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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostThe original claim from "Sparko" / MM was that the reporters were not risking their careers if they were faking this news story. I asked for examples of where someone faked something substantive and escaped punishment. This rabbit trail is a waste of time in any case but they're the ones failing to shoulder their burden of proof.
It is very difficult for a significant false news story to escape notice. Just look at what happened to Tara Reade under *light* scrutiny. That there is *widespread* deception in the media which goes *unpunished* is a claim which needs evidence.
It USED to be that somebody went to journalism school to do hard investigative reporting.
Now, it seems, they go so they can use journalism to support their narrative.
Just look at Fox and their COVID45 coverage (yes I keep coming back to this point).
The highest rated shows were nothing but lies for a month on the biggest news story of the year (far eclipsing the president getting impeached!) and none of the "big draws" were punished (incidentally, of the three who *were* punished all were women and two were women of color :|). That's the example you are looking for. Find me something 5% the size *of that* in the MSM where the perpetrators were not punished. If "you" can't do that then claims that there are rats in the barn is just more RWNJ hype from the guy trying to sell you rat traps (how far can we take this analogy?).The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostNot sure if you've forgotten but I explicitly ruled you *out* of that camp when I gave my definitions for Trumper / RWNJ.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostThis thread has turned into...
"I'm not fake news, YOU'RE fake news!"
"No, you are!"
"No, you!"
"You!"
"You!!!"
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostHOWEVER, there continue to be "journalists" who make up fake stories, or bend the truth, or ONLY cover what fits their narrative.
It USED to be that somebody went to journalism school to do hard investigative reporting.
Now, it seems, they go so they can use journalism to support their narrative.
I don't watch Fox News, assuming that's what you're talking about, because "Fox" has may other channels.
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Originally posted by DivineBoob View PostNo it hasn't MM. You and "Sparko" have unsuccessfully tried to derail this now that evidence against your position is mounting. That's the totality of the last few pages.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostThere needs to be a term for whatever the opposite of "damning with faint praise" is. If you are going to put these examples on the same level as lying about the use of tear gas, failing to properly vet W's "dishonorable discharge," lying about war zone reporting etc. then you've truly earned your RWNJ bona fides.
However, I do remember the Anderson Cooper one from when it was making the rounds because I respected him as a journalist. Of course it was just hype but that's all RWNJs have anyway.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostTrying to spin demonstrators as being tear gassed when they were smoke bombed is exactly the same as trying to spin a story about flooding to make it look like it is worse than it was. Same. exact. thing. Lying reporters exaggerating a story to make it more dramatic.
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostNo, it would be far, far worse to claim to have found a used tear gas cartridge when that wasn't true. If everything is an outrage then nothing is an outrage.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by DivineBoob View PostNo, it would be far, far worse to claim to have found a used tear gas cartridge when that wasn't true. If everything is an outrage then nothing is an outrage.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by DivineBoob View PostThis is very definition of bending over backwards.
So we're back to square one: no definitive evidence that tear gas was used.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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