Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

[romad1]

I'm wrong about her being the model.  I think that's Kamela's step daughter.  

[gehringer_2]

Reporting making the rounds that Murdoch has told Trump that Fox will not support him in another run. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/15/murdoch-press-turns-on-donald-trump-in-favour-of-defuture-ron-desantis

I found this response amusing

[mtutiger]

 

[Tigerbomb13]

Elon really has become full Q, hasn’t he?

[romad1]

good point 

 

[Tiger337]

On 11/22/2022 at 11:29 AM, romad1 said:

Isn't this the Biden who is an actual model?  

Every single White House lies frequently and that sucks.  The difference between every other President's White House and the Trump White House is that there always  seems to have been some unwritten agreement between what you can lie about and how far you can go with it.  Trump's White House had no limits.  They just made stuff up pushed conspiracy theories.

[chasfh]

It's ba-a-a-ack ...

 

[CMRivdogs]

They keep forgetting that the idea of Christmas started out as a pagan celebration before being co-opted by corporate christians...

[pfife]

I love conservatives declaring why the left does something.    I know if I want to know the lefts intentions I'm going to a conservative writer.

[gehringer_2]

Waiting to see what Elon does with his poll where the twits chose for him to step away from twitter. I think there are a couple of ways to read this. One is that he had become egomaniacal enough that he thought the twits would support him overwhelmingly and he could use the poll to club his opponents. But the other reading would be be that thrown in the real and terribly complex morass of content moderation, he has begun to figure out that he needs to put some people in charge in who know what they are doing and step away himself, and losing the poll gives him the perfect cover to do it in a style that works for him.

We'll see which is the case.

[romad1]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

Waiting to see what Elon does with his poll where the twits chose for him to step away from twitter. I think there are a couple of ways to read this. One is that he had become egomaniacal enough that he thought the twits would support him overwhelmingly and he could use the poll to club his opponents. But the other reading would be be that thrown in the real and terribly complex morass of content moderation, he has begun to figure out that he needs to put some people in charge in who know what they are doing and step away himself, and losing the poll gives him the perfect cover to do it in a style that works for him.

We'll see which is the case.

The thought I had was that his Saudi and Emirati backers told him whatfor yesterday at the WC Final.   It was an intervention from his friends and loved ones.   He now has to enter a treatment program for apocalyptic egomaniacs. 

[chasfh]

6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Waiting to see what Elon does with his poll where the twits chose for him to step away from twitter. I think there are a couple of ways to read this. One is that he had become egomaniacal enough that he thought the twits would support him overwhelmingly and he could use the poll to club his opponents. But the other reading would be be that thrown in the real and terribly complex morass of content moderation, he has begun to figure out that he needs to put some people in charge in who know what they are doing and step away himself, and losing the poll gives him the perfect cover to do it in a style that works for him.

We'll see which is the case.

Even if he does technically step away, I can't help but believe he will still be dictating policy, strategy and tactics from wherever afar is.

[oblong]

TSLA told him to shut the fuck up

[romad1]

9 minutes ago, oblong said:

TSLA told him to shut the fuck up

Bottom line:   No Elon government on Mars should be allowed to exist.   It would be a threat to all life on Earth

[gehringer_2]

10 minutes ago, oblong said:

TSLA told him to shut the fuck up

yeah - this too. But IMHO, Tesla stockholders were doomed before Elon ever got involved with Twitter even if his conduct there has become the current focus for them.

[romad1]

Oh snap

 

[romad1]

Elon was a heck of a “get” for Putin

[chasfh]

55 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Elon was a heck of a “get” for Putin

He may have had lots of money before, but if he wanted to take his personal wealth into the stratosphere, he could always use the help of a nation-state hostile to America, and with trillions of dollars at its disposal.

Edited December 19, 2022 by chasfh

[pfife]

Liberal media bias

 

 

[romad1]

Stephanie Ruhle is wearing glasses from beyond freakitude tonight.  She has transformed from mid-day news bunny to some weird post-noir villain at night.

edit:  Villain is the wrong word. 

Edited December 23, 2022 by romad1

[romad1]

3 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Stephanie Ruhle is wearing glasses from beyond freakitude tonight.  She has transformed from mid-day news bunny to some weird post-noir villain at night.

edit:  Villain is the wrong word. 

A friend sends that she looks like she's one of the 4s from the Meowmeowbeenz episode of Community

[mtutiger]

 

[chasfh]

15 hours ago, mtutiger said:

 

Meghan Markle might be similar in kind, but definitely not similar in effect.

[Tigerbomb13]

Fox needs to stop inviting Pete on their network. 

[mtutiger]

For such an influential media figure, you'd think he would know of the existance of Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema.