That's precisely what the 24-hour news channels were built for, wild speculation and jumping to conclusions in the minutes after a story breaks. At the very least, you'll get a retraction from left-leaning networks when they get their facts wrong, but you'll never see that from right-leaning networks because every other day would be 24 hours of retractions.
That's why I don't watch either of them.
He's a fucking smarmy cunt, and I'm betting his lawsuits get thrown out after the defense shows the second video where him and his friends are yelling, "it's not rape if it feels good" at women during the same event. Largely irrelevant, but I'm sick of the right-wing pretending he's some goddamned angel.
If I put money on every frivolous lawsuit I believe should be thrown out, I'd be broke pretty quick. It's a toss up as to whether the judge is willing to entertain this type of nonsense or not.
Hmm...by any chance, does anyone has a mirror to this link? The Chicago Tribune doesn't like Europe very much.
Sorry, but I've got to side with @Viri here. Whatever Fox might decide to blow out of proportions or diminish is totally irrelevant to this topic. It's certainly no excuse to start using the same tactics.
Same tactics as who? I'm not blowing anything out of proportion, rather exactly what I predicted would happen is already coming to pass in this very thread: the Smollett story is being used to minimize an actual foiled right-wing terrorist attack. One staged attack is not a free pass to dismiss the obvious rise in extremism America is experiencing recently.
That story was a disaster. It destroyed people’s trust in the media. It wasn’t just one news outlet, it was many. The fact that random people YouTube were more trust worthy is just bad, it’s bad for the media. And they for along time refused to apologize. Now they are getting sued.
I haven’t read one comment here that dismisses legit cases.Same tactics as who? I'm not blowing anything out of proportion, rather exactly what I predicted would happen is already coming to pass in this very thread: the Smollett story is being used to minimize an actual foiled right-wing terrorist attack. One staged attack is not a free pass to dismiss the obvious rise in extremism America is experiencing recently.
Viri and Taleweaver were attempting to be dismissive of it, but I do appreciate that you and Hanafuda acknowledged it despite having right-wing viewpoints. There's always common ground to be found as long as we're all willing to acknowledge the facts in any given case, wherever they might lead.
Of this case? They are not dismissive of this or any other case. I don’t think they are or anyone else you think for that matter. You’re probably blowing this way out of proportion and imagine the extremes people will never go to, like dismissing all cases. They seem reasonable people from their past comments.
I'm referring to the right-wing Coast Guard officer case. He's already in custody and they have the illegal weapons/drugs/his devices in law enforcement possession. There's not a lot of questions in this case.
Awww, and here I was trying to make an easy 20 dollars.
They're going to take WAPO to the cleaners!I was NOT trying to dismiss the scumbag who tried to assassinate a bunch of people he disagreed with, because I wanted to defend him. I just found it funny that the very first thing you bring up in this topic about Jussie is something way off topic. I just simply suggested that you make another topic dedicated to the terrorist, because this thread should only talk about Jussie Smollett.
100% of the statistics on the internet without a source are fake.
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