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#Trump’s ‘Gish Gallop’ #Debate #Tactic Comes from #Creationists
#politics #usa #election #vote #president #Problem #ethics #creationist #creationism #fake #media
Trump's Weird Debate Strategies Come From Creationist Tactics
A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politicsScientific American
Key takeaways from #CorporateMedia punditry about the #VPDebate:
- #Facts don't matter
- It's all about the feels
- Style over substance
- #Lying is just fine if you are confident and poised while doing it
- #Racism is just fine if you do it without screaming
- Scapegoating of #immigrants is just #normal American politics (again)
What did I miss?
#JDVance #TimWalz #Harris2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #USPol #USPolitics #Media #VoteBlue
Hey media, yes you. You know the word "impartial"? Delete it from your dictionary right now. You don't need it.
Your job is not to have "no side", your job has side. It is to be firmly and unwaveringly on the side of truth and the interests of the people, especially the disadvantaged, against the powers that would own them.
If you keep on with this pseudo-scientific "outside observer" bullshit we shall have to think that you have a side and just don't want to say what it is. 🤨
Media Fails to Link Hurricane Helene to Fossil-Fueled Climate Change
The storm devastated large swaths of the southeastern US after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm.Amy Goodman (Truthout)
"So how did the #press cover Trump’s speech on the subject of violent neck slitting in our kitchens?
Bloomberg’s headline stated that #Trump “sharpened his criticism on border security” and spoke of Harris’s “political vulnerability” on the question. Axios’s headline read, “Trump pounds #immigration message after Harris’s #border visit.”
The #media collectively simply does not know how to report on Trump out of #fear they will appear “partisan” or anti-Trump."
- @jaykuo
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As noted by attorney and author Andrew L. Seidel, who has written about the rise of Christian Nationalist and the dangers of modern fascism,
[block quote]
One thing we’ve learned from studying genocides is that language like this often precedes the mass killing. Otherize, dehumanize, and fearmonger about the target group. This is well documented in Rwanda in [the] 90s and in the 1930s Nazi regime.
This is historical fact, not hyperbole.
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So how did the press cover Trump’s speech on the subject of violent neck slitting in our kitchens? Bloomberg’s headline stated that Trump “sharpened his criticism on border security” and spoke of Harris’s “political vulnerability” on the question. Axios’s headline read, “Trump pounds immigration message after Harris’s border visit.”
The media collectively simply does not know how to report on Trump out of fear they will appear “partisan” or anti-Trump.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3257854 "Text from article:
As noted by attorney and author Andrew L. Seidel, who has written about the rise of Christian Nationalist and the dangers of modern fascism,
[block quote]
One thing we’ve learned from studying genocides is that language like this often precedes the mass killing. Otherize, dehumanize, and fearmonger about the target group. This is well documented in Rwanda in [the] 90s and in the 1930s Nazi regime.
This is historical fact, not hyperbole.
[end block quote]
So how did the press cover Trump’s speech on the subject of violent neck slitting in our kitchens? Bloomberg’s headline stated that Trump “sharpened his criticism on border security” and spoke of Harris’s “political vulnerability” on the question. Axios’s headline read, “Trump pounds immigration message after Harris’s border visit.”
The media collectively simply does not know how to report on Trump out of fear they will appear “partisan” or anti-Trump.")
"It wasn’t enough for #Trump to earlier claim #immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country... Trump dialed up the #fear by painting migrants as violent criminals who will murder you in your home...
"language like this often precedes the mass killing. Otherize, dehumanize, and fearmonger about the target group. This is well documented in #Rwanda in [the] 90s and in the 1930s #Nazi regime.
This is #historical fact, not hyperbole.""
- @jaykuo
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/legacy-media-is-failing-us-hard
"“One violent day.”
There also should be massive headlines about Trump’s insane statement about unleashing the #police, without any restraints or due process, upon suspected criminals for just “one violent day” in order for “word to get out” and for #crime to “end immediately.”
That’s right. #Trump just called for #ThePurge.
This wild and dangerous statement isn’t getting much coverage, except on #SocialMedia by #fascism experts."
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/legacy-media-is-failing-us-hard
#Press #Media #News #USA #Politics
Legacy Media Is Failing Us Hard
Trump delivered some of his most terrifying remarks to date, but the press shrugged. And now it’s refusing to fact check Tuesday’s debate.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
"CBS’s decision is mostly significant as an indication of how powerful institutions will bend to Trump should he win the presidency. Many are bending already, when he has no official power and is behind in the polls."
