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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by wordofx on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:26PM (#41951448)
> Opinion and analysis has always been part of news publications

Reading articles from 30+ years ago were very neutral compared to today where it’s very heavily sided to the point that publications are effectively propaganda and nothing more.

If trump said 1+1=2 you can be sure the left would do anything it can to spin it negatively and publish a month of articles about how he’s wrong.

Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by rat87 on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:12AM (#41952492)
It is a neutral statement that Trump is objectively terrible. By contrast it is propaganda to defend him when he claims 2+2=5, which he does on a regularly basis.

And this doesn't have anything to do with "the left" a ton of conservative Republicans have admitted that Trump is objectively terrible.

https://www.wpr.org/news/conservative-commentator-charlie-sy...

Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by zmmmmm on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:50PM (#41951577)
> If trump said 1+1=2

He says things like "I wish I had general's like Hitler's" or his political opponents are the "enemy within" and he would harness the military against them if he gets in power, and that migrants are criminals.

I really don't know how you can equate something as uncontroversial as "1+1=2" with such controversial and divisive statements.

Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by strunz on Friday October 25, 2024 @09:09PM (#41951661)
He lies about absolutely everything, so everything he says should be met with skepticism.
Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by chairmansteve on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:44PM (#41951547)
You are correct. But if Trump said 1+1=3, virtually the entire Republican party would believe him.
Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by fma on Friday October 25, 2024 @09:47PM (#41951828)
JD Vance tried to make a similar joke about it and saying liberals would be against Diet Mountain Dew because he likes it. Funny thing is, no one laughed because JD Vance doesn't have any kind of human connection.