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Fake News Media True Cause of Social Unrest in America

  

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Via:  xxjefferson51  •  8 years ago  •  187 comments

Fake News Media True Cause of Social Unrest in America
The anti-Trump media has been hard at working trying to shuffle blame for the rash of violence in the past week away from themselves and on to the president. But there is no escaping the fact that the fake news media remains the driving force behind the fierce divisions in America. Dating back to the 2016 presidential campaign, outlets such as CNN relentlessly tried to smear now-President Donald Trump as a bigot, racist, misogynist, homophobe and any derogatory label that would create...

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The anti-Trump media has been hard at working trying to shuffle blame for the rash of violence in the past week away from themselves and on to the president. But there is no escaping the fact that the fake news media remains the driving force behind the fierce divisions in America.

Dating back to the 2016 presidential campaign, outlets such as CNN relentlessly tried to smear now-President Donald Trump as a bigot, racist, misogynist, homophobe and any derogatory label that would create discord among American voters. They failed. But in the wake of an election that swept out Democrats — much to the chagrin of the establishment media — CNN and others doubled-down on hate speech.

A prime example of this was the gross misrepresentation of the president’s remarks after the Charlottesville violence that cost one young woman her life.

“I think there is blame on both sides,” the president reportedly said in August 2017. “You had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”

A reasonable or impartial person would understand these remarks as pointing to the white supremacists and Antifa as the bad actors who should shoulder the blame. The “fine people” would naturally refer to other groups of peaceful protestors from both conservative and liberal groups. But CNN and other left-wing media have yet to stop claiming the president was referring to the white supremacists as the “fine people.” That is exactly the type of rhetoric used by the fake news media to inflame tempers.

On the anniversary of the Charlottesville tragedy, the president remembered the events with this tweet.

“The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division,” the president reportedly tweeted. “We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!”

President Trump’s remarks calling for unity have largely been ignored by the fake news media. In recent weeks they have supported the Democrat political-speak that the divisions are caused by the White House and Democrats can “no longer be civil” as Hillary Clinton famously said.

Fake news media outlets and liberal extremists have created a wide berth of racial tensions by misleading African-Americans about the content and meaning of the president’s remarks. Liberal politicians and fake news outlets have engaged in a propaganda campaign to replace the common phrase referring to racists as “white supremacists” with the term “white nationalists.” The target continues to be the ability of the fake news to claim that when the president says the word “nationalist,” they can claim racism.

“As someone who is a target of the president’s hate, what I can tell you is that this is reckless and it’s not responsible from someone who is stirring a cauldron of hate. You see the fumes landing in so many different places,” CNN contributor and American Urban Radio Network correspondent April Ryan reportedly said.

“We saw this, what happened in Pittsburgh before, a couple of years ago at Mother Emmanuel Church. It’s a sad day when people are gathering in their house of worship, moralistically and lovingly trying to worship their god and being shot down because of a call, a code, a dog whistle.”

Ryan, an African-American White House correspondent, has been widely criticized for unethical messaging. At one point, she retweeted a despicable lie that the White House was engaged in child trafficking. Her use of the terms “code” and “dog whistle” are among the latest propaganda tools used by Democrats such as Maxine Waters to support a false “white” nationalist position of the president.

As many are aware due to the nationally-televised interviews with President Trump, he considers himself a nationalist as opposed to the “globalist” Democrats in the previous administration. President Trump is a nationalist in the tradition of placing American interests ahead of those of other countries. As he has stated many times, his foreign policy is sympathetic to disadvantaged countries, but his loyalty is to all Americans first.

California Rep. Maxine Waters has been among the more vocal Democrats to deliberately misrepresent the president’s meaning in the face of his clarifications. CNN and other fake news outlets refuse to acknowledge the president’s repeated definition of a nationalist.

“How do you marry the situation with the president last week saying he is a nationalist? All you have to do is say white nationalist to that,” Ryan reportedly said. “We have seen this before what happened with the bombs. We saw the Kroger in Kentucky. A white man shot and killed two black people.”

Like other instances of media propaganda, this distorted rhetoric divides Americans by race. The fake news media has no intention of reporting the facts or telling the truth. They are bent on pushing dangerous rhetoric that attempts to pit one American against another. That’s why the fake news media — in no uncertain terms, remains — “the enemy of the people.”


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lib50
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3  lib50    8 years ago

Poor, poor frightened conservatives, so afraid of boogey men and women of color, so easily manipulated by their fear and biases.  And so quick to toss out their supposed 'values' and positions for the 'win'. 

