On The Media: Where Do You Get Your News?

[tragabigzanda]

Steve Bannon and Michael Pack launching a global "tough on China" journalism network:

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21295549/ ... y-massacre

[wease]

Finally! I was just saying to the wife there was a huge shortage of “tough on China” networks.

[tragabigzanda]

Your prayers have been answered

[Peeps]

investigative karens on twitter and facebook

[Bi_3]

investigative karens on twitter and facebook

[Rob]

[BurtReynolds]

What is that trying to say exactly? That people in their respective bubbles watch/read only those sources? Ok. That's pretty common knowledge.

[Rob]

What is that trying to say exactly? That people in their respective bubbles watch/read only those sources? Ok. That's pretty common knowledge.

It's nice to see numbers, and it seems to show that there's competition on one side.

[BurtReynolds]

They'll do anything to get that race war started.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/nyre ... xZ7idzTaz0


Good job finding that easily discoverable doc.

[Norris]

60 Minutes should have got the Bolton interview. ABC and Raddatz did a shitty job with it.

[simple schoolboy]

Whats the earliest that you knew about the Javascript workaround for paywalls?

Why didn't you share it more freely?

[BurtReynolds]

[Bi_3]

Just the fringe. A tiny group of college kids. You are overreacting. It's not real.

[Mickey]

Any uhh particular reason you're so worried about this? Are you too a former slaveowner who has many buildings, cities, and institutions named after him?

[Bi_3]

Any uhh particular reason you're so worried about this? Are you too a former slaveowner who has many buildings, cities, and institutions named after him?

Come on, you know how this works. You paint the speaker as evil so people will accept it when you paint a cherish idea as evil rather than face the shame of being called a supporter of the villain.

[Mickey]

Which cherished idea do you think is currently imperiled by recognizing that Washington was a slaveowner.

[Bi_3]

Which cherished idea do you think is currently imperiled by recognizing that Washington was a slaveowner.

Jefferson's and Madison's

[McParadigm]

Any uhh particular reason you're so worried about this? Are you too a former slaveowner who has many buildings, cities, and institutions named after him?

Come on, you know how this works. You paint the speaker as evil so people will accept it when you paint a cherish idea as evil rather than face the shame of being called a supporter of the villain.

“They’re* targeting Washington so they can lull the American public into hating democracy” is QAnon level stupidity.


*”They” in this sentence represents other Americans

[Bi_3]

Any uhh particular reason you're so worried about this? Are you too a former slaveowner who has many buildings, cities, and institutions named after him?

Come on, you know how this works. You paint the speaker as evil so people will accept it when you paint a cherish idea as evil rather than face the shame of being called a supporter of the villain.

“They’re* targeting Washington so they can lull the American public into hating democracy” is QAnon level stupidity.


*”They” in this sentence represents other Americans

Good thing no one is saying that then.

[Mickey]

Which cherished idea do you think is currently imperiled by recognizing that Washington was a slaveowner.

Jefferson's and Madison's

I'd love for you to connect the dots for me here, with specific examples. What is the progression from recognizing Washington as a slaveowner to attacking "Jefferson's and Madison's" ideas? Which ideas? And why are they so contingent on downplaying the history of slavery in this country?