On December 7, 2016 2:40:49 PM EST, Mirimir <miri...@riseup.net> wrote: >On 12/07/2016 12:12 PM, John Newman wrote: >> >> >> On December 7, 2016 2:01:32 PM EST, jim bell <jdb10...@yahoo.com> >wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> >>> >>> On 12/06/2016 10:46 PM, Razer wrote: >>>>> The folks at Weather.com have asked Breitbart to kindly stop using >>> their >>>>> data to create #FakeNews. >>>> >>>>> >>> >https://weather.com/news/news/breitbart-misleads-americans-climate-change >>>> >>>>> ROTF! >>> >>>> Good for them. We need more real news, and less fake news. >>> We could agree with THAT, but I happen to believe that the main >>> American sources of fake newsare ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and >>> many others, called the "MSM". >>> We saw in the recent election seasonthat these organizations were >>> tending to avoid covering things that were negative to Hillary >>> Clinton.This was particularly true once the Wikileaks leaks became >>> heavy, a couple of months before theelection, especially. Sure, >>> there's the "fake news" meme, but I don't recall a single email that >>> camefrom the DNC/Podesta/Weiner camp that was claimed to have been >>> "fake": By and large, eventuallythe MSM simply refused to publicize >>> them. >> >> >> There's no question the DNC fucked itself with its dirty shenanigans >to fuck Sanders for Clinton, a fucking god awful candidate. >> >> That said, some of the fake news conspiratard shit has ended up >causing a lunatic with a gun to go "investigating" .... (Pizzagate >HEH). Nobody looks good in this election. Then again, I can't think of >a counter example ;). (Obama as first black president was mildly >inspiring if you paid zero attention to the details eg his global >assassination program, etc etc) > >Obama isn't "Black", in any meaningful sense. He's certainly not >"African-American" in the traditional sense. His ancestors weren't >slaves in the US. His father was African, yes, but he was raised in >Hawaii by his white mother. So arguably, he's a typical upper-class >academic, who just happens to have black skin. > >He did jump-start his political career in Chicago. And he did join a >radical Black church, whose pastor was at least sympathetic to Black >Nationalism. But that was arguably just a cynical ploy to infiltrate >the >community, and start building his political base. And he dumped them >quickly after going national. > >Now if they had elected Wyclef Jean ;) >
Lol. Immortal Technique (Felipe Coronel) would be my pick, although he's of Peruvian ancestry, hes effectively black.... I always thought he was black until I first saw him live! >> John >> >>> That's one big reason I blame the MSM itself for the "fake news" >>> phenomenon. In prior election cycles, generally all the outlets >>> covered all the stories...with a different slant and spin, of >course. >>> Anaverage person would have a good clue that a given story was fake >if >>> it came solely from a givensource, or 'side'. But in 2016 the >public >>> observed that the MSM was studiously limiting its coverage on those >>> issues that happened to be negative to Hillary. I'm not saying that >>> they entirely avoided them, but I think most people would agree that >>> their coverage was completely stilted. >>> As a consequence, it became virtually "normal" for there to be >>> apparently-quite-legitimate stories onone 'side', and not another. >>> This meant that ordinary people no longer had this as a clue to >tell >>> themwhich thing to believe, and which not to. >>> Jim Bell >>> >>> >>> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.