We really need to stop confusing op-eds with news. I hate trump every bit as much as anyone else with a functioning brain, but these opinion pieces are too often being taken as legitimate news.
It’s dangerous.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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This is a politics community and not a news community, so op-eds should be fair game.
fake news flavor of the month club?
Not quite sure I get your point.
more of an observation I suppose - op-ed pieces being passed off as actual news arent - they're basically fake news, and those publications that allow those op-ed "articles" to be published seem to have a cycle - they follow whatever is popular this month, because clicks generate revenue (for those who dont block advertising). next month's news cycle will have different op-ed pieces about whatever is trending.
I wouldn’t call it “fake news.” It’s just someone’s opinion or interpretation of events. Sometimes it’s true, sometimes misunderstood, and yeah, sometimes it’s complete bunk, but at the end of the day- it’s not news. It’s someone’s opinion of the news.
And the reason it’s dangerous, is seen with conservative leaning sources that submit op-ed pieces as “news.” The Cletuses believe it- and suddenly we have weather men getting death threats, and lynch mobs murdering innocent people of color because they chose to jog on the wrong night.
Why is it that someone impeached twice and is stuck in a lifetime of court cases for all of the illegal shit he’s done as president, is some how allowed to run for presidency again?
What kind of fucked up clown show is this?
Trump isn't the first to do this, more than one corrupt politician has run for President from a Federal Prison.
Read the Mandate…pretty chilling.
Pretty usual Heritage Foundation talking points to be honest.
This book is an invitation for you the reader—Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, and Ms. Smith—to come to Washington or support those who can. Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State.
what the fuck.
At the very least he's trying to become president to pardon himself which is bad enough.
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