Tweets on media-2020

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Nobody's interested in listening to the Voice of America 2020-12-28 59 0 0 0 0 0 1343412410007228422 1343412410007228422
You can make a lot of money giving people what they want! 2020-12-27 45 0 0 0 0 0 1343289908769640448 1343289908769640448
Fox News defamation defense (also Newsmax and OAN?) - 2020-12-23 49 0 0 0 0 0 1341802648341639168 1341802648341639168
Smartmatic and Dominion fight back; Fox and Newsmax are 2020-12-22 87 2 0 2 0 0 1341219674411868161 1341219674411868161
Defamation targets suing to recover damages. 2020-12-21 43 0 0 0 0 0 1341139706998706177 1341139706998706177
Despite all efforts, it's still very easy to fake out 2020-12-21 34 0 0 0 0 0 1341018013332455424 1341018013332455424
Ethnic disinformation. 2020-12-21 39 0 0 0 0 0 1340853413974687745 1340853413974687745
The Fox lawyers must be getting a little worried about 2020-12-20 263 3 0 3 0 0 1340541695117561857 1340541695117561857
The Chinese model to avoid upsetting the markets. 2020-12-19 42 0 0 0 0 0 1340301489592397824 1340301489592397824
Not as hard as you might think! 2020-12-18 45 1 0 1 0 0 1339786143160619008 1339786143160619008
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. 2020-12-17 33 0 0 0 0 0 1339641218402197504 1339641218402197504
What will CNN and MSNBC do now? 2020-12-17 50 0 0 0 0 0 1339368274996281344 1339368274996281344
Disinformation is a way of life and a booming business 2020-12-16 35 0 0 0 0 0 1339356352490033153 1339356352490033153
"virtues result from cultivating habits" 2020-12-14 26 0 0 0 0 0 1338518234841055232 1338518234841055232
Trumpists continue their war against objective reality 2020-12-14 33 0 0 0 0 0 1338330926539948032 1338330926539948032
Trump's management style in action - 2020-12-11 33 0 0 0 0 0 1337449197562331139 1337449197562331139
Celebrities! That's what reality-TV is all about. 2020-12-10 48 0 0 0 0 0 1337114096722878464 1337114096722878464
Biden's campaign did have an internet strategy. 2020-12-06 49 0 0 0 0 0 1335670378249637888 1335670378249637888
$300 million in ads booked - for two Senate runoffs? 2020-12-05 43 0 0 0 0 0 1335116352390983682 1335116352390983682
The journalist media can ignore Trump's tweets starting 2020-12-05 35 0 0 0 0 0 1335045218370916352 1335045218370916352
Nothing is true and everything is possible! 2020-12-04 43 0 0 0 0 0 1334879563420061699 1334879563420061699
It's true about how they FEEL, and that's good enough 2020-12-04 44 0 0 0 0 0 1334667857280466945 1334667857280466945
Will the doom loop never end? 2020-12-03 32 0 0 0 0 0 1334628457150435328 1334628457150435328
Trump aims to punish social media companies for opposing 2020-12-02 43 1 1 0 0 0 1334020866959544321 1334020866959544321
Release the kraken? 2020-11-30 37 2 2 0 0 0 1333279958483881989 1333279958483881989
The difference between entertainment and journalism. 2020-11-30 35 0 0 0 0 0 1333278132133003264 1333278132133003264
Social media have a moral dilemma - spreading simple 2020-11-29 27 0 0 0 0 0 1333095405513371649 1333095405513371649
Making up new stories 2020-11-27 42 0 0 0 0 0 1332360982358749185 1332360982358749185
Social media - a business built on unsupported and 2020-11-26 44 0 0 0 0 0 1331753848319295488 1331753848319295488
An alternative platform to read stuff - that you've 2020-11-24 81 1 1 0 0 0 1331082733880111104 1331082733880111104
Social media have superspreaders too! 2020-11-23 59 0 0 0 0 0 1330987438685048832 1330987438685048832
If Trump fades from view, will media have a profitability 2020-11-22 100 24 24 0 0 0 1330651637078081537 1330651637078081537
In Trumpworld, it's all reality-TV all the time. 2020-11-21 54 1 1 0 0 0 1330013450836164608 1330013450836164608
Why Republican senators are so spineless. The base 2020-11-21 81 0 0 0 0 0 1330012302372814850 1330012302372814850
A novel approach from Fox opinion! 2020-11-20 36 1 1 0 0 0 1329789993456332801 1329789993456332801
For the Trump base - and Newsmax - and Louie Gohmert - 2020-11-18 49 0 0 0 0 0 1329083966121381890 1329083966121381890
As with Q, the "real" Trump will eventually be replaced by 2020-11-18 49 0 0 0 0 0 1328909096272023558 1328909096272023558
As with most topics, legislators have uninformed opinions 2020-11-17 41 1 1 0 0 0 1328836820210126849 1328836820210126849
Confused on election night? It was planned that was 2020-11-15 251 3 2 0 0 0 1328056435033325568 1328056435033325568
Does Fox need Trump or Trump need Fox? 2020-11-13 55 3 1 2 0 0 1327119976650706948 1327119976650706948
The anti-facters have a place to call home now. 2020-11-09 37 0 0 0 0 0 1325923077121736704 1325923077121736704
There's no getting around this fact: spreading 2020-11-09 42 2 1 0 0 0 1325920053745741826 1325920053745741826
