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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#333676: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:14:51 AM

Right wing tabloid trash rag.

Disgusted, but not surprised
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#333677: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:16:03 AM

I heard a bit about it from Fox News in the other room, and even they're saying "Well according to the emails Hunter didn't promise anything to the guy, and Joe may still never have heard of him".

So this feels like a lazy hoax. Even if it were true I bet it does absolutely nothing to the race.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#333678: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:16:20 AM

[up][up]That. It is owned by the Murdochs, and is one of their usual mouthpieces, like Fox News.

Edited by ViperMagnum357 on Oct 14th 2020 at 10:16:29 AM

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#333679: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:19:43 AM

Speaking of the Media being fucking trashy, NBC is giving full focus on Trump’s town hall and will ignore Biden’s.

Why does the media want Trump to win? They won’t even talk about ACB having no problem with the n-word or calling sexual orientation “preferences”!

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#333681: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:22:59 AM

This pattern is troublesome, considering the proximity to election day.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#333682: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:23:50 AM

[up][up][up]It's more that the media always wants a damn horse-race between more closely matched candidates. They want a tighter race since that means higher ratings.

They also think that Trump will bring in higher ratings, for better or worse. His town halls are fascinating in the way train wrecks are fascinating.

Edited by M84 on Oct 14th 2020 at 10:27:13 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#333683: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:31:58 AM

Concerning the "sexual preferences" gaffe, that does seem like an honest mistake and not an intentional attempt to use an offensive phrasing.

Edited by MichaelKatsuro on Oct 14th 2020 at 4:32:18 PM

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#333684: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:37:39 AM

So how badly is this all going to blow up?

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#333685: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:44:08 AM

I can't wait to hear right wing apologists keep on going off about "the emails" all over again /s

For real though, I think it's a little late for Trump's campaign to try and push this as an "October Surprise". Keep in mind also that the last election's October Surprise was not about Hillary's emails - that had already been in the news for months. The October Surprise was the FBI announcing their investigation into the emails being leaked.

Trump's campaign already tried and failed to push this story a year ago, and it didn't take. As has been mentioned before, Trump was impeached for trying to coerce Ukraine into fabricating evidence about this 'controversy'. The time is long past for this sort of thing to make a difference. Of course it won't stop the media from trying to cover it to get those precious ratings

Edited by Xopher001 on Oct 14th 2020 at 5:56:05 PM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#333686: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:51:21 AM

It's not just tabloid trash, it is a right wing propaganda paper, basically.

I'm not surprised they are doubling down on that story now. It's basically all they have left to go after.

Told you Giuliani would show his ghoulish face again sooner or later. This is his dirty operation, clearly.

As for the media, they are also the ones responsible for propping Trump up during his early career. We may defend the media now that Trump is attacking it so harshly, but really, US media has some big issues.

Edited by Redmess on Oct 14th 2020 at 4:54:54 PM

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#333687: Oct 14th 2020 at 7:56:09 AM

Alexander Hamilton must be spinning in his grave.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#333688: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:00:20 AM

Why Hamilton?

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#333689: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:01:07 AM

It's more that the media always wants a damn horse-race between more closely matched candidates. They want a tighter race since that means higher ratings.

They also think that Trump will bring in higher ratings, for better or worse. His town halls are fascinating in the way train wrecks are fascinating.

It's especially galling since Trump is their bloody enemy - he's been working on delegitimising the American media pretty much since he came to office and nonsense like this just makes it easier for him.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#333690: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:01:19 AM

[up][up][up][up]Yeah, to be honest, the media in the US and the way people see the news have a lot of responsibility for the way things have turned. Everything has to be a spectacle. News can't just give news, and people just can't watch news, information is not good enough. They need entertainment or they don't care. People like Trump thrive in that environment. Everything is a spectacle to him.

Edited by Resileafs on Oct 14th 2020 at 11:01:41 AM

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#333691: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:06:15 AM

[up][up][up]He founded the NY Post.

Edited by 3of4 on Oct 14th 2020 at 5:06:29 PM

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DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#333692: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:07:48 AM

Trump’s Probe Into ‘Unmasking’ Conspiracy Ends With No Wrongdoing Found: Report

"A federal investigation meant to target Obama administration officials for “unmasking” the names of individuals in classified intelligence reports ended recently without finding any wrongdoing that the Trump administration could use as political ammunition, The Washington Post reported Tuesday."

Clearly a deep state conspiracy to force the Federal Government to be competent.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#333693: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:08:07 AM

The Supreme Court nom and Census rulings are currently monopolizing my news feed. Not a thing about anything brought up in the last two pages. So maybe not?

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#333694: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:09:44 AM

It appears to be trending on Twitter, but a lot of people on that platform are calling it our for the bs nothingburger it is

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#333695: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:10:42 AM

I care about what's trending on Twitter only slightly more than I care about what Q Anon thinks.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#333696: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:14:13 AM

A lot of people are calling out journalists for Retweeting this without commentary as well.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#333697: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:16:46 AM

The media loves Trump despite bashing him all the time.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#333698: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:20:44 AM

The masochism inherent in journalism has been noted many times.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#333699: Oct 14th 2020 at 8:21:25 AM

I think love is too strong a word for it, but they sure can't stay away from reporting on him either.

And the hell of it is, with him being the president, they can't really ignore him, either.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012

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