Politics The 4th Estate - Media....is it truth or fiction? TFP pundits will examine.

This showed up under the Entertainment category on my news feed. This is the same news feed that features many Salon articles, which are re-reports of news from more respected (or at least better known) news sources.

https://deadline.com/2023/04/atiq-a...er-shot-dead-live-on-tv-prayagraj-1235327091/

I know nothing about Deadline.

Killed wearing handcuffs,
in police custody?
Hmmmm.

 

Well, shit.
This sucks.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170...famation-lawsuit-with-dominion-voting-systems

I really wanted this to go to trial.
I really wanted everything about FOX exposed.

I understand why Dominion settled.
I certainly understand why FOX settled. Explaining giving up the money is much less embarrassing than having their "news" operation exposed.

Now...
will the stars at FOX keep quiet about this, or will they go on the air calling this a business decision and defending their original actions? I hope the details of the settlement address this issue. Back to business as usual at FOX shouldn't be allowed.

 

The $$$ might hurt at first (Will it involve FOX having insurance?), but once the initial wound heals FOX will be right back at their usual "journalistic standards." And that bothers me immensely.

There is another lawsuit filed by a lesser known company that pretty much parallels the Dominion suit.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/media/what-we-know-smartmatic-lawsuit-fox/

https://www.smartmatic.com/media/article/faq-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-corporation/

Hopefully the legit news media will give this case the same attention as the Dominion lawsuit. Maybe Smartmatic will have the fortitude to see the case through, of course keeping in mind there's a difference between business decisions and personal emotions.

The bad news (ha, ha, ha) is the news media probably feels very let down by Dominion, & therefore won't give Smartmatic equal coverage. The trial could've been a huge news story for weeks or months. Now it's just Murdoch & FOX yet again buy their way out of intentionally spreading fake news.

Edit: Attempt at humor removed because...not sure why the spoiler tags aren't working.

 

Did you make the same post twice,
or did the software here do
something weird...again?

 

My post(s) the other day stayed
lost in space for ions.

See what I did there?

 

Crime doesn't pay.

 

^ Fox will in (all likelihood) continue their right wing propaganda as usual, but tone it down a bit. Firing Carlson sounds an orchestrated move to make Fox seem concerned, & I wouldn't be surprised if he already had a another gig lined up, probably with Murdoch's help.



Even worse news for those wanting Fox to be exposed, who were disappointed with the settlement.

In Comically Evil Twist, Fox Will Receive a Huge Tax Break From Its Dominion Settlement

Fox gets to write off about 1/3 of the $787M settlement they with Dominion. That is if if if if they actually pay the full amount.

I understand Dominion made the smart business decision; chances are good any of us would've done the same after seeing the numbers from a business & legal perspective. That doesn't help the pain I feel when I think Murdoch won in the long run.

 

Another win for the 1st Admendment.
Another loss for NPD Trump.

New York Times dismissed from lawsuit Trump brought over disclosure of his tax documents | CNN Business

I have never understood how NPD Trump could not have known that putting himself forward as a public figure would make his previously private dealings fair game for the news media. One explanation might be the depth his narcissism, his belief that everything he does is the right thing to do.

 

I didn't see the NPD Trump townhall meeting on CNN , but I've yet to read anything even remotely positive from any respected mainstream news media.

If you're going to put NPD Trump in a room full of Republican primary voters, with one moderator, that moderator needs to have a personality to match his.

This was crap idea from CNN.

 

Take your pick:

cnn trump townhall fiasco - Google Search

Seriously, the outcome was some predictable anyone with a minimum igloo temperature IQ could have foreseen the end result.

Are we going to hear the names of those responsible? Of course not.

 

I'm going to give that article a thorough reading later. The differences between blue & red blue don't surprise, &`certainly explains a lot of the US vs Them.

 

Let's tell the world what we want it to hear, & make sure that news is favorable to NPD Trump and the GOP.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/michael-pack-abused-power-voa-1234739284/

The political BS doesn't surprise me. Illegally directing work & money to cronies & politically aligned allies doesn't either, but I'd like to hear more about it.

 

This definitely deserves more news media reporting.

I'm unclear on the exact time-line, but it sounds as though his illegal activities also took place pretty much all during NPD Trump's presidency. So why are the Republicans so big on him talking?