CNN is playing activist once again as it works towards pressuring companies into joining in the current boycott of Facebook. This is the latest action of the leftist news network that it does not even try to hide as it plays the role of an activist. It is naming the large companies that have not stopped advertising on Facebook in an attempt to pressure the social media giant into censoring and silencing conservative, right, and basically any other voice that contradicts their own leftist belief. But their main target is President Donald Trump, and it just proves that the people working for CNN are no longer journalists but far-left activists.

CNN published an article on its websites that listed the brands which have not stopped placing their ads on Facebook yet. The network has stated in its article that they have reached out to the brands to get their comment, but even that is a form of pressuring the companies because they are basically telling them that they should pull out their advertising from Facebook or they would suffer the consequences. Although they are reaching out in the guise of writing a story, there is the veiled threat of negative coverage. Basically, they are telling them that they need to join the boycott before the negative coverage affects them.

The article also admits that the tactic in all likelihood will not have any effect on Facebook’s revenues. They said that even if the top 100 advertisers of Facebook boycott the social media giant, it will only be 6% of the company’s yearly revenue. While that will surely have a strong impact on Facebook, it’s not going to be the end of the company.

This kind of mainstream media activism had happened before, mainly during the “adpocalypse,” during which major advertisers tried to pressure Youtube into censoring “controversial” content. Controversial meaning anything that does not conform to leftist ideologies.

But even if it’s revenue is not bound to be impacted by the boycott, it seems that Facebook is caving to the demands of the leftists. Facebook has already announced that they would be stricter when it comes to restricting hateful speech. Hateful for sure will be a label attached to conservative and right-wing content. That is the ultimate aim of the leftist activist when they opt to get Facebook to ban certain types of content. The leftists always get a free pass.