October 07, 2022, 09:54 PM
Pipe SmokerA liberal political media operation is pushing left-wing stories in 51 different fake news outlets
I don’t know what to make of this report. Keep your BS shields up.
“A liberal political media operation being run out of Washington, D.C., and Florida is pushing left-wing stories in 51 different fake news outlets in order to influence the outcome of the November midterm elections, it is claimed.
The allegations came in a shocking new investigation from Axios that was published on Thursday.
The report alleges that in the past 12 months, multiple new 'news' website have appeared across the country, all run by a company named Local Report Inc.
They do report a wide variety of stories - but sprinkled throughout are news items pushing Democrat lawmakers and policies.
Online records show that the Local Report was founded in Tallahassee, Fla. …”
Full DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11293487October 08, 2022, 12:13 AM
goose5Let's say everything in this report is true for the sake of argument. What is the right going to do about it?
October 08, 2022, 04:39 AM
spunk639quote:
Originally posted by goose5:
Let's say everything in this report is true for the sake of argument. What is the right going to do about it?
“Absolutely Nothing.” Do you really expect anything?
October 08, 2022, 06:49 AM
Krazeehorsequote:
Originally posted by goose5:
Let's say everything in this report is true for the sake of argument. What is the right going to do about it?
Hire a couple hackers.
October 08, 2022, 06:56 AM
lastmanstandingSo what is “shocking”about this? I just assumed this has been going on for a long time. This is what the major news outlets have been doing for years on a much larger scale.
October 08, 2022, 07:11 AM
joel9507quote:
They do report a wide variety of stories - but sprinkled throughout are news items pushing Democrat lawmakers and policies.
For some reason the NYT flashed in front of my eyes, reading this.
October 08, 2022, 08:10 AM
Fly-SigFake or misleading stories have been pushed by political activists for years, masquerading as news providers. This is nothing new.
October 08, 2022, 10:02 AM
goose5quote:
Originally posted by spunk639:
quote:
Originally posted by goose5:
Let's say everything in this report is true for the sake of argument. What is the right going to do about it?
“Absolutely Nothing.” Do you really expect anything?
If you support the right, and you have a vested interest in the left losing don't you think expecting nothing from the right is a real problem?
October 08, 2022, 12:04 PM
Il Cattivoquote:
Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
So what is “shocking”about this? I just assumed this has been going on for a long time. This is what the major news outlets have been doing for years on a much larger scale.
It goes back to the early years of the Republic. See "Infamous Scribblers" by Eric Burns.
The point here, IMHO, being that it's a new enough entity to be laughed into ineffectiveness by being made fun of as Astroturfing rather than news gathering.