#false-equivalence
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12-year-old op-ed sends MAGA into a tizzy: Marriage equality will bring the "End Times"! - LGBTQ Nation

Right-wing commentators revived a 12-year-old New York Times op-ed on pedophilia to falsely link LGBTQ+ issues with child abuse and claim societal collapse is imminent.

Media industry

fromConsequence

1 month ago

Watching "Both Sides" Media Bleed Out Before Our Eyes

Audiences reject 'both sides' false balance in journalism; neutralist 'view from nowhere' fails when factual consensus collapses and bad actors exploit platforms.

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 month ago

Beware of anti-woke' liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Muller

Recent exercises in taking stock after one year of Trump 2.0 for many an eternity of terrifying news and political traumas tended to leave something out: the fact that, a mere 12 months ago, plenty of pundits (and politicians, for that matter) were instructing us to accept that a global vibe shift in favor of the right had taken place. And that, in the face of what supposedly felt like a landslide, resistance was pointless and cringe.

US politics

fromPortland Mercury

5 months ago

Charlie Kirk: Full of S__t!

I've been watching some of these Charlie Kirk videos that have been popping up since he died, and woah.

US politics

NYC politics

fromemptywheel

10 months ago

DOJ Reportedly Will Pay Ashli Babbitt's Estate $5 Million; Claims to Have Charged LaMonica McIver - emptywheel

Miller's deportation effort inaccurately labels Venezuelan immigrants as terrorists while falsely exonerating individuals involved in January 6 events.