Fox is not going to be 100% Trump propaganda. Time to 2020-11-09 44 0 0 0 0 0 1325915294984937472 1325915294984937472
The reality-based press overcame its failures to a 2020-11-08 43 2 1 0 1 0 1325534487539642373 1325534487539642373
Leaving no stone unturned! 2020-11-07 68 0 0 0 0 0 1324887511554912256 1324887511554912256
There's a better show to watch now than the Trump show. 2020-11-06 34 0 0 0 0 0 1324850281939496961 1324850281939496961
Trump will live on in infamy, on social media. 2020-11-06 34 1 1 0 0 0 1324840272895770624 1324840272895770624
Can social media survive its own self-censorship? 2020-11-06 37 1 1 0 0 0 1324573595830415360 1324573595830415360
Facebook realizes it has to take a position. 2020-11-06 27 0 0 0 0 0 1324565629014175746 1324565629014175746
Even Fox News can't swallow Trump's lies. 2020-11-06 59 1 1 0 0 0 1324564789499109376 1324564789499109376
Who cares if it wasn't what they said. It was good 2020-11-06 43 0 0 0 0 0 1324556342762201088 1324556342762201088
Trumpists do not do "neutral". You are either 100% 2020-11-05 49 1 1 0 0 0 1324471048197136384 1324471048197136384
Organized disinformation. 2020-11-05 107 25 25 0 0 0 1324392747600470016 1324392747600470016
There's no appeasing Trumpists. The only way social 2020-11-01 69 2 2 0 0 0 1322943773022695424 1322943773022695424
How Trumpists make sure their base hears the same things 2020-10-31 53 1 1 0 0 0 1322672123605786625 1322672123605786625
Don't be fooled by election maps! 2020-10-31 47 0 0 0 0 0 1322342795705683968 1322342795705683968
The bright future of Fox - they're so much better at 2020-10-29 42 1 1 0 0 0 1321857176822972421 1321857176822972421
Ornamental masculinity - just right for the age of 2020-10-29 176 0 0 0 0 0 1321848917705650176 1321848917705650176
Facebook and Twitter too regulatory? Nobody's 2020-10-29 40 0 0 0 0 0 1321639627376058368 1321639627376058368
Social media algorithms are choices - by the media, not 2020-10-26 55 0 0 0 0 0 1320765777524371457 1320765777524371457
Is it possible to intervene with conspiracy theorists? 2020-10-26 34 0 0 0 0 0 1320551760109289473 1320551760109289473
Do all the loose nuts roll toward Trumpism? 2020-10-25 40 1 1 0 0 0 1320465046657323008 1320465046657323008
Polarization of media grows. 2020-10-23 121 0 0 0 0 0 1319772029990498304 1319772029990498304
What else matters if it FEELS right? Then there's no 2020-10-23 60 1 1 0 0 0 1319441130920898561 1319441130920898561
QAnon - we've been here before. 2020-10-22 55 0 0 0 0 0 1319080754660298752 1319080754660298752
"cut it up to make him look bad" 2020-10-21 60 1 1 0 0 0 1318785761706086405 1318785761706086405
Coping with disinformation 2020-10-19 36 1 1 0 0 0 1318198199534772228 1318198199534772228
Trump demands FCC action on social media. But what 2020-10-17 33 1 1 0 0 0 1317321888385748995 1317321888385748995
Youtube steps off the QAnon train. 2020-10-16 38 0 0 0 0 0 1317195337971376128 1317195337971376128
Once again - you can't be neutral about disinformation. 2020-10-16 29 2 2 0 0 0 1316939482566983680 1316939482566983680
Divert and distract by getting the mainstream media to 2020-10-15 40 1 1 0 0 0 1316846162985459712 1316846162985459712
Facebook takes another step to define what it's for. 2020-10-15 37 0 0 0 0 0 1316736424914214918 1316736424914214918
It's slowly dawning - you can't be neutral about 2020-10-14 32 0 0 0 0 0 1316444939903889409 1316444939903889409
Microsoft tries to take down distributed botnet. 2020-10-14 85 3 1 0 1 1 1316444171209601024 1316444171209601024
If, once exposed, there are no consequences, others will 2020-10-13 46 0 0 0 0 0 1315859199302094848 1315859199302094848
How media strike back at successful women. 2020-10-12 51 0 0 0 0 0 1315528983358836738 1315528983358836738
Facebook discriminates against Trump supporters again. 2020-10-09 95 1 0 0 0 0 1314659823242289153 1314659823242289153
Relentless persecution of Trumpists! 2020-10-09 70 1 1 0 0 0 1314614247452622848 1314614247452622848
Talk radio - the largest reactionary single-issue voter 2020-10-09 73 0 0 0 0 0 1314546578741370886 1314546578741370886
What can social media do about domestic terrorism? 2020-10-09 70 0 0 0 0 0 1314404416938602497 1314404416938602497
Social media are an essential tool for domestic terrorists. 2020-10-09 64 0 0 0 0 0 1314401609007333377 1314401609007333377
Only paid political ads? 2020-10-08 35 0 0 0 0 0 1314330128537645057 1314330128537645057
Too many channels - a fire started by cable TV and 2020-10-08 37 0 0 0 0 0 1314328856308772864 1314328856308772864
Facebook wants no part of the melee. 2020-10-08 32 0 0 0 0 0 1314048566940246016 1314048566940246016
50 years of PBS 2020-10-05 28 0 0 0 0 0 1313208344744620032 1313208344744620032

