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MyPillow CEO tears into 'evil media' for mocking his appearance at White House press briefing

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I bet if he praised the Koran they wouldn't have anything to say, such hypocrites.

Is someone who praises the Koran converting their multi-million dollar business over to making 50,000 n95 masks a day for distribution to healthcare workers during this crisis?
 

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If you want to sue Fox News, their executives reportedly already have noticed, that they are liable for grave misreporting and are at risk of civil lawsuits.

src: https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-ne...on-after-misleading-viewers-about-coronavirus
Far left news site using a tabloid as a source, why am I not surprised?
Btw that would never fly in any court (well maybe if they go judge shopping), it pretty much goes against freedom of the press, but the appeals court or even if it somehow goes to the supreme court will overturn it.
 

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Far left news site using a tabloid as a source, why am I not surprised?
Btw that would never fly in any court (well maybe if they go judge shopping), it pretty much goes against freedom of the press, but the appeals court or even if it somehow goes to the supreme court will overturn it.
Agree - news is hearsay. Picked it up from Democracy Now - they had a screencap of one of the Fox Newscasters with CORONA HOAX!!!!11! as their segment title in the background.

Freedom of the press is not endless. If you can make a case for knowingly missreporting (they did it at a time, when all their peers in other news outlets already reported on it becoming an issue) you have something.

I still can not preempt the decision of a court - but stuff like revoking a broadcast license is done through measures that come as a result of this. Freedom of press is not a free for all.

And wilfully misreporting on a case that harms the public - is not nothing.

That said, I doubt that this will make any waves close to what might be possible.

Also - for hecks sake Vanity Fair is not far left, its a gossip magazine. Just because you learned one word to identify all that you dont like doesnt mean others dont call you stupid for it. ;)
 
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Also - for hecks sake Vanity Fair is not far left, its a gossip magazine. Just because you learned one word to identify all that you dont like doesnt mean others dont call you stupid for it. ;)
Actually I was referring to media matters, I could care less about the tabloid/celebrity gossip trash rag on the other side of it, they should never ever be used as a source for information. Which so many news outlets like to use like esquire, daily mail, daily express, national enquirer, and a few other.
 
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Sorry, picked mediamatters as a secondary source - first search result that came up on google for vanity fair fox corona. :) My fault. (I dont know them.)
 

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I know I'm going to regret this but, Mr. Lindell or Mr. Pillow as many like to call him has done something many claim they 'could' do (and never will) and then some.

IMHO [Lindell] has earned the right to stand there and offer his services to this country, even if it was done in a cringe-worthy manner, by many people's definition. Not mine I didn't see it, no opinion here. Lindell, for those unfamiliar with his life story, was a long term alcoholic, who turned his life around, build this business after recovering and then committed to hiring other recovering alcoholics, giving them a new lease on life as well. He continues to do this with a commitment ongoing.

For those who have never succeeded to get off of alcohol (or other substances) after years of addiction to it, you can not possibly imagine what it is like. Abusing and stopping is not an addiction. Trying and failing does not count as experience either, only success.

Kudos to him. Few if any long term alcoholics ever really recover, and go on to achieve long term success as he has.

IMO anyone who donates freely time and energy of their company to combating this virus deserves at least a little company promo, that's nothing new in business and hardly can be considered benefitting from the pain of others, it's been done on the side of pills and packaging for eons.

Sorry for the long wall of text
 
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The reason the left talks shit about the my pillow guy is because hes private sector. He show how the private sector can just switch production to something in demand just like that. It show the private sector getting it done and the left hates that because they want the government to be the sole provider and savior.
 

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All media is shit, fact.
I wouldn't say all, but it has become far too consolidated lately to the point where just a few individuals own all the major outlets. Cable news has been total garbage for quite a while now, certainly. You can't really be a good journalist while also attempting to fill 24 hours with entertaining content at the same time.
 

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I wouldn't say all, but it has become far too consolidated lately to the point where just a few individuals own all the major outlets. Cable news has been total garbage for quite a while now, certainly. You can't really be a good journalist while also attempting to fill 24 hours with entertaining content at the same time.

And it's why I avoid all news, regardless of the political side it's on, all news is just there to make us depressed and weep for the future. Cynical, I know, but whatevs.
 

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And it's why I avoid all news, regardless of the political side it's on, all news is just there to make us depressed and weep for the future. Cynical, I know, but whatevs.
...Or actually do something to build a better future. Otherwise bad shit is gonna keep happening to everyone, regardless of whether they pay any attention to the news or not.
 