#Trump #JDVance #lies #disinformation #PoliticsofHate #media #MediaFail #CBS
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"CBS announced over the weekend that moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell will not correct any lies when vice presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance meet in New York to debate on Tuesday night."
~ Brian Beutler
#Trump #JDVance #lies #disinformation #PoliticsofHate #media #MediaFail #CBS
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https://www.offmessage.net/p/media-incentivizes-trump-authoritarianism
How The Media Incentivizes Right-Wing Authoritarianism
Capitulation is complicity.Brian Beutler (Off Message)
Elliot Kirschner, who used to work for CBS, says CBS is giving the Trump-Vance team "a license to lie" and that this is "a danger to democracy." Their decision not to factp-check is "a bit like saying firefighters should wait until the house has burned to the ground before picking up the hose—or, at best, suggesting the residents form their own bucket brigade."
#Trump #JDVance #lies #disinformation #PoliticsofHate #media #MediaFail #CBS
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Quite a back handed endorsement. Like saying “we have no other choice” but begrudgingly.
Opinion | The Only Patriotic Choice for President #politics #journalism #media
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024.html
Walter Cronkite is turning over in his grave.
CBS's lily-livered (and dangerous) decision not to fact-check exemplifies what Timothy Snyder says NOT to do: "Do not obey in advance."
https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10
#OnTyranny
#TimothySnyder
#Fascism
#Media
CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
When JD Vance and Tim Walz take the stage for next week's vice presidential debate, CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.DAVID BAUDER (AP News)
"The mainstream media has settled on a narrative about this election, and they did it years ago. They want excitement and book deals and gossip and trash talking and the best way to get this is through a Donald Trump win."
~ Oliver Willis
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media #MediaFail
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https://www.oliverexplains.com/p/if-kamala-harris-keeps-wonking-she
I was at NYC court for the Trump trial on sexual abuse. Mayor Eric Adams' arraignment was more of a circus
I was at NYC court for the Trump trial on sexual abuse. Mayor Eric Adams’ arraignment was more of a circus
Significantly more members of the media and everyday citizens stood outside the federal building to see Adams after his arraignment, Ariana Baio reportsAriana Baio (The Independent)
#Florida residents who choose to ride out #Helene told to write name, information on arm. Here are the details
In a social #media post, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office - Division of #Emergency Management encouraged residents to write their names, birthdays and important information on an arm or leg in a permanent marker so that they can “be identified and family notified.”
#hurricane #danger #warning #usa #news #weather #storm
Florida residents who choose to ride out Helene told to write name, information on arm. Here are the details
One Florida county has a message for residents who are choosing to ride out Hurricane Helene.Haley Coomes (ClickOrlando | Orlando, Florida News, Local Headlines | WKMG News 6")
📣 It's been a while since we've federated a batch of publishers — so to make up for it, here are 250, and they're big ones.
Today, we're bringing names like @abc, @RollingStone, @forbes, @BleacherReport, @NationalGeographic and @newyorktimes to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we've already federated, which include everyone from @19thnews to @Vox
Here's a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you're only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU
#Flipboard #Federation #SpreadMastodon #ActivityPub #Media #Publishers #Journalism #News #Politics #Sports #Entertainment #Food #Lifestyle #Science
Flipboard Brings 250 Publishers to the Fediverse - Flipboard
Flipboard is federating publisher profiles and their curated Magazines, making it possible for people across the fediverse to find and follow their content.Marci McCue (Flipboard)
Media: What’s your plan to do X? Be specific!
Harris: We will do X Y and Z.
Media: Wow, so no specifics?
#Harris: We will do X1, X2, Y5-7, and Z10.
#Media: Okay but without the Senate you can’t do that so what’s your plan?
Harris: Win the Senate?
Media: But you won’t so what’s your plan?
Harris: Executive action where I can?
Media: the Courts will block it so what’s your plan? No specifics?
Love, an unsatisfiable moving target. 🎯
"[Mark] Robinson also posted far worse things on the porn site than the things about his predilection for peeping on unsuspecting women and other sexual misconduct, which we know, because CNN, who broke the story, decided not to publish the worst stuff, because it was too bad to print. So I guess there's even worse out there that's just ... not being reported on, for our protection, I guess."
~ A.R. Moxon
#MarkRobinson #Republicans #media #CNN #Nazis #trans #porn
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https://www.the-reframe.com/the-rot-goes-to-the-core/
The Rot Goes To The Core
Where we are and how we got here. Fascists at play in a land of no consequences, where hypocrisy is a virtue.A.R. Moxon (The Reframe)
After all the #MarkRobinson, #Rufo, #Nuzzi and #RFKJr news broke, a late-night filing revealed that 3 witnesses gave sworn testimony that “#MattGaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party in 2017 with the 17-year-old girl at the center of the alleged sex trafficking scandal.”
