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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by lapcat on Sunday June 26, 2022 @12:23PM (#31885304)
> Honestly, it's like the WaPo article and the madison.com article are describing different events, except they aren't, just two perspectives on the same event.

The Washington Post article is literally labeled an "Opinion" by the Washington Post, and it was written by Marc Thiessen, who coincidentally co-wrote a book with Scott Walker: https://www.amazon.com/Unintimidated-Governors-Story-Nations...

Talk about obvious and undeniable bias!

Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by leereeves on Sunday June 26, 2022 @12:26PM (#31885327)
Absolutely biased, no doubt. Not a word in that story about why the bill, maybe, should have failed. Not a single quote from protesters.

Both are undoubtedly guilty of selective reporting.

But let's be clear, are you accusing the WaPo piece of lying, not merely choosing what to cover?

Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by lapcat on Sunday June 26, 2022 @12:57PM (#31885612)
> Both are undoubtedly guilty of selective reporting.

Act 10 had been covered extensively by the Wisconsin State Journal for the previous month. You wouldn't expect every new story to say every single thing. It was already a familiar issue to us all.

> But let's be clear, are you accusing the WaPo piece of lying, not merely choosing what to cover?

I would say exaggerating. Take it from Republican Representative Glenn Grothman, who was there for both events. "It never reached that pitch (during Act 10)."

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2021/01/08/wisconsin-act...

During the Wisconsin Capitol protests, Grothman was personally surrounded by protesters, who chanted "Shame!" at him but didn't harm him physically. There's even video of this.

"Grothman downplayed the situation and told the paper he didn't think he was ever in any real danger."

I do think we've strayed very far off topic, which is supposed to be Reddit...