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The false equivalence between left and right here is the issue IMO. I truly believe the left-lead media largely acts in good faith, and the right-lead media lar

The false equivalence between left and right here is the issue IMO. I truly believe the left-lead media largely acts in good faith, and the right-lead media largely does not. I understand that people on the right feel the opposite, that's fine. But I don't feel like I should be obligated to complain when the media behaves in a fashion that I feel is appropriate, just to appease this both-sidesism.

Veelox 7y ago
> I truly believe the left-lead media largely acts in good faith I would like to raise to your awareness that when Bernie was accused of saying a woman couldn't be president, his talking point we're very close to what people on the right have been saying for years.
luckylion 7y ago
> But I don't feel like I should be obligated to complain when the media behaves in a fashion that I feel is appropriate, just to appease this both-sidesism. You're saying that you want the media to be a political instrument, but you want to make sure it's a political instrument used only by the party you prefer? Because the alternative wouldn't be "it should be used by both sides", the alternative would be "it shouldn't be a political instrument".
- luckydata 7y ago
  The alternative is "tell the truth". The truth as of late has a strong preference for left leaning positions.
  - luckylion 7y ago
    yawn. Again, the argument was "it's okay if it helps my side". It's essentially "I'm fine with throwing the code of law out the window, but only if my side does it".
  - thu2111 7y ago
    How do you know?
  - Veelox 7y ago
    > The truth as of late has a strong preference for left leaning positions. Can you give 3 examples?
    - luckydata 7y ago
      I can give you hundreds lately. If you didn’t notice you’re probably part of the problem. I'll give you one for free, the rest you're going to have to bother googling by yourself: https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-trump-conspiracy https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-trump-conspiracy

Veelox 7y ago

> I truly believe the left-lead media largely acts in good faith I would like to raise to your awareness that when Bernie was accused of saying a woman couldn't be president, his talking point we're very close to what people on the right have been saying for years.

luckylion 7y ago

> But I don't feel like I should be obligated to complain when the media behaves in a fashion that I feel is appropriate, just to appease this both-sidesism. You're saying that you want the media to be a political instrument, but you want to make sure it's a political instrument used only by the party you prefer? Because the alternative wouldn't be "it should be used by both sides", the alternative would be "it shouldn't be a political instrument".

luckydata 7y ago
The alternative is "tell the truth". The truth as of late has a strong preference for left leaning positions.
- luckylion 7y ago
  yawn. Again, the argument was "it's okay if it helps my side". It's essentially "I'm fine with throwing the code of law out the window, but only if my side does it".
- thu2111 7y ago
  How do you know?
- Veelox 7y ago
  > The truth as of late has a strong preference for left leaning positions. Can you give 3 examples?
  - luckydata 7y ago
    I can give you hundreds lately. If you didn’t notice you’re probably part of the problem. I'll give you one for free, the rest you're going to have to bother googling by yourself: https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-trump-conspiracy https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-trump-conspiracy