Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page
by phoinix on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:45AM
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Actually in the 1978 that published some controversial publications i was not even born yet. However Ron is saying that they were taken out of context. Authoritative news usually do that, that's why 90% of the time they spread fake news. Some people may argue that authoritative news spread fake news 99% of the time, but i find that a hyperbole and i stick to the 90%. Point me if you so desire to the exact publication with the context around it. One or two pages would be fine. Thanks.
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Ron Paul's newsletter didn't contain bigoted content because 90% of mainstream news is fake news doesn't sound empirically plausible to me. What are the 9 fake stories of the 10 top stories reported in mainstream media yesterday? Or really any 9 fake stories, out of the thousands.
Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page
by phoinix on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:13AM
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Well that 99% percent statement was not meant to be read absolutely seriously, but many news outlets take out of context, sentences of the political opposition all the time. I am sorry, but half the truth, is half the lie and not half the truth. You still didn't point out a good example of a racist statement from Paul. With the full context around it. And if you can, limit the statement's time horizon on last one or two decades.
Re:Ron Paul locked out of his Facebook page
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:02AM
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> Some people may argue that authoritative news spread fake news 99% of the time, but i find that a hyperbole and i stick to the 90%.
Nice try, but referencing an equally baseless but more extreme claim doesn't make your own claim less baseless.