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    A new post-election poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates reveals that 36% of Biden voters were NOT aware of the evidence linking Joe Biden to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter. A full 13% of these voters (4.6% of Biden’s total vote) said that had they known of it they would not have voted for him. So it looks like the MSM's and social media's move to censor the story worked.

    I have to wonder if the public was made aware of Biden's other scandals ranging from his blatant racism to Tara Reade how much that would have also affected the vote.

    I'm always still in trouble again

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  • #2
    "Can I change My Vote" was trending on Google a week ago...

    https://www.kadn.com/content/news/Ca...572951701.html
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    • #3
      Scandal-suppression is part of the Republican platform. It was sanctioned and effective 2016, so why Republicans should start complaining about the practice in 2020 is bit of a head-scratcher...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Whateverman View Post
        Scandal-suppression is part of the Republican platform. It was sanctioned and effective 2016, so why Republicans should start complaining about the practice in 2020 is bit of a head-scratcher...
        Please tell me which scandals were suppressed and how it was a "part of the Republican platform."

        And while it is true that politicians and their parties do try conceal their scandals what happened here isn't even remotely like that. This was the MSM and social media running interference for Biden. They, especially the later literally censored folks for bringing it up.

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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        • #5
          This is twaddle of the sore loser variety.
          “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
          “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
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          • #6
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post


            A new post-election poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates reveals that 36% of Biden voters were NOT aware of the evidence linking Joe Biden to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter. A full 13% of these voters (4.6% of Biden’s total vote) said that had they known of it they would not have voted for him. So it looks like the MSM's and social media's move to censor the story worked.

            I have to wonder if the public was made aware of Biden's other scandals ranging from his blatant racism to Tara Reade how much that would have also affected the vote.
            Mountain Man claimed there was evidence of criminality revealed by the laptop but has refused at least a dozen times to point me to it. Maybe you can?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
              A new post-election poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates reveals that 36% of Biden voters were NOT aware of the evidence linking Joe Biden to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter. A full 13% of these voters (4.6% of Biden’s total vote) said that had they known of it they would not have voted for him. So it looks like the MSM's and social media's move to censor the story worked.

              I have to wonder if the public was made aware of Biden's other scandals ranging from his blatant racism to Tara Reade how much that would have also affected the vote.
              Pravda controls the flow of information ... for now.

              I honestly believe these mainstream news agencies are becoming prehistoric and will dry up in the near future. More and more people are moving to the Internet for news, which tends to link them to many more sources for information. My elderly father-in-law (who swears by CNN) will hopefully be the last of the brainwashed TV generation.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by rogue06 View Post


                A new post-election poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates reveals that 36% of Biden voters were NOT aware of the evidence linking Joe Biden to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter. A full 13% of these voters (4.6% of Biden’s total vote) said that had they known of it they would not have voted for him. So it looks like the MSM's and social media's move to censor the story worked.

                I have to wonder if the public was made aware of Biden's other scandals ranging from his blatant racism to Tara Reade how much that would have also affected the vote.
                If there had been credible evidence, I'm sure everyone would have heard about it.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Stoic View Post

                  If there had been credible evidence, I'm sure everyone would have heard about it.
                  That is pretty much it. The 'evidence' came from a know Russian disinformation operative. You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

                  Might I suggest Trump go for a spy novel writing career after the presidency? He seems very good a contriving interesting and wild stories that can captivate a large audience.
                  My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

                  If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

                  This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Ronson View Post
                    I honestly believe these mainstream news agencies are becoming prehistoric and will dry up in the near future. More and more people are moving to the Internet for news, which tends to link them to many more sources for information.
                    Serious question, what is to stop people believing 100% false information, or completely false stories circulating?

                    It seems to already be a major issue where we're seeing facebook groups that host almost nothing but false information, and when researchers do an experiment of making up a completely fictitious story and posting it to those groups, they find believe naively believe it and it never gets called out as false.

                    I genuinely don't know what to do about online content's truthfulness. It's clear there's become an issue with people believing crazy things they've read online.

