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In reply to the discussion: CNN's Toobin 'regrets' his role in pushing Clinton 'false equivalency' [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,978 posts)51. We were fucking screaming this while it was going on
And we were provided with Hillary Clinton lying for X amount of minutes videos as a response from people who didnt give a fuck about truth. I am still too angry to care for this persons regrets, but I take comfort in the fact that SOMEBODY complicit in that mess has them.
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CNN's Toobin 'regrets' his role in pushing Clinton 'false equivalency' [View all]
DonViejo
Jan 2018
OP
Well Pussy Grabbers have to stick together, otherwise decent people would rule the world and...
NNadir
Jan 2018
#67
Point well taken. Some perverts keep their jobs though. The pornographer in the White House...
NNadir
Jan 2018
#70
Back then the news was not required to function as a profit center. Now it is. nt
tblue37
Jan 2018
#83
kind of reminds me of colin powell's "regrets" for the yellow cake nonsense. too late--
niyad
Jan 2018
#5
It is a little too late for your crap now Toobin .... you knew what you were doing.
Botany
Jan 2018
#11
Thanks for this. It's good to have one's impressions confirmed by facts. Where...
LAS14
Jan 2018
#79
Exactly, but that is the problem with for-profit news organizations. They cater to and
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2018
#50
I struggle with the concept of false equivalency because its really an opinion.
MadDAsHell
Jan 2018
#12
Equivalence, regardless of whether false or not, is irrelevant to objective and accurate news.
LanternWaste
Jan 2018
#48
It's remarkable that this article was written a year before Trump became a candidate
FakeNoose
Jan 2018
#75
I hope every single one of his cohorts have this epiphany, plus the sleepless nights they deserve...
Hekate
Jan 2018
#19
I'm, y'know, really sorry I helped built the climate that burned your house down...
Saviolo
Jan 2018
#20
How could something so blindingly obvious to many of us not occur to him? He went to Harvard
LisaM
Jan 2018
#28
Ratings-based news content demands a stark contrast for dramatic purposes.
LanternWaste
Jan 2018
#41
Hillary received more negative press (and less positive press) than any presidential candidate
John Fante
Jan 2018
#56
Hillary was held to impossible standards while Donald was held to ZERO standards
Skittles
Jan 2018
#72