Another example of "news" in the chryon crawl:
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Some Examples of News Media Bias
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Here is today's NY Times print edition, front page. This was several hours ago (early morning.) "Trump Urges Unity Against Racism". Fairly descriptive of what Trump said yesterday and neutral in its tone. Also notice the sub-headlines, "A National Outcry Over Extremism" and "Condemns Slaughter but Says Little of Gun Control." Notice how Trump's condemnation of the slaughter is now gone and 'guns' have become 'weapons'.
And now here is the updated headlines after liberals had a conniption fit on Twitter and some canceled their subscriptions. Notice the change in tone? Now Trump is assailing hate, sure, but he's not talking about guns. Something he didn't say has become the headline. That's Fake News, folks.
Also, the "National Outcry Over Extremism" has somehow become a problem for Trump as "Backlash to Extremism Pressures President" and "Condemns Slaughter but Says Little of Gun Control" becomes "Trump, in Speech, says Little About Curbing Weapons". Notice how Trump's condemnation of the slaughter is now gone and 'guns' have become 'weapons'.
And now here is the updated headlines after liberals had a conniption fit on Twitter and some canceled their subscriptions. Notice the change in tone? Now Trump is assailing hate, sure, but he's not talking about guns. Something he didn't say has become the headline. That's Fake News, folks.
Also, the "National Outcry Over Extremism" has somehow become a problem for Trump as "Backlash to Extremism Pressures President" and "Condemns Slaughter but Says Little of Gun Control" becomes "Trump, in Speech, says Little About Curbing Weapons". Notice how Trump's condemnation of the slaughter is now gone and 'guns' have become 'weapons'.
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Oh, the New York Slimes again. If they will hire this:
The New York Times Hires Left-Wing Bigot for Its Editorial Board
and put a known racist on their editorial staff, it figures that they would change an entire headline into what Nate Gay Silver likes better:
Democrats Blast NYT After ‘Outrageous’ Trump Speech Headline; Times Makes Changes
Corey Booker and Gilibrand ,are pleased at the Times doing what they're told to by the DNC too, so now they can all get back into exploiting another mass shooting.
The New York Times Hires Left-Wing Bigot for Its Editorial Board
and put a known racist on their editorial staff, it figures that they would change an entire headline into what Nate Gay Silver likes better:
Democrats Blast NYT After ‘Outrageous’ Trump Speech Headline; Times Makes Changes
Corey Booker and Gilibrand ,are pleased at the Times doing what they're told to by the DNC too, so now they can all get back into exploiting another mass shooting.
I'm starting to see a lot of articles like this one in the left wing press. Remember folks, prediction stories are Fake News. By definition whatever is in the story hasn't happened yet, so it's not news. Also, these kinds of stories are opinion pieces.
I read this article in my local Sunday paper and it was filled with falsehoods, like, "the US economy is growing at a roughly 2% rate" (yes, US grew at 2.1% in 2nd quarter, but was at 3.1% in 1st quarter and every quarter except one since Trump became president it had been well above 2%).
"The dot-com crash of 2000 was accentuated by the terror attacks of 9/11.” (The dot-com crash occured in March 2000, eighteen months before the terror attacks.)
"Businesses have taken on more debt which leaves then more vulnerable to failure..." (Not untrue, but most businesses are paying off debt)
On and on the article goes with doom and gloom, filled with phrases like, "if businesses pull back on investment spending" and "if consumer confidence declines" and "if this and if that..."
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I read this article in my local Sunday paper and it was filled with falsehoods, like, "the US economy is growing at a roughly 2% rate" (yes, US grew at 2.1% in 2nd quarter, but was at 3.1% in 1st quarter and every quarter except one since Trump became president it had been well above 2%).
"The dot-com crash of 2000 was accentuated by the terror attacks of 9/11.” (The dot-com crash occured in March 2000, eighteen months before the terror attacks.)
"Businesses have taken on more debt which leaves then more vulnerable to failure..." (Not untrue, but most businesses are paying off debt)
On and on the article goes with doom and gloom, filled with phrases like, "if businesses pull back on investment spending" and "if consumer confidence declines" and "if this and if that..."
