• Sundray@lemmus.org
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    4 days ago

    Way back when the Daily Show used to cut together clips of GOP talking heads pivoting to their talking points in interviews, regardless of the question being asked. It was surreal. And the Left never found a way to counter it, which is why they still do it today.

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      3 days ago

      I’m always baffled why ‘journalists’ don’t just repeat “Answer the fucking question” at politicians when they do that. Seems like a pretty simple way to counter it.

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      I remember that as far back as early aughts. Why isn’t there a counter? Granted, we’ve known about Fox News being propaganda but nobody seems to do anything about that, either.

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        because the counter is an actually competent news media free from the control of private interests who would actually push back against the bullshit when it’s being peddled, but Americans didn’t want to support that. They want news to be feckless entertainment, and so it is.