Tucker Carlson: The real scandal with Facebook is not privacy, it's algorithm changes that hurt right-wing sites

Carlson: “What is this? Well, it’s an act of ideological warfare”

From the March 22 edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight:

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TUCKER CARLSON (HOST):  But Facebook is not a neutral host. It has a political agenda. Earlier this year Facebook altered its algorithms for what news stories its users see. And the result conclusively have been devastating for conservatives online.  Breitbart, the news site has basically lost about 30 percent of its traffic since that happened, Prager U, down 30 percent. Daily Caller is down, Rare closed it’s doors, some are saying IJR [Independent Journal Review] is on the brink of collapse because of it. Fox, by the way is down too. Meanwhile the purveyors of approved elite opinions, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, they’ve been unaffected by this. What is this? Well, it’s an act of ideological warfare and it’s far more worrying that anything than Cambridge Analytica has done or accused of doing. 

Previously:

Sign the petition: Facebook must stop enabling groups like Cambridge Analytica

Ari Melber rips Facebook's of transparency on Cambridge Analytica and “abusive fake news” promotion

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