The Left Is Lying About Facebook & Conservatives. Here’s The Truth.

As part of an ongoing campaign to pressure Facebook into censoring content that threatens their control of the flow of information, left-leaning media outlets have repeatedly sounded the alarm over conservative sites and voices supposedly having a “massive advantage” on Facebook. The self-serving claim reverberates throughout the media echo chamber despite clear evidence to the contrary. That evidence reveals the opposite is true: Left-leaning outlets enjoy more total engagements collectively, dwarf conservative sites in followers and dominate newsfeeds.

The metric left-wing journalists repeatedly point to as supposed proof that conservatives have some sort of unfair advantage on Facebook — a company which has a “largely liberal workforce,” as Politico admits — is engagements (comments, shares, and likes). Journalists like New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose regularly highlight the daily list of the 10 most engaged stories, which often feature conservative voices taking many of the spots. NewsWhip’s recent reports on engagements on the platform have added fuel to the conspiratorial fire. However, a closer look at the numbers reveals that the establishment media is cherrypicking data to present a false story about supposed conservative “domination” on the platform.