This film, written by leftist West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin, presents a message that Facebook is to blame for the state of our politics because founder Mark Zuckerberg refused to censor Donald Trump.
A scene from the movie went viral on social media where a member of Zuckerberg’s legal team, played by comedian Bill Burr, pleaded with Zuckerberg, played by Jeremy Strong, to interfere in the election by censoring political speech that liberals didn’t like.
“You’re not fact-checking political ads?! ” Charlie whined.
“It’s a democracy. I believe in free speech,” Zuckerberg replied.
“Yeah, everybody does. This can’t be your answer,” Charlie ranted. “You’re like a crossing guard standing out in front of a school, but you’re not doing anything with your arms. So the cars are just plowing down the children, because it’s a democracy.”
“The voters aren’t children. They don’t need to be told to eat their vegetables,” Zuckerberg shot back.
“And how about just telling us which ones are vegetables, and which ones are clumps of dirt in the shape of a carrot,” Charlie raged.
