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[SaintForLife]

I figured we needed a thread specifically about the media.

There was a very big correction recently by the Washington Post.


That story was supposedly "independently confirmed" by CNN, NBC News, USA Today, ABC News, & PBS News Hour. How could they all have gotten the quote wrong if they actually independently confirmed the story?






Why do all the errors always go in one political direction and not closer to 50/50?

 

[Saintamaniac]

Fox News continues to do Fox News things...

Fox News Host Harris Faulkner Caught Telling Whopper About 1918 Pandemic

Fox NewsFox News Tonight guest host Harris Faulkner gave her primetime audience Tuesday some revisionist history regarding the 1918-19 influenza pandemic when trying to make a point about school closures due to COVID-19.In her monologue, Faulkner first marked the 79th anniversary of D-Day...

www.yahoo.com

This can't possibly be true. We were recently told that Fox News was perhaps the most honest network around.

 

[Optimus Prime]

wonder if the new CNN CEO will bring back Reliable Sources and Brian Stelter

 

[Optimus Prime]

Tucker Carlson’s debut on Twitter was greeted with widespread derision, as the former Fox News host backed Russia in its war with Ukraine, abused the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, invoked conspiracy theories about 9/11 and Jeffrey Epstein and mused on the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life.

“Tucker Carlson’s lies cost Fox $800m,” said Anne Applebaum, a historian of authoritarianism, referring to the $787.5m settlement the network signed with Dominion Voting Systems over its broadcast of Donald Trump’s election lies, shortly before Carlson was fired.

“Now he is still lying, and Twitter will eventually pay the price too.”

At the end of Carlson’s first show, a 10-minute monologue in a barn, with a wide shot showing he was operating his own teleprompter, the host said he would bypass the mainstream media to tell viewers the truth, as Russians under communism once found ways to hear broadcasts from other countries.

He said: “We’ve come to Twitter which we hope will be the shortwave radio under the blankets. We’re told there are no gatekeepers here. If that turns out to be false, we’ll leave … We’ll be back with much more very soon.”

Elon Musk, the Twitter owner, retweeted the video and said it would be “great to have shows from all parts of the political spectrum on this platform”.

By Wednesday, Twitter said Carlson’s video had been viewed more than 65m times.……

Tucker Carlson peddles conspiracy theories on Twitter debut from barn

Former Fox News host backs Russia and insults Ukraine’s Zelenskiy in 10-minute monologue greeted with widespread derision

www.theguardian.com

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Tucker Carlson’s debut on Twitter was greeted with widespread derision, as the former Fox News host backed Russia in its war with Ukraine, abused the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, invoked conspiracy theories about 9/11 and Jeffrey Epstein and mused on the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life.

“Tucker Carlson’s lies cost Fox $800m,” said Anne Applebaum, a historian of authoritarianism, referring to the $787.5m settlement the network signed with Dominion Voting Systems over its broadcast of Donald Trump’s election lies, shortly before Carlson was fired.

“Now he is still lying, and Twitter will eventually pay the price too.”

At the end of Carlson’s first show, a 10-minute monologue in a barn, with a wide shot showing he was operating his own teleprompter, the host said he would bypass the mainstream media to tell viewers the truth, as Russians under communism once found ways to hear broadcasts from other countries.

He said: “We’ve come to Twitter which we hope will be the shortwave radio under the blankets. We’re told there are no gatekeepers here. If that turns out to be false, we’ll leave … We’ll be back with much more very soon.”

Elon Musk, the Twitter owner, retweeted the video and said it would be “great to have shows from all parts of the political spectrum on this platform”.

By Wednesday, Twitter said Carlson’s video had been viewed more than 65m times.……

Tucker Carlson peddles conspiracy theories on Twitter debut from barn

Former Fox News host backs Russia and insults Ukraine’s Zelenskiy in 10-minute monologue greeted with widespread derision

www.theguardian.com

In other words, mission accomplished

 

[MT15]

Two things I have read: Twitter’s “views” are a joke. You don’t have to actually see the video to get a “view”, you just have to scroll past a post containing it. At least that’s my understanding- I did see where Musk admitted there wasn’t any time limit of watching the video to get a “view”.

And Fox announced its intention to sue Tucker claiming his video violated his contract with them.

 

[MT15]

Fox “News” is just stupid takes for stupid people.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

This is the most that I've ever scene high ranking Republicans on CNN in a while. It's a little weird, but also appreciative to see them have to respond to tough questions as much as Democrats have, which you won't really see on FNC or MSNBC.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Get ready for Tucker vs Fox

Wonder if he knows all the dirt and where the bodies are buried and is prepared to burn Fox to the ground
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Tucker Carlson has insisted he will “not be silenced” after Fox News sent a cease-and-desist letter ordering him to stop releasing shows on Twitter.

The rightwing network has been locked in a bitter contractual despite with its former primetime anchor since he left in the aftermath of the $787m Dominion Voting Systems payout in April.

Last week, Fox’s attorneys wrote to Carlson demanding he stop posting “Tucker on Twitter” videos, whose first two episodes attracted a combined 169 million views.

In a statement to Axios, Carlon’s lawyer Harmeet Dhillon said: “Doubling down on the most catastrophic programming decision in the history of the cable news industry, Fox is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.”…….

Carlson vows he ‘will not be silenced’ as Fox News issues cease-and-desist letter

Former Fox host reportedly in breach of his $25m contract by producing his ‘Tucker on Twitter’ shows

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MT15]

This is just not journalism. It’s a disgrace to media:

 

[DaveXA]

This is just not journalism. It’s a disgrace to media:

Disgrace is a good word. FNC is a lot of things, but fair and balanced isn't among those.

 

[MT15]

Disgrace is a good word. FNC is a lot of things, but fair and balanced isn't among those.

Yeah, there’s just no universe where that chyron is anything but inflammatory and just plain false.

 

[MT15]

Response from Fox about the chyron:

 

[Optimus Prime]

Response from Fox about the chyron:

why was it up? who put it up? who authorized putting it up?

 

[MT15]

why was it up? who put it up? who authorized putting it up?

I think they should say - but I don’t think they intend to.

 

[MT15]

why was it up? who put it up? who authorized putting it up?

Update. We know the guy responsible was fired because he posted it himself. Former Tucker staffer.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Update. We know the guy responsible was fired because he posted it himself. Former Tucker staffer.

This is why so many were upset about Dominion settling with this farce news organization! They're just gonna keep doing what they've been doing as long as they are able to act as a news company. Their ability call themselves "press" brings shame to the entire profession, Faux News credibility is less than North Korea's press.

 

[MT15]

And this is the crap that Gateway Pundit is up to:

 

[MT15]

Fox News - changing the wording of wire services stories about trans care. It should be noted this is the “News” part of Fox, not the prime time opinion shows.