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Nobody's interested in listening to the Voice of America
to find out what Trump thinks.    The have their own
government propaganda organs for that.   They listen to
VOA know the truth that will make them free.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/24/biden-undo-trump-damage-voa-media/

#PS1media

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impress 59
time 2020-12-28 04:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343412410007228422

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You can make a lot of money giving people what they want!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/27/fox-news-viewers-switch-to-newsmax/

Just ask any drug dealer!

#PS1media

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impress 45
time 2020-12-27 20:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343289908769640448

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Fox News defamation defense (also Newsmax and OAN?) -
they are NOT in the news business, they are in the
entertainment business!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/23/fox-news-lou-dobbs-smartmatic/

"given Mr. Carlson’s reputation, any reasonable viewer
arrives with an appropriate amount of skepticism"

#PS1media

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impress 49
time 2020-12-23 17:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341802648341639168

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Smartmatic and Dominion fight back; Fox and Newsmax are
nervously trying to dodge the bullet.        That leaves
OAN and Powell, who was admonished personally.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-technology-elections-826071eb5b52ec8aea6b0028da78c61c

#PS1media

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engage-rate 2%
impress 87
time 2020-12-22 03:11 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341219674411868161

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Defamation targets suing to recover damages.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/business/media/smartmatic-lawsuit-fox-news-newsmax-oan.html

People with assets who repeat Trump fantasies forget that
he has presidential immunity and they don't.     If the
targets of right-wing defamation start suing for damages,
it could crimp the hose.

