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BitcoDavid #ResistTrump<p>I was watching corporate news when a "reporter" ---in reference to a Trump statement---said, "That, of course, is factually incorrect." </p><p>What's wrong with "That statement is a lie?" "Factually incorrect" is passive voice. People don't HEAR "factually incorrect." It's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanewashing</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaslighting</span></a>. </p><p>Just once, I'd like to hear a corporate news reporter say, "Trump lied today..."</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Readers who are alarmed by Trump's actions – and don't feel like legacy media outlets are equally alarmed – are turning to bloggers, Substack writers, YouTubers and other independent media figures who freely express fear, outrage and resistance."</p><p>~ Brian Stelter</p><p>This comment is in the category of, "You think?!" Who would turn to NYT for commentary when there's Heather Cox Richardson?</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a><br>/6</p><p><a href="https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/173876370121108e79a668c35/raw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">view.newsletters.cnn.com/messa</span><span class="invisible">ges/173876370121108e79a668c35/raw</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The New York Times calls this— Trump’s proposal that the U.S. buys Gaza and turns it into a seafront village — an 'Improbable' idea. Improbable. Not 'insane' and 'revolting' and an increasing sign of a demented president leading a country into global disaster, but 'improbable,' because that is a nicer word as befits a tamer, cringing, corrupted media.</p><p>The sane-washing has gone nuts."</p><p>~ Gene Weingarten</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a><br>/5</p><p><a href="https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/life-in-hell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geneweingarten.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">life-in-hell</span></a></p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>The media really need to stop sanewashing The Rapist.</p><p>Of course his plan for Gaza is not remotely implementable. The first thing the media should report is that The Rapist's plan is the ramblings of a senile madman, rather than something that could actually happen.</p><p>Doesn't mean that he won't do something equally terrible or worse, of course, but as currently stated, it's obviously never going to happen.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanewashing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MediaBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaBias</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Beware the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> ahead on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s second term - <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mainstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mainstream</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> do essential reporting but pull their punches. Plus: what you can do right now. <a href="https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/beware-the-sanewashing-ahead-on-trumps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">margaretsullivan.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/beware-the-sanewashing-ahead-on-trumps</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>ANYONE ELSE NOTICE the latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spin</span></a> defending <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonnieDumbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnieDumbass</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSC</span></a> Admin nominees AND his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariff</span></a> Ideas?</p><p>..."They are simply negotiating tactics" (He KNOWS these moves are bad, but the goal is to scare his enemies into agreeing to more "reasonable" choices.)</p><p>STOP <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SANEWASHING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SANEWASHING</span></a> THIS STUPID <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoB</span></a>. He's not a genius or "playing 3D chess". HE'S A BELLIGERENT CHILD who has NO IDEA what he's doing, and backs down when enough people explain to him HOW BAD his ideas are. 🤬 🤦‍♂️</p>
C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mmasnick.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Great article.</p><p>If the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>'s vaunted free press was doing its job, it would be asking blunt, pointed questions of these wannabe-dictators, like "Why are you claiming the right to revoke a non-existent license from a television network?" or "Why are you threatening internet sites with Section 230 when the legislation and the courts agree you have no role in it?"</p><p>But instead, they continue to crank out normalizing, both-sides-ist garbage for their precious View from Nowhere.</p><p>Your <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/republic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republic</span></a> was nice, while it lasted.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MainstreamMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainstreamMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LegacyMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegacyMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BothSides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BothSides</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SaneWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaneWashing</span></a></p>
JustKathy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ginaintheburg</span></a></span> </p><p>Stephen Miller was identified as a "firebrand" by the NYT during the 1st Trump campaign. The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> have been <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his cronies for years.</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>And then here comes Ari Melber/#MSNBC <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SaneWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaneWashing</span></a> Matt Gaetz by IDing him as a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> "firebrand." </p><p>For crissake, Ari, Gaetz is depraved creep known for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SexTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexTrafficking</span></a> &amp; sexually assaulting underage girls. </p><p>He's not a firebrand, he's a sexual predator. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpCabinetPicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCabinetPicks</span></a></p>
Brian Pierce<p>I'm pondering what to do for my patients if/when our access to vaccines dries up thanks to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rfk_jr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfk_jr</span></a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bostonglobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bostonglobe</span></a> puts a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nytimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nytimes</span></a> health section fluff piece on that dangerous liar on Boston.com this morning.<br>How about an article about how his lies killed 83 from measles in Samoa?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/brokentimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brokentimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@dankennedy_nu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dankennedy_nu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeffjarvis</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.boston.com/news/health/2024/11/18/omnivore-intermittent-faster-reformed-twinkie-lover-rfk-jr-diet/?p1=hp_primary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">boston.com/news/health/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/18/omnivore-intermittent-faster-reformed-twinkie-lover-rfk-jr-diet/?p1=hp_primary</span></a></p>