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Yes, and I've noticed that on at least a couple of progressive left "news" shows they outright lied about Trump's comments regarding the economy, reminiscent of MSM remarks following his acceptance speech, where switching from channel to channel evinced the exact same negative rhetoric, as if scripted by the same source, yet which had nothing to do with his actual speech. This sort of thing plays out frequently on TV "programming" making it look like collusion on a massive scale—"We control the vertical. We control the horizontal."I'm starting to see a lot of articles like this one in the left wing press. Remember folks, prediction stories are Fake News. By definition whatever is in the story hasn't happened yet, so it's not news. Also, these kinds of stories are opinion pieces.
I read this article in my local Sunday paper and it was filled with falsehoods, like, "the US economy is growing at a roughly 2% rate" (yes, US grew at 2.1% in 2nd quarter, but was at 3.1% in 1st quarter and every quarter except one since Trump became president it had been well above 2%).
"The dot-com crash of 2000 was accentuated by the terror attacks of 9/11.” (The dot-com crash occured in March 2000, eighteen months before the terror attacks.)
"Businesses have taken on more debt which leaves then more vulnerable to failure..." (Not untrue, but most businesses are paying off debt)
On and on the article goes with doom and gloom, filled with phrases like, "if businesses pull back on investment spending" and "if consumer confidence declines" and "if this and if that..."
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You can't beat CNN for Fake News. Take a look at this article. Let us count the ways they dish out the Fakeness...
Remember, mind reading and predictions, by definition, are Fake News.
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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is not waiting for the economy to go south amid growing fears of a recession to wage what could be the defining fight of the 2020 election.
["Trump is not waiting" is mind reading. "the economy to go south" is a prediction.]
Trump is becoming increasingly nervous that the end of an 11-year expansion could scupper his hopes of a second term and is going on the attack as ill omens and recent stock market slumps haunt the global economy.
["Trump is becoming increasingly nervous" is mind reading. "Ill omens", (plural) is inaccurate. There has been one negative indicator in all of the US economy, which was the bond curve yield inversion of last week. There are no "recent stock market slumps" in the US unless you go back to last December.]
As he begins a bid to define the economy and hedge against a recession, Trump is testing a searing, materialistic message to voters who might spurn him if tougher times arrive.
["a searing, materialistic message" is an opinion, not welcome in news articles. "Voters who might spurn him" is mind reading. Both are Fake News.]
"Our economy is the best in the world, by far," Trump wrote on Twitter as thoughts of the economy played on his mind during a summer Sunday afternoon at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
[Literally mind reading. Not even trying to disguise it]
"Lowest unemployment ever within almost all categories. Poised for big growth after trade deals are completed. Import prices down, China eating Tariffs. Helping targeted Farmers from big Tariff money coming in. Great future for USA!" Trump tweeted. The President knows that a recession in the run-up to an election can spell disaster for incumbents. For example, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush could partly blame reelection losses on poor economic performance at the wrong moment.
["The President knows..." More mind reading. Also, note they didn't comment one lick about what the President actually said about the economy.]
This is just incredibly shameless hack 'news' reporting.
Trump tests a materialistic message to voters - CNNPolitics
Remember, mind reading and predictions, by definition, are Fake News.
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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is not waiting for the economy to go south amid growing fears of a recession to wage what could be the defining fight of the 2020 election.
["Trump is not waiting" is mind reading. "the economy to go south" is a prediction.]
Trump is becoming increasingly nervous that the end of an 11-year expansion could scupper his hopes of a second term and is going on the attack as ill omens and recent stock market slumps haunt the global economy.
["Trump is becoming increasingly nervous" is mind reading. "Ill omens", (plural) is inaccurate. There has been one negative indicator in all of the US economy, which was the bond curve yield inversion of last week. There are no "recent stock market slumps" in the US unless you go back to last December.]
As he begins a bid to define the economy and hedge against a recession, Trump is testing a searing, materialistic message to voters who might spurn him if tougher times arrive.
["a searing, materialistic message" is an opinion, not welcome in news articles. "Voters who might spurn him" is mind reading. Both are Fake News.]
"Our economy is the best in the world, by far," Trump wrote on Twitter as thoughts of the economy played on his mind during a summer Sunday afternoon at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
[Literally mind reading. Not even trying to disguise it]
"Lowest unemployment ever within almost all categories. Poised for big growth after trade deals are completed. Import prices down, China eating Tariffs. Helping targeted Farmers from big Tariff money coming in. Great future for USA!" Trump tweeted. The President knows that a recession in the run-up to an election can spell disaster for incumbents. For example, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush could partly blame reelection losses on poor economic performance at the wrong moment.