#PS1media

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impress 43
time 2020-12-21 21:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341139706998706177

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Despite all efforts, it's still very easy to fake out
social media.

https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-chuck-grassley-chris-murphy-a43992f3fc8c3f4ff198a838f748a0a9

#PS1media

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impress 34
time 2020-12-21 13:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341018013332455424

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Ethnic disinformation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/opinion/fake-news-disinformation-immigrants.html

#PS1media

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impress 39
time 2020-12-21 02:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1340853413974687745

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The Fox lawyers must be getting a little worried about
potential liability exposure for libel.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/19/lou-dobbs-debunk-fact-check-smartmatic/

Newsmax and OAN must be counting on Trump to protect them.
Or else they have no assets worth seizing.

#PS1media

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impress 263
time 2020-12-20 06:17 +0000
urlclicks 3
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1340541695117561857

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The Chinese model to avoid upsetting the markets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/technology/china-coronavirus-censorship.html

Much like the Trump model, but much more effective.
It's the model China proposes for the rest of the world.

#PS1media

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impress 42
time 2020-12-19 14:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1340301489592397824

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Not as hard as you might think!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/17/dutch-trump-twitter-password-hack/

#PS1media

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engage-rate 2%
impress 45
time 2020-12-18 04:14 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339786143160619008

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/12/facebook-doomsday-machine/617384

Concentrations of power are bad in government, bad in
business, bad in labor, bad in theology.     Ambition must
check ambition.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#liberty%20and%20equality

#PS1media

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impress 33
time 2020-12-17 18:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339641218402197504

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What will CNN and MSNBC do now?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/business/media/cnn-msnbc-cable-news-trump.html

Not to mention Washington Post and New York Times.    A lot
of us would be glad to tune out as soon as we feel safe.

#PS1media

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impress 50
time 2020-12-17 00:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339368274996281344

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Disinformation is a way of life and a booming business
that can make you rich and famous!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/from-voter-fraud-to-vaccine-lies-misinformation-peddlers-shift-gears.html

The same suckers that swallow one lie will swallow another
- look how Limbaugh, Jones, Bannon, Carlson, Hannity,
Ruddy thrive.

#PS1media

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impress 35
time 2020-12-16 23:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339356352490033153

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"virtues result from cultivating habits"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-education.html

Liberal arts and sciences intend to cultivate virtuous
habits.

The internet, like cable television before it, started off
with virtuous intentions but soon fell into cultivating
more profitable vices.

#PS1media

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impress 26
time 2020-12-14 16:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1338518234841055232

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Trumpists continue their war against objective reality
right up to the last minute.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/restoring-voice-of-america-post-trump/2020/12/11/d1088ba6-3bb7-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

#PS1media

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impress 33
time 2020-12-14 03:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1338330926539948032

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Trump's management style in action -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cable-news-newsmax-oan/2020/12/10/041d2958-3969-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

He's trying to use Newsmax and OAN to pressure Fox.
If he succeeds, he'll dump them like like a dead possum.

#PS1media

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impress 33
time 2020-12-11 17:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337449197562331139

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Celebrities!     That's what reality-TV is all about.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/10/rudy-giuliani-coronavirus-treatment-special-access/

#PS1media

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impress 48
time 2020-12-10 19:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337114096722878464

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Biden's campaign did have an internet strategy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/technology/joe-biden-internet-election.html

#PS1media

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impress 49
time 2020-12-06 19:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335670378249637888

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$300 million in ads booked - for two Senate runoffs?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/politics/trump-georgia-senate-obama.html

At this point does anybody read the printed propaganda or
listen to the broadcast propaganda?

