Fox & Washington Post going full propagandist

[DanMcQ]

[SSHoya]

Only MAGA morons watch and believe Fox Propaganda.

The reviews were almost universally savage after Donald Trump’s debate debacle, in which the former president ranted about migrants eating pets while getting his clock cleaned by an opponent he had insisted was “stupid.” Even the Wall Street Journal’s right-wing editorialists thought that Vice President Kamala Harris “won the debate because she came in with a strategy to taunt and goad Mr. Trump into diving down rabbit holes of personal grievance and vanity,” while Karl Rove added in a column that the night “was a train wreck for him, far worse than anything Team Trump could have imagined.”

And then, in a universe all its own, was Fox News.

“All the memorable lines were from Donald Trump,” host Jesse Watters proclaimed after the debate ended. (He specifically cited Trump’s “eating the pets” line.) “He just had some great knockouts,” Watters added. “And so this race just got tighter.”

“That’s probably true,” anchor Bret Baier agreed.

An ebullient Harris campaign immediately called for another debate. (Trump, who once called for debates “ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE,” eventually refused the challenge after much hemming and hawing.) But Harris’s gesture of confidence prompted Fox News’s Laura Ingraham to argue: “They don’t think she won. They don’t think she’s in a position to win this race.”

Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who claimed Trump notched “a big win.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Trump had “the best closing in presidential debate history.”

It was a case study in how the dominant “news” organ of the right cleans up Trump’s messes. When President Joe Biden had his disastrous debate, liberal outlets and commentators panned the performance and ultimately helped to force him out of the race. But when Trump had what was, objectively, a bad night, Fox News led a movement to claim it didn’t happen.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/13/fox-news-debate-coverage-trump-harris/

[hoyarooter]

Sept 13, 2024 7:47:17 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Only MAGA morons watch and believe Fox Propaganda.

The reviews were almost universally savage after Donald Trump’s debate debacle, in which the former president ranted about migrants eating pets while getting his clock cleaned by an opponent he had insisted was “stupid.” Even the Wall Street Journal’s right-wing editorialists thought that Vice President Kamala Harris “won the debate because she came in with a strategy to taunt and goad Mr. Trump into diving down rabbit holes of personal grievance and vanity,” while Karl Rove added in a column that the night “was a train wreck for him, far worse than anything Team Trump could have imagined.”

And then, in a universe all its own, was Fox News.

“All the memorable lines were from Donald Trump,” host Jesse Watters proclaimed after the debate ended. (He specifically cited Trump’s “eating the pets” line.) “He just had some great knockouts,” Watters added. “And so this race just got tighter.”

“That’s probably true,” anchor Bret Baier agreed.

An ebullient Harris campaign immediately called for another debate. (Trump, who once called for debates “ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE,” eventually refused the challenge after much hemming and hawing.) But Harris’s gesture of confidence prompted Fox News’s Laura Ingraham to argue: “They don’t think she won. They don’t think she’s in a position to win this race.”

Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who claimed Trump notched “a big win.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Trump had “the best closing in presidential debate history.”

It was a case study in how the dominant “news” organ of the right cleans up Trump’s messes. When President Joe Biden had his disastrous debate, liberal outlets and commentators panned the performance and ultimately helped to force him out of the race. But when Trump had what was, objectively, a bad night, Fox News led a movement to claim it didn’t happen.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/13/fox-news-debate-coverage-trump-harris/

Yes, but there are a lot of MAGA morons.

[DanMcQ]

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[SSHoya]

I hope the settlement amount leaks.

Voting technology company Smartmatic and conservative cable channel Newsmax have reached a settlement, averting a defamation trial that would have begun Monday over allegations that Newsmax personalities and guests spread lies about the 2020 election and Smartmatic’s role in it.

Details of the “confidential” settlement were not released. The settlement came as the process of picking a jury was underway, with the trial expected to kick off next week.

“Newsmax is pleased to announce it has resolved the litigation brought by Smartmatic through a confidential settlement,” said a Newsmax spokesperson.

Smartmatic settled a similar lawsuit against far-right One America News in April, also for an undisclosed sum. The company still has an ongoing lawsuit against Fox News, which could reach trial next year.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/26/smartmatic-newsmax-settlement-defamation-2020-election-voting/

[tashoya]

Sept 26, 2024 17:10:21 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

I hope the settlement amount leaks.

Voting technology company Smartmatic and conservative cable channel Newsmax have reached a settlement, averting a defamation trial that would have begun Monday over allegations that Newsmax personalities and guests spread lies about the 2020 election and Smartmatic’s role in it.

