The president is furious about media coverage of his war.
  • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Oh right. The “liberal news media.” The one that’s owned by six billionaires. The one that sucks up to Trump constantly. The one that’s constantly doing. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ in response to Trump’s demented bullshit. THAT liberal news media.

  • petey@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So I listened to it and heard nothing about death penalties for reporters. Am I missing something?

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Quoting Trump’s post, the nugget of truth is from:

      The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!

      Which they turned into “Demands Death Penalty” because DailyBeast is a tabloid.

      TBH I’m sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed. I’d argue they violate this community’s “credible sources” rule.

        • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Or imprisonment.

          Point is, that’s not what the quote directly said. And that’s what distinguishes journalism, and tabloids like DailyBeast (or talking heads/“analysis” like Fox News). Hence, every actual news outlet on this topic went with a factual headline, and quoted Trump directly instead of making a jump.

          This distinction is very important to me. Ragebait like DailyBeast is why Trump is in power and the world sucks now, because it works.

          • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I get your point, but the president saying people should get life in prison if not killed for their 1st amendment right which he swore and oath to uphold would be an absolute reason for an immediate impeachment to most.