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Where's the Feds on this? I don't find it comforting that attacks happening on the US's free press go unanswered by law enforcement. We should be indicting MB
by bb88 7y ago
Where's the Feds on this? I don't find it comforting that attacks happening on the US's free press go unanswered by law enforcement.
We should be indicting MBS.
- sonotathrowaway 7y agoThis is the same administration that calls a free press “the enemy of the people”, and has co-opted a Nazi slur (lügenpresse) to label them. The same administration that used its friends at the National Enquirer to attempt to blackmail Ronin Farrow, and the same administration that looked away as a us resident journalist was tortured, murdered, and dismembered. The idea that Trump disapproves of attempts to blackmail Bezos strains credulity.
- davidw 7y agoAll the facts above are correct. The opinion at the end seems pretty reasonable given things like this: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/14/17233680/trump-amazon-bezos-postal-service-explained https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/14/17233680/trump-amazon-bez...
- kryogen1c 7y ago>>This is the same administration that calls a free press “the enemy of the people”, and has co-opted a Nazi slur (lügenpresse) to label them. >All the facts above are correct. is this a joke? ive never even heard that word before, so on face value the idea that the "administration" has coopted nazi phrases is off to a bad start. but then again, i dont follow politics too closely so maybe im just ignorant. googling turns up one or two articles that seem to be based on the fact that ONE PERSON was caught on video using that word. so on the literal interpretation, you seem to be flat out wrong. perhaps you dont mean literally, and youre just referring to "fake news". sure, this administration started trumpeting that phrase. is it a dangerous sentiment? sure. i think its more right than wrong, however. if you honestly think the mainstream media is out to make you a more informed person on critical issues, then im not sure what to tell you. tv is bad for you. EDIT: https://time.com/4544562/donald-trump-supporters-lugenpresse/ https://time.com/4544562/donald-trump-supporters-lugenpresse...
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- lovich 7y agolugenpresse means "lying press" and is equivalent to "fake news"
- rconti 7y agoWhich is it? Is "fake news" a dangerous sentiment, or do journalists actually get the facts wrong more often than they get them right? Do journalists try to get the facts correct? When they get them wrong, do they issue retractions? Or do they not? Do you think you can draw an equivalency between their accuracy and the President's relationship with the truth? This is not the same as saying "TV is bad for you, mmkay?" This is about actual journalism, which may take place in newspapers or on television. You're treading on dangerous false equivalency here. I get that it's hip to say "the mainstream media gets it wrong all the time, amirite" in lieu of having an actual nuanced opinion, but I certainly don't think it's remotely accurate.
- peteretep 7y ago> ive never even heard that word before I'm not sure an argument from ignorance is the best logical fallacy to defend Trump
- rconti 7y agoNot only has the US president declared the press the "enemy of the people", he also has a personal vendetta against Jeff Bezos for hurting his feelings. And he's got a personal lackey doing his personal bidding at the head of the DOJ. If anything, it's more plausible to have been directed by the President (though it probably wasn't) than for any consequences of these actions to come from this administration (which certainly won't happen).
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- ljm 7y agoIs that news? It’s well known that MBS is plugging money into tech in order to move away from fossil fuels. You’re not going to get any investment from Saudi Arabia that doesn’t go through him.
- puranjay 7y agoEveryone needs to know that every Softbank round is essentially a Saudi Arabia round.
- swarnie_ 7y agoFeds? As in US Feds? Probably arranging another dummy president to fluff Mr. Bone Saw..... Just like the last 25 years.
- goalieca 7y agoThe same feds that let Russia and trump get away with it?
- dingoegret 7y agoNot a fan of MBS but talking about indicting a powerful foreign leader because a phishing hack is laughable.
- koheripbal 7y agoWhen a foreign government does something, the legal system is not the appropriate mechanism to enforce international norms. It lacks both jurisdiction as well as enforceability. There is no global legal system. We are not a united planet.
- ryanlol 7y agoYou do have a point here, but it doesn’t hold up when the DOJ has such an extensive history of going after other state sponsored hacking.
- koheripbal 7y agoThe DOJ goes after operatives and individuals - not heads of state or states themselves.
- ryanlol 7y agoAccording to this story MBS is an operative. If heads of state decide to become operatives, perhaps they should lose any protections that might normally be afforded to them.