Thursday was quite a news day.
#media
https://www.notus.org/florida/new-court-filings-matt-gaetz-dorworth-sex-party
New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex Trafficking Scandal
This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl.Jose Pagliery (NOTUS)
An excellent takedown of the ongoing media coverage of Trump, Vance, fascism, and blood libel, by @jeffjarvis
"You hide behind your impotent fact-checking, never seeing — though frequently warned — that in the ways you debunk their lies, you spread them, and by pedantically nitpicking the other side in your misguided search for balance you create false equivalence. This is how they exploit you."
https://buzzmachine.com/2024/09/19/how-they-have-failed-us/
How they have failed us — BuzzMachine
It is as if the editorial department at The Washington Post woke up one morning asking, in headlines I will quote below, “What are we doing wrong?” I will...Jeff Jarvis (BuzzMachine)
Ethical and Moral Dimensions: The Age of Trump and the Goldwater Rule - APA 2018
Asynchronously live from the 126th APA Convention (2018), psychologists discuss the 'Goldwater Rule' and the psychological, ethical, and moral aspects of the words and actions of Donald Trump.psychservices.com
“In recent weeks, #police across #California have threatened journalists with arrests for covering evictions of homeless encampments. It’s unclear why — the journalists aren’t interfering with the evictions. But they are documenting them, and clearly officers don’t want that.”
#news #media #press
https://freedom.press/news/california-officials-must-let-journalists-cover-encampment-sweeps/
California officials must let journalists cover encampment sweeps
Threats to arrest journalists are the latest in a long line of egregious press freedom violations in the Golden StateFreedom of the Press
#Facebook owner bans Russian state #media networks
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gllnx0p40o
Facebook owner Meta says it is banning several Russian state media networks, alleging they use deceptive tactics to conduct influence operations and avoid detection on its platforms.
#russia #news #censorship #politics #freespeech
Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media networks
Russian state media outlets have come under increased scrutiny in Western countries.Peter Hoskins (BBC News)
Well, it is one way to get the headlines away from their political candidate's pronounced hatred for Taylor Swift.
"Trump Campaign Just Tried To Falsely Suggest A New Assassination Attempt"
https://www.politicususa.com/2024/09/15/trump-shots-fired.html
"Vague statement from the Trump campaign claimed that shots were fired in the vicinity of the ex-president while he was golfing, but the incident had nothing to do with Trump."
UPDATED: Story stilll in progress, see reply. Thanks.
#GOP #Trump #media #golf #shots #politics #ruse
Trump Campaign Just Tried To Falsely Suggest A New Assassination Attempt
A vague statement from the Trump campaign claimed that shots were fired in the vicinity of the ex-president while he was golfing, but the incident had nothing to do with Trump.Jason Easley (PoliticusUSA LLC)
Could it actually happen?
Outside grps always hope to #influence presidents. #Heritage has put together & released a version of the Mandate for Leadership every 4 yrs since #Reagan’s 1st term. Why did this one catch fire? For 1, they wrote it all down & released it publicly, w/splashy online presence & #media appearances.…They publicly called it a plan for “institutionalizing #Trumpism”
“My first thought was: Here we go again. This is a trope we’ve seen time & time again that is used to ‘other’ people of color [&] new immigrants.” said Anita Mannur
"After the June debate that so clearly exposed Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, news coverage questioning his competence to hold office for another term was seemingly never-ending, and for good reason. The end result, of course, was that Biden took himself out of the race and endorsed Kamala Harris.
Now Trump has had a debate that raises serious questions about his competence."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #age #MentalDecline #media #sanewashing
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/trumps-mental-capacity-is-now-topic
Trump’s mental capacity is now topic one
Is he competent to be president? That’s a question journalists should be asking, prominently and relentlessly, until Election Day.Dan Froomkin (Press Watch)
Google just destroyed a plan to get tech giants to hand some of their ad profits to journalism in California.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @mattdpearce.bsky.social about why Google and Meta are a threat to journalism and how they’re transforming the web.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/237_google_and_meta_are_a_threat_to_journalism_w_matt_pearce
#tech #journalism #news #media #google #meta #california
Google and Meta Are A Threat to Journalism w/ Matt Pearce - Tech Won’t Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.Tech Won't Save Us
Now that’s a lede
“In Kamala Harris’s big general-election debate four years ago, she faced off against an opponent with a fly on his head.
