"CBS announced over the weekend that moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell will not correct any lies when vice presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance meet in New York to debate on Tuesday night."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Richard W. Woodley NO THREADS 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️ last edited by
@the5thColumnist That they do, in a lot of cases.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
As someone who spent 45 years at CBS, Dan Rather says,
"It is necessary to report and comment on the fact that CBS News has decided not to fact-check the candidates in real time. I would love to know what went into this decision, because it feels spineless, especially after ABC’s Linsey Davis and David Muir effectively and correctly fact-checked Trump during the debate with Kamala Harris."
#Trump #JDVance #lies #disinformation #PoliticsofHate #MediaFail #CBS
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"Simply put, this 'rule,' imposed by CBS, incentivizes lying. It invites the participants to bend the truth, since their opponent then has to spend his rebuttal time calling out the lie, rather than giving an opposing view. And the calling out of a lie by an opponent rather than an impartial moderator is less credible."
#Trump #JDVance #lies #disinformation #PoliticsofHate #MediaFail #CBS
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"Norm Ornstein, a political scientist with whom I spent many an election night at CBS News, had nothing nice to say about his former employer on X. 'I spent 30 years as an election analyst for CBS. It was the gold standard for television news. Those days, and their standards, are long gone.'”
It's not just the cowardice that's stunning. It's the mendaciousness of CBS, the pretense — as if have no eyes to see.
#Trump #JDVance #lies #disinformation #PoliticsofHate #MediaFail #CBS
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JustRosyreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy You gotta know that when two men are more worried about what they look like than anything else, they're not thinking of the real needs of American people.
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Jean Poole 🌈🌵🐶replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy CBS has apparently decided to offer an option for fact-checking tomorrow’s VP debate. “Viewers who scan the (QR) code will be directed to the CBS News website, where a squad of about 20 CBS journalists will post fact-checks of the candidates’ remarks in real time.”
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George Snorewellreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
Walz should discuss couches and donuts.He could do it in some really subtle ways:
"I donut think you've couched that argument well, JD."
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Extinction Studiesreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Fear isn't going to cut it. Anger is a motivator with staying power. Determination. Grit. Courage, in other words, which is what the corporate tools in the media have none of.
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Charles Heroldreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy "It seems clear that CBS is trying to avoid the blowback ABC got after the presidential debate."
That's how Republicans have kept the press in check. They howl so loudly at any honest reporting on them that the media lets them get away with almost anything for the sake of not getting yelled at.
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@wdlindsy
The #bigcorp media is either really dumb or is in on the scam.Just the air time alone spent talking about all the dumb stuff he is saying is taking away from time that they could be using to report on the honest good stuff that the VP is saying.
That is the goal, suck up the airtime so her words dont get out.
Just reporting on what he is saying is the goal of what he is doing.
We need a free press with old fashion journalistic integrity.
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SearingTruthreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Evil, unchecked, spreads like cancer."
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Dan Neumanreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy CBS already told us where they stood. Trump is good for CBS.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/
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@dan613 @wdlindsy #CBS: the network of Walter Cronkite. Eric Severeid. #60Minutes. The network that helped bring down #JoeMcCarthy. Fred Friendly basically negotiated broadcast standards with the #FCC in the ‘50s.
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neverbeatenreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to neverbeaten last edited by
@neverbeaten So the headlines should be everyday.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Doug Baker last edited by
@SonofaGeorge Yes, I think of that outstanding history, how my family looked forward to watching Walter Cronkite (and Dan Rather and Roger Mudd on CBS) as I was growing up.
And now this. Talk about how the mighty choose to fall.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Dan Neuman last edited by
@dan613 Yes, thanks for that salient reminder.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to SearingTruth last edited by
@SearingTruth Amen.
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@mral You're right. And he puts us all in a bind as he lies, bloviates, and makes toxic, dangerous statements. If we pay attention to them and discuss them, then we're feeding into his strategy to suck all the air out of the room and make himself the only visible person in the room. But we can't afford to ignore them, either, given how much rides on them.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Charles Herold last edited by
@cherold You're right. This is part of a long game to cow media and force it to frame its stories in a right-wing context that pleases Republicans — or, otherwise, it will be Katy bar the door for media.