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Old 03-10-2022, 10:25 AM
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I think they are going to try to hide our inflation problems in this Russia/Ukraine problem as well. Blame it on gas/war.
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Sense of humor anyone?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ia/9431621002/
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Old 03-11-2022, 02:34 PM
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This is not satire / Photoshop / etc. It is authentic and intended to be serious:



The full article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...e-white-house/

An excerpt: "The White House has been closely watching TikTok’s rise as a dominant news source..."


How long do you figure before Braineack and Bajingo start referring to TikTok as "the mainstream media?"


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Old 03-11-2022, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
State propaganda is good. Let's encourage every "news" source to tow the state line.
Joe doesn't your news network claim to do the exact opposite of that, Or at the very least try?
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
How long do you figure before Braineack and Bajingo start referring to TikTok as "the mainstream media?"
TikTok is Chinese propaganda.

I'm more concerned about all my dark-web comrades believing that Putin is a good guy simply because democrats/media do not like him -- and have used him in smear campaigns against people they don't like.
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Old 03-11-2022, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Bajingo
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
State propaganda is good. Let's encourage every "news" source to tow the state line.
Joe doesn't your news network claim to do the exact opposite of that, Or at the very least try?
I'm trying to decode all of that.

Two-part reply:

1: How did you interpret me saying "The US government is telling TikTokers what to say" as me saying "State propaganda is good?"

2: Regarding my employer... don't they do the opposite of what? I literally am not sure what you're asking, given how confused I am by attempting to divine the meaning of your mis-quotation of me.


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Old 03-12-2022, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
1: How did you interpret me saying "The US government is telling TikTokers what to say" as me saying "State propaganda is good?"
You immediately jumping to calling me and brain crazy conspiracy theorists because neither of us like this move. You're being overly dismissive of the government propaganda, I can only assume you agree with it.


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2: Regarding my employer... don't they do the opposite of what? I literally am not sure what you're asking, given how confused I am by attempting to divine the meaning of your mis-quotation of me.
Your employer is at the very least trying to push the idea of objective news, not paid party propaganda and blatant slant.

Don't shove words in my mouth and I won't do the same to you.
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Originally Posted by Bajingo
You immediately jumping to calling me and brain crazy conspiracy theorists because neither of us like this move.
No, I wrote: How long do you figure before Braineack and Bajingo start referring to TikTok as "the mainstream media?"

You already are a crazy conspiracy theorist, but that's completely unrelated to my observations concerning TikTok. This was aimed at you & Brainey's increasing propensity to refer to social media platforms and blogs which have no journalistic aim at all as "the mainstream media." That's separate from the conspiracist thing.



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You're being overly dismissive of the government propaganda, I can only assume you agree with it.
How on earth is calling attention to the fact that the White House is calling meetings with prominent figures in what it describes a "a dominant news source" in which it coaches them on what to say about a current political event being dismissive?

That'd be like me accusing you of being "dismissive" about forced vaccination. Calling attention to something you disagree with is the opposite of being dismissive.



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Don't shove words in my mouth and I won't do the same to you.
I am so tempted to make a gay-rape joke here.



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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
No, I wrote: How long do you figure before Braineack and Bajingo start referring to TikTok as "the mainstream media?"

You already are a crazy conspiracy theorist, but that's completely unrelated to my observations concerning TikTok. This was aimed at you & Brainey's increasing propensity to refer to social media platforms and blogs which have no journalistic aim at all as "the mainstream media." That's separate from the conspiracist thing.
IF the white house is calling tick tock a "dominant news source" doesn't that make it "the mainstream media"? Seems to me we would be correct in making that declaration.

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That'd be like me accusing you of being "dismissive" about forced vaccination. Calling attention to something you disagree with is the opposite of being dismissive.
you made zero indication of your personal feelings about that.

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I am so tempted to make a gay-rape joke here.
it's not rape if it's consensual
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Originally Posted by Bajingo
IF the white house is calling tick tock a "dominant news source" doesn't that make it "the mainstream media"?
Only in the sense that the White House calling a certain individual "a reputable physician" makes that person a trustworthy and credible source of reliable medical advice.

I do not personally credit Jen Psaki with having sufficient clairvoyant powers to dictate what is and is not mainstream media.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I do not personally credit Jen Psaki with having sufficient clairvoyant powers to dictate what is and is not mainstream media.
I expect the red head with the insufferable attitude to have the survey data that suggests how many people get their news from TikTok. So if she's saying it's dominant I'm inclined to believe her.
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This is literally* what just happened here:








* = except for the part with the axe-murders. I'm also condensing for brevity, in order to suit the format.
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Imagine believing any word out of Psaki's russian mouth...
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Old 03-12-2022, 03:31 PM
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I do believe that she knows where people are getting their news from. Especially the places where the DNC doesn't have control, TikTok, 4chan, I funny, the Donald website. You know they would very much like to control TikTok the way they control Twitter and Facebook.
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Originally Posted by xturner
(a nuclear war would be bad for climate change)
Wait a sec... Wasn't there just an article a few weeks ago which told us that a small nuclear war would actually be beneficial in terms of climate change, because of the shielding effect which, during the cold war, we referred to as nuclear winter?

Yes, here it is:


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nucle...rming_n_828496


Forget the science, trust the opinion columnists.




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