#PS1media

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impress 43
time 2020-12-05 06:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335116352390983682

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The journalist media can ignore Trump's tweets starting
Jan 21.

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/he-who-must-not-be-named-as-often-ever-again/

The entertainment media will give him more coverage than
he deserves.

#PS1media

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impress 35
time 2020-12-05 02:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335045218370916352

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Nothing is true and everything is possible!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/04/nothing-is-true-and-everything-is-permitted-peter-pomerantsev-review-russia-oil-boom

Putin's greatest contribution to American political life -
turning it into reality-TV!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/03/telling-fact-fiction-end-trump-era/

He found so many willing collaborators in politics and
media!

#PS1media

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impress 43
time 2020-12-04 15:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334879563420061699

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It's true about how they FEEL, and that's good enough
for them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nothing-on-this-page-is-real-how-lies-become-truth-in-online-america/2018/11/17/edd44cc8-e85a-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html

#PS1media

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impress 44
time 2020-12-04 01:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334667857280466945

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Will the doom loop never end?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/opinion/trump-media-culture-war.html

It is true that everybody is losing.      Except the media
that profit from endless gloom and doom.

#PS1media

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impress 32
time 2020-12-03 22:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334628457150435328

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Trump aims to punish social media companies for opposing
him.    It's important enough to stop the entire defense
funding bill.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/01/trump-repeal-section-230-ndaa/

What would Republicans have said if Obama had tried that?

#PS1media

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impress 43
time 2020-12-02 06:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334020866959544321

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Release the kraken?

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55090145

No surprise Powell is with QAnon now.    The kraken
released is the monster of massive disinformation
distributed by broadcast and online, entertainment and
propaganda media, for profit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/business/media/newsmax-chris-ruddy-trump.html

#PS1media

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impress 37
time 2020-11-30 05:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333279958483881989

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The difference between entertainment and journalism.
It's just another way to sell nutritional supplements to
the gullible.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/business/media/newsmax-chris-ruddy-trump.html

Maybe Trump will buy him out if he can find the money.

#PS1media

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impress 35
time 2020-11-30 05:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333278132133003264

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Social media have a moral dilemma - spreading simple
inflammatory disinformation is MUCH more profitable than
calmly spreading complicated objective facts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html

#PS1media

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impress 27
time 2020-11-29 17:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333095405513371649

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Making up new stories

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-media-93dbd6e5c6adf8047b70946d16947e61

and paying for old ones

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/business/congress-settlement.html

#PS1media

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impress 42
time 2020-11-27 16:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1332360982358749185

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Social media - a business built on unsupported and
unchecked comments generating more of the same.
It's exponential, like the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/facebook-disinformation-boomers.html

#PS1media

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impress 44
time 2020-11-26 00:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331753848319295488

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An alternative platform to read stuff - that you've
already read.    Mixed with porn and scams.    You can't
use it against libs because they aren't there.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/23/parler-conservatives-still-on-twitter

It's subsidized by reactionary billionaires because there's
no business model there.

#PS1media

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impress 81
time 2020-11-24 03:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331082733880111104

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Social media have superspreaders too!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/technology/election-misinformation-facebook-twitter.html

#PS1media

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impress 59
time 2020-11-23 21:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330987438685048832

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If Trump fades from view, will media have a profitability
crisis?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-moving-on.html

Maybe, but @politicalscrap1 would be happy to fade too.

#PS1media

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impress 100
time 2020-11-22 23:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330651637078081537

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In Trumpworld, it's all reality-TV all the time.
Nothing is real.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/technology/no-trumps-sister-did-not-publicly-back-him-he-was-duped-by-a-fake-account.html

There's big money in controversial posts.    Who cares if
they're true?

#PS1media

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engage-rate 2%
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impress 54
time 2020-11-21 05:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330013450836164608

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Why Republican senators are so spineless.      The base
is unforgiving and unrelenting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/us/politics/Tucker-Carlson-trump.html

Tucker Carlson was said to have his eye on 2024.
That will be harder now.

