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0 pointsredis_mlc5y ago0 comments

Pre-2010, the MSM was often wrong but only slightly biased: journalists made an effort to find 2 sources. Sure, owners and local real estate developers had a lot of influence.

Today, the MSM is literally fake news that conforms to leftist/DNC dogma. See my other post in this thread for why.

You can see this in the common use of narrative keywords like "no widespread election fraud" and "insurrection" across multiple MSM media properties. Everybody knows there is always election fraud (voters moving to another state and voting in their old state is considered voting fraud by the FEC), but inserting "widespread" in the phrase makes it easy to keep moving the goalpost.

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donohoe5y ago

"no widespread election fraud"

But, there wasn't. This has been backed up in courts and by various gov and independent agencies - and then reported in the news.

"insurrection"

The Capitol was stormed. You can even watch the video. There is evidence of advance planning by some groups involved (see Proud Boys and Oath Keepers etc.). It disrupted sessions of the House and the Senate. VP was evacuated by Secret Service. Many were armed. 5 people died, one of those shot as she tried to get into the barricaded doors of the House. At least one member of the police also killed. Extensive video footage exists documenting the day.

mc325y ago

The key is inserting “widespread” as a qualifier.

It’s like saying, did you steal a million dollars? No, I didn’t steal a _million_ dollars! (leaving blank they stole ten thousand thousand).

A member of the police force died. It’s uncertain he was killed.

If you listened to the media it was an armed insurrection. In reality it was a bunch of idiots a half dozen of whom had weapons. If you believed the media hundreds or thousands or armed goons were on the cusp of taking over government. It’s so far removed from reality but people believe that is what happened.

smartician5y ago

It's almost comical how you go from "it doesn't matter what the scale of the irregularities is, fraud is fraud" to "you have to qualify the scale of the insurrection, only a few were armed" in the same post.

If this is a sarcastic post, well done!

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donohoe5y ago

I stand by what I said. The media reports are based on extensive first-hand evidence, coverage, social media.

I do not need MSM to tell me that an insurrection was happening. I see it for myself.

And here you are down-playing, ignoring facts, ignoring the other points I made that counter yours, and generally being mis-leading.

I think you should refresh your history. Often it can be opportunistic armed goons that topple governments.

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0 pointsredis_mlc5y ago0 comments

Pre-2010, the MSM was often wrong but only slightly biased: journalists made an effort to find 2 sources. Sure, owners and local real estate developers had a lot of influence.

Today, the MSM is literally fake news that conforms to leftist/DNC dogma. See my other post in this thread for why.

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donohoe5y ago

"no widespread election fraud"

But, there wasn't. This has been backed up in courts and by various gov and independent agencies - and then reported in the news.

"insurrection"

mc325y ago

The key is inserting “widespread” as a qualifier.

It’s like saying, did you steal a million dollars? No, I didn’t steal a _million_ dollars! (leaving blank they stole ten thousand thousand).

A member of the police force died. It’s uncertain he was killed.

smartician5y ago

If this is a sarcastic post, well done!

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donohoe5y ago

I stand by what I said. The media reports are based on extensive first-hand evidence, coverage, social media.

I do not need MSM to tell me that an insurrection was happening. I see it for myself.

And here you are down-playing, ignoring facts, ignoring the other points I made that counter yours, and generally being mis-leading.

I think you should refresh your history. Often it can be opportunistic armed goons that topple governments.

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