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Republicans log on to Twitter every day and just start spewing insults at any group they don't like, but the second a Democrat even lightly criticizes a person or group, the GOP starts screaming about civility.
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Thousands of tweets telling this guy that it's not her, but he's got to leave it up for some sweet, sweet Twitter clout.
This is one of the big problems with social media: zero incentive to own up to false information and delete it.
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One of the few people at CNN worth paying attention to, sadly, is now headed out the door. John Malone's Newsmax-ification of CNN continues. twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/s…
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This is going exactly how I predicted it would (see thread). And it's not because I'm in any way insightful, but because the people who work in corporate media are SO predictable: twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/s…
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My guess is that Biden's speech will be him saying a bunch of objectively true things... that the press will spend the next 24 hours debating whether or not it broke with his message of "unity."
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"Sure, he owned slaves, but did you know he also came up with the phrase 'give me liberty or give me death'?" is such a wild position here, as though it doesn't just show how little he actually cared about "liberty." twitter.com/abughazalehkat…
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And this is just the money that can be publicly tracked. Who knows how much he's donated in untrackable dark money. Anyway, yes, this guy is the primary financial stakeholder over at CNN now. fec.gov/data/receipts/…
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If mainstream news outlets want to be taken seriously, they can't ignore the left anymore. And it's time the left calls out the clear right-wing bias that exists.
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CNN is controlled by John Malone, a man who donated to Trump's "Save America PAC" (which was formed after the 2020 election to help Trump try to illegitimately cling to power).
Just in case it's not clear what's happening over there lately.
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No one:
My brain: time to type "Danny DeVito as the virgin Mary" into #midjourney for absolutely no reason
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CNN is a right-wing media outlet. CNN has always leaned to the right (just look at the below list of paid contributors from this recent piece I wrote), but since John Malone installed Chris Licht, it's taken a sharp right turn. readtpa.com/p/what-liberal…
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The guy who responded to Trump losing the election by promising that Trump was going to remain in office anyway is pretending that he cares about the constitution.
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It really bothers me how outside of people at progressive media watchdogs like @mmfa, not many people seem all that concerned about the right-wing effort to terrorize children's hospitals. twitter.com/abughazalehkat…
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Also, ever notice that journalists are routinely punished for offering opinions on important things, but wild "yeah troops! woo! troops! let's go bomb some countries! yeah!" stuff is always welcomed and allowed on air, never treated as a form of bias (even though it is)?
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This is clearly Malone being nervous about the GOP in the midterms, so he's rushing to try to tilt CNN as far right as possible. twitter.com/DylanByers/sta…
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Pundits: "It's bad when either side does it!"
Cool. So why is it that you only make a point of calling that out when one side does it, then?
Pundits:
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Ah, an attempt to get a message to people as he was pushed out the door. Something very sinister is happening with CNN. twitter.com/froomkin/statu…
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"Oh, you can't charge him before the midterms!!!"
Bullshit. You absolutely can and should. He committed a crime. Arrest and prosecute every single person who was a part of this. Now.
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Looking forward to Fox & Friends tomorrow where they'll frame this like "BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS IDIOTS" or something wild. twitter.com/Acyn/status/15…
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As soon as she refused to answer the question for the second time, that's when you say "That's enough" and end the interview. It's absolutely insane that people in media ARE STILL doing this. twitter.com/AndyOstroy/sta…
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I'd like to again remind people that Prager made a video where he explained that it was perfectly natural for men to want to bang hot mannequins. twitter.com/JessicaValenti…
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I think that once you're on record telling a massive lie, especially one about racial profiling, that should probably disqualify you from getting a six-figure contributor contract at a major news organization, but hey, he shares Licht's editorial vision.
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Anyone with a shred of integrity who works at CNN should be loudly speaking out about what's happening. It might hurt your career, but it'd be the right thing to do. Show some bravery, people. Otherwise, you're just helping the rise of fascism.
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And it wasn't that he lied a long time ago. He lied, under oath, about this as recently as March. nydailynews.com/news/politics/…
