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likesmatureones 55M
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2/21/2017 4:20 am
The media: 4th branch of government?


I was reading some stories on the ole yabooot the other day and found it funny.

We all know news agencies slant stories.. they all have a political bias and lean one way or the other.

But atleast all the agencies covered the same story... just in their own way.
Cat in a tree...white cop shoots yet another black unarmed man.. news at 5 etc

Now? it seems like these agencies don't want to be journalist...instead they just want to be bloggers with press credentials.

I was reading a story about the athletic company underarmor the other day in the financial section. Apparently the CEO came out in some sort of statement in favor of trumps' immigration policy.
The author ( or hack) of said piece claims millennials no longer find the brand to be "cool" and their buying decisions are often dictated by the companies' stance on certain issues.
Hence this is the reason why the company's stock took a hit.

Huh? wow what a broad assumption...but it is written as fact. Where are this person's sources/who did they quote/is this writer even a part of the millennial generation?

This writer told me it was so and thus makes it so?
Perhaps underarmor just makes crappy overpriced clothing that the average person doesn't relate to...( oh wait that is just my opinion... But then I'd be labeling this piece an opp ed instead of a story!)

Then there was another story on yaboot about Bono ( of U2 fame) getting blasted on twitter for praising vice pres mike pence's help in getting aids funding.

Since when is twitter a source ( even odder is this nameless/faceless entity that apparently has the power to move mountains )..something like out of a bad early star trek episode.. you better wake mr spock and get his vulcan ass on deck for this one
is this twitterverse one person/is it a million? is it coming to take over your town?

Can journalist now quote the internet? this reminds me of journalist that write stories like SUV drives through store window..er afraid to tell anyone but a car can't drive itself

I find it funny one can now write an idiotic story without any quotes and simply claim the twitterverse is against trump. and if you are, why the fuck would you bash Bono for supporting someone's efforts on aids research ( it just makes the twitterverse seem like a dick)

This really reminds me of Paul Joseph Goebbels ( head of nazi propaganda) if you tell the people something multiple times, they will begin to believe it.

Websites like yaboot aren't news sources...they are propaganda stations...that are cranking out stories/reposting stories without caring about sources. ( ala rolling stones' magazine sorta journalism).

Then to add insult to injury yaboot mixes opinion pieces and yep commercial pieces in with the news and presents it as stories/news.

likesmatureones 55M

2/21/2017 4:53 am

This isn't an pro trump/anti trump postings. Rather it is to show people that the media has moved beyond it's usual political slants towards a news story.

Now these stories are written with a purpose...it's like wow you have a story about Bono praising Mike Pence about his contributions toward AIDS research... fuck throw in some twitter trolling and let's go to press with that bad boy.

It's like journalism is dead and everyone got lazy. It really reminds me of the sports' journalism. NOONE cares if your information is correct...all they care about is you being the one that gets the news out first ( sorta like jimmy john's restaurant slogan of freaking fast delivery). So there is no fact checking.. they just send this shit out into the wire and let it fly.
and who cares if they are right.. I mean it is only sports.. right,,

Now they are doing that with the news...just throw shit out there and treat it as fact.

And what's your source material? ( oh that wacky twitterverse)


brandygirasol 54T
9365 posts
2/21/2017 6:09 am

BIAS I Can Live With From The LIB News Media But I Can't Stomach Hyper Partisan Dishonesty. The Idea That Nobody Can Call Out An Individual News Agency Or Reporter For Falsehoods- Or For That Matter Calling Out A Biased LIB Federal Judge Is Ridiculous. Not A Threat To The Republic Because Nobody Is Above Critisizm Even My Hero President Trump. LIBs Calling For Unelected Government Buerocrats To Resist The Duly Elected Prez Of WE THE PEOPLE Or Calling For Assassination Is DEF A Clear And Present Threat To The Republic!



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