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> This whataboutism and false equivalency is extremely toxic. It's not whataboutism, I never excused Trump nor the Republicans. They should be called out on th
by subjectsigma 6y ago
> This whataboutism and false equivalency is extremely toxic.
It's not whataboutism, I never excused Trump nor the Republicans. They should be called out on their bullshit. If anything, responding to a comment solely about things the media has done with Senate election results is whataboutism.
False equivalency... Eh, maybe. The eye-for-an-eye tallying of sins never goes well and I'm not ready to try at the moment. But I will agree that Fox News has its reputation as a cesspool for a reason.
> Are dems perfect? Lord no. Does the MSM make mistakes? Absolutely. Is one side actively engaged in a war on truth? Yeah, kinda.
This helped me realize the problem. You come just short of saying MSM == Democrats, other news == Republicans. Not a single line of my previous post criticized any Dem politicians, only the MSM. The previous post has at least one example of the MSM working against progressive values. They are not the same thing. If you consider them the same thing, I think that's strange, because I don't think they should be. If there's some evidence that they are the same thing, do share, you'll probably be adding CNN's rap sheet of corruption.
- arcticbull 6y ago> You come just short of saying MSM == Democrats, other news == Republicans. Not really, that’s using the rights definition of it, not my opinion. From their perspective, there’s the “MSM” (everyone you’ve ever heard of except...) Fox, Breitbart and Sinclair. Fox got hucked into the MSM pile, so there’s everyone you’ve ever heard of (“MSM”), Breitbart and Sinclair.