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Post by JukEboX on Feb 14, 2020 8:14:39 GMT -6
So this morning a LOT of C-SPAN Republicans are calling in and spreading Q-ANON and right wing conspiracy theories. Also Brandon Judd from Border Patrol is on talking about how DACA was judged unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. And there is a video being spread around social media of Tucker Carlson's show last night saying this: Now I don't know what that is all about but I am getting tired of not having the ammunition about this crap. So I figured I would start a thread that we can use to talk about this stuff and make a repository around what is fact backed up by evidence and what is conspiracy. I figured this would help us all in our conversations with friends and families and try to bring people back to sanity. I know it might hinge more on dc2london and jkjacq and others who are more centrally located in the subject but everyone here has a specialty and can help us ground some of these things in fact. So please post any conspiracy theories or misinformation you find and help us collect the facts that refute it to use in conversation. Thanks! |
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Post by dc2london on Feb 14, 2020 8:18:37 GMT -6
This is a great idea, thanks juke.
One thing that really bothers me (and you and I have discussed this before) is how little and how infrequently CSPAN pushes back on even blatantly obvious lies. I know they try to be totally impartial but a lie is a lie.
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Post by JukEboX on Feb 14, 2020 8:49:41 GMT -6
This is a great idea, thanks juke. One thing that really bothers me (and you and I have discussed this before) is how little and how infrequently CSPAN pushes back on even blatantly obvious lies. I know they try to be totally impartial but a lie is a lie. True but to understand remaining neutral I would say you should watch the Neutral Nation episode of Futurama. It show how True neutrality can be and CSPAN is on that plain. They won't push any issue. NPR though I am glad they do this. |
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Post by starbuck on Feb 14, 2020 9:38:23 GMT -6
This is a great idea, thanks juke. One thing that really bothers me (and you and I have discussed this before) is how little and how infrequently CSPAN pushes back on even blatantly obvious lies. I know they try to be totally impartial but a lie is a lie. True but to understand remaining neutral I would say you should watch the Neutral Nation episode of Futurama. It show how True neutrality can be and CSPAN is on that plain. They won't push any issue. NPR though I am glad they do this.  |
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Post by jaygee on Feb 14, 2020 11:30:22 GMT -6
This is a great idea, thanks juke. One thing that really bothers me (and you and I have discussed this before) is how little and how infrequently CSPAN pushes back on even blatantly obvious lies. I know they try to be totally impartial but a lie is a lie. I think this is one of the great challenges of our times. There is impartial and then there is allowing disinformation. Especially with deep fake videos and what not. It’s only going to get worse and we need to grapple with it. I know social media has a big role in this. Twitter has recently made changes but it frustrated me to no end that one of the reporting options is not “this information is fake”. Like the obviously photoshopped images, etc. I always report them for something but it should be an option to say this didn’t actually happen. |
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Post by JukEboX on Feb 14, 2020 12:30:40 GMT -6
So can I start with this "Great Awakening" myth. Apparently according to the right, Barr is out there in other countries collecting information on Hil Dawg and the rest of the Ds and is putting together some report that will say they all broke the law and mass arrests will happen. This is echoed by C-SPAN callers on a daily basis. dc2london says its Q-Anon but I need more background and facts are what are really happening. |
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Post by JukEboX on Feb 14, 2020 12:30:58 GMT -6
True but to understand remaining neutral I would say you should watch the Neutral Nation episode of Futurama. It show how True neutrality can be and CSPAN is on that plain. They won't push any issue. NPR though I am glad they do this. I love you because you get me. :ehug: |
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Post by starbuck on Feb 14, 2020 12:39:37 GMT -6
I love you because you get me. :ehug: It's nice when my encyclopedic knowledge of Futurama comes in handy in everyday life. |
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Post by JukEboX on Feb 17, 2020 6:56:36 GMT -6
I would also like to see who spreading the rumor among the right that democrats are putting bills forward to enable abortion up to the 9th month. Clearly that is a dog whistle to anger the base.
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Post by JukEboX on Feb 21, 2020 4:59:05 GMT -6
Saw this one this morning. Highly doubt Bernie said 52%. Yet this went out to 68.7K people.  |
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