"JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups.’
Calling them “commies” would be more accurate, but wouldn’t support the narrative.---Posted by Glenn Reynolds"
Thursday, August 16, 2018
JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups…
Instapundit Blog Archive JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups…
"JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups.’
Calling them “commies” would be more accurate, but wouldn’t support the narrative.---Posted by Glenn Reynolds"
"JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups.’
Calling them “commies” would be more accurate, but wouldn’t support the narrative.---Posted by Glenn Reynolds"
LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners - Slashdot
LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners - Slashdot:
"Los Angeles officials announced Tuesday that the city's subway will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives.
"The deployment of the portable scanners, which project waves to do full-body screenings of passengers walking through a station without slowing them down, will happen in the coming months, said Alex Wiggins, who runs the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's law enforcement division," reports the Associated Press reports:
The machines scan for metallic and non-metallic objects on a person's body, can detect suspicious items from 30 feet (9 meters) away and have the capability of scanning more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
...The screening process is voluntary, Wiggins said, but customers who choose not be screened won't be able to ride on the subway."
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"Los Angeles officials announced Tuesday that the city's subway will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives.
"The deployment of the portable scanners, which project waves to do full-body screenings of passengers walking through a station without slowing them down, will happen in the coming months, said Alex Wiggins, who runs the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's law enforcement division," reports the Associated Press reports:The machines scan for metallic and non-metallic objects on a person's body, can detect suspicious items from 30 feet (9 meters) away and have the capability of scanning more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
...The screening process is voluntary, Wiggins said, but customers who choose not be screened won't be able to ride on the subway."
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Using the Truth to Lie | Declination
Using the Truth to Lie | Declination:
"Picture in your mind a political debate between acquaintances, perhaps on social media, or in meatspace.
You make your point, your opponent makes his.
Demands for evidence are made.
Your opponent cites a media piece.
Perhaps an article on CNN, or a reference to a study on The Atlantic.
The onus is on you to prove that the item is now incorrect.
Yet you cannot do so, for the citations within it are true, even though the spin has rendered it into something it really is not.
How do you articulate that?
Consider this CNN headline: Children found in New Mexico compound were training for school shootings, prosecutors say.
What is wrong with it?
The headline is true.
The children were indeed in a compound in New Mexico, and were indeed training to commit school shootings.
Ah, but it omits that this was linked to Islamic terror.
Now the article itself sort-of admits this in the last section of the article.
Hogrefe said FBI analysts told him the suspects appeared to be “extremist of the Muslim belief.”
Compare this to how the same event is reported on Fox News: Investigators raided New Mexico compound on tip from terror-tied New York City imam, cleric claims.
Note the difference in spin.
One emphasizes ‘school shootings’ and the other ‘terror-tied’ and ‘imam’.
This is how the tone of a thing is subtly changed, depending on the journalist’s preferred viewpoint..."
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"Picture in your mind a political debate between acquaintances, perhaps on social media, or in meatspace.
You make your point, your opponent makes his.
Demands for evidence are made.
Perhaps an article on CNN, or a reference to a study on The Atlantic.
The onus is on you to prove that the item is now incorrect.
Yet you cannot do so, for the citations within it are true, even though the spin has rendered it into something it really is not.
How do you articulate that?
Consider this CNN headline: Children found in New Mexico compound were training for school shootings, prosecutors say.
What is wrong with it?
The headline is true.
The children were indeed in a compound in New Mexico, and were indeed training to commit school shootings.
Ah, but it omits that this was linked to Islamic terror.
Now the article itself sort-of admits this in the last section of the article.
Hogrefe said FBI analysts told him the suspects appeared to be “extremist of the Muslim belief.”
Compare this to how the same event is reported on Fox News: Investigators raided New Mexico compound on tip from terror-tied New York City imam, cleric claims.
Note the difference in spin.
One emphasizes ‘school shootings’ and the other ‘terror-tied’ and ‘imam’.
This is how the tone of a thing is subtly changed, depending on the journalist’s preferred viewpoint..."
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CNN: Antifa's Violence Against 'Bigots' Is 'Right' | Breitbart
Chris Cuomo announced Monday night that CNN will not condemn but instead justify political violence against anyone it defines as “bigots” — which, according to the network’s editorial tone over the past two years, signals open season on all Trump supporters for violent activists like Antifa and the Black Bloc.
How Long Will You Tolerate Having Your Franchise Deprecated and Nullified? | Trending
How Long Will You Tolerate Having Your Franchise Deprecated and Nullified? | Trending
"Apparently, in Ohio – lest their loss mar a narrative of an inevitable blue wave – several uncounted ballots have been “found.”
Of course, everyone knows these ballots will be uniformly Democrat, and will keep being “found” until the race tips to the Democrat.
Which is weird, since both of these events, in a rational world, are as unlikely as a three headed eagle coming through my window right now.
And I don’t even see a hint of feathers.
So why do we all know this?
Because this is not the first time, this is not the second time.
This is not probably the tenth time, save that some incidents don’t get reported and we have a very short public memory.
...We make jokes about this.
We joke about Chicago.
We joke about “found” ballots.
But the people elected that way still get to serve.
And by “serve” I mean, please refer to the title of the science fiction story “to serve man.”
My question is: How long will you tolerate this?..."
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"Apparently, in Ohio – lest their loss mar a narrative of an inevitable blue wave – several uncounted ballots have been “found.”
Of course, everyone knows these ballots will be uniformly Democrat, and will keep being “found” until the race tips to the Democrat. Which is weird, since both of these events, in a rational world, are as unlikely as a three headed eagle coming through my window right now.
And I don’t even see a hint of feathers.
So why do we all know this?
Because this is not the first time, this is not the second time.
This is not probably the tenth time, save that some incidents don’t get reported and we have a very short public memory.
...We make jokes about this.
We joke about Chicago.
We joke about “found” ballots.
But the people elected that way still get to serve.
And by “serve” I mean, please refer to the title of the science fiction story “to serve man.”
My question is: How long will you tolerate this?..."
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History for August 16
History for August 16 - On-This-Day.com
Menachem Begin (Israel) 1913, Charles Bukowski 1920, Shimon Peres 1923 - Israeli politician
Kathie Lee Gifford 1953 - Television host ("Today"), James Cameron 1954 - Director ("Titanic"), Madonna Louise Ciccone 1958 - Singer
1777 - During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington took place. New England's minutemen routed the British regulars.
1812 - Detroit fell to Indian and British troops in the War of 1812.
1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.
1984 - The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.
1995 - Voters in Bermuda rejected independence from Great Britain.
1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Donald Trump signs new defense policy bill that rebuilds military, boosts troop pay - Washington Times
Donald Trump signs new defense policy bill that rebuilds military, boosts troop pay - Washington Times:
President Trump signed a $716 billion defense bill Monday that authorizes hundreds of new planes, ships and tanks — and delivers a substantial victory to the administration by watering down penalties on a Chinese telecom company.
The law adds thousands of troops to the size of the military, raises pay, modernizes the U.S. nuclear arsenal and lays the groundwork for Mr. Trump’s proposed “space force,” in what the president called “the most significant investment in our military, and in our war fighters, in modern history.”
The law adds thousands of troops to the size of the military, raises pay, modernizes the U.S. nuclear arsenal and lays the groundwork for Mr. Trump’s proposed “space force,” in what the president called “the most significant investment in our military, and in our war fighters, in modern history.”
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