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I'm sorry, whataboutism doesn't actually lend credence. You're free to select the occasional time when a news agency gets it wrong (and apologizes and issues a

I'm sorry, whataboutism doesn't actually lend credence. You're free to select the occasional time when a news agency gets it wrong (and apologizes and issues a correction)...but to try and compare it to an intentionally biased organization that always, intentionally gets it wrong (by willfully setting up people, then editing their responses, to paint things in a particular light), and never backs down, never apologizes, well...at best, your bias is showing.

leereeves 7y ago
Actually I'm not a fan of PV. Gotcha journalism doesn't appeal to me. But I see that low quality "journalism" every day, so I don't see PV as particularly noteworthy. Certainly not worth altering search results for. And I'd say you are mistaken when you call changing "take that [violence] to the suburbs" into "a call for peace" merely getting it wrong. What CNN did could hardly be anything other than intentional deception from an organization with a strong left-wing bias[1]. 1: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cnn/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cnn/
- joshuamorton 7y ago
  PV isn't "gotcha journalism". They've repeatedly committed felonies and completely fabricated things (ex. when they tried to trick WaPo into pushing a fake #metoo story about Roy Moore) in attempts to create their content.
  - leereeves 7y ago
    > They've repeatedly committed felonies That's quite a claim. If that's true, why aren't they in jail? I'm sure they have many powerful enemies who would love to see them convicted of these multiple felonies.
    - joshuamorton 7y ago
      https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174024/http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no052610b.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174024/http://neworleans... O'Keefe plead out to a misdemeanor and served probation + a fine. But the crime he committed was a felony. > In January 2012, O'Keefe released a video of associates obtaining a number of ballots for the New Hampshire Primary by using the names of recently deceased voters. That's probably a felony in most parts of the US, although O'Keefe claims it wasn't since he didn't actually vote.

leereeves 7y ago

Actually I'm not a fan of PV. Gotcha journalism doesn't appeal to me. But I see that low quality "journalism" every day, so I don't see PV as particularly noteworthy. Certainly not worth altering search results for. And I'd say you are mistaken when you call changing "take that [violence] to the suburbs" into "a call for peace" merely getting it wrong. What CNN did could hardly be anything other than intentional deception from an organization with a strong left-wing bias[1]. 1: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cnn/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cnn/

joshuamorton 7y ago
PV isn't "gotcha journalism". They've repeatedly committed felonies and completely fabricated things (ex. when they tried to trick WaPo into pushing a fake #metoo story about Roy Moore) in attempts to create their content.
- leereeves 7y ago
  > They've repeatedly committed felonies That's quite a claim. If that's true, why aren't they in jail? I'm sure they have many powerful enemies who would love to see them convicted of these multiple felonies.
  - joshuamorton 7y ago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174024/http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no052610b.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174024/http://neworleans... O'Keefe plead out to a misdemeanor and served probation + a fine. But the crime he committed was a felony. > In January 2012, O'Keefe released a video of associates obtaining a number of ballots for the New Hampshire Primary by using the names of recently deceased voters. That's probably a felony in most parts of the US, although O'Keefe claims it wasn't since he didn't actually vote.