#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 week 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

3 weeks 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

9 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.