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[neverendingmidi]

The New York Times has now devolved to the point where it's writing stories to bitch about Trump retweeting unverified accounts. Twitter isn't the real world, guys, no matter how many times to try to hoist it up as the "new town square", it's just not. Twitter does not matter.

By "unverified" do they mean "not blue checkmarked"? Lemme guess, he retweeted memes from unapproved twitter sources, the villain!

 

[ForTheHoard]

By "unverified" do they mean "not blue checkmarked"? Lemme guess, he retweeted memes from unapproved twitter sources, the villain!

It's hard to believe, but they really do see that blue check mark as a symbol of authority. I suppose that's why they deverify people as a punishment. It's like taking their Twitter badge and gun away.

 

[thismanlies]

I thought the narrative was that the Trump campaign was colluding the Russian government, and that they had direct access to these emails in the first place. That's probably still the narrative, to be fair, it's just that these journalists are too fucking stupid to put 2 and 2 together and understand that these two narratives are completely incompatible.

You know why Mueller had this information and didn't bother releasing it? Because it's practically exculpatory evidence. It could be used to prove that he didn't get the emails from Russia, so of course Mueller fucking sat on it.

Robert Mueller withheld exculpatory evidence again? Must be a day ending in Y.

 

[Flexo]

It's hard to believe, but they really do see that blue check mark as a symbol of authority. I suppose that's why they deverify people as a punishment. It's like taking their Twitter badge and gun away.

Was just listening to Jonah Goldberg's latest podcast and he revealed something very, very interesting.

When you have a blue checkmark, you get the option to see retweets, mentions, replies, etc from ONLY other blue checkmarks. (He did something to lose his checkmark recently.)

It suddenly explains a LOT about the current climate, doesn't it?

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

The New York Times has now devolved to the point where it's writing stories to bitch about Trump retweeting unverified accounts. Twitter isn't the real world, guys, no matter how many times to try to hoist it up as the "new town square", it's just not. Twitter does not matter.

>conspiracy or fringe content

Unlike the conspiracy and fringe content that is shat out by the media every other day since at least 2016?

What even is this conspiracy and fringe content that Trump is retweeting anyway?

The tidbit that more than two dozen of those conspiracy and fringe content accounts were suspended by Twitter is a nice touch, by the way.

 

[TowinKarz]

Wow, in a country of millions, a whole TWO DOZEN were running Twitter accounts that promoted wacky shit..... Trump can't POSSIBLY survive that.

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

Unlike the conspiracy and fringe content that is shat out by the media every other day since at least 2016?

Maybe Trump should refer to his unverified meme producers as "unnamed sources close to (X)". Apparently that makes saying whatever you want perfectly legit.

 

[Flexo]

What is happening with the NYT? They seem intent on seeing how close they can get to self awareness and then go veering off.

Those People We Tried to Cancel? They’re All Hanging Out Together

Depriving people of a platform works — in unexpected ways.

www.nytimes.com

Ms. Herzog became a member of a unique emerging class of people — journalists, academics, opinion writers — canceled for bad, conservative or offensive opinions.​

​

As it happens, cancellation is bringing many of them together.​

. . .​

Mr. Kay clarified that Quillette will not publish just anyone, however. “Being canceled is like autism — it’s a spectrum,” he said. Harvey Weinstein would be a “no” for him.​

 

[heyitsmike]

Speaking of memes, I don't know if this is real, but if it is, it's the most pathetic thing I've seen since Beto's effort to get the Dem nomination.

So much astroturf. Not even fieldturf. Nothing like real grassroots.

 

[Jarolleon]

What is happening with the NYT? They seem intent on seeing how close they can get to self awareness and then go veering off.

Those People We Tried to Cancel? They’re All Hanging Out Together

Depriving people of a platform works — in unexpected ways.

www.nytimes.com

Ms. Herzog became a member of a unique emerging class of people — journalists, academics, opinion writers — canceled for bad, conservative or offensive opinions.​

​

As it happens, cancellation is bringing many of them together.​

. . .​

Mr. Kay clarified that Quillette will not publish just anyone, however. “Being canceled is like autism — it’s a spectrum,” he said. Harvey Weinstein would be a “no” for him.​

It might just be them telling their readers to be selective in their cancelling, because the non-woke media might approach the mainstream if they kick too many popular personalities their way. The big club is only powerful because of its membership after all.

 

[heyitsmike]

 

[Iron Hamster]

Hard hitting gerbilism there.

 

[Flexo]

Was just listening to Jonah Goldberg's latest podcast and he revealed something very, very interesting.

When you have a blue checkmark, you get the option to see retweets, mentions, replies, etc from ONLY other blue checkmarks. (He did something to lose his checkmark recently.)

It suddenly explains a LOT about the current climate, doesn't it?

So I apparently posted too soon. I got to later in the podcast...

Fear Is the Mind Killer - Ricochet

On a special Halloween episode, Jonah speculates on the deepest fears of some of the most prominent people in public life. Shownotes –The Dispatch –Ziprecruiter.com/DINGO –On Albert Jay Nock –Nock on himself –LA Times column from earlier this week –Washington Post fact-check on Joe Biden’s...

ricochet.com

So around the 15 or 20 min mark Jonah and Jack are discussing realistic greatest fears of politicans (so nothing like clown spiders or murderous robots).

I swear I am not making this up. Jonah lists as a realistic - that is possible - greatest fear of Mike Pence is getting thrown under the bus by Trump and having Tulsu Gabbard be his 2020 race VP.

Who needs fanfiction.net when you have the modern pundit class?

 

[thismanlies]

It’s almost like if he didn’t misspell Obama’s name, CNN would have never shown Obama’s and Hillary’s statements about illegal immigration.

 

[Dave.]

I thought these people hated fascism. They're acting like total grammar nazis.

 

[Memento Malum]

Hey guys, remember how covfefe ended Trump? No? Well, this time his misspelling of a word will, I promise.

From the fallen titan CNN:

Article | Archive

Yes, please, explain to us voters some more. Thats what we want from our news sources, more explaining about how you are right and we are wrong. I'm not convinced myself that a coup is a reasonable analogy for the current impeachment brouhaha, but I definitely don't want some ivory tower "journalist" to explain to me how it definitely isn't, thankyouverymuch.

 

[Jason "Qriist" Close]

Kaitlin Bennet had some highschooler says she wanted to beat Kaitlin with a bat. Pulled that chicks tweets.... which were painful to read... so yeah anyways there's a selection of cringey tweets found in a spreadsheet here

(She had protected her account in between my scraping and my chance to review, no archives, sorry)

This single one (when she was about 15-16) perfectly sums everything up:

#NotMyPresident #NotMyPresident #NotMyPresident #NotMyPresident

Edit, this one did not age well, where Trump is saying that California needs to take care of it's underbrush...:

i can’t fathom how dumb this man is. y’all really voted for this fool. https://twitter.com/TheContemptor/status/1063888277516820480

https://archive.ph/HhigD

 

[Ghostse]

Speaking of memes, I don't know if this is real, but if it is, it's the most pathetic thing I've seen since Beto's effort to get the Dem nomination.

So much astroturf. Not even fieldturf. Nothing like real grassroots.

I look forward to their templates and meme attempts being turned against them.

word-salad-vs-lmao-bottom-text.jpg

 

[SmileyTimeDayCare]

By "unverified" do they mean "not blue checkmarked"? Lemme guess, he retweeted memes from unapproved twitter sources, the villain!

At first I thought it was blue check related but then I started wondering if Twitter told the NYT which accounts they were looking at that didn't have a verified phone or email associated with them. That would actually be a little scandalous.

Speaking of memes, I don't know if this is real, but if it is, it's the most pathetic thing I've seen since Beto's effort to get the Dem nomination.

So much astroturf. Not even fieldturf. Nothing like real grassroots.

I hope it is real. Oh man do I hope it is real. It will be a cringe factory.

Stelter really ought to just neck himself because he can't sink lower than standing on camera and talking shit about someone's spelling on Twitter. What is more amazing is he and those who mock Trump's tweets don't get that he almost certainly does it on purpose so it will get coverage as @thismanlies stated. That makes it even more embarrassing that he is reporting on them again!

Stelter is by far the biggest faggot on CNN right now and that is including Don Lemon's bitch boy Fredo.

 

[Leonard Helplessness]

Rally’s over. I took notes throughout, there’s a lot in there so I’ll put it in spoiler tags.

Spoiler: THE RALLY

• 4:30: The line is moving reasonably fast. Small group of pro-Trump protesters across the road, waving flags and Trump banners and playing music. Doors are supposed to open right about now, but the line is long. Heavy turnout, about 95% white.
• 4:35: Two pro-life protesters right at a corner, with stacked signs and megaphones. Mostly being ignored, possibly since there’s a police officer right there.
• 4:40: Merch tables and stands selling buttons and other Bernie stuff, mostly buttons but also a lot of shirts and hats. Looks like two lines were set up to feed people into the event. Overall, it’s running pretty efficiently — lots of Bernie volunteers along the way, trying to recruit volunteers and asking people who say no to wear little green stickers so another volunteer won’t bother them.
• 4:50: I’m through security and got a seat. Time to wait. Right now, most of the arena is empty, but people continue to stream in.
• 4:55: The volunteers appear to be funneling everybody together into specific sections, where people are packed together shoulder to shoulder. Arena is much smaller than the Target Center, and so far, nowhere close to full.
• 5:00: Some bearded white rapper named Brother Ali is performing on stage. It’s pretty awful. A guy in a tiger-patterned costume is dancing around. It’s also awful.
• 5:05: Brother Ali talks about the “land of the thiefs, home of the slave.” And the “United Snakes.” People start cheering when he says the President’s a rapist.
• 5:10: Brother Ali is trying and failing to get the crowd excited. People continue to flow in.
• 5:20: Brother Ali leaves to half-hearted applause.
• 5:30: Half hour to go, people continue to flow in. Still no one on the second level, and entire sections of the first level are empty.
• 5:35: Volunteers continue to come through, filling the scattered empty seats in the full sections. Guessing it’s a photography thing, trying to get good pictures of a jam-packed stadium full of Bernie supporters.
• 5:45: A band shows up, with no introduction to say who they are. They say that since people are still coming in, they’ll wait to perform so everybody can get “an equal share of funk.” Finally they’re introduced as “The New Power Generation.”
• 5:55: The music is, in a word, anemic. So is the audience response.
• 6:00: This stadium is definitely not designed for good acoustics. The music is an echoey mess.
• 6:05: It’s supposed to have started by now. Trump was 20 minutes late to his rally though. They’re doing a power ballad, and people are waving their phone flashlights back and forth in lieu of cigarette lighters.
• 6:20: In the middle of the last song, someone pushed a lettered foamboard sign into my hands to wave around with everyone else in a line. I’m not sure what the slogan was, other than it started with a picture of the state and “MN.” I was holding the M. I guess that’s how they get people to do that. Now they’re throwing shirts into the crowd, while doing mic checks on Bernie’s newly set up podium. They’re also pushing the people in the full sections closely together.
• 6:25: Shaun Berth, campus coordinator, takes the stage to plug the Students for Bernie group on campus as well as the Students for Bernie instagram group. Also tells everyone to introduce themselves to each other. The audience complies obediently. Shaun then rants about the college finance system and student debt. The crowd, being full of students, goes wild.
• 6:35: A bunch of campaign people take the stage to do a photo op and try to get people excited for Bern. She also wants a revolution.
