CNN silent as nurse’s viral tale of patients denying coronavirus from deathbeds falls apart.

Journalists are now just partisan activists. Journalism is dead.

Journalism is about the quick buck and partisanship. The truth last.

Sham 69 wrote:

Journalism is about the quick buck and partisanship. The truth last.

No way couldn't see this one coming. The liberal media not fact-checking a story and running with it, what a shocker. Has anyone actually met a person who is a denier that COVID is real? I mean there are a few weirdos online who deny it, but in the real world whether you think COVID is serious or not there are not hordes of people out there who think the virus is a made-up thing.

But but but hunters laptop.

What is so obvious to me, but seems to be totally lost on others, is that trolls account for like 90% of the COVID-deniers and Trump supporters online.

Real research backs this up, too:

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots

Sure, there are some morons out there, but you knew that. There are always going to be crazy people and criminals. Most people are not crazy and criminal.

The media is fueled by the bots posting garbage. The ones who are not bots are just people trolling to get a rise out of other people online. They're just sh-tposting.

What a garbage human being and a garbage network reporting it.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

Has anyone actually met a person who is a denier that COVID is real? I mean there are a few weirdos online who deny it, but in the real world whether you think COVID is serious or not there are not hordes of people out there who think the virus is a made-up thing.

Yes, dunes runner.

Great.

Now remind me of all the times Fox etc have backtracked on countless conspiracy theories that have crumbled or debunked obvious lies by the orange idiot.

I'll wait.

Perfection demanded of the non Trumpy people.

No standards for Trumpdom

Just gtfo

TruthHappens wrote:

What is so obvious to me, but seems to be totally lost on others, is that trolls account for like 90% of the COVID-deniers and Trump supporters online.

Real research backs this up, too:

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots

Sure, there are some morons out there, but you knew that. There are always going to be crazy people and criminals. Most people are not crazy and criminal.

The media is fueled by the bots posting garbage. The ones who are not bots are just people trolling to get a rise out of other people online. They're just sh-tposting.

Wait, the same NPR that said the rioting/looting was ok because it made people feel good? The same NPR that said the proud bois were responsible for the riots? On and on and on

aopfhp wrote:

Great.

Now remind me of all the times Fox etc have backtracked on countless conspiracy theories that have crumbled or debunked obvious lies by the orange idiot.

I'll wait.

Perfection demanded of the non Trumpy people.

No standards for Trumpdom

Just gtfo

Are you talking about the 3 year Russian collusion scandal in which there was zero evidence. The irony is that Hilary is guilty of exactly what she charged Trump with. CNN forgot to cover that one.

flying squirrel wrote:

TruthHappens wrote:

What is so obvious to me, but seems to be totally lost on others, is that trolls account for like 90% of the COVID-deniers and Trump supporters online.

Real research backs this up, too:

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots

Sure, there are some morons out there, but you knew that. There are always going to be crazy people and criminals. Most people are not crazy and criminal.

The media is fueled by the bots posting garbage. The ones who are not bots are just people trolling to get a rise out of other people online. They're just sh-tposting.

Wait, the same NPR that said the rioting/looting was ok because it made people feel good? The same NPR that said the proud bois were responsible for the riots? On and on and on

Apparently they are on Letsrun too

aopfhp wrote:

Great.

Now remind me of all the times Fox etc have backtracked on countless conspiracy theories that have crumbled or debunked obvious lies by the orange idiot.

I'll wait.

Perfection demanded of the non Trumpy people.

No standards for Trumpdom

Just gtfo

Both sides are guilty. Can you admit it?

CountChocula wrote:

flying squirrel wrote:

Wait, the same NPR that said the rioting/looting was ok because it made people feel good? The same NPR that said the proud bois were responsible for the riots? On and on and on

Apparently they are on Letsrun too

Right?

I mean, I post an article that essentially supports his OP and he comes back with the same kind of sh-tposting I was referencing.

The whole point is that the media - all of them, including FNC, CNN, NPR - are like a bunch of blind mice following these stupid trolls and bots. This, of course, fuels more trolls and bots.

TruthHappens wrote:

CountChocula wrote:

Apparently they are on Letsrun too

Right?

I mean, I post an article that essentially supports his OP and he comes back with the same kind of sh-tposting I was referencing.

The whole point is that the media - all of them, including FNC, CNN, NPR - are like a bunch of blind mice following these stupid trolls and bots. This, of course, fuels more trolls and bots.

I assume it's because 'journalism' is easier to do from your couch than from actually going and talking to people. But it bears repeating, "Twitter is not real life."

Agingrunner wrote:

aopfhp wrote:

Great.

Now remind me of all the times Fox etc have backtracked on countless conspiracy theories that have crumbled or debunked obvious lies by the orange idiot.

I'll wait.

Perfection demanded of the non Trumpy people.

No standards for Trumpdom

Just gtfo

Both sides are guilty. Can you admit it?

Sure.

One side is guilty of what? Not following up on some viral social media post by some nobody?

The other side is guilty of not just ignoring but promoting and cheerleading untold lies and misdeeds by the President of the United States.

And for the fool who predictably brings up Russia, read this thread since I know you have not and will not read the Mueller report or the Senate Intel report..

aopfhp wrote:

Agingrunner wrote:

Both sides are guilty. Can you admit it?

Sure.

One side is guilty of what? Not following up on some viral social media post by some nobody?

The other side is guilty of not just ignoring but promoting and cheerleading untold lies and misdeeds by the President of the United States.

And for the fool who predictably brings up Russia, read this thread since I know you have not and will not read the Mueller report or the Senate Intel report..

https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench/status/1330957501827833858?s=20

But but but your side is worse and more guilty of it! That's what I thought.

Yeah, I think we were talking about so called "nurses" that were saying their hospitals are all filled up too.

The thing is the story does not have to be true, it just have to be put out there and it becomes "true". They never retract stories anymore because they have no moral code.

Repeat a lie enough it becomes the "truth", this is what the media does now. It's designed to influence thought by what is put out for public consumption, or stories that are hidden. This is how the Nazi's did it. This is what the all liberal all the time news is about.

aopfhp wrote:

Agingrunner wrote:

Both sides are guilty. Can you admit it?

Sure.

One side is guilty of what? Not following up on some viral social media post by some nobody?

The other side is guilty of not just ignoring but promoting and cheerleading untold lies and misdeeds by the President of the United States.

And for the fool who predictably brings up Russia, read this thread since I know you have not and will not read the Mueller report or the Senate Intel report..

https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench/status/1330957501827833858?s=20

Dude the lefts obsession with the Russian bogeyman is incredibly damaging. The narrative changed so much. What the left was screaming about was not that the Trump campaign had contact with a Russian at some point to dig up dirt on his opposition. That would not be illegal.

The left went crazy over the narrative pushed by the Steele dossier which was a totally made piece of work paid for by Clinton campaign. The left continues to say oh the Mueller Report showed this and that. The Mueller report did not show any of the illegal narratives that Trump was being accused of that were actually illegal and there was a massive shifting of the goalpost after it turned out not to be true.

Then as soon as the Hunter Biden story comes out the Adam Schiff brings the Russia bogeyman back out lieing that the defense community briefed them that this was Russian disinformation. Seriously watch the interview, the guy is a pathological liar and its all documented on tape. The left has continued to push this Russia narrative as a way to discredit the Trump presidency when the real focus should be on China.

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