Google Faces Pushback As It Censors Independent Media
Google is facing intense backlash over its censorship and revenue starvation of independent media on both the left and the right.
Alex Jones apparently dedicated his most recent show to the issue:
But it's far from only controversial channels on the right being penalized by Google, which owns YouTube. David Pakman, a progressive newscaster who has been associated with The Young Turks in the past, has also been hit hard. He told The New York Times his revenue on YouTube has dipped to as low as 6 cents per day, at a time when his show's monthly operation costs are at least US $20,000.
Watch our full discussion on Google's censorship battle below: