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MSNBC has a history of misinformation contributing to the highly polarized environment today. Here is a video showing how MSNBC purposefully cropped footage of
by drak0n1c 6y ago
MSNBC has a history of misinformation contributing to the highly polarized environment today.
Here is a video showing how MSNBC purposefully cropped footage of an armed protester at an Obama townhall to hide his race (he was black), and used the clip to immediately launch into a discussion claiming that town hall protesters were motivated by racism. Soon after that media cycle my peers in college started assuming that most criticism of Obama is motivated by racism. These kinds of attitudes directly contributed to the current culture war of bad faith ostracism and tribalism.
https://youtu.be/fvBQDHqdCck?t=130 https://youtu.be/fvBQDHqdCck?t=130
Remember, a left wing activist also took violent action and shot up Congressmen at a baseball field. The argument of a "sufficient level" of misinformation and/or butterfly-effect-violence can be used to justify arbitrary intimidation and censorship against any outlet.
- e40 6y agoI'm not suggesting MSNBC is not guilty of this. Look at the sheer volume of lies and misinformation on the Fox News network. There is just no comparison.