Joseph Vazquez - Associate Editor MRC (Media Research Center) Joins Houston Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, it is now five point fifty two. So
Mark Zuckerberg, as you know, had an attack of conscience.
Some people called it as He wrote a letter to
Jim Jordan last week saying that, yeah, you know all
of that censorship we did on COVID information, and you
know the whole thing about block and the the Biden
laptop from getting out there and all that stuff. Yeah,
the Biden Harris, Sorry I did that.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, We're so sorry.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
But we were pushed, we were pressured, we were we
were coerced maybe by the Biden administration to do it. Now, Zuckerberg, well,
let's let's just check in. There's a great piece in
the American Thinker about Mark Zuckerberg, and he's got the
best seat in the house to know what's going on
within the social media circles and whether or not they
can be trusted to share, to allow information to be shared.

(00:45):
Joseph Asquez, associated editor with MRC and Media Research Center,
joining us Joseph.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Good morning, good morning, Thanks for having me.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, it's good to have you. So do you trust
anything you hear from Mark Zuckerberg after he played such
a huge role willingly in the with his sucker Bucks
and the outcome of the twenty twenty election.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Heck no, I mean, you know, you just said that
he had an attack of conscience. I see, had more
of a cover your rear end type of situation because
he knows that the administrations might change within a couple
of months, and who knows that, you know, President Trump
may actually do some investigating into a big text role
and you know, inventoring people who you know. The point is,
the point is that Zuckerber can read the Tea League

(01:26):
like it's not as you know, you know, he knows
he's not going to be able to get away with this,
you know he and the thing is like, he's just
admitting it now. I mean, okay, well thanks, But four
years after the fact, four or three years after the
fact that you're admitting the obvious, everyone knew that you
were censoring people, you know at the you know, at
the beheads of government officials who are trying to manipulate

(01:47):
the election and then also manipulate the narrative on COVID nineteen.
I mean, come on, give me a break. I mean,
he knew exactly what he was doing. And it's also
also convenient the fact that this that this decision to
all of a sudden right may at KOPA came after
the Murphy v. Missouri case before the Supreme Court, where
Louisiana and Missouri were literally suing the Biden administration for

(02:09):
coercing big tech platforms the sensor on its behalf and
the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Biden administration.
And I'm like, where was this letter? Then? When was
this letter?

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Then?

Speaker 2 (02:18):
When when arguments were being made, Why couldn't Zuckerberger metaphil
and amarchust brief or something like that to help support
the state's case.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, do you really want to If you really want
to right, you're wrong? Why didn't you do it then?

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Exactly? So the thing is, okay, So why in the
world does he decigning to do this now? My theory
is that it's it's the cover here is we're in.
He's trying to make himself look like a victim so
that if there's a change in the administration, he looks
more like a victim of the circumstance rather than a perpetrator. So,
you know, do I believe anything that Zuckerberg says? Absolutely not,
And no one should believe it either.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Donald Trump has a book coming out that he's releasing today,
and allegedly inside it, he threatened Zuckerberg, You'll go to
jail if you mess with his eleceuction this time. You're
going to go to jail for life.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Well, then all the more reason to come out and
make yourself look like I'm victim.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Right.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah, I just ordered the book and it's going to
be released today. I can't wait to read it.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
I'm looking forward to reading it. To the point is
is that you know, big tech put it some on
the skills in the twenty twenty election, and they're already
doing that and you know, but for this election, you know,
you just look at a big tech time like Google,
which i Meani Research Center has repeatedly discovered it's been
manipulating search to benefit Trump's opponents. Before it was Biden,
now it's Kamala Harris. I mean, it's it's really scary

(03:36):
stuff that the fact that that that big tech has
realized it's control over the information flow and now it's
looking to up the ante on that going into twenty
twenty per election. We already caught metasensoring people already. I mean,
you know, they haven't stopped, you know, so that's why
Zuckerberg and Mayor couple. Now, to me, it's just kind
of worthless.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, no, I completely agree, And just the outsized influence
heat and they have is extraordinary. But according to the
article we are referencing, seven to ten, sixty eight percent
of American adults say they use Facebook. That is far,
into way the largest of all the other social media platforms,
including x People talk about Twitter more, but a fraction
of the people who use Facebook actually use Twitter. So

(04:15):
Facebook does have an outsized influence on elections. And Mark
Zuckerberg should be watched like a hawk every step of
the way. And hopefully President Trump is right they try
to mess around this time, there better be some consequences.
Joseph Fasquez, Associated editor with the Media Research Center. Joseph,
thanks for the time. We appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (04:33):
Thank you so much for having me every good day.