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American journalism is officially dead. "Reporters" are now activists, overtly biased.


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2021 Apr 10, 10:02pm   129,045 views  1,306 comments

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-cbs-scandal-you-may-have-missed-because-of-the-60-minutes-hit-job-on-ron-desantis/ar-BB1ftBVU

The CBS scandal you may have missed because of the 60 Minutes hit job on Ron DeSantis

The news network has published an article advising major companies on ways to "fight" Republican-backed voting laws. The report’s original headline read, “3 ways companies can help fight Georgia's restrictive new voting law.” Naturally, the story itself contains several tips on how businesses can protest Georgia-style legislation.

This is not journalism. This is political advocacy, and it’s all done in service of a traditional beneficiary of the press’s ethical lapses.

Imagine, for a moment, if one of the three major networks published a story advising businesses on how to “fight” ultra-permissive abortion laws. It’d be unthinkable. Yet, here, is CBS doing exactly that sort of politicking, but for bills such as the one passed recently in Georgia.

Perhaps realizing it had strayed headfirst into political advocacy, CBS amended the report’s headline eventually, softening its tone into something decidedly less partisan.

The headline as it appears online now reads, “Activists are calling on big companies to challenge new voting laws. Here's what they're asking for.”

In a way, this is actually worse than the original. At least in the original, CBS had the guts to declare its allegiance outright. The amended version chooses instead to hide behind “activists” to push an obvious political position.

As for the report itself, it remains unchanged. It still outlines various ways in which businesses can “fight” voting laws championed by Republican legislatures. It is still just as partisan as the day it first published.

“Do not donate," the report recommends. "Activists said companies should immediately stop making donations to Barry Fleming and Michael Dugan, the Georgia Republicans who co-sponsored the voting changes."

It continues, naming and shaming major businesses such as Delta and Home Depot for donating to Fleming and Dugan.

"Ending political donations is one of the most immediately impactful steps a company can take to sway lawmakers," the article reads.

The article also says companies can help fight Georgia-style voting laws by producing ads that "help stamp out efforts nationwide to pass voting laws similar to Georgia's," including in Arizona and Texas.

"Activists say it isn't enough for companies to issue tepid public statements in defense of voting rights," the CBS report reads. "Instead, companies should launch television and social media ads that oppose efforts in Georgia, Arizona, Texas and other states considering voter restrictions."

Companies, the story continues, can also support the coercive monstrosity known as the “For the People Act."

"If passed,” the CBS report reads, “the act would create same-day and online voter registration nationwide. It would also require states to overhaul their registration systems. The act seeks to expand absentee voting, limit the states' ability to remove people from voter rolls, increase federal funds for election security and reform the redistricting process.”

Though the CBS article is several days old, you likely missed it amid the network’s other major ethical lapse, when it promoted the lie that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rewarded a grocery chain with an “exclusive” deal to distribute coronavirus vaccines as part of a “pay for play” scheme involving political contributions.

If you missed all of this voting law boycott business when it happened, you can be forgiven. After all, CBS’s “report” on DeSantis is possibly the worst political hit job since Dan Rather went on-air with forgeries of former President George W. Bush's National Guard service record.

It’s obviously not a great situation when one media scandal is obscured by a concurrent scandal and all by the same newsroom. If there are adults still left at CBS, now would be a good time to take back control.


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422   richwicks   2022 Apr 19, 10:46am  

RC2006 says
Are Dems really going to blame all shit from their policies on Russia.


Of course. Russia hacked our election didn't they? It wasn't just that people were sick and tired of corrupt, Neocon warmongers being "president".
423   richwicks   2022 Apr 19, 10:47am  

Patrick says
You haven't been reading about the neo-Nazis in Ukraine yet, I assume.

There is a lot to read, if you look.


Does it really matter about the Neo-Nazis in Ukraine? They are just dumbshits that are being used as pawns. They are just mafia really when it boils down to it.
432   Patrick   2022 May 1, 10:16am  


rwmalonemd
@rwmalonemd
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After the headline in the NYT calling Tucker Carlson an “American Nationalist” I suggest it is reasonable to conclude that the New York Times is anti-American and pro-Uniparty? Perhaps the paper should relocate its headquarters to Davos Switzerland so that it can better represent its constituency?
450   Patrick   2022 May 29, 1:25pm  

https://twitter.com/0ctoberreignz/status/1530634647532621828


@0ctoberReignz
WTH IS GOING ON HERE?