 
 
 
It Is ME
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3.1  It Is ME  replied to  lib50 @3    8 years ago
conservatives, so afraid of boogey men and women of color

You talkin' 'bout them there "Tokens" Liberals love to hate ? jrSmiley_89_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Don Overton
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3.1.2  Don Overton  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.1.1    8 years ago

Except racism is the favorite ism for trump followers and trump himself

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  lib50 @3    8 years ago
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin
 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.1  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2    8 years ago

How about a great liberal philosopher from the past:

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others"........ John Stuart Mill

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.2  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.1    8 years ago

Once again, you do your post an injustice by not quoting the whole thing, let me help,

The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right...The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns him, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.[3

So, since you quoted him and, the full quote includes the two lines that I've marked in red and, blue, can you tell me why the Right is so concerned with telling women what they can do with their body's?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.3  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.2    8 years ago
the Right is so concerned with telling women what they can do with their body's?

That isn't so much a right/left issue. In case you haven't heard the position of the pro-LIFE movement, it involves the rights of the unborn. I know the Court that decided Roe never gave a thought to the life of the child, the Court has evolved and I am willing to bet the rights of the unborn is about to change as well.

 
 
 
lady in black
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3.2.4  lady in black  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.3    8 years ago

Keep dreaming, a fetus will never have rights over a woman.  Women will never be made second class citizens for the sake of a fetus.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.5  Vic Eldred  replied to  lady in black @3.2.4    8 years ago

That's called Misandry. Women will have their rights. A child will have rights. As always, it all requires balance

 
 
 
lennylynx
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3.2.6  lennylynx  replied to  lady in black @3.2.4    8 years ago

If the Scum party retains all three branches, it very well could happen.  Don't think for one second that it can't.

 
 
 
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lennylynx
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3.2.15  lennylynx  replied to  @3.2.11    8 years ago

Poor EA, always getting stifled!  Never mind this place, EA, come to the bar with me, I'm buyin! jrSmiley_2_smiley_image.png

 
 
 
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3.2.16    replied to  lennylynx @3.2.15    8 years ago

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Jerry Verlinger
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3.2.17  Jerry Verlinger  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.3    8 years ago
.....the Court has evolved and I am willing to bet the rights of the unborn is about to change as well.

The right to life issue will never, ever be permanently solved or resolved in the United States. 

It's like the chicken and the egg issue, who prevails the unborn or the mother? 

I can tell you a whole lot of horror stories about what happened in this country when abortions were illegal. 

Legal or not legal, abortions will be performed! Either in safe, clean hospitals by qualified doctors. Or in concealed unregulated abortion dens, performed by anyone that says they know how to do it.

 

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.18  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.5    8 years ago
That's called Misandry. Women will have their rights. A child will have rights. As always, it all requires balance

Until they figure a way to keep a fetus alive from conception to the end of nine months without a female uterus then something will have to give, I support a woman's right to chose what happens to her body.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.19  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.8    8 years ago
In other words one human being wants all power of life and death over another human being.

You got that right. Right Wing misogynistic men want the right to tell women what they can do with their body's and, their lives, that goes against the Constitution and, the Civil Rights act not to mention Roe v. Wade.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.20  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.3    8 years ago
the Court has evolved and I am willing to bet the rights of the unborn is about to change as well.

Don't you mean devolved?

Justice Kavanaugh

384

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.23  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.21    8 years ago
Actually it’s the misandrist woman who arrogates the supreme power to be able to take the life of another human being male or female.

Give me a list of women who have killed a human being by deciding what to do with their body's in regards to Roe v. Wade.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.24  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.22    8 years ago
That’s what happens to the presidency every time a democrat holds the office.

It wasn't a Democrat that chose Kavanaugh, he's strictly a Republican throw back and, I wish we could throw him back.

 
 
 
arkpdx
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3.2.25  arkpdx  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.23    8 years ago

Can not give you a list. There have been upwards of 50,000,000 human beings killed by abortion (Row v Wade) since 1970. 

 
 
 
pat wilson
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3.2.26  pat wilson  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.21    8 years ago

A woman's reproductive decisions have nothing to do with misandry. What an ignorant comment. Google the word so you can use it correctly next time. 

 
 
 
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3.2.27    replied to  pat wilson @3.2.26    8 years ago
A woman's reproductive decisions have nothing to do with misandry. What an ignorant comment. Google the word so you can use it correctly next time. 

