On Thursday, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell and more than 20 conservative leaders released a statement rejecting Facebook’s “insulting” response to specific examples of bias. They declared, “No conservative leader or organization should accept this as a legitimate response to the undeniable issues we have raised.”
Many of those signing the statement belong to the Free Speech Alliance, a group of nearly 60 organizations, led by the Media Research Center (MRC), dedicated to combating the censorship of conservatives online.
The statement and list of signatories is below:
Former Sen. Jon Kyl’s audit investigating Facebook’s anti-conservative bias is not only disappointing, it completely fails to address the many concerns and specific examples of bias raised by the conservative movement. Kyl spent more than a year hearing the concerns of reportedly 130 conservative groups, and in turn, shockingly left us with a hollow report devoid of substantive policy proposals. This audit is exactly the opposite of what conservatives were hoping for.
Facebook has listened to the conservative movement’s complaints and in response has invited us to pound sand. It’s insulting but unsurprising. Unfortunately, this is how Facebook routinely responds to criticism.No conservative leader or organization should accept this as a legitimate response to the undeniable issues we have raised. This is purely another superficial attempt by Facebook to placate conservatives with empty promises.
L. Brent Bozell
Founder and President
Media Research Center
Christie-Lee McNallyFounder
Free Our Internet & Raven Strategies
Elaine DonnellyFounder and President
Center for Military Readiness
Justin DanhofGeneral Counsel
National Center for Public Policy Research
Sandy RiosGovernmental Affairs Director
American Family Radio
Amy KremerCo-Chair
Women for Trump
Charlie CopelandPresident
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Frank LaséePresident
The Heartland Institute
Tim WildmonPresident
American Family Association
William A. Donohue, Ph.D.President
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Lewis K. UhlerFounder and President
National Tax Limitation Committee
Joseph R. GregoryOwner
Gregory Management Company, LLC
C. Preston Noell IIIPresident
Tradition, Family, Property. Inc.
David KupelianVice President and Managing Editor
WND
Richard A. ViguerieChairman
ConservativeHQ.com
Rod MartinFounder and CEO
The Martin Organization
Austin RusePresident
Center for Family and Human Rights
Allen WestSenior Fellow
Media Research Center
Lady Brigitte GabrielFounder and Chairman
Act for America
Everett Piper, PhD.Former President, Author and Columnist
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Floyd BrownPublisher
The Western Journal
The Honorable Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.Member of Congress, 2011-2017
1st District of Kansas
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.Founder & Editor-in-Chief
The American Spectator
Randy Long
CEO
Long Business Advisors, LLC.
Jenny Beth Martin
Honorary Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Action
Gene Mills
President
Louisiana Family Forum
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