A Censored American NO MORE!
@NotADirtyDem
· May 28
Two networks, Same victim, different fathers. 🤔
451   Patrick   2022 May 30, 11:12pm  

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/police-black-man-killed-one-injured-seven-at-memorial-day-mass-shooting/


Where’s the media? Police say black man killed one person, injured seven at Memorial Day mass shooting
452   Patrick   2022 Jun 1, 5:25pm  

https://dailycaller.com/2022/05/31/bbc-pronouns-rape-victims-quotes-trans-attacker/


The BBC reportedly changed quotes from a rape victim to avoid using male pronouns to refer to a transgender attacker, according to The Sunday Times.

The outlet’s diversity team reportedly wanted to avoid “misgendering” the attacker in a 2021 story about lesbian women being pressured to have sexual encounters with men who identify as transgender women, according to the Times. Some senior journalists were concerned that the BBC’s policy of using an individual’s preferred pronouns got in the way of accurate and unbiased reporting.


Ya think?
453   HeadSet   2022 Jun 1, 5:41pm  

Check this Associated Press article for bias:



This was written in a piece about the Tulsa shooting, and recaps prior shootings. Notice the lie about "automatic" weapon and the race of the shooter not mentioned in the Uvalde shooting, but clearly identified the shooter as "white" in the Buffalo shooting.
454   Patrick   2022 Jun 2, 9:01am  

https://www.axios.com/2021/01/21/media-trust-crisis




I'd be surprised if it's really even that high.
455   Patrick   2022 Jun 6, 9:00pm  

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/mainstream-media-suddenly-goes-dark-on-monkeypox-after-endless-fear-porn/


Mainstream media suddenly goes dark on monkeypox after endless fear porn
Whether the virus has taken a new course, is actually just old-fashioned monkeypox, or has been tinkered with by 'Wuhanies,' one thing is for sure: we’re not being told the truth.


Someone gave the order to suppress it in the corporate media. Maybe because it's making gays look bad.
456   Patrick   2022 Jun 7, 2:58pm  




ATLANTA, GA—Citing an objective poll of everyday Americans who work as CNN executives or Democrat tacticians, CNN has announced a strategic rebranding to JAN6NN, citing the vital significance of what occurred on that fateful day in 2021.

Following the rebrand to JAN6NN, all news coverage will focus solely on Jan 6, 2021, meaning no real change will occur.

"We feel this strategic rebrand better matches our company mission to be the most trusted name in news that helps the Democratic National Committee," said JAN6NN brand advocate, Billstrom Spleeny, "Also, 516 days have passed since we ceased reporting on news unrelated to January 6, 2021, so..."

Media strategists praised JAN6NN's rebrand as the most brilliant corporate news decision since the announcement of CNN+, and predicted JAN6NN would quickly double viewerships to 348 viewers.
458   Patrick   2022 Jun 9, 10:41am  




Because the shooter was black.
459   Patrick   2022 Jun 9, 10:44am  

https://www.boundingintosports.com/2022/06/washington-commanders-defensive-coordinator-jack-del-rio-questions-why-the-summer-of-riots-looting-burning-and-the-destruction-of-personal-property-is-not-discussed/


Washington Commanders Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio Questions Why “The Summer Of Riots, Looting, Burning, And The Destruction Of Personal Property” Is Not Discussed

John F. Trent June 8, 2022

Washington Commanders Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio recently took to Twitter to question why Congress does not discuss “the summer of riots” in 2020 is not discussed.
460   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2022 Jun 9, 10:48am  

Yahoo news opened the comments a few weeks ago and it’s mostly been leftists taking a pummeling.

No factual basis on which to fight and mostly just muh trump and that’s it. They host lots of LA Times articles and it’s like shooting the broadside of the barn. The Times is nearly 100% opinion pieces at this point.

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