"Certain" news-based subreddits are blocking the story of the car which deliberately ran into a Paris Pizzeria. Why?

22  2017-08-15 by tatadoo

Are certain subreddits conspiring to push a narrative, instead of remaining transparent?

Yesterday, there was a car that drove into a Paris Pizzeria, killing a 13 year old girl and wounding five other people.

Several posts have been submitted to different news-based subreddits, but the moderators have blocked the articles because these subs are "Not (the) Appropriate Subreddit".

So news articles are not allowed to be posted in news-based subreddits unless they fit a predetermined narrative? Or, am I reading too far into this situation?

Spez: Some members wanted to see where this was occurring. I wasn't sure if it was frowned upon to crosspost, or if it was against the rules. This is what peaked my interest.

https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/6tr29f/one_dead_after_car_rams_into_paris_pizza/

Here is a discussion on r/uncensorednews about this occurring: http://np.reddit.com/r/uncensorednews/comments/6tpixm/breaking_girl_13_killed_and_four_critical_as_car/

Spez Spez: Now that terrorism has been completely ruled out of the investigation, and the driver has been described as a paranoid drug-addict who was paranoid,, I decided to post a new story to r/worldnews.

Would r/worldnews label the story as "Not (the) Appropriate Subreddit" and stay consistent, or would they allow the story because it doesn't affect the narrative?

See for yourself: https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/6tvows/deadly_driver_took_drugs_medicine_before_ramming/

28 comments

If this newer vehicular homocide got fair coverage it'd downplay the reporting on the older one. The news cycle isn't done with its Nazi storyline yet.

yet

Ever, they are just getting started on it. They will continue to double down until regular white people that have nothing to do with this are being killed in the streets. And then they will celebrate that.

Wow that escalated quickly

You really believe that?

Yikes.

You don't?

Yikes

No I don't believe that us average white people will be targeted whatsoever.

You fell for the narrative.

Not saying racial issues don't happen, but the media plays them up to make us afraid (fear mongering), divide us, and keep us focused on stories that they decide.

Haha I think this job is getting to you, mate. Ease back.

Wow.

You mean like r/politics? I'm sure there are subreddits are for specific types of news.

None were listed so unable to verify.

I didn't check r/politics. Am I allowed to post the subreddits? I wasn't sure if that was frowned upon or against the rules.

Well, since it has nothing to do with US politics, it shouldn't be posted there.

I posted above some links to subreddits. In the r/uncensorednews post they discuss trying to post the story to r/worldnews, and having it removed by the mods within 6 minutes.

I know that r/politics policies say that the post has to be within 30 days and related to American politics.

I would assume that others have something similar.

I know that I've seen it posted many times but I only subscribe to r/conspiracy & r/politics.

Why don't you point to a few examples?

What's funny is that uncensorednews also censors news posts.

Now that is ironic.

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It says "Not appropriate subreddit". How is that not blocked?

Because it's still up?

Try doing a search for any article in worldnews. Enter either post title, or "Paris pizzeria" into the search bar. Nada.

Yeah, you were right, and I was wrong, sorry.

No need to apologize. I was somewhat confused as well.

If you have the link you can visit a removed post still.

Yeah, I see that now, thanks.

Yeah it can be confusing, especially if you think one of our posts has been removed silently. Easiest way to test is just log out on the front page of the subreddit and see what's missing.

What's funny is that uncensorednews also censors news posts.