Blaze host Glenn Beck has accused Facebook of shadow-banning him and his entire Blaze staff after he commented about the release of the Tucker Carlson January 6th tapes. Beck had Carlson on his show last week, and after the interview, he claims that Facebook fact-checked him, sending a warning to him and all his pages. Beck says that Facebook threatened to reduce distribution because he shared “false” information.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Beck said that his video commenting on Tucker Carlson’s release of the January 6th footage was hit with an absurd, propagandistic fact check. He claims that Facebook then sent him a warning saying that several of his pages, including his own, would have reduced distribution because they shared “false” information.
Beck provided an example of what Facebook considers false, citing the case of Ray Epps, who was seen egging on the January 6th protesters but hasn’t been charged with any crime. Epps had sent a text to his nephew bragging that he had “orchestrated” the January 6th unrest, which Politifact rated as “mostly false” because Epps told the January 6th Committee that he didn’t mean it.
Beck calls Facebook’s fact-checkers “lying hacks” and “propagandists.” He was allowed to issue a correction by removing all penalties from his Facebook pages but refused, saying he would not be censored. Beck believes they are battling good and evil, truth and lies, and that people cannot remain neutral.
Beck is an opportunistic crackpot.