Negative12DollarBill<p>It baffles me that there's even more <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SaneWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaneWashing</span></a> going on after the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> victory in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2024</span></a> than before.</p><p>I keep seeing headlines like "Some experts express mild concern as slightly controversial figure Count Dracula appointed head of the federal blood reserves".</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
MeatballFlag<p>I think mainstream media failed us from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vibesrssion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vibesrssion</span></a> to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> over the last 4 years<br><a href="https://journa.host/@ashton/113433902024343916" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journa.host/@ashton/1134339020</span><span class="invisible">24343916</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>I'M REPOSTING MY MOST INFORMATIVE THREADS TODAY.</p><p>PLEASE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOOST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOOST</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SHARE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SHARE</span></a>.</p><p>Next: Lawrence O'Donnell introduces us to the word "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanewashing</span></a>", where every <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disgusting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgusting</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> or just plain <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiotic</span></a> thing T**** says is "mansplained" by The Media to not sound so bad.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/113181699385164448" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@MugsysRapShee</span><span class="invisible">t/113181699385164448</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>And an important piece of information we may need to assess why Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris: as Sewell Chan, previously an editor at Los Angeles Times, reminds us:</p><p>"Elon Musk … is friendly with Soon-Shiong — they are both South African-born billionaire entrepreneurs."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LosAngelesTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesTimes</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PatrickSoonShiong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickSoonShiong</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a><br>/15</p><p><a href="https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/los-angeles-times-editorials-editor-resigns-after-owner-blocks-presidential-endorsement.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjr.org/business_of_news/los-a</span><span class="invisible">ngeles-times-editorials-editor-resigns-after-owner-blocks-presidential-endorsement.php</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In a statement, the L.A. Times Guild said it is especially concerned 'that he is now unfairly assigning blame to Editorial Board members for his decision not to endorse.'"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a><br>/14</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Mariel Garza, the Los Angeles Times' editorials editor, resigned yesterday after Patrick Soon-Shiong, the newspaper's billionaire owner, blocked the outlet’s decision to endorse Harris. This has further strained Soon-Shiong's already tense relationship with Times staff during a year marked by newsroom cuts and turmoil."</p><p>~ Brian Stelter</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LosAngelesTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesTimes</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PatrickSoonShiong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickSoonShiong</span></a><br>/13</p><p><a href="https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/172977481957609e2fe3e48e1/raw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">view.newsletters.cnn.com/messa</span><span class="invisible">ges/172977481957609e2fe3e48e1/raw</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"No one else in modern politics has been given more leeway for aberrant behavior than Trump."</p><p>~ Renée Graham</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a><br>/12</p><p><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/22/opinion/trump-mcdonalds-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2024/10/22/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/trump-mcdonalds-media/</span></a></p>
charvaka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> And <a href="https://hivemind.plus/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateMedia</span></a> is letting <a href="https://hivemind.plus/tags/WeirdDonOLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdDonOLD</span></a> get away with it and <a href="https://hivemind.plus/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> his nonsense. </p><p>Marianne Williamson had more fleshed out policy answers when she ran for president than <a href="https://hivemind.plus/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> does. But for-profit <a href="https://hivemind.plus/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a>-owned media is determined to legitimize him for ratings and clicks.</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>And as Robert Hubbell reports today, through it all, the beyond shameful New York Times keeps right on trying to sanewash Trump, with hot-shot young reporter Michael Gold trying to sell Trump's off-the-wall lewd reminiscences about Arnold Palmer as "golf stories." Until so many readers shouted back that the Times had to make a correction….</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/age" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>age</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MentalDecline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalDecline</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EmperorHasNoClothes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmperorHasNoClothes</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a> <br>/8</p><p><a href="https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/lets-focus-on-what-we-can-control" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">roberthubbell.substack.com/p/l</span><span class="invisible">ets-focus-on-what-we-can-control</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>And through it all, there's "mainstream media’s eternal insistence on obscuring the nature of the Trumpist threat by applying the normalization and legitimization filter that will present plans for an unprecedented ethnic cleansing as a 'housing proposal.'”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliticsofHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsofHate</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewashing</span></a><br>/4</p>