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"Fake news"

  • Spock
    Is a backpack required?
  • wkfan
    fish82;1867434 wrote:CNN just suggested that Barcelona “could be a Charlottesville copycat.”

    So that happened. : thumbup:
    As stated on another thread......CNN SOOOOOOOOO wanted this to be true.

    But, it's not.
  • Heretic
    Fake news = outlets falling for this dude's pranks.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/this-guy-tricks-pro-trump-media-into-confusing-every-campaign-rally-for-the-2016-cavaliers-championship-parade
  • Spock
    Trump called CNN take news last night while CNN streamed him live. It was awesome
  • CenterBHSFan
    Spock;1868455 wrote:Trump called CNN take news last night while CNN streamed him live. It was awesome
    I would have hoped that he would be bored with those antics by now and have his mind elsewhere.
  • Dr Winston O'Boogie
    CenterBHSFan;1868497 wrote:I would have hoped that he would be bored with those antics by now and have his mind elsewhere.
    If he keeps repeating the mantra over and over, it slowly moves from his opinion to a fact and then to a public stance. Then in the future whenever he is criticized, he can say "I told you so".
  • gut
    CenterBHSFan;1868497 wrote:I would have hoped that he would be bored with those antics by now and have his mind elsewhere.
    It's his go-to form of distraction.

    You know, Obama was the first perpetual campaigner....Trump does it better. Obama used to criticize the news and unfavorable coverage (Fox)....Trump does it better.
  • CenterBHSFan
    gut;1868576 wrote:You know, Obama was the first perpetual campaigner....Trump does it better. Obama used to criticize the news and unfavorable coverage (Fox)....Trump does it better.
    Agreed.
  • QuakerOats
    http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/29/rescued-woman-goes-off-on-cnn-for-hurricane-harvey-coverage-video/

    The pathetic CNN
  • CenterBHSFan
    In b4 somebody accuses Trump of Katrina... erm... I mean harvey!
  • gut
    CenterBHSFan;1869295 wrote:In b4 somebody accuses Trump of Katrina... erm... I mean harvey!
    The gods are angry with his climate change denial....
  • O-Trap
    CenterBHSFan;1869295 wrote:In b4 somebody accuses Trump of Katrina... erm... I mean harvey!
    Too late.

    http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-08-28-weather-wars-theorists-claim-hurricane-harvey-was-engineered-steered-toward-houston-as-a-weather-terrorism-weapon.html
  • CenterBHSFan
    What in the world...
  • O-Trap
    CenterBHSFan;1869322 wrote:What in the world...
    I wish I was surprised.
  • Spock
    CNN reports that Trump reaction was "too soon". Jesus you cant satisfy the fake media
  • gut
    Spock;1869331 wrote:CNN reports that Trump reaction was "too soon". Jesus you cant satisfy the fake media
    CNN is just awful. MSNBC is better now, and they're both treading in leftwing-Breitbart territory.
  • O-Trap
    Here's the problem:

    Whether or not something is "too _____" or "not ______ enough" is a matter of opinion (unless we're talking actions that result in a clear, measurable objective).

    Opinion is not fact. Neither is opinion news.

    FFS, can we just get a news outlet?
  • gut
    O-Trap;1869441 wrote: FFS, can we just get a news outlet?
    No, because most people don't want "news", they want confirmation of their beliefs and opinions.

    Even now, most liberals aren't going to remotely acknowledge their left wing sources are at least as bad as they ever believed Fox to believe. For all his faults, Trump has shown this to be demonstrably true.

    Doesn't matter because the attacks on Fox News were never been about truth but about silencing the opposition (a strategy we see from the left pretty much everywhere these days).
  • O-Trap
    gut;1869477 wrote:No, because most people don't want "news", they want confirmation of their beliefs and opinions.

    Even now, most liberals aren't going to remotely acknowledge their left wing sources are at least as bad as they ever believed Fox to believe. For all his faults, Trump has shown this to be demonstrably true.

    Doesn't matter because the attacks on Fox News were never been about truth but about silencing the opposition (a strategy we see from the left pretty much everywhere these days).
    I wonder what would happen if a news network tried to impartially report facts. "The Joe Friday Network: Just the Facts, Ma'am"

    They'd probably draw the ire of pretty much the rest of the news outlets, as well as accusations of anything but impartiality.
  • gut
    O-Trap;1869480 wrote:I wonder what would happen if a news network tried to impartially report facts. "The Joe Friday Network: Just the Facts, Ma'am"
    For the most part, that IS roughly half of programming on CNN and FNC (not that there still isn't bias in story selection and time allotted). Then from 4pm on CNN, with the exception of an hour of Erin Burnett, is mostly leftwing rag. FNC is mostly down to just Hannity and Tucker for retardism.
  • O-Trap
    gut;1869483 wrote:For the most part, that IS roughly half of programming on CNN and FNC (not that there still isn't bias in story selection and time allotted). Then from 4pm on CNN, with the exception of an hour of Erin Burnett, is mostly leftwing rag. FNC is mostly down to just Hannity and Tucker for retardism.
    Sure. The prime time stuff is where the slant would be needed, I'd imagine.
  • QuakerOats
    gut;1869477 wrote:No, because most people don't want "news", they want confirmation of their beliefs and opinions.

    Disagree; I would appreciate just the news. Similarly, I would appreciate just sports on ESPN.
  • Automatik
    O-Trap;1869441 wrote:Here's the problem:

    Whether or not something is "too _____" or "not ______ enough" is a matter of opinion (unless we're talking actions that result in a clear, measurable objective).

    Opinion is not fact. Neither is opinion news.

    FFS, can we just get a news outlet?
    Reuters is the only news source that continues to stay in my "bookmarks bar"
  • BoatShoes
    O-Trap;1869480 wrote:I wonder what would happen if a news network tried to impartially report facts. "The Joe Friday Network: Just the Facts, Ma'am"

    They'd probably draw the ire of pretty much the rest of the news outlets, as well as accusations of anything but impartiality.
    Because no one would watch. In the wealthy west there are no longer major consequences day in and day out from being generally ignorant of world affairs beyond daily minutiae and so we choose to be entertained and the free market responds accordingly.
  • BoatShoes
    QuakerOats;1869576 wrote:Disagree; I would appreciate just the news. Similarly, I would appreciate just sports on ESPN.
    But we live in a world wherein we can't even agree on what is just the news. E.g. 275k jobs reported by DOL in July 2016 = fake news and lies by liberals shilling for Obama vs. 250k jobs in July 2017 = MAGA!

    Nothing is "Just News" when you have on rose-colored glasses.