["The President knows..." More mind reading. Also, note they didn't comment one lick about what the President actually said about the economy.]
This is just incredibly shameless hack 'news' reporting.
Trump tests a materialistic message to voters - CNNPolitics
They continue to manipulate everything. Somebody needs to go down. There is no freedom when people can arbitrarily decide that you don’t exist.
INVESTIGATION: Meet The Googler Mass Deleting Trump Supporters From YouTube — FULCRUM
INVESTIGATION: Meet The Googler Mass Deleting Trump Supporters From YouTube — FULCRUM
RighteousnessTemperance&
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Well, at least you don’t have to worry Communist China might interfere in US elections. It’s certain.
This is not the Onion reporting. This is Newsweek magazine.
Such hard hitting news!
DONALD TRUMP STOLE PANCAKES AND FORGOT A RELATIVE WAS DEAD WHILE VISITING FAMILY, COUSIN CLAIMS
A relative of President Donald Trump has accused the self-proclaimed billionaire of being a pancake thief, having stolen a handful of flat cakes while on vacation at his late mother's former home in Scotland.
A distant cousin of the president, Alice Mackay—related to Trump through his mother's family, the McLeods—said the commander-in-chief is an unpleasant man who has never used any of his wealth to help his mother's local community.
Mackay recalled one morning when the future president committed two social faux pas in quick succession. "He was here one morning I was busy making pancakes and he had forgotten my husband had died," she said. "He put a few pancakes in [his] pocket and never said 'cheerio' or anything."
Donald Trump stole pancakes and forgot a relative was dead while visiting family, cousin claims
Such hard hitting news!
DONALD TRUMP STOLE PANCAKES AND FORGOT A RELATIVE WAS DEAD WHILE VISITING FAMILY, COUSIN CLAIMS
A relative of President Donald Trump has accused the self-proclaimed billionaire of being a pancake thief, having stolen a handful of flat cakes while on vacation at his late mother's former home in Scotland.
A distant cousin of the president, Alice Mackay—related to Trump through his mother's family, the McLeods—said the commander-in-chief is an unpleasant man who has never used any of his wealth to help his mother's local community.
Mackay recalled one morning when the future president committed two social faux pas in quick succession. "He was here one morning I was busy making pancakes and he had forgotten my husband had died," she said. "He put a few pancakes in [his] pocket and never said 'cheerio' or anything."
Donald Trump stole pancakes and forgot a relative was dead while visiting family, cousin claims
Wish we still had the laugh icon.
If you are a guest at someone's house and they are making pancakes for breakfast, aren't some of these pancakes meant for you? So how is it stealing?
BTW, I was getting my laundry ready the other day and I found a coupla pancakes in one of my pockets! What? You don't put pancakes in your pockets?
BTW, I was getting my laundry ready the other day and I found a coupla pancakes in one of my pockets! What? You don't put pancakes in your pockets?
This one is an example of the opinion offerings of npr, & why I don’t want my taxdollars going to fund them. Written at Easter, no less.
Are ‘Trump Christians’ really Christian? - The Boston Globe
Are ‘Trump Christians’ really Christian? - The Boston Globe
This is from the Washington Post. Apparently the reporters are mind readers and can divine whatever Trump is thinking.
Remember, whenever a news story purports to know what someone is thinking, it is FAKE NEWS.
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Remember, whenever a news story purports to know what someone is thinking, it is FAKE NEWS.
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Good thing CNN reports the news without opinions...
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Biden Saved Big Bucks Using Tax Loophole Obama tried to Close: Report
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is running for president in 2020, used a tax strategy former President Barack Obama likely would not have approved of.
Biden released additional years’ worth of tax returns this week, revealing that he and his wife funneled profits from their books and speeches through S corporations, as first noted by The Wall Street Journal. The controversial tax savings strategy – which Obama had tried to close – saved the couple as much as $500,000.
