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At the same time, they demand less swearing for everyone but themselves. They have "civility" rules for their comments and also use their bully pulpit to demand

At the same time, they demand less swearing for everyone but themselves. They have "civility" rules for their comments and also use their bully pulpit to demand social media also censor "uncivil" speech everywhere. They attack Trump for being crude while they themselves are crude. They demand "hate speech" be banned while they themselves partake in "hate speech". They accuse others of being anti-science, while they themselves reject science. Twitter has really pulled the veil from the ivory tower that was media. It just shows that these people can be just as hypocritical, biased and vicious as everyone else. But they demand special treatment, which is also what everyone wants. Journalists are human beings after all.

andrepd 7y ago
>They have "civility" rules for their comments and also use their bully pulpit to demand social media also censor "uncivil" speech everywhere. They attack Trump for being crude while they themselves are crude. They demand "hate speech" be banned while they themselves partake in "hate speech". They accuse others of being anti-science, while they themselves reject science. Well, as they say, that escalated quickly. Can you give an example of what you mean?
- basetop 7y ago
  I don't want to get into specifics because I don't think criticizing individual journalists is allowed here. Especially journalists from establishment media. So how about a nytimes opinion on the matter? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/opinion/covington-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/opinion/covington-twitter... If you've followed the news to any degree or any of the controversies in the past few years, you'd realize there is incredible bias and agenda. Whether it is jussie smollet, covington, trump, campus rape crisis, etc. And hate can be doled out if to the right enemy. You can mock climate science denial while rejecting biology and gender. I don't see any objectivity or fairness or decency in media organizations today - left or right. Just politics and agenda. But that's just me and maybe my bias is clouding my judgment. Though I'm not sure who or what I am biased towards...

andrepd 7y ago

>They have "civility" rules for their comments and also use their bully pulpit to demand social media also censor "uncivil" speech everywhere. They attack Trump for being crude while they themselves are crude. They demand "hate speech" be banned while they themselves partake in "hate speech". They accuse others of being anti-science, while they themselves reject science. Well, as they say, that escalated quickly. Can you give an example of what you mean?

basetop 7y ago
I don't want to get into specifics because I don't think criticizing individual journalists is allowed here. Especially journalists from establishment media. So how about a nytimes opinion on the matter? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/opinion/covington-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/opinion/covington-twitter... If you've followed the news to any degree or any of the controversies in the past few years, you'd realize there is incredible bias and agenda. Whether it is jussie smollet, covington, trump, campus rape crisis, etc. And hate can be doled out if to the right enemy. You can mock climate science denial while rejecting biology and gender. I don't see any objectivity or fairness or decency in media organizations today - left or right. Just politics and agenda. But that's just me and maybe my bias is clouding my judgment. Though I'm not sure who or what I am biased towards...