• Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I said it before and I will keep saying it. Any legitimate outlet would be boycotting the Whitehouse in solidarity with the AP till the AP is allowed back in. If you aren’t allowed to push back against their lies and misinformation without fear of reprisals. Then what’s the point of attending? You’re just giving legitimacy to the propaganda. Walk away and let it devolve into an embarrassing circus of no names and bigots whom no one respects.

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      I don’t think there are many legitimate outlets. The ones that are probably aren’t on their radar because they lack influence.

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      That’s a terrible idea. We need real news reporting on their going ons.

      You’re just giving legitimacy to the propaganda

      No, it’s reporting on what they’re saying. And what they say matters, a lot. He’s the president. It’s not going to devolve into a circus it’s going to devolve into genocide and we needs news every step of the way reporting on it.

      Trump doesn’t give a shit about a boycott. He’d be happy, even.

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        They can 100% report on the goings on without even being in there. All that’s being aired in there are lies.

        One of the core tools of fascism and propaganda is repetition. All of these Outlets just reporting what they say, fulfill this succinctly. Fuck what they say. It doesn’t mean anything anyway.

        And you are right about the fact that Trump won’t care in the least. That is undeniably true. And not at all the point of such a boycott. Trump will happily fill it with ass kissers and yes men just like he has everything else. But when that’s all that’s there. It sort of becomes obvious what a joke it all is. When long time conservatives have to question who the hell cat turd is and what his credentials are to be in the White House Press pool. It will wake a few people up. A few that would never snapped out of it as long as CBS, NBC, ABC continue to let the Whitehouse use whatever reputation these outlets have left to pretend to have any legitimacy.

        If you are simply reporting and ultimately repeating what a fascist says. You’re part of the problem.

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          It doesn’t mean anything anyway.

          It often literally does

          If you are simply reporting and ultimately repeating what a fascist says

          It’s not just repeating if you had detail onto it, of the issues and effects.

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        You don’t get “real news reporting” at the subject’s press briefing. You get whatever bullshit story the subject wants you to report, and the spin they want you to impart.

        Everything that occurs in the press room is complete bullshit.