Details of the “confidential” settlement were not released. The settlement came as the process of picking a jury was underway, with the trial expected to kick off next week.

“Newsmax is pleased to announce it has resolved the litigation brought by Smartmatic through a confidential settlement,” said a Newsmax spokesperson.

Smartmatic settled a similar lawsuit against far-right One America News in April, also for an undisclosed sum. The company still has an ongoing lawsuit against Fox News, which could reach trial next year.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/26/smartmatic-newsmax-settlement-defamation-2020-election-voting/

If they hold off a bit longer, they can also include the lying they're going to do about the upcoming election. #efficiency

[hoyarooter]

Sept 26, 2024 17:10:21 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

I hope the settlement amount leaks.

Voting technology company Smartmatic and conservative cable channel Newsmax have reached a settlement, averting a defamation trial that would have begun Monday over allegations that Newsmax personalities and guests spread lies about the 2020 election and Smartmatic’s role in it.

Details of the “confidential” settlement were not released. The settlement came as the process of picking a jury was underway, with the trial expected to kick off next week.

“Newsmax is pleased to announce it has resolved the litigation brought by Smartmatic through a confidential settlement,” said a Newsmax spokesperson.

Smartmatic settled a similar lawsuit against far-right One America News in April, also for an undisclosed sum. The company still has an ongoing lawsuit against Fox News, which could reach trial next year.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/26/smartmatic-newsmax-settlement-defamation-2020-election-voting/

I'm guessing it's more than nuisance value.

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The Con

The truth

The Liar

[SSHoya]

Gateway Pundit settles with Georgia election workers in defamation suit

The Gateway Pundit, a far-right news site that repeatedly published bogus stories claiming that the 2020 election was stolen, has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers whom the site falsely reported had tampered with the election results in their state.

A notice of the settlement was filed on the Missouri Courts website on Monday afternoon. “The Parties have reached agreement to settle all claims and counterclaims asserted in the … action,” the notice read. The language specified that “the Parties respectfully request that this Court vacate the trial date set in this matter and stay this matter until March 29, 2025, at which point the Parties will dismiss this matter pending satisfaction of the terms of the Parties’ settlement agreement.”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/10/gateway-pundit-defamation-ruby-freeman/

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[SSHoya]

Anyone who gets their "news" from Fox Propaganda is a moron.

How Fox News loads the dice so Trump always wins

Vice President Kamala Harris understood that by agreeing to an interview on Fox News she was venturing into hostile territory. And from the outset of that discussion Wednesday, anchor Bret Baier pressed Harris on the record of the Biden administration and on policy issues that were of concern to Fox viewers, such as immigration.

That immigration is a central concern for Fox News viewers, of course, is in part because it is the centerpiece of Donald Trump’s bid to regain the presidency and, by extension, a focal point of the channel’s day-to-day coverage. Fox News helps amplify Trump’s perceived strengths and Harris’s perceived weaknesses, and that filtered into Baier’s questions.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/how-fox-news-loads-dice-so-trump-always-wins/

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Am I imagining things or has Newsweek veered very right leaning recently? I know it doesn’t have the same cache it used to, but it still seems weird. The op/eds are around 80/20 right leaning (some are WSJ op/ed level of detachment from reality) and even the “news” articles seem overwhelmingly biased in the past few months.

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Oct 17, 2024 14:15:57 GMT -5 hoyajinx said:

Am I the imagining things or has Newsweek veered very right leaning recently? I know it doesn’t have the same cache it used to, but it still seems weird. The op/eds are around 80/20 right leaning (some are WSJ op/ed level of detachment from reality) and even the “news” articles seem overwhelmingly biased in the past few months.

I'll be honest. I haven't read Newsweek in years and I'm certain I'm not alone in that. Maybe that could explain it? The Fox model, if you will.

[SSHoya]

Oct 17, 2024 14:15:57 GMT -5 hoyajinx said:

Am I imagining things or has Newsweek veered very right leaning recently? I know it doesn’t have the same cache it used to, but it still seems weird. The op/eds are around 80/20 right leaning (some are WSJ op/ed level of detachment from reality) and even the “news” articles seem overwhelmingly biased in the past few months.

I haven't paid attention to Newsweek since the Washington Post sold it back in 2010. From Wikipedia:

In November 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that Newsweek had "taken a marked radical right turn by buoying extremists and promoting authoritarian leaders" since it hired political activist Josh Hammer as editor at large. It noted the magazine's elevation of conspiracy theorists, publication of conspiracy theories about COVID-19, views such as support for a ban on all legal immigration to the United States and denying adults access to trans-affirming medical care, and failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest in the content published on Hammer's opinion section and podcast.[99]