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"The Act passed the House late last week, but with significant bipartisan opposition from civil-liberties champions in Congress and from leading privacy, racial

"The Act passed the House late last week, but with significant bipartisan opposition from civil-liberties champions in Congress and from leading privacy, racial-justice and constitutional-rights groups, including my group Free Press Action." This is the second paragraph of the article.

tathougies 7y ago
Correct, but it still passed a chamber of the legislature headed by the opposition party. Hell, it was sponsored by a legislator that is so convinced the current head of state is a criminal that he led an impeachment investigation against him. It indicates a severe lack of integrity when one sponsors a bill meant to give rather extreme authoritarian powers to someone you have decided is a criminal.
- mindslight 7y ago
  > It indicates a severe lack of integrity when one sponsors a bill meant to give rather extreme authoritarian powers to someone you have decided is a criminal. Not especially. Their primary goal is government power, only then followed by fighting over who gets to wield it.
daenz 7y ago
So that negates the very clear spin of the headline, sub-headline, and first paragraph? They're burying the lede intentionally to push their own warped narrative of what's actually happening.
- boomboomsubban 7y ago
  >In the House, a bipartisan group of representatives called for meaningful reforms to federal spying powers, including Section 215. Democrats and Republicans who voted against the bill—and even some who voted for it—joined together to say that this legislation didn’t do enough to protect everyone’s privacy rights >Yet in the Senate, Majority Leader McConnell has prevented Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and others... And "The act passed the house..." is the second sentence of the article. Or how about last week's headline >152 House Democrats Join GOP to Reauthorize 'Abusive Government Surveillance Powers What are your expectations exactly?
- 73u4hdhdhe 7y ago
  Appeals to reading comprehension are pointless on HN, why are you wasting your time? Nobody expects an intelligent dialogue about journalism from a site that historically leans towards the tech crowd. What's your next trick, pointing out that every professional journalist knows >90% of readers stop after the headline and strategically leverage that to lie?

tathougies 7y ago

Correct, but it still passed a chamber of the legislature headed by the opposition party. Hell, it was sponsored by a legislator that is so convinced the current head of state is a criminal that he led an impeachment investigation against him. It indicates a severe lack of integrity when one sponsors a bill meant to give rather extreme authoritarian powers to someone you have decided is a criminal.

mindslight 7y ago
> It indicates a severe lack of integrity when one sponsors a bill meant to give rather extreme authoritarian powers to someone you have decided is a criminal. Not especially. Their primary goal is government power, only then followed by fighting over who gets to wield it.

daenz 7y ago

So that negates the very clear spin of the headline, sub-headline, and first paragraph? They're burying the lede intentionally to push their own warped narrative of what's actually happening.

boomboomsubban 7y ago
>In the House, a bipartisan group of representatives called for meaningful reforms to federal spying powers, including Section 215. Democrats and Republicans who voted against the bill—and even some who voted for it—joined together to say that this legislation didn’t do enough to protect everyone’s privacy rights >Yet in the Senate, Majority Leader McConnell has prevented Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and others... And "The act passed the house..." is the second sentence of the article. Or how about last week's headline >152 House Democrats Join GOP to Reauthorize 'Abusive Government Surveillance Powers What are your expectations exactly?
73u4hdhdhe 7y ago
Appeals to reading comprehension are pointless on HN, why are you wasting your time? Nobody expects an intelligent dialogue about journalism from a site that historically leans towards the tech crowd. What's your next trick, pointing out that every professional journalist knows >90% of readers stop after the headline and strategically leverage that to lie?