Listen, Liberal -
Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
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Thursday, 22 June 2017
quote [ in a country like the U.S., democratic backsliding will likely to start off looking a lot more normal -- with slow, legal attacks on our democratic institutions. ]
Main link is Vox YouTube vid. More in extended...
The decline of American democracy won't be televised
Professor Huq, featured in the video, writes on Democratic Backsliding in the US and abroad in greater depth: This is how democratic backsliding begins What does it look like? Maybe a health care bill being crafted in total secrecy, rammed through without public hearings or scrutiny? Finally we get to see it- The Senate GOP health bill in one sentence: poor people pay more for worse insurance Plan is to pass it before the July 4 recess, so senators don't have to confront their constituents beforehand. Democratic backsliding, ftw.
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bbqkink said @ 1:34am GMT on 27th June
"Journalism is politics now"...there always has been yellow journalism. and there always has been real journalist.
"Think Progress sure as fuck isn't either."
Because they don't have your point of view. They are an opinionated publication they don't pretend to report hard news. They don't make shit up either.
CNN is not fake news the did publish a fake news story and there was consequences...the difference is at Brietbart and Fox oh and the Whiteshouse there is not.
bbqkink said @ 1:38am GMT on 27th June
"Journalism is politics now"...there always has been yellow journalism. and there always has been real journalist.
"Think Progress sure as fuck isn't either."
Because they don't have your point of view. They are an opinionated publication they don't pretend to report hard news. They don't make shit up either.
CNN is not fake news the did publish a fake news story and there was consequences...the difference is at Brietbart and Fox oh and the Whiteshouse there is not.
http://www.politifact.com/search/?q=ThinkProgress
only 27% of what they say checks out as mostly true or better
50% false mostly, false or pants on fire.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/tv/fox/
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bbqkink said @ 1:34am GMT on 27th June
"Journalism is politics now"...there always has been yellow journalism. and there always has been real journalist.
"Think Progress sure as fuck isn't either."
Because they don't have your point of view. They are an opinionated publication they don't pretend to report hard news. They don't make shit up either.
CNN is not fake news the did publish a fake news story and there was consequences...the difference is at Brietbart and Fox oh and the Whiteshouse there is not.
http://www.politifact.com/search/?q=ThinkProgress
only 27% of what they say checks out as mostly true or better
50% false mostly, false or pants on fire.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/tv/fox/