                    With mainstream media itself it's clear there's becoming an issue where private corporate media entities are pushing their own agendas as propaganda to the public. From what I can see, the correct solution is for the governments to go back to an earlier era of more restrictive laws with regard to media that required balance, fairness and accuracy (e.g. the FCC's Fairness Doctrine), as well as governments funding more neutral news networks (e.g. BBC, CSPAN, NPR etc) that are independently run but government funded and required to be neutral.
                    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                    "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                      Serious question, what is to stop people believing 100% false information, or completely false stories circulating?
                      The same thing that stops people from being stupid: Nothing. The only tools we have are discernment and common sense. I would imagine people who are seeking information on the Internet and gathering news from various sources are more discerning than those who plop on the couch, eat a bag of potato chips and stare at a TV.

                      It seems to already be a major issue where we're seeing facebook groups that host almost nothing but false information, and when researchers do an experiment of making up a completely fictitious story and posting it to those groups, they find believe naively believe it and it never gets called out as false.

                      I genuinely don't know what to do about online content's truthfulness. It's clear there's become an issue with people believing crazy things they've read online.
                      Anyone who goes to Facebook for their news is a blithering idiot anyway.

                      With mainstream media itself it's clear there's becoming an issue where private corporate media entities are pushing their own agendas as propaganda to the public. From what I can see, the correct solution is for the governments to go back to an earlier era of more restrictive laws with regard to media that required balance, fairness and accuracy (e.g. the FCC's Fairness Doctrine), as well as governments funding more neutral news networks (e.g. BBC, CSPAN, NPR etc) that are independently run but government funded and required to be neutral.
                      TV news is a lazy person's news. For the sake of convenience they surrender accuracy. Even in the best of times with fairness foremost, TV news is abbreviated and therefore less accurate.

                      Since it is impossible to give people common sense, the best thing we can do is allow as much information as possible via the Internet. Stop censoring and allow it all to go through* - especially since censorship is an excuse to affect information to our own political sensibilities.

                      (* "censorship" in the political sense, not in a decency sense)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                        ]A new post-election poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates reveals that 36% of Biden voters were NOT aware of the evidence linking Joe Biden to corrupt financial dealings with China through his son Hunter. A full 13% of these voters (4.6% of Biden’s total vote) said that had they known of it they would not have voted for him. So it looks like the MSM's and social media's move to censor the story worked.

                        I have to wonder if the public was made aware of Biden's other scandals ranging from his blatant racism to Tara Reade how much that would have also affected the vote.
                        It's scary to think that one might sway an election by concocting a reasonably plausible scandal and releasing it just long enough before an election for it to become well known, but not long enough for it to be debunked.

                        I am thankful that many news outlets had enough integrity to avoid spreading that kind of story, in particular the Wall Street Journal.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Ronson View Post
                          I would imagine people who are seeking information on the Internet and gathering news from various sources are more discerning than those who plop on the couch, eat a bag of potato chips and stare at a TV.
                          That would be nice if it were true, but unfortunately the evidence so far doesn't seem to support that picture.

                          Anyone who goes to Facebook for their news is a blithering idiot anyway.
                          Well it seems disproportionately popular as a news source among boomers and trump-voters.

                          In general I agree with your assessment, so was surprised at how popular Facebook seems to be as a news source among those groups.

                          TV news is a lazy person's news. For the sake of convenience they surrender accuracy. Even in the best of times with fairness foremost, TV news is abbreviated and therefore less accurate.
                          A short segment can still be done accurately. It might not go into depth and details, but what information that is presented can still be presented accurately.

                          Since it is impossible to give people common sense, the best thing we can do is allow as much information as possible via the Internet.
                          If people don't have comment sense, as you say, then letting them choose their own news adventure via the internet is just giving them the rope to hang themselves. They'll just choose news that sounds good to them, as opposed to choosing news that's accurate. They'll create little echo chambers for themselves that only feed them headlines that they like the sound of. We already see this happening.
                          "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                          "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                          "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by LiconaFan97 View Post

                            Mountain Man claimed there was evidence of criminality revealed by the laptop but has refused at least a dozen times to point me to it. Maybe you can?
                            It is understandable why you would desperately want to change the subject, but not here. If you don't like it then do not post here

                            I'm always still in trouble again

                            "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                            "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Ronson View Post

                              Pravda controls the flow of information ... for now.

                              I honestly believe these mainstream news agencies are becoming prehistoric and will dry up in the near future. More and more people are moving to the Internet for news, which tends to link them to many more sources for information. My elderly father-in-law (who swears by CNN) will hopefully be the last of the brainwashed TV generation.
                              Considering that a large chunk of people get their news from Facebook and Twitter, and given their behavior during the election, I don't have much if any hope that this shift will make things any better.

                              I'm always still in trouble again

                              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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