You can't censor away extremism or any other problem

Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by ttt0 on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:49AM (#26437752)

Remember when NPR deliberately took a video out of context to portray peaceful protesters attacking a random car as if the driver was some sort of white supremacist who tried to hit them on purpose?

https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/22/npr-falsely-calls-victi...

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by AshWolfy on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:14PM (#26438066)

They used that photo on an unrelated story, the photo had nothing to do with the story. nice try though. Just admit you were wrong, its ok

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by recursive on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:25PM (#26438230)

But that's exactly what's being said. The photo has nothing to do with the story. NPR admitted as much. https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1274809408262938624

But your tone suggests that you disagree with something.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by AshWolfy on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:41PM (#26438445)

The implication was that npr was smearing this woman, rather than the editors being lazy. All in service to the argument that npr focuses on race, despite there being no evidence

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by ttt0 on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:53PM (#26438621)

So I can write an article about rapists, put a completely unrelated picture of your face with your full name on it, and that's not a smear? That's essentially what happened

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by Natsu on Friday March 12, 2021 @01:42PM (#26439239)

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by ttt0 on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:28PM (#26438264)

https://archive.is/ilHur

> One person was hit by a car in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, early on June 17 as protesters held an anti-racism demonstration at Jefferson Square, police said.

The story might be unrelated, but they knew exactly where it came from.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by AshWolfy on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:39PM (#26438420)

citation needed

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by ttt0 on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:54PM (#26438634)

In the archive.

> One person was hit by a car in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, early on June 17 as protesters held an anti-racism demonstration at Jefferson Square, police said.

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