The loophole is known as the Gingrich-Edwards loophole, and Obama had called for its end as part of one of his budgets. It essentially allows self-employed people to set up an S corporation in order to avoid payroll taxes – including Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Biden saved big bucks using tax loophole Obama tried to close: Report
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Notice the phrase "Big Bucks", an informal way to refer to money carrying a negative connotation to it, as if it was ill-gotten gains. Also notice the phrase "Tax Loophole", implying this is some sort of a rich person's way of gaming the system.
There is no "loophole". People don't "funnel" profits through S corporations, since all profits must be distributed to shareholders.
What Biden did was a completely legitimate and legal way to declare profits from an S corporation.
Without getting too technical, shareholders of an S corporation could be, and frequently are, employees of that S corporation. At the end of the tax year each S Corporation must pass through all profits to the shareholders. These profits are taxed according to corporate tax rates. However, if an owner of an S Corp is also an employee, some of the profit paid out by the corporation must be counted as wages. When counted as wages they are subject to FICA and Medicare withholding as well as federal income tax withholding. It's up to each S corp to decide how much to distribute on wages and how much to distribute as taxable corporate profits. The less money that is declared as wages means less is subject to FICA and Medicare taxes.
The strategy is to try to declare the minimum amount of wages earned. The article says the Bidens could have saved up to $500,000 in FICA and Medicare taxes. This means that they grossed about $3.29M for the year. ($500K is 15.2% of $3.29M)
Since they made their money from book sales and speeches it would be unfair to characterize the entire $3.29M as wages. Writing a book might take a couple of months; writing a speech maybe a day. Once they are in the can, the work is essentially over, the rest is profit.
According to law, the IRS will decide if the amount the Biden's earmarked for wages was fair or not. There is no loophole being exploited.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is running for president in 2020, used a tax strategy former President Barack Obama likely would not have approved of.
Biden released additional years’ worth of tax returns this week, revealing that he and his wife funneled profits from their books and speeches through S corporations, as first noted by The Wall Street Journal. The controversial tax savings strategy – which Obama had tried to close – saved the couple as much as $500,000.
The loophole is known as the Gingrich-Edwards loophole, and Obama had called for its end as part of one of his budgets. It essentially allows self-employed people to set up an S corporation in order to avoid payroll taxes – including Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Biden saved big bucks using tax loophole Obama tried to close: Report
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Notice the phrase "Big Bucks", an informal way to refer to money carrying a negative connotation to it, as if it was ill-gotten gains. Also notice the phrase "Tax Loophole", implying this is some sort of a rich person's way of gaming the system.
There is no "loophole". People don't "funnel" profits through S corporations, since all profits must be distributed to shareholders.
What Biden did was a completely legitimate and legal way to declare profits from an S corporation.
Without getting too technical, shareholders of an S corporation could be, and frequently are, employees of that S corporation. At the end of the tax year each S Corporation must pass through all profits to the shareholders. These profits are taxed according to corporate tax rates. However, if an owner of an S Corp is also an employee, some of the profit paid out by the corporation must be counted as wages. When counted as wages they are subject to FICA and Medicare withholding as well as federal income tax withholding. It's up to each S corp to decide how much to distribute on wages and how much to distribute as taxable corporate profits. The less money that is declared as wages means less is subject to FICA and Medicare taxes.
The strategy is to try to declare the minimum amount of wages earned. The article says the Bidens could have saved up to $500,000 in FICA and Medicare taxes. This means that they grossed about $3.29M for the year. ($500K is 15.2% of $3.29M)
Since they made their money from book sales and speeches it would be unfair to characterize the entire $3.29M as wages. Writing a book might take a couple of months; writing a speech maybe a day. Once they are in the can, the work is essentially over, the rest is profit.
According to law, the IRS will decide if the amount the Biden's earmarked for wages was fair or not. There is no loophole being exploited.
Biden is treated so unfairly in the media. Hopefully you'll be there quell the injustice.
You've ascribed motivations to me that I do not hold. Not surprised as it's one of your favorite "debate" techniques.
Anyway, what did you think about the Fox News article? Biased or not?
The self-pity is getting old ITL. You don't even have a sense of humor anymore. (I thought I sensed one, and one time.)
My gosh, a little sarcasm. It was a shot at media. Surely you agree, Biden's not exactly mistreated by the media. I think he's going to go down as the most protected candidate ever. They're even pushing to get him out of the debates. You don't see the irony?