Author, CBS Falsely Equated THIS to Censorship Cartel

June 3rd, 2025 5:49 PM

CBS News’s 60 Minutes platformed a famous author’s stunning claim that America’s political right is anti-free speech like the political left, but MRC has the evidence to prove heavy leftist censorship bias.

Appearing on 60 Minutes Sunday, writer Salman Rushdie claimed that leftists silencing free speech online is no different than the right opposing racist and sexualized books in schools. While the author acknowledged increasing censorship efforts, he obfuscated the reality of which speech the Constitution protects. Meanwhile, MRC’s unique CensorTrack database—documenting over 8,100 documented cases—shows that online censorship overwhelmingly favors the left.

Read the full blog on MRC Free Speech America’s site.