In her immeasurably bigger debate on Tuesday night, she confronted an opponent with bats inside his.”
Opinion | Donald Trump Made a Raving, Rambling Fool of Himself in That Debate
#politics #media #journalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/opinion/trump-harris-debate.html
"The Trump-Musk alliance is about their unquenchable thirst for power. Also their hatred of women, trans people, and immigrants. But it has nothing to do with 'wasteful spending,' no matter what the New York Times tells you. ...
The New York Times can pretend to believe that, but we don’t have to."
~ Jamison Foser
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media #misogyny #trans #immigrants #xenophobia #NewYorkTimes
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Boddie quotes Michael Steele:
"It's obvious on so many levels, but the thing about it that strikes me, and it's going to be manifest on Tuesday, in how even in the run-up to this debate, the expectation is somehow — she's got to perform better, she's got to prove something. No! The guy who's talking cray-cray has to prove something."
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media
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"MSNBC's The Weekend co-hosts, former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend, on Sunday issued a scathing rebuke of the media's coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris versus Donald Trump."
~ Maya Boddie
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media
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Scott Dworkin continues his weekly "5 Corporate Media Fails" series with commentary on five big fails this week in which the media either failed to cover a story adequately or got it wrong — always in Trump's favor:
1. Putin Did Not “Endorse” Harris
2. Trump Admits He Lost
3. Trump and Vance Made Truly Horrible Statements
4. Covering the Wrong Stories
5. Trump’s Brain Failures
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media
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https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/cover-trumps-mental-decline-now
Cover. Trump’s. Mental. Decline. Now.
5 more lousy corporate media failsScott Dworkin (The Dworkin Report)
"The corporate media, however, have decided that it is no longer the job of its journalists and pundits to report and analyze information; rather they believe they must translate Donald’s nonsensical ramblings into a version of the English language we can all understand."
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media #MentalDecline #sanewashing
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https://www.marytrump.org/p/translating-the-crazy
Translating the Crazy
Corporate media turns a blind eyeMary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)
John Stoehr turns a cold eye on media malfeasance in letting Trump off the hook again and again and sanewashing his nonsense babble, since
"If he’s unfit to communicate, he’s unfit to serve."
And the media have an obligation to tell us this, not to function as "Trump’s assisted living program" and impose coherence, order, and meaning on meaningless spates of words.
John Stoehr
#Trump #media #sanewashing
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https://www.editorialboard.com/the-press-corps-is-trumps-assisted-living-program/
The press corps is Trump’s assisted living program
We are beyond “sane-washing.”John Stoehr (The Editorial Board)
#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #TimWalz #media #journalism #rural
Pro-Trump Media Firm Abruptly Folds After Russia Scheme Exposed
Tenet Media has met a hilarious demise.The New Republic
Harris is getting the Al Gore treatment from Alex Thompson and the rest of the sadly influential Axios crew.
He’s almost single-handedly invented the narrative that “she's presenting a different ideology than four years ago” with a constant drumbeat of cheap, misleading gotcha pieces. It’s just the most pathetic hackery.
#media #HarrisWalz2024 #Election2024
Internationalen har fått en ny redaktionssekreterare!
Åsa Mattsson har lång erfarenhet som journalist på bla. Aftonbladet och har jobbat som pressekreterare för Vänsterpartiet.
https://internationalen.se/valkommen-ombord-asa/
#intervju #internationalen #vänsterpatiet #vänstermedia #media #intervju
Välkommen ombord, Åsa! - Internationalen
Sedan årsskiftet har Internationalen givits ut som nättidning med en helt ideell redaktion. Nu har tidningen fått en första välbehövlig förstärkning genom en redaktionssekreterare på halvtid. Och det är inte vem som helst.Internationalen (Tidningen Internationalen)
#The19th wanted to ‘normalize’ #women in #power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.
The nonprofit newsroom, entering its fifth year, is making new hires & planning to grow an endowment.
The birth of the 19th came in the wake of #HillaryClinton’s 2016 electoral loss — & a growing frustration that traditional #news #media wasn’t equipped to cover women in #political life.
#Equity #Women #LGBTQ+ #gender #journalism #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/19th-news-site-ramshaw-lasharah-bunting/
The 19th wanted to ‘normalize’ women in power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.
The 19th focuses on gender in its coverage of politics and policy. It’s gearing up for a historic presidential election.Elahe Izadi (The Washington Post)
