01 Jul 2020 Free Enterprise Project July Newsletter

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Welcome to the FEP July Newsletter 
FEP has been a leading voice for the conservative investor on a divergent range of topics including health care, immigration, gun rights, energy, taxes, subsidies, regulations, religious freedom, food policies, media bias, gun rights, federalism, corporate free speech, ideological diversity, voter integrity, freedom of conscience, property rights, workers’ rights, and other important public policy issues.
UNDER A FOG OF PABLUM, GOOGLE PROMISES TO KEEP CENSORING CONSERVATIVE CONTENT
Google benefits mightily from special statutory exemptions from libel, fraud, and misrepresentation laws on the basis of its behavior as a supposedly neutral platform, rather than a biased publisher. Now that it has taken on the latter role, its exemptions are – and should be – at risk.
AMAZON HELPS LEFT PUNISH ITS POLITICAL ENEMIES
Twitter stopped working with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) a year ago. But Amazon defended – and even fought for – its relationship with the discredited left-wing special interest group.

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS CAN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT
Dick’s Sporting Goods presents one of the most egregious examples of a company wanting to duck concerned shareholders. 
SALESFORCE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO FIRE EMPLOYEES FOR POLITICAL BELIEFS – BUT CAN’T EXPLAIN WHY
“Benioff is perhaps the loudest liberal voice in corporate America,” said Danhof. “Yet he can’t defend himself or the company when I called him out on the policies in place at Salesforce. Why would any publicly traded company desire to discriminate against its workforce based on ideological makeup? Benioff couldn’t defend Salesforce’s position because it’s indefensible.”

CONSERVATIVES CONFRONT CORPORATE MEDIA

Justin was invited on “Eat the Press” to talk about his shareholder activism at the recent Comcast shareholder meeting. Comcast owns MSNBC. Commenting on the need to challenge the network and its parent company, Justin said that “their bias and their fake news really does a tremendous amount of harm to our body politic and our public discourse.”


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