Coverage dated February 5, 2024

Email trove shows Amazon 'censored' vaccine books after pestering from White House, Jim Jordan says

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Rep. Jim Jordan revealed internal emails showing the White House pestered Amazon about its handling of COVID-19 and vaccine-related content.

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  1. Blaze Media

    Biden White House successfully pressured Amazon to censor and suppress books: Emails (opens Blaze Media)

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    Newly released documents indicate the same Biden White House that routinely bemoans perceived threats to freedom and democracy hasn't just pressured social media companies to censor speech and hide conservative news — it has also gone after literature that contains disfavored views. House Judic...

  2. The Daily Signal

    Here's the Book the White House Suggested Amazon Should Ban (opens The Daily Signal)

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    White House staff highlighted a certain book, suggesting that Amazon should ban it or put a warning on it for its vaccine skepticism.

  3. FOX Business

    Email trove shows Amazon 'censored' vaccine books after pestering from White House, Jim Jordan says (opens FOX Business)

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    Rep. Jim Jordan revealed internal emails showing the White House pestered Amazon about its handling of COVID-19 and vaccine-related content.

  4. Washington Times

    Biden administration pressured Amazon to censor books that questioned COVID vaccines (opens Washington Times)

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    Senior Biden administration aides summoned Amazon officials to the White House during the height of the pandemic to discuss "propaganda and misinformation," in books for sale on the retail giant's website that questioned the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.

  5. New York Post

    Amazon ‘censored’ COVID-19 vaccine books after ‘feeling pressure’ from Biden White House: docs (opens New York Post)

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    The Biden administration pressured Amazon to censor books related to COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021 citing concerns that the material contained “propaganda” and “misinformation,” internal company emails released by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) appear to show.

  6. Breitbart News

    Jim Jordan's 'Amazon Files' Reveals Biden White House Pressure on Company to Censor Books (opens Breitbart News)

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    Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) took to X/Twitter on Monday to post "never-before-released internal emails" subpoenaed by the House Judiciary GOP that he dubbed the "Amazon files," which reveal "that the Biden White House pressured Amazon to censor books that expressed views the White House did not approve o…

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