Meet the new boss….
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 14:05 last edited by
Yeah this is the dumbest lawsuit. It’s about a law protecting the sales of food and services and Trump is trying to act like he’s “a consumer of the news service”.
Also the very idea that Trump of all people is filing a lawsuit about “false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce” is almost like an SNL skit.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:30 last edited by
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But I don't like the legacy media -which is a self-proclaimed neutral reporter of news - putting their finger on the scales in a national election.
May Trump wring CBS out like a wet dishrag.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:32 last edited by
Bias is one thing, but the difference between both released videos is pretty frigging stark.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:35 last edited by
There's an obvious difference between a public lawsuit and secret, behind the scenes pressure from the government, with an implied quid pro quo.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:36 last edited by
It’s not illegal, and it’s also petty. But I also agree it’s annoying as shit to watch most news outlets lean left. Maybe it’s in their nature as libs like to push the envelope and cons like to keep the envelope closed.
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It’s not illegal, and it’s also petty. But I also agree it’s annoying as shit to watch most news outlets lean left. Maybe it’s in their nature as libs like to push the envelope and cons like to keep the envelope closed.
wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:42 last edited by@89th That distinction is very blurry these days, as "conservatives" are the ones who want social change more than the "progressives". That's what happens when the left dominates mainstream popular culture for multiple generations in a row. It becomes the home of psychological conservatives, who don't happen to use the word "conservative" when they self-identify. Phenotypically, the panicked reaction of older educated white females with their luxury beliefs, to the advent of the Trump era, is identical to the panicked reactions 60 years ago of older religious types as they watched their culture changing.
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There's an obvious difference between a public lawsuit and secret, behind the scenes pressure from the government, with an implied quid pro quo.
wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:45 last edited by@Horace said in Meet the new boss….:
There's an obvious difference between a public lawsuit and secret, behind the scenes pressure from the government, with an implied quid pro quo.
There are differences but the end result is the same. Perhaps worse in trumps case. The media companies are acting out of fear of retribution. The twitter files revealed that twitter was comfortable pushing back when they wanted to.
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@Horace said in Meet the new boss….:
There's an obvious difference between a public lawsuit and secret, behind the scenes pressure from the government, with an implied quid pro quo.
There are differences but the end result is the same. Perhaps worse in trumps case. The media companies are acting out of fear of retribution. The twitter files revealed that twitter was comfortable pushing back when they wanted to.
wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:49 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Meet the new boss….:
@Horace said in Meet the new boss….:
There's an obvious difference between a public lawsuit and secret, behind the scenes pressure from the government, with an implied quid pro quo.
There are differences but the end result is the same. Perhaps worse in trumps case. The media companies are acting out of fear of retribution. The twitter files revealed that twitter was comfortable pushing back when they wanted to.
Of what value is the "when they wanted to" qualifier, when the moderating teams were all aligned with progressive political intent? And in the presence of an obvious implied quid pro-quo, if only in the feeling that one is in the good graces of those who pull governmental strings? No, I'll take the public and transparent lawsuit, every day.
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@Horace said in Meet the new boss….:
There's an obvious difference between a public lawsuit and secret, behind the scenes pressure from the government, with an implied quid pro quo.
There are differences but the end result is the same. Perhaps worse in trumps case. The media companies are acting out of fear of retribution. The twitter files revealed that twitter was comfortable pushing back when they wanted to.
wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:52 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Meet the new boss….:
The twitter files revealed that twitter was comfortable pushing back when they wanted to.
Did you listen to the Zuckerberg interview with Rogan?
"Comfortable" is not a word that applied to the government pressure.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 15:56 last edited by jon-nyc 2 Jan 2025, 15:57
I did, and thought about that when I posted the above. But Zuck has an agenda now, like he did then, and the email exchanges released by twitter files are pretty clear evidence that pushback happened.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 16:09 last edited by
You're conflating the Twitter Files with Facebook.
Zuckerberg was really clear about the pressure that the Biden administration put on them. And there was not much comfortable pushback from Meta AFAICT.
Perhaps there was at Twitter, but Zuck didn't mention it at his shop.
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wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 16:11 last edited by
Again, Zuck had an agenda then, and he has one now. It’s possible that the same authorities that allowed twitter to push back held the line at Facebook, but that doesn’t seem likely.
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wrote on 6 Feb 2025, 20:24 last edited by
Who are you gonna believe? The defendant's transcript or your lying eyes?
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wrote on 6 Feb 2025, 20:26 last edited by
It's he said they/them said.
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wrote on 6 Feb 2025, 20:35 last edited by
@Jolly said in Meet the new boss….:
Who are you gonna believe? The defendant's transcript or your lying eyes?
How are they inconsistent?
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wrote on 10 Mar 2025, 12:16 last edited by
Let’s blame corporate greed for high egg prices.
https://www.wsj.com/business/egg-prices-justice-department-probe-22d6a4f6?mod=hp_lead_pos3
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wrote on 10 Mar 2025, 12:54 last edited by
I do not believe supply and demand merits DOJ investigation.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2025, 12:55 last edited by
Yeah it’s not like these companies are culling flocks just to be dicks. It’s actually required by the federal government.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2025, 13:24 last edited by
For me, it is interesting that the chicken flu is pretty much 100% fatal. Most diseases do not want to be 100% fatal, as that prevents them spreading and continuing to "live".