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...Or actually do something to build a better future. Otherwise bad shit is gonna keep happening to everyone, regardless of whether they pay any attention to the news or not.

Like contributing 75% of your business' production capacity to making masks for healthcare personnel during a pandemic.

The man's a hero.
 

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Wow. I was walking by the TV when that happened and I thought I heard mypillow, but I was like, nooo...why would the pillow commercial guy be at the white house? During a press briefing? Certainly I must have misheard someone's name, like Mike Hillow, or something. But no, the pillow guy WAS there. Whaddya know.

I mean, he didn't need to be there grandstanding that we're turning our backs on God imo, and it comes off as a little weird, but yikes, everyone's basic reaction to something these days is to be needlessly mean. His comments are...a little cringey, but the guy is making masks to help others. We don't need every stuck-up Twitter checkmark harshing the dude. Can't we just be happy companies are trying to help out, even including the little pillow company?
Agreed. He's making desperately needed masks, who the fuck cares if he "sucks Trump's dick" and praises god or w/e. At least he's helping out. I hope he makes a ton of masks, and doctors, nurses, and people in the medical field can get tons of them!
 

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IMHO [Lindell] has earned the right to stand there and offer his services to this country, even if it was done in a cringe-worthy manner, by many people's definition. Not mine I didn't see it, no opinion here. Lindell, for those unfamiliar with his life story, was a long term alcoholic, who turned his life around, build this business after recovering and then committed to hiring other recovering alcoholics, giving them a new lease on life as well. He continues to do this with a commitment ongoing.
I didnt see the interaction as well. If so what I wrote was bias on my part. I filled in the blanks.

I just presumed, that he was just used by this government as an easy distraction strategy. Which to be honest, I still do. But I better look up the interaction now before making qualifying claims.

Thought process in my mind was - sewing masks cant even produce N95 product needed, for that you need specialized machines (Switzerland just imported two automated ones from china), so with no testing in place, this is just this governments excuse for doing something - without doing, strictly speaking that much.

edit: I saw his speech now, and I (sadly) stand by my qualifying statement. He was sourced via internal networks, he allocated parts of his call center (good), and he is sewing cotton face masks for the time moving out of curfew, in real quantities (10.000 masks a day). (People will be urged to show behavioral change. Cotton face masks are the way to implement this, because people can not breath and do work, all day, using N95 masks.). He did everything right.

That said, he was used as a fill in for actual action demanded. If correctly so (strategy), numbers will tell afterwards.

If there never is a call by this government to use cotton face masks going out of curfews, you have your answer as well.

edit: He also indicated, that he had to switch over to manufacturing masks, because his normal business dropped off (people are hardly buying pillows during curfews), which I inferred correctly as well. I might have been out of line when judging that guys headspace (profiteering racket), without knowing his story. For that I'm sorry.
 
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Like contributing 75% of your business' production capacity to making masks for healthcare personnel during a pandemic.

The man's a hero.
His employees are the heroes. Along with all the employees of other companies who have also switched their production to medical supplies. His company wasn't the first and they won't be the last. I'm sure he believes he's doing something good, and for his small part that might actually be true, but again, it's the attention whoring and the self-righteousness I take issue with. We don't need to be constantly reminded that evangelical corporate CEOs are buddy-buddy with and/or own stock in the president.
 

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His employees are the heroes. Along with all the employees of other companies who have also switched their production to medical supplies. His company wasn't the first and they won't be the last. I'm sure he believes he's doing something good, and for his small part that might actually be true, but again, it's the attention whoring and the self-righteousness I take issue with. We don't need to be constantly reminded that evangelical corporate CEOs are buddy-buddy with and/or own stock in the president.


As someone else already pretty much said, you can have a President that hangs out socially with the likes of Jay-Z and Ludacris and goes on the Ellen show again soon enough.
 

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Just FYI - its not hanging out. ;) Its publicly showing, that something gets done.

Also its showing that private, volonatary, networks do get activated to produce equipment.

In another piece of news, Pence got on record, confirming - that it is likely that the US will have a similar progression as italy.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-...to-italy-mike-pence-says-20200402-p54g88.html

Which parts of the US would be useful information as well.


More insider trading, in case you are interested.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/cor...ange-owner-defends-sales-by-ceo-loeffler.html

People whose spouses were briefed by government bought shares in late february, early march. :) (Contrast that with the timetable of FOX news reporting.. ;) )

edit: At the same time, the politician briefed (Kelly Loeffler) downplayed the risk of an epidemic in public (on twitter).

Oh and btw. I'm literally just watching Democracy now transcribing news items that I find interesting. :)
 
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