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


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2021 Apr 10, 10:02pm   130,453 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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1047   richwicks   2024 Mar 4, 6:06am  

Patrick says

I think we currently have a very high risk that the same people who murdered millions with the toxxine will murder millions more with a nuclear attack on a US city in order to declare martial law and cancel the election.

Nah.

They will just flagrantly steal the election again.
1048   HeadSet   2024 Mar 4, 11:43am  

richwicks says

They will just flagrantly steal the election again.

Yep, likely through 3rd party dominion transfers from Trump in critical areas. Will the 3ed party be JFK or Halley? Halley is best because it is more believable she could steal votes from Trump. Halley has already walked back saying she would support Trump if he were the nominee.

A real possibility is that instead of cheating to put Biden in they cheat to put 3rd Party Halley in with a Dem VP choice. That way they get an insider without the burden of Senile Joe or dopey Harris.
1058   HeadSet   2024 Mar 13, 3:19pm  

Patrick says





Why does that defiant guy look like Biden?
1059   Patrick   2024 Mar 14, 1:13pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/you-think-you-hate-journalists-enough-california-officer-shoots-and-kills-boy-15-holding-gardening-tool


Check out this headline from The Guardian, along with the photo used in the story, and then check out bodycam footage and what REALLY happened.




...


This man-sized teenager with a freaking hoe/scythe charged at and tried to murder a police officer!

With a scythe!
1060   richwicks   2024 Mar 14, 1:22pm  

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/you-think-you-hate-journalists-enough-california-officer-shoots-and-kills-boy-15-holding-gardening-tool



Check out this headline from The Guardian, along with the photo used in the story, and then check out bodycam footage and what REALLY happened.




...


This man-sized teenager with a freaking hoe/scythe charged at and tried to murder a police officer!

With a scythe!



I'm not certain that's a scythe, but I cannot tell. It may be a shovel. I can't see the grip handle, but it may be blending in with the background, or behind the
main handle.
1061   RC2006   2024 Mar 14, 1:26pm  

That was disappointing, it didn't show thug getting blasted.

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