murder, not racism.
My Facebook posting went on to explain that the Minneapolis officials had made a mistake when they hesitated to immediately arrest and charge the involved officers. I further explained that their delay in charging the officers may be evidence of racism. My article encouraged other city municipality officers to take note of this Minneapolis mistake and avoid making the same mistake—a mistake that if avoided might prevent the type of civil unrest we are witnessing today.
The point of this post and press release is that I attempted to pay Facebook to boost the Floyd related article. Facebook rejected the request, and as of this posting, they have still not agreed to let me boost the post. Essentially, they are limiting my opportunity to campaign for President and censoring my free speech. All this despite the fact that the article has received a near 100% positive response from readers.
Corporate control of what Americans are allowed to learn is violative of the Constitution. The power of national television networks, news distributors, and social media outlets to censor opinions should frighten all Americans. To a great extent Americans are only allowed to hear what Republican and Democrat candidates say. As a result, these two major parties have a duopoly control of our government.
Facebook is not alone in censoring my messages. Twitter will also not allow me to boost my tweets. But Twitter allowed Trump Jr to falsely refer to me as a felon in one of his tweets just days before the 2018 West Virginia Primary election in which I was a US Senate candidate. Additionally, PRNEWSWIRE, a major news distributor, refuses to distribute any of my press releases.
CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, and literally dozens of other media outlets also called me a felon just days before the 2018 primary election. Major newspapers like the Washington Post and the Boston Globe have also referred to me as a felon knowing full well that the government tried unsuccessfully for five years to convict me of any felony. The media also knows and has kept hidden the truth of the 2010 UBB mine explosion. In response, I have sued these media entities.
The First Amendment is the “first” amendment because without it regular Americans cannot defend the other nine rights that they are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Yet, today no major media outlet will report on anything I publicly release or post. Instead, they continue to argue in federal court that there is no substantial difference between a misdemeanor and a felony.
These same media outlets also say in court filings that they did not intend to damage me, eg to damage my chances of winning a US Senate seat. Americans are apparently supposed to believe that falsely calling US Senate candidates a felon days prior to an election is not meant to cost them votes.
We will see what Facebook does in regard to this article. I will try to boost this post and will let you know whether I am allowed to do so.
You can also watch to see whether any media outlet reports on this post. They will not despite the fact that I am a candidate for President of the United States, and neither Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump have any answers to the problems that are destroying America today.
Don Blankenship
Constitution Party Candidate for US President
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