That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
https://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/
https://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=93915
There are no other Republican candidates.waitingtoconnect wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 4:27 am I want to know when Biden and other Democrat candidates for president gets his/her 70 minutes of CNN prime time.
For that matter what about the other Republican candidates. A commentator on another network was wondering if any other candidates (mentioned Nikki Haley) would get the same treatment since the new goal is about listening to both sides when Licht took over.
Almost immediately, however, most found reason to distrust Yaccarino. Leftists and liberals noted that in 2018, Donald Trump appointed Yaccarino to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. While it’s not a particularly damning connection to the embattled politician, she also follows a number of right-wing extremists on Twitter, from the anti-LGBTQ account Libs of TikTok and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec to attorney Lin Wood — a former Trump lawyer known for his connections to the QAnon movement and pushing the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. She also follows @Catturd2, a popular pro-Trump shitposter who consistently amplifies far-right propaganda.
Yet these same right-wingers are also mad about Yaccarino coming aboard at Twitter. One reason the MAGA crowd disapproves is that she collaborated with the Biden administration on a Covid-19 vaccination campaign in her role as chair of the Ad Council. Vaccine skeptics who rely on Twitter to spread health misinformation were livid when they learned of her record on the issue.
It didn’t help that Yaccarino is also executive chair of the World Economic Forum, an international lobby for corporate interests that sits at the center of many right-wing conspiracy theories. Steve Bannon was among those to complain that Musk had given the CEO job to a “Davos Globalist” — referring to the Swiss mountain resort where the WEF holds an annual conference — calling the move “a joke” in a post on the social network Gettr.
Fixed that for you!Zaxxon wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 8:39 amThere are no other Republican candidates.waitingtoconnect wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 4:27 am I want to know when Biden and other Democrat candidates for president gets his/her 70 minutes of CNN prime time.
For that matter what about the other Republican candidates. A commentator on another network was wondering if any other candidates (mentioned Nikki Haley) would get the same treatment since the new goal is about listening to both sides when Licht took over.
El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 2:24 pm I don't know how many people here watch Succession, but I will say that I think Sunday's episode was great in both presenting an (unfortunately) plausible Electoral College-based crisis, as well as the various personal and business incentives that lead a lot of people in elite institutions to go along with MAGA-ism.
Did I misinterpret this?
It sure felt like you were crapping on folks who had the audacity to make jokes about a bad situation, but maybe I'm just overly sensitive.
Ah. I think he was making the best of a ridiculous situation. It's just sad to me that this is what he feels he needs to spend his time on. My only thought is fact checking a fact check from Fox is probably a waste of time. However, it's not like it took him a long time. I was more lamenting another post-modern moment which tells us truth has no proper place here anymore when the shameless face no consequences for their lies and deception.
The New York Post dropped a bombshell report last week: amid a nationwide influx of migrants, nearly two-dozen homeless veterans were kicked out of hotels where they were being temporarily housed in order to make room for migrants in upstate New York.
The story, which was based on a claim by a veterans advocate, got the front page treatment: “VETS KICKED OUT FOR MIGRANTS,” bellowed the Post last Saturday. “Outrage as upstate hotels tell 20 homeless veterans to leave.”
It was a juicy story that could have been cooked up in Roger Ailes’s rage-fear lab: Red-blooded American veterans put out on the street to make way for foreign invaders!
The story rocketed around the right-wing ecosystem. New York Post columnist Miranda Devine said President Joe Biden “should burn in hell for this.” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called it “shameful.” Donald Trump Jr. declared, “Fuck Democrats.” Nikki Haley said the tale was “Liberal insanity at work.”
Naturally, Fox News covered the story enthusiastically, treating it as gospel on nearly every program. On Outnumbered, one of Fox’s most popular daytime programs, hosts pinned blame for the very local story on Biden.
...
Then, the story fell apart.
First, the hotels that veterans were supposedly booted from told Mid-Hudson News they had no idea what the advocate, YIT Foundation Executive Director Sharon Finch, was talking about. Then, a local Republican New York lawmaker dug into her claims and concluded that she lied.
Maher, who said he has worked with Finch on veterans’ issues for three years, became emotional in an interview with the Times Union as he recounted pressing Finch on her story — which prompted her to admit she had made it up.
