Media Corruption
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The Left Thinks You're Too Gullible to Enjoy Freedom of Speech
It's not just Kamala Harris who thinks free speech is a problem. Specifically, she thinks your free speech -- especially if you disagree with her politics -- is a problem. It's why she said something so outrageously unconstitutional and anti-speech even Jake Tapper was aghast.
Which is why I found it very interesting that the same thing Kamala said in the link above was echoed by Judd Legum:
So the fact Musk has millions of followers means he's 'privileged' to be able to speak? That he's subject to government scrutiny, oversight, and censorship because a lot of people might hear what he has to say?
That's the logic here? Because it doesn't pass the smell test.
Let's make it very clear: 'disinformation' is a word Lefties use when what they really mean is 'speech I don't like.'
https://twitter.com/****Koroks/status/1830916249926152505
“They are speaking to millions and millions of people without oversight and regulation, and that has to stop”
This woman unironically doesn’t think you should be allowed to speak to the public without a filter that she controls.
The subtle shift from just calling this speech 'disinformation' to talking about the reach of such speech is telling here.
Merely calling it 'disinformation' no longer carries weight. Like calling someone 'racist' or 'homophobic', the Left has played that card so many times it is devoid of all meaning. They call everything racist, which means nothing is, etc.
Remember what they did with 'global warming.' When people starting realizing Earth did not, in fact, have a fever the terminology switched to 'climate change' -- a catch-all phrase that gave them cover for saying both hot weather and cold weather were signs human activity was messing up the planet.
Control the language, control the narrative and the people.
In the same vein as 'racism' and 'homophobia', overuse of 'disinformation' is its undoing: if everything the Left doesn't like magically falls under the umbrella of 'disinformation', that word has lost all of its sting. So rather than continue down that path, they're pivoting to saying the number of people hearing so-called 'disinformation' is now the problem.
And the implication here is clear: they think millions of people -- including people like you and me -- are too stupid and gullible to discern 'disinformation' from fact. They're also terrified we might listen to arguments that persuade us to Right-wing thinking (or just non-Leftist thinking). They find the thought of that intolerable.
Bloomberg Punishes Journalist—for Telling the Truth About Biden
Journalist Olivia Nuzzi blew the lid off that narrative with a July 4 report titled “The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden” with the subheading, “The president’s mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters.” She's not known as a right-leaning author, and didn’t write this for RedState or any other conservative outlet—she penned it for New York Magazine, hardly a bastion of right-wing journalists.
But now she’s paying the price, according to Semaphore:
Greta Van Susteren, now an anchor for Newsmax TV, knows a thing or two about ticking off the leftist media:
Hell hath no fury like the liberal media scorned.
The move to cancel Nuzzi came quickly after the article was published when leftists organized a campaign to discredit her over old social posts they deemed "racist," although Sempahore notes they were made in jest.
Nuzzi was critical of Bloomberg's decision and reflected on how media corporations have gotten so scared of PR crises that they'll avoid anything that might be controversial:
PBS brought its core D.C.-based news team as its booth panel for both conventions: News Hour co-anchors Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, political analysts David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, along with senior correspondent Judy Woodruff. Congressional reporter Lisa Desjardins reported from the RNC floor, White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez hit the floor for the DNC.
■ Negativity Toward Republicans, Support for Democrats: Any residual sympathy for Donald Trump after his near-assassination quickly dispersed in clouds of ideological hostility, as PBS accused the Republican gathering of condoning racial hostility and platforming “white supremacy” and sexism, while there was plenty of whining (largely from Capehart) about the lack of promised “unity.” In contrast, the Democratic conclave was an emotionally uplifting festival that made everyone “feel seen.” Those dueling attitudes showed up starkly in our study numbers. If anything, the numbers understate the hostility with which Republicans were treated compared with Democrats.
The 191 minutes of PBS commentary from the RNC (out of 14 hours and 3 minutes of total coverage), including commentary from all the booth panelists, broke down as 38% negative, 15% positive, and 47% neutral, meaning the opinionated comments from the RNC broke down as 72% negative and 28% positive.
By contrast, the 176 minutes of PBS commentary from the DNC (out of 15 hours and 18 minutes of total coverage), including commentary from all the booth panelists, was 8% negative, 60% positive, and 32% neutral. The opinionated comments from the DNC: 12% negative and 88% positive.
Analysis of interviews with RNC and DNC studio guests and delegates were not included in these commentary tallies, which were calculated separately.
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■ Negativity Toward Republicans, Support for Democrats: Any residual sympathy for Donald Trump after his near-assassination quickly dispersed in clouds of ideological hostility, as PBS accused the Republican gathering of condoning racial hostility and platforming “white supremacy” and sexism, while there was plenty of whining (largely from Capehart) about the lack of promised “unity.” In contrast, the Democratic conclave was an emotionally uplifting festival that made everyone “feel seen.” Those dueling attitudes showed up starkly in our study numbers. If anything, the numbers understate the hostility with which Republicans were treated compared with Democrats.
The 191 minutes of PBS commentary from the RNC (out of 14 hours and 3 minutes of total coverage), including commentary from all the booth panelists, broke down as 38% negative, 15% positive, and 47% neutral, meaning the opinionated comments from the RNC broke down as 72% negative and 28% positive.
By contrast, the 176 minutes of PBS commentary from the DNC (out of 15 hours and 18 minutes of total coverage), including commentary from all the booth panelists, was 8% negative, 60% positive, and 32% neutral. The opinionated comments from the DNC: 12% negative and 88% positive.
Analysis of interviews with RNC and DNC studio guests and delegates were not included in these commentary tallies, which were calculated separately.
STUDY: Hating Republicans, Hailing Democrats! PBS’s Very Biased 2024 Convention Coverage
The Republican and Democratic conventions are over, and it’s clear which party was the favorite of taxpayer-supported PBS
The Guardian Warns 'We Each Have a Nazi in Us' (But 'We' Just Means 'Donald Trump')
It's not even an original phrase. The idea that 'we each have a Nazi within' was coined by Auschwitz survivor Edith Egan, who uses her experience to help others.
To his credit, Maté does acknowledge this ... before he bastardizes and perverts Egan's idea to make it all about Trump.
Progressives have been proving this weekly for 20 yrs
Wolverines!!!
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Oh our local Russian propagandist has an opinion on who should be able to report news
LOLOL
Frustrated Frum: 'Probably Stupid' Electoral College Gives Trump Chance To Win
Which Canadian-born CNN regular is more annoying: David Frum or Daniel Dale?
Frum did stop short of banging his fists or stamping his feet. But on today's CNN This Morning, the Trump-detesting pundit was more taciturn. He said thanks to the "probably stupid" rules of the Constitution, Trump could win the election with an Electoral College majority despite losing the popular vote count.
Frum was responding to a statement by CNN reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere that some in the Kamala camp believe that if the election were held today, she would lose.
Frum began by claiming: "We need to be more specific about what we mean by 'lose." Depends on what the meaning of is, is, David?
As Frum ranted against the rules of American politics with its Electoral College, host Kasie Hunt interjected: "But that's the rules of the game." Responded Frum:
Yes, David, if only you had been around in 1787, your wisdom would surely have prevailed over the likes of mediocrities like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin!
