• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    …and a news media that desperately needs a horse race for clicks will continue to hold Harris to a higher standard than the orange Mr. Magoo.

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      A convicted rapist literally claimed that you’re allowed to murder babies - then we put them side by side and double check if Harris said something that was slightly exaggerated. What’s so weird about it?

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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        Ajnt Ornj: “non white ‘illegal immigrants’ are literally coming to eat your pets and the democrats want to let them”

        Media fact checker: "this may not be entirely true, as no evidence has been produced to support the claims, however we found a Twitter post that… "

        Harris: “those polling numbers increased by 18%”

        Media fact checker: “This is blatantly false. The number actually increased by 17.86%

        Idiots online: BOTH SIDES LIE THEY’RE EXACTLY THE SAME

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      Trump was barely coherent throughout, but you’ll see the media clean up his word salad as ‘Trump vigorously defended his economic policies and the handling of the pandemic.’