E.A  Does that mean that a Woman takes to heed/consideration/to mind/ respects a MANS Decision before an Abortion? ( Exceptions pending )

 If not do tell what is Misandry?

 
 
 
pat wilson
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3.2.28  pat wilson  replied to  @3.2.27    8 years ago

E.A  Does that mean that a Woman takes to heed/consideration/to mind/ respects a MANS Decision before an Abortion? ( Exceptions pending )

 If not do tell what is Misandry?

Misandry has nothing to do with abortion, your post makes no more sense than xx's.

Took 2 seconds to google, but here you go :

mis·an·dry
/miˈsandrē/
noun
  1. dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e., the male sex).
 
 
 
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3.2.29    replied to  pat wilson @3.2.28    8 years ago
Misandry has nothing to do with abortion, your post makes no more sense than xx's. Took 2 seconds to google, but here you go :

E.A   WOW!!!

 Interesting but the Inverse!! Is Misogynistic? Spin Much?

 A Man that says a Woman should not have an ABORTION is called?

    ingrained prejudice against men

BINGO!!!!!

 
 
 
pat wilson
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3.2.30  pat wilson  replied to  @3.2.29    8 years ago

Sounds like you're conversing with yourself. Not sure if english is your first language, your posts are incoherent.

 
 
 
Skrekk
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3.2.31  Skrekk  replied to  pat wilson @3.2.30    8 years ago

It's not even a language issue per se.   The thinking behind his posts is incoherent, and stylistically he always tries to lead people down these vague rabbit holes......which is a truly dumb tactic if one can't communicate effectively to begin with.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.32  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  arkpdx @3.2.25    8 years ago
Can not give you a list.

Maybe because, that was a false claim.

There have been upwards of 50,000,000 human beings killed by abortion (Row v Wade) since 1970. 

Stop making this claim since you can't provide a list of court cases for "murdered humans".

 
 
 
arkpdx
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3.2.33  arkpdx  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.32    8 years ago

Hmm!  Moving the goalposts again I see. You vdudnot say anything about court cases in the first question. 

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.34  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  arkpdx @3.2.33    8 years ago
Hmm!  Moving the goalposts again I see. You vdudnot say anything about court cases in the first question. 

Well hell, I thought it was obvious there Captain, you accuse someone of murdering a human don't they end up in court?

 
 
 
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3.2.35    replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.34    8 years ago
Well hell, I thought it was obvious there Captain, you accuse someone of murdering a human don't they end up in court?

E.A   Yes If I recall right " There was a time that Killing a Slave was not deemed as Murder " is that the times one wants to go to? or the Preferred Misuse of " Humans "?

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.37  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.36    8 years ago
Each and every single one of them.

Ok so I asked this question, "Give me a list of women who have killed a human being by deciding what to do with their body's in regards to Roe v. Wade.", and that is your answer? So, your mother killed a human being because of Roe v. Wade? Let's not forget she is a woman.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.38  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.20    8 years ago

Times are changing and changing fast, but the first thing to change won't be the imbalance of rights.  It will be a Court decision referred to as "Chevron". (federal agencies broad powers)  Right now there is a case awaiting the SCOTUS called "Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service".  That is going to be one to watch! 

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.39  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.38    8 years ago
Times are changing and changing fast, but the first thing to change won't be the imbalance of rights.  It will be a Court decision referred to as "Chevron". (federal agencies broad powers)  Right now there is a case awaiting the SCOTUS called "Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service".  That is going to be one to watch!

Sooo, what you're saying is you hope that the SCOTUS votes to support the company's in this so that they can destroy wetlands and, forest for profit. Do you have something against nature, hunting, fishing, fresh drinking water and, breathable air?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
3.2.40  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.39    8 years ago
Do you have something against nature, hunting, fishing, fresh drinking water and, breathable air?

No and you are missing the point. This is not about the environment vs business. It is about federal agencies wielding law making power that only congress should have.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.41  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.40    8 years ago
No and you are missing the point. This is not about the environment vs business. It is about federal agencies wielding law making power that only congress should have.

There are or, should be people in those agencies who know what they are talking about when it comes to what their agency covers, in this case, fish and, game. I understand that business's should be able to expand but, do we let them expand at the expense of certain animals habitats? If that is the case then we wouldn't have any more forests, wetlands, rivers or, any other natural areas for them to live in. In the case of this frog, there is only one place for it to survive, the land that these folks want to fill in to use for new business, I'm sure there is other land available for the business, this is the only land available for these frogs to survive. Remember, there is this little thing in nature called the "Butterfly effect".

