https://redstate.com/erick/2011/04/26/shouldnt-facebook-provide-equal-time/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 14:13:25 -0400<![CDATA[Just last Wednesday, Barack Obama held a townhall meeting online at Facebook. It drew lots of publicity and was hailed as a campaign event. Heck, it clearly was all about Barack Obama&#8217;s re-election.We know Facebook leans left. We know Mark Zuckerberg is happy to be taxed more. But what of the Facebook community? They aren&#8217;t all lefties.When the GOP has a nominee, Facebook should be fair and give the GOP nominee equal time. Our sister site Human Events has a petition up that you can sign and ask Facebook for equal time.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-UPDATE: Judging by the comments, some people have a literacy problem. The operative word in this post is should. The operative phrase is ask Facebook. We&#8217;re not calling on the federal government to get involved. Equal time rules do not apply.We simply think in the interests of fairness, Facebook should allow the Republican nominee to hold a Facebook townhall too.]]>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/04/26/shouldnt-facebook-provide-equal-time-n38801