19
0

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


 invite response                
2021 Apr 10, 10:02pm   129,392 views  1,306 comments

by Patrick   ➕follow (60)   💰tip   ignore  

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.


« First        Comments 571 - 610 of 1,306       Last »     Search these comments

573   Patrick   2022 Oct 19, 12:49pm  

https://nitter.pussthecat.org/rupasubramanya/status/1582474744070541312#m


Rupa Subramanya
@rupasubramanya
20h
Mayor Watson had claimed protestors ripped masks off people's faces.He's asked if he personally saw this. He says,"No I saw it reported in the media". Another instance of the tail wagging the dog.Politicians cite the media, and media cite the politicians. North Korea territory.
574   Misc   2022 Oct 19, 7:03pm  

Most Americans see the media as a threat to democracy. 59% view the media as pure, undiluted, raw SHIT.

https://thehill.com/homenews/3695872-nearly-60-percent-see-mainstream-media-as-a-threat-to-democracy-poll/
576   Patrick   2022 Oct 23, 10:26am  

https://nitter.pussthecat.org/SarahFischer_/status/1584169677193809920#m


Sarah Fischer
@SarahFischer__
3h
Canadians and Conservatives have known about the Trudeau government buying the media, but it’s nice to see him finally admit it…even if he does think it’s a laughing matter.


577   HeadSet   2022 Oct 23, 12:30pm  

Just like Buden, a fellow currupt and proud of it politician, when Biden bragged about stopping the Ukraine investigation of his corrupt son.
578   Undoctored   2022 Oct 23, 1:27pm  

Patrick says

https://nitter.pussthecat.org/SarahFischer/status/1584169677193809920#m



Sarah Fischer
@SarahFischer__
3h
Canadians and Conservatives have known about the Trudeau government buying the media, but it’s nice to see him finally admit it…even if he does think it’s a laughing matter.


Thought that might have been taken out of context. You be the judge:

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-trudeau-media-idUSL1N2UE2UC

After reviewing the “fact check” I think the best you can say in Trudeau’s defense is this clip was actually from 2019 so “finally” is misleading.
586   Patrick   2022 Oct 26, 11:15am  


Liam Deacon
@LiamDeacon
53m
That time of year again.

But remember, journalists giving each other endless awards for publishing the 'right' type of stories is a huge driver of the crippling groupthink in our media.

Many great reporters who break stories that really matter boycott these love-ins altogether.
599   Patrick   2022 Nov 2, 9:57am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/after-ignoring-attacks-on-churches--pro-lifers-media-decides-political-violence-worth-covering-again


SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Following months of silence regarding threats and attacks against churches and pro-life groups, legacy corporate media outlets have confirmed that the attack on Paul Pelosi warrants resuming coverage of political violence.

"To anyone who doesn't speak out against this politically-motivated attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, I will say only this: your silence is deafening." Joe Scarborough of MSNBC addressed his viewer this morning in his first recent coverage of political violence amid several months of firebombed pregnancy centers and churches, an assassination attempt on a sitting Supreme Court Justice, and the running down of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson in a truck for being a Republican.
603   Patrick   2022 Nov 7, 9:42pm  

The reason that journalists went from traditionally hating censorship to absolutely loving it is that journalists are now part of the state.
604   stereotomy   2022 Nov 7, 10:02pm  

Patrick says

The reason that journalists went from traditionally hating censorship to absolutely loving it is that journalists are now part of the state.

Journalists are among the enemies of free people. It's time to take names and listing their crimes. After France (those fucking frogs) was liberated in 1945, up to 100K people were murdered just to settle scores. You might have seen the pics of women with heads shaved, but there were far worse deeds done. Right after the war, there were 100X the number of people who claimed to have fought with the resistance, but they were only opportunists who seized the opportunity to execute blood libel against their traditional enemies under the guise of "justice to the collaborators."
605   Hugh_Mongous   2022 Nov 7, 10:15pm  

Was it ever as pure and impartial as we thought it was? Was Bob Woodward's reporting on Watergate any better than his "reporting" on Trump's White House?
608   AmericanKulak   2022 Nov 8, 9:37pm  

The Media is an unregulated superPAC giving billions in positive propaganda for the Woke Neoliberal Left.
609   Patrick   2022 Nov 9, 9:13am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/npr-revealed-to-be-just-one-white-woman-in-new-hampshire-who-does-all-the-voices




A multiyear effort by a group of investigative journalists from all over the world revealed that Karen Atkinson, a 49-year-old knitting blogger, podcaster, and radio host, has been the voice of every personality in NPR production for the last 20 years. Atkinson also teaches Gender Studies and Fat Studies at Wellesley College.

"I always thought all the voices sounded the same," said NPR listener Karen Owens. "That nasally, sort of mousy, high-pitched monotone. I guess I shouldn't be surprised it's all the same person. But I do feel a bit misled."

Jeremiah Patterson, the head of the group of investigative journalists that discovered Karen's identity, spoke to the media on Tuesday. "We first grew suspicious when we noticed that everyone on NPR sounds the exact same and thinks the exact same."

An NPR spokesperson declined to comment. Atkinson is expected to remain in her role.

« First        Comments 571 - 610 of 1,306       Last »     Search these comments

Please register to comment:

api   best comments   contact   latest images   memes   one year ago   random   suggestions   gaiste