 
 
 
Don Overton
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3.2.43  Don Overton  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.5    8 years ago

Yes a child has rights, a fetus is not a child, [deleted]

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.44  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.41    8 years ago
this is the only land available for these frogs to survive.

Who gets to determine what lands are off limits?   Our elected representatives or some over paid federal appointee?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.45  Vic Eldred  replied to  Don Overton @3.2.43    8 years ago

Maybe you can tell us all when life begins?

 
 
 
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3.2.46    replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.45    8 years ago
Maybe you can tell us all when life begins?

E.A    LOL:  Yes especially when Courts have stated that Both the Ova and Sperm are living, that does create a complexity, Two Living units Combine, and the end result is ????

 Let them Dig!!!!   

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
3.2.47  Vic Eldred  replied to  @3.2.46    8 years ago

Scientists don't know the answer to the question I gave to Don

 
 
 
lennylynx
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3.2.49  lennylynx  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.48    8 years ago

Did you know that most conceptions end in early abortion before the mother even knows she's pregnant?  Did these fertilized eggs go to heaven or hell?

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.50  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.44    8 years ago
Who gets to determine what lands are off limits?   Our elected representatives or some over paid federal appointee?

Does that representative have a science degree in the field needed to make that decision or, does that "over paid" federal appointee have that degree?

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3.2.51  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.50    8 years ago

So you would rather have an "expert" have the authority to make law, rather than the American people. I'm with the founding fathers. Only the congress gets to make laws.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.52  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.51    8 years ago
So you would rather have an "expert" have the authority to make law, rather than the American people. I'm with the founding fathers. Only the congress gets to make laws.

I believe that expert should be able to make a suggestion as to what restrictions should be on certain lands and, that Congress can then decide on a fitting law to cover that restriction. The EPA and, the Bureau of Land Management and, Fish and, Game should have a say in what restrictions there are on the use of our lands, if this isn't done then we will see many things go the way of the Dodo bird. We almost lost the wolf which was proven to be a disaster in some areas because of the over population of other animals that they kept in check, we've seen the introduction of plants that have taken over certain areas simply because there was no natural barrier to them like in the area that they came from.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
Professor Principal
3.2.53  Vic Eldred  replied to  Galen Marvin Ross @3.2.52    8 years ago
I believe that expert should be able to make a suggestion as to what restrictions should be on certain lands and, that Congress can then decide on a fitting law to cover that restriction.

Good. Then we agree.

 
 
 
Galen Marvin Ross
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3.2.54  Galen Marvin Ross  replied to  Vic Eldred @3.2.53    8 years ago
Good. Then we agree.

Only in part, as I said in the rest of my comment, The EPA and, the Bureau of Land Management and, Fish and, Game should have a say in what restrictions there are on the use of our lands, if this isn't done then we will see many things go the way of the Dodo bird. We almost lost the wolf which was proven to be a disaster in some areas because of the over population of other animals that they kept in check, we've seen the introduction of plants that have taken over certain areas simply because there was no natural barrier to them like in the area that they came from.

 
 
 
Jasper2529
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3.4  Jasper2529  replied to  lib50 @3    8 years ago
Poor, poor frightened conservatives, so afraid of boogey men and women of color, so easily manipulated by their fear and biases

Why would any conservative be afraid of hypocrites? Allow me to introduce you to fake news CNN hypocrite Don Lemon, who infamously said, "“the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right”.

His boyfriend is a white man. Don't believe me? Check the photos for yourself.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4938534/Don-Lemon-leaves-SNL-pary-rumored-boyfriend.html 

 

 
 
 
lib50
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3.4.1  lib50  replied to  Jasper2529 @3.4    8 years ago

That whole post made no sense whatsoever.

ps, domestic terrorism in this country this year?  Old white men.  Deal with it.

 
 
 
cjcold
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3.4.2  cjcold  replied to  Jasper2529 @3.4    8 years ago

The only fake news is that generated by Trump and the far right wing. It's been that way since Fox.

 
 
 
MrFrost
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3.4.5  MrFrost  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.4.3    8 years ago
Fox News is fair and balanced,

No they aren't. They even dropped the, "fair and balanced" tag line several months ago because even they know they are not fair and balanced. 

