Fake News

[Fife]

[C-Mag]

That was interesting Fife, I can't disagree with that guy

[kybkh]

What explains this?

https://www.similarweb.com/blog/us-medi ... ember-2017

Domains Rank in September 2017 Rank in August 2017
espn.com 1 3
msn.com 2 1
cnn.com 3 2

I'll give you a hint...

I've got a pen and I've got a _______.

[JohnDonne]

That was interesting Fife, I can't disagree with that guy

From what I saw he just described basic marketing techniques used for selling anything from soda to cars and rebranded them as mass hypnosis with vague insinuations that cnn is Marxist and evil, and of course asking for people to do their own research instead of backing anything up, because it’s easier to keep things vague rather than have to defend a claim. Same techniques he admitted to using for his copywriter job, which he was quick to set himself up as an expert in. If you notice, his whole shtick is actually an example of the things he decries in the commercial. But I enjoy ironic trolling like this, making it seem spooky that a news outlet is reinforcing its own trustworthiness.

[Martin Hash]

Why would a “news outlet” have to reinforce its own trustworthiness?

[JohnDonne]

Why would a “news outlet” have to reinforce its own trustworthiness?

They all do it, that’s what they’re selling.

[Fife]

Apples, bananas, whatev.

CNN’s Undisclosed Ties To Fusion GPS

CNN’s reporting on the Trump-Russia dossier has left out at least one crucial fact: the close ties between the network and the opposition research firm at the center of the dossier controversy.

CNN’s reporting on the dossier, led by justice correspondent Evan Perez, has been favorable to the firm, Fusion GPS, and hyped the dossier’s credibility. Left out of Perez’s reporting, which has relied largely on unnamed sources, is his personal closeness to Fusion GPS’ operatives. Fusion has repeatedly been described in Senate testimonies as a smear-for-hire operation that manufactures misleading or false media narratives for its clients.

Glenn Simpson, the Fusion co-founder most often associated with the dossier, is used to working on stories with Perez. As reporters at the Journal, Perez and Simpson regularly co-authored stories on national security.
. . .

Alek Boyd, a former associate of Halvorssen’s, says he was also targeted in a similar smear campaign because he drew attention to Derwick’s alleged financial misdeeds. He said he also faced false allegations of being a pedophile, sexual deviant and drug addict.

“Fusion is basically a pen-for-hire shop, whose owners are prepared to concoct completely spurious stories that are fed to media contacts developed over years of legitimate work in reputable outlets,” Boyd told TheDC.

[kybkh]

One of the dirty little secrets in Washington is that Fusion is a longtime source for journalists, planting political hits that Fusion is paid by third parties to dig up. Now the press corps is defending its meal ticket, often without reporting honestly about Fusion and how it works.

One example is the story by someone named Jason Schwartz in Politico on Monday that attacked us for our Mueller editorial. This media enforcer quoted Neil King, identifying him as a former WSJ editor who slammed our work and said “I don’t know a single WSJ alum who’s not agog at where that edit page is heading.” Perhaps Mr. King is agog because Axios reported in January that he had joined . . . Fusion GPS.

So Politico quotes an employee of Fusion to attack The Wall Street Journal for criticizing Fusion. Even better, Mr. Schwartz didn’t tell his readers that Mr. King has worked for Fusion. Mr. Schwartz also failed to point out that Mr. King’s wife, Shailagh Murray, also a former Journal reporter, worked in the Obama White House. Perhaps Mr. Schwartz understands that this kind of political incestuousness is so routine in Washington that even to mention it would get him drummed out of the club.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-press- ... ?mod=e2two

[pineapplemike]

lmao "does the president believe slavery was wrong"

[Okeefenokee]