• 6:40: “what the people want is very simple:” {escalating demands} “That’s it, and that’s all!” Again and again. Wanting cancellation of all student and medical debt. Oh, and M4A, college for all, marijuana legalization...
• 6:45: MN Attorney General Keith Ellison takes the stage and immediately leads a “Not me, us” chant and talks about community and connection and love and other shit. Mentions the transgender community, “climate catastrophe,” insulin rationing, bankruptcy by medical debt, etc. Wants everybody to be obliged to each other, etc.
• 6:55: Ilhan Omar takes the stage, talks about communities living side by side. I find myself thinking about Halloween this year, and what the trick-or-treaters were like: One huge group, sticking together for protection, with all the parents very close at hand.
• 7:00: Takes shots at Trump as dividing people and setting them against each other, and says everybody needs to be set at the same level re: power.
• 7:05: Lists seeking asylum and healthcare as universal human rights. Everyone chants “GREEN NEW DEAL.” She talks about workers a lot, and worker’s rights, but I don’t really see anyone working class here.
• 7:10: Says building a movement is the only way to stop Trump, and repeats the #finepeoplehoax.
• 7:10: Tells everyone to get out their phones act text ACTION to some phone number to get information on Getting Involved(tm)
• 7:15: References recognizing the Armenian Genocide, then introduces Bernie Sanders, who takes the stage while “Back in Black” plays. Introduces “the next first lady of the United States,” and thanks Brother Ali and New Power Generation.
• 7:20: Bernie spends time thanking all his “progressive” friends, then sets about ranting about orange man. Crowd chants “LOCK HIM UP.”
• 7:25: More ranting about Trump. Says he’ll win by doing the opposite of what Trump is doing. Says his movement has people of every gender identity, which I doubt, because my super unique gender identity isn’t in his movement.
• 7:30: Says that “E pluribus unum” is pretty much a collectivist slogan. Repeats that he wants everything to be tuition-free and student debt-free. Also wants to implement the Green New Deal.
• 7:35: Says that no one has been subjected to more attacks by Trump than Ilhan Omar.
• 7:40: More socialist “We’re all in this together” dogma. I notice that he never leaves his script, even once. He also says “transphobia.” Oh, and “look at random people in the crowd and pledge to fight for them.” Get offended on other people’s behalf, etc. “Not me, us” chants.
• 7:45: Quotes Nelson Mandela: “Everything seems impossible until it is done.” Mispronounces “refugee” as “refujay” while talking about Ilhan. Takes a shot at Amazon for not paying federal income tax.
• 7:50: Promises to tax pharma. Says that education is a basic human right. Promises high-quality education for everyone, with high compensation for teachers. Says we can cancel all student debt by imposing a “modest tax on Wall Street speculation.” Promises a federal jobs guarantee system that makes work by fixing infrastructure.
• 7:55: Promises that the Green New Deal will create 20 million jobs, and a national rent control system along with 10 million new housing units. Oh, and criminal justice reform, and an end to cash bail. And an end to the war on drugs.
• 8:00: Immigration overhaul, and an executive order to grant citizenship to everyone in the country. Kids in cages. Oh, and gun control. “Our gun policy will be determined by the people, not the NRA.” I wonder where the constitution comes in.
• 8:05: Pro-choice, too. Though is all about women’s right to choose, not transmen. And promises to only nominate pro Roe v. Wade justices to the Supreme Court. “People have a right to love whomever they want.” I wonder how that could possibly backfire.
• 8:10: “Remember, at the end of the day, the 1% is only 1%, and we are 99%.” He pretty much closed his speech on that.

All in all, I feel like his platform was “vote for all the free stuff I’m promising, and someone else will pay for it.” He did manage to fill the stadium — a much smaller one than the Target Center, but an accomplishment nonetheless. Still, wasn’t that fond of his message; it seemed designed to get people to vote for him, not to be in any way feasible. I also didn't like the collectivist "everything you do, you should do for each other" undercurrent.