But wait, it gets worse. The Mid-Hudson News — kudos to this local paper for some tremendous coverage on this story, by the way — reported on Friday morning that seven homeless men had come forward to reveal that Finch approached them at a shelter this week, offering to pay them in cash, food, and alcohol to pretend that they were veterans who had been kicked out of the hotels to make way for migrants.
The New York Post followed up with a report on their story falling apart. An editor’s note has been affixed to the original front-page story. It reads: “This non-profit CEO has since been accused of misrepresenting the veterans who have been displaced for migrants.”
I dunno, maybe they did learn. There are no deep pockets in a position to sue Fox News over this story, right? So what are the potential consequences for them?malchior wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 2:26 pm On another note - if anyone thought Fox learned a lesson? Even a fellow Murdoch vehicle the NY Post at least ran a corrected story.
Mediaite
The New York Post dropped a bombshell report last week: amid a nationwide influx of migrants, nearly two-dozen homeless veterans were kicked out of hotels where they were being temporarily housed in order to make room for migrants in upstate New York.
The story, which was based on a claim by a veterans advocate, got the front page treatment: “VETS KICKED OUT FOR MIGRANTS,” bellowed the Post last Saturday. “Outrage as upstate hotels tell 20 homeless veterans to leave.”
It was a juicy story that could have been cooked up in Roger Ailes’s rage-fear lab: Red-blooded American veterans put out on the street to make way for foreign invaders!
The story rocketed around the right-wing ecosystem. New York Post columnist Miranda Devine said President Joe Biden “should burn in hell for this.” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called it “shameful.” Donald Trump Jr. declared, “Fuck Democrats.” Nikki Haley said the tale was “Liberal insanity at work.”
Naturally, Fox News covered the story enthusiastically, treating it as gospel on nearly every program. On Outnumbered, one of Fox’s most popular daytime programs, hosts pinned blame for the very local story on Biden.
...
Then, the story fell apart.
First, the hotels that veterans were supposedly booted from told Mid-Hudson News they had no idea what the advocate, YIT Foundation Executive Director Sharon Finch, was talking about. Then, a local Republican New York lawmaker dug into her claims and concluded that she lied.
Maher, who said he has worked with Finch on veterans’ issues for three years, became emotional in an interview with the Times Union as he recounted pressing Finch on her story — which prompted her to admit she had made it up.
But wait, it gets worse. The Mid-Hudson News — kudos to this local paper for some tremendous coverage on this story, by the way — reported on Friday morning that seven homeless men had come forward to reveal that Finch approached them at a shelter this week, offering to pay them in cash, food, and alcohol to pretend that they were veterans who had been kicked out of the hotels to make way for migrants.
The New York Post followed up with a report on their story falling apart. An editor’s note has been affixed to the original front-page story. It reads: “This non-profit CEO has since been accused of misrepresenting the veterans who have been displaced for migrants.”
Fox News Just Axed Its Investigative Unit, Sources Say...
...“The rank and file journalists are getting let go meanwhile upper management are sitting pretty while they are the execs responsible for the Dominion debacle,” one Fox employee tells Rolling Stone, which has confirmed the unit has been axed. “We are the sacrificial lambs.”
waitingtoconnect wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 6:31 pm I think it’s not just News media though. Take the History channel- it used to be about actual history. But now it’s all conspiracy theories.
Man, I feel like it's probably not a great reflection on the state of our politics that I'm not sure whether this is a joke or not.waitingtoconnect wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 9:01 pm These people live in alternate universe where Joe Biden is dead and is really being played by Jim Carey,
Reality TV and "shocking documentaries" are cheap to produce and easy to sell...it's not about politics, it's about money. It's the same reason TLC is no longer about learning and HLN hasn't had anything to do with headline news for years.waitingtoconnect wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 6:31 pm I think it’s not just News media though. Take the History channel- it used to be about actual history. But now it’s all conspiracy theories.
It’s real.El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 2:03 pmMan, I feel like it's probably not a great reflection on the state of our politics that I'm not sure whether this is a joke or not.waitingtoconnect wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 9:01 pm These people live in alternate universe where Joe Biden is dead and is really being played by Jim Carey,