 
 
 
Jerry Verlinger
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3.4.7  Jerry Verlinger  replied to  Jasper2529 @3.4    8 years ago
“the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right”

You're one of them.

Twenty Five years from now whites will become another minority in the United States. Have fun.

I won't be here unless I live to be 104.

 
 
 
bbl-1
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5  bbl-1    8 years ago

The 'Fake News' meme never ends. 

However, if it weren't for 'fake news' DJT would never be the 'fake president.

This too.  Speaking of fake news.  The Donald was never asked to 'put up or shut up' with his Birtherism conspiracies.  And I do mean asked/demanded!  Why is that?  And if this man, the Donald J. Trump would have been forced to present his facts, truth and the results of his alleged investigators findings-----which DJT was never pressed------the Donald would still be that 'broke arse' New Yorker with the Slovenian wife---with hand out to the Russians or any other foreign criminal enterprise that was stupid enough to get involved with him.

And yeah Xx------this thing should have a disclaimer.  Where is it?

 
 
 
Skrekk
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5.1  Skrekk  replied to  bbl-1 @5    8 years ago

It's interesting that the only thing which actually bothers Trump and his nutty followers is the truth, not lies.    They literally don't care how much their glorious leader or Fox lie to them.

 
 
 
Jerry Verlinger
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5.2  Jerry Verlinger  replied to  bbl-1 @5    8 years ago
"....if it weren't for 'fake news' DJT would never be the 'fake president."
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Don Overton
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5.2.2  Don Overton  replied to  XXJefferson51 @5.2.1    8 years ago

Your comments get more funny every time you 

comment.  Are you trying out for the comedy stage at the next trump flop

 
 
 
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6      8 years ago

XX  have you noticed the Takeover of you seed by " 

Dorothy Dixer
  • In Australian politics, a Dorothy Dixer is a rehearsed or planted question asked of a government Minister by a backbencher of their own political party during Parliamentary Question Time

 ?

 Other ways known as " Talking Heads " 

 
 
 
Split Personality
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6.1  Split Personality  replied to  @6    8 years ago

context EA, context.

A Dorothy Dixer is a plant to help said minister or seeder/author.

In Australian politics , a Dorothy Dixer is a rehearsed or planted question asked of a government Minister by a backbencher of their own political party during Parliamentary Question Time . [1]

The term can be used in a mildly derogatory sense, but in common usage today is simply pre-arranged questions from a friendly audience member. Often, the question has been written by the Minister or their staff rather than by the questioner, and is used to give the Minister a chance to promote themselves or the work of the Government, or to criticise the opposition party's policies, to raise the profile of the backbench Member asking the question, or to consume the time available for questioning and thereby avoid tougher questions. It is a common and widely accepted tactic during Question Time in the House of Representatives and the Senate .

While it is not very common in the Australian context, it would be possible for a backbencher on the Government side of the house to ask a member of the Government a question without it being regarded as a Dorothy Dixer. Such a question would be one that the Minister had not planted and was not aware of in advance.

It is common for "Dorothy Dixers" to end in the question: "Is the Minister aware of any alternative policies?" This enables the responding Minister to launch into extended criticism of the Opposition and its policy on the question's subject matter, while still remaining technically relevant to the question as asked, as Standing orders require.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7  JohnRussell    8 years ago

This is an interesting article. I looked up the source on Media Bias Fact Check and this is part of the analysis

American Liberty Report utilizes quotes vs. links, which makes it difficult to verify the context and facts of the information. ..... the lack of proper sourcing decreases the credibility of their writings.

When you observe the actual seeded article you see something peculiar in the places where the writer is quoting another person

“I think there is blame on both sides,” the president reportedly said in August 2017. “You had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”

The president didn't reportedly say there were "fine people on both sides", he said it.  The seeded article has ZERO links, MBFC says that the American Liberty Report doesn't often use links in their articles. Nor do they seem confident in the quotes or sources. Obviously it is a flimsy far right "news" site trying to exploit feeble minds. 

 
 
 
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What's happening in Senate races?
Mr Trump's party is projected to hold on to the upper chamber in Congress, where they currently hold a slim 51-49 majority.
The turning point was when Republican businessman Mike Braun ousted incumbent Joe Donnelly, a moderate Democrat in Indiana.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Mr Trump had "closed the deal" for Mr Braun after appearing alongside him at a rally in the state on Monday night.
In Texas, Republican Ted Cruz Cruz was projected to beat his challenger, Democratic rising star Beto O'Rourke.

 
 

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