CNN Calls Out the Harris Campaign's Dirty Willful Lies on Social Media

[lustylad]

Hmm... this came out last month.

God bless CNN. Maybe they're genuinely trying to call honest balls and strikes again. Maybe real journalism isn't dead?

But one thing we can count on - Kamala's dirty tricksters are as active and unbowed as ever. They will keep spewing out their lies right up until Election Day.


https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/polit...dia/index.html

[bambino]

Originally Posted by lustylad

Hmm... this came out last month.

God bless CNN. Maybe they're genuinely trying to call honest balls and strikes again. Maybe real journalism isn't dead?

But one thing we can count on - Kamala's dirty tricksters are as active and unbowed as ever. They will keep spewing out their lies right up until Election Day.


https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/polit...dia/index.html

Glass houses Lusty!!!!!!!! I listen to CommieHos false ads everyday on the fan!!!!

[HDGristle]

They've fact checked both sides pretty well this cycle. You're only just catching on now

[tommy156]

Originally Posted by HDGristle

They've fact checked both sides pretty well this cycle. You're only just catching on now

Yep. Despite all the disses from the right, CNN plays it pretty well down the center. Facts first, at least, before opinion.

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by tommy156

Yep. Despite all the disses from the right, CNN plays it pretty well down the center. Facts first, at least, before opinion.

You're ducking the point, tommy. We're not talking about facts versus opinion.

We're talking about "selective editing" - something Mr. Gristle started a few threads about.

Did you even read the link? Here's what CNN called out the Kamala campaign for:


1. Misleadingly describing a Trump comment about his supporters...

2. Deceptively clipping and misleadingly describing a Trump comment about immigration...

3. Deceptively clipping and misleadingly describing a Trump comment about his 2017 Charlottesville remark...

4. Deceptively clipping and inaccurately quoting a JD Vance quote about veterans’ health care...

5. Deceptively clipping and falsely describing a Trump quote about penalties for damaging monuments...

6. Deceptively clipping and misleadingly describing a Trump comment about taxes...

7. Cutting out critical words from a Vance comment about unions...

8. Falsely describing a comment from a Trump ally...


It's beginning to look like a pattern, dontcha think?

Selective editing. Sorta like this:

If I say "abortion should be banned in the last trimester of pregnancy"... would it be ok for you to run ads clipping the last 6 words?

Is that cool in your book?

[HDGristle]

One thread

[tommy156]

Originally Posted by lustylad

You're ducking the point, tommy. We're not talking about facts versus opinion.

We're talking about "selective editing" - something Mr. Gristle started a few threads about.

Selective editing. Sorta like this:

If I say "abortion should be banned in the last trimester of pregnancy"... would it be ok for you to run ads clipping the last 6 words?

Is that cool in your book?

Fox is doing the exact same heavy editing techniques with trump. Why is that ok for him, but not for Kamala?

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by tommy156

Fox is doing the exact same heavy editing techniques with trump. Why is that ok for him, but not for Kamala?

No, Fox is NOT doing the "exact same heavy editing techniques" as the Harris campaign. Another false, sweeping generalization by tommy!

I gave 8 specific examples of outrageous editing/clipping of Trump or Vance remarks by the Harris campaign to completely change the meaning of what was said in deliberately misleading ways.

Got any specific examples of Fox doing anything even remotely similar? No, you don't. Plus you didn't answer my question about clipping my abortion statement.

Start another thread if you want to whine about Fox. This thread is about the Harris campaign's dirty tricks being exposed - by CNN, no less!

[tommy156]

Originally Posted by lustylad

No, Fox is NOT doing the "exact same heavy editing techniques" as the Harris campaign. Another false, sweeping generalization by tommy!

I gave 8 specific examples of outrageous editing/clipping of Trump or Vance remarks by the Harris campaign to completely change the meaning of what was said in deliberately misleading ways.

Got any specific examples of Fox doing anything even remotely similar? No, you don't. Plus you didn't answer my question about clipping my abortion statement.

Start another thread if you want to whine about Fox. This thread is about the Harris campaign's dirty tricks being exposed - by CNN, no less!

A 5-second Google search will show dozens of examples. Not going down this rabbit hole with you.

[lustylad]

Cop-out. You lose. You're obviously too lazy to produce examples backing up your assertion. Because you know any examples you might dig up would be nitpicking stuff - not at all comparable to the egregious sins of the Harris campaign that are well-documented in the CNN story!!

Maybe this analogy will help: Suppose you ask Gristle what the damage is to see a certain provider. Gristle asks me because he knows I just saw the provider. I tell him "$100 up-front deposit, $300 more at the door". If Gristle passes that info on to you after clipping and omitting every word after "$100" would that be satisfactory to you?

That's what the Harris campaign dirty tricksters are doing to every Trump and Vance statement.

[HDGristle]

I wouldn't

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by HDGristle

I wouldn't

Lol. Too bad. Your scruples preclude your being hired by the Harris campaign.