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Absolute abnegation of even the barest vestiges of journalism by journalists. Congrats to decades of ref-punching by the GOP. Genuinely one of the greatest political victories in modern politics, and I’m not being even remotely sarcastic.

CJcharles.littlegreenfootballs.comSep 28, 2024 9:08pm

CBS News Says It Will Be Up To Vance And Walz To Fact-Check Each Other In Veep Debate In other words, Vance will be allowed to spew a firehose of lies with no pushback from “moderators,” who won’t actually moderate anything because CBS is scared of the right wing reaction.

CBS News Says It Will Be Up To Vance And Walz To Fact-Check Each Other In Veep Debate

CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.

That ‘grief tech’ entrepreneur who wants to ‘abolish grief’ makes my skin crawl. It would mean the abolition of love. That computer is not your mum. The feeling of horror it gives me feels akin to the horror involved in the desecration of a corpse.

I guess what we're "never going back" to is having an asylum policy even remotely in line with international humanitarian law

I understand that human beings give religion and spirituality a bad name. But human beings ALSO give lots of other things bad names because we are deeply flawed and we make lots of mistakes. For me, I never impose my religious views on others. It's hard enough for me to live up to the values myself.

the facility with which the press metabolize and launder state violence really disturbs me. they’re naturals in the role

Dear media, When Donald Trump and Republicans talk about rounding up immigrants, mention how much private prison and logistics companies, who would profit from it, are donating to their campaigns. Their Project 2025 immigration policies are just corruption wrapped in racism.

Man, if only we had an institution of people, trained as professional writers and explainers, with platforms that reached millions, who could EXPLAIN how one plan makes some sense, and the other and the other is insane, rather than throwing up their hands and saying “guess it’s just vibes!”

HLbartenderhemry.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 3:30pm

I think if voters can't tell the difference between an 82-page list of specific policies and a maniac shouting nonsense on stage that's kind of on you and your reporting

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