An interesting perspective on the election and the MSM

gator_jo · Nov 17, 2024

Gatorrick22 said: ↑

This first election was just a trial run for bigger, better elections to come. With billionaires and brilliant minds that see how to defeat LIES in new media. It's easier than you think, but because the RINOs were in bed with the Dems, no one wanted the real truth to be told, until Trump.

The RINOs are a dying breed that cannot die fast enough. They along with the commies will soon disappear into oblivion and in the coming years the Golden Age of American exceptionalism truly does begin. And the rest of the world will come along with us for the ride.
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Weren't the crazy conspiracies supposed to end if Trump won?

Oh wait, he did appoint RFK Jr to the cabinet....

Gatorrick22 · Nov 17, 2024

gator_jo said: ↑

Weren't the crazy conspiracies supposed to end if Trump won?

Oh wait, he did appoint RFK Jr to the cabinet....
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Oh, the fun has yet to even begin... I think you're trying to invent a strawman too... Lol.

okeechobee · Nov 17, 2024

PITBOSS said: ↑

Where does everyone get their news?
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OAN and Newsmax is where I go most often. If I want an international take, Skynews out of Australia is money.

flgator2 · Nov 18, 2024

lacuna said: ↑

I located and read the incomplete quote on the biased DailySignal article cited in the OP. It was excerpted from Bezos's Washington Post column explaining why he refused to allow the WP to endorse a candidate.

"In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress. Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are doing is clearly not working. … Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose. Reality is an undefeated champion."
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The grammatical ellipsis got my attention as necessary context was missing from the truncated quote. I located Bezos WP column to learn what was omitted and fill in the missing gap. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

Below is the Bezos quote, unedited, with the lacuna (missing portion) bolded and restored (I'm not missing the irony but this thread is not the time nor the place for further comment).

"In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress. Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are doing is clearly not working. Let me give an analogy. Voting machines must meet two requirements. They must count the vote accurately, and people must believe they count the vote accurately. The second requirement is distinct from and just as important as the first.

"Likewise with newspapers. We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose. Reality is an undefeated champion.// It would be easy to blame others for our long and continuing fall in credibility (and, therefore, decline in impact), but a victim mentality will not help. Complaining is not a strategy. We must work harder to control what we can control to increase our credibility."

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Bezos was quite clear with the reasons he thought it better to forego any endorsement, returning to the newspaper's former long standing policy of endorsing no candidate. Excluding that segment of the quote contextually alters Bezos's intent as implied by the author of the DS article, who abridged it to suit his agenda.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/28/post-editorial-board-resignations/

"Bezos — who did not block presidential endorsements in the two campaigns since he bought The Post in 2013 — called his move to halt presidential endorsements “a principled decision” and also cast doubt on their usefulness. Bezos said his decision is aimed at restoring public trust in the news media.

“'Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election,” he wrote. 'No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, ‘I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.’ None. What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence.'”

Bezos wants to restore public trust in the Media. His refusal to endorse was a step in that direction.
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Welcome back, LOL. I knew you wouldn't be gone for long. Just like all the unhinged libbies claiming they would move if Trump won

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