#PS1media

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impress 81
time 2020-11-21 04:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330012302372814850

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A novel approach from Fox opinion!

"We're telling you this because it's true, and in the end,
that's all that matters"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/20/tucker-carlson-sidney-powell-fraud/

Yet Carlson still supposes that there MIGHT be something
significant somewhere to investigate - despite no evidence.

#PS1media

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329789993456332801

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For the Trump base - and Newsmax - and Louie Gohmert -
it doesn't have to be true!        If it sounds good,
who cares if it really is true or even remotely plausible?
As long as it wastes time and keeps the pot boiling.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/media/scytl-debunks-conspiracy-theory/index.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-18 15:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329083966121381890

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As with Q, the "real" Trump will eventually be replaced by
a more effective one.     The tweet will go on!    It's too
valuable an asset.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/opinion/trump-tweets-election.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-18 03:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328909096272023558

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As with most topics, legislators have uninformed opinions
but no technical expertise.      Lobbyists will have to
provide draft legislation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/17/tech-hearing-dorsey-zuckerberg/

We need different competing platforms - some where fiction
is as good as facts, and some not.

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-17 23:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328836820210126849

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Confused on election night?     It was planned that was
by Republican legislatures that refused to allow early
counting of mail-in votes, and abetted by networks that
found it more profitable to keep the world hanging for
ask long as possible.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/is-election-night-broken-tv-news-stuck-to-old-routines-amid-voting-upheaval--and-confusion-followed/2020/11/14/9024f248-207b-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-15 19:25 +0000
userclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328056435033325568

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Does Fox need Trump or Trump need Fox?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/media/fox-news-trump-future/index.html

Or is Trump going to be too busy in court the next few
years to run his own TV network?

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-13 05:23 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327119976650706948

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The anti-facters have a place to call home now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/15/parler-conservative-twitter-alternative/

They all keep their Twitter accounts though.

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-09 22:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325923077121736704

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There's no getting around this fact: spreading
disinformation is more profitable than spreading the truth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/09/facebook-twitter-election-misinformation-labels/

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-09 21:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325920053745741826

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Fox is not going to be 100% Trump propaganda.       Time to
move on to One America News or RT.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-long-love-affair-between-fox-news-and-trump-may-be-over-heres-how-it-ended-last-week/2020/11/09/f4dddb5e-2095-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-09 21:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325915294984937472

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The reality-based press overcame its failures to a
sufficient extent to defeat Trump.         But failed to
overcome Trumpism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/media-cover-trump-save-democracy/2020/11/08/e23fc35e-21c1-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-08 20:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325534487539642373

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Leaving no stone unturned!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/06/trump-text-messages-philadelphia/

Text messaging is the new frontier in disinformation.

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-07 01:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324887511554912256

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There's a better show to watch now than the Trump show.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/06/trumps-lies-about-election-are-awful-his-spell-is-breaking/

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-06 23:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324850281939496961

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Trump will live on in infamy, on social media.
The interesting question is whether Fox will still be
interested, or will it transfer its affections to another
more capable Trumpist?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/06/trump-twitter-megaphone/

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-06 22:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324840272895770624

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Can social media survive its own self-censorship?
Will they just push one segment of the population onto
another platform?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/technology/facebook-twitter-election.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-06 04:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324573595830415360

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Facebook realizes it has to take a position.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-06 04:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324565629014175746

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Even Fox News can't swallow Trump's lies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/business/media/fox-news-trump-fraud-claims.html

Fortunately, there's One America which is happy to echo
anything he says.

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-06 04:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324564789499109376

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Who cares if it wasn't what they said.    It was good
enough for Trump supporters - according to a former
Director of National Intelligence who, you might think,
would have excellent sources of information.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-without-mask-taken-in-2019-b68fcc7c8979bbd2011e52d52e6af37d

#PS1media

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impress 43
time 2020-11-06 03:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324556342762201088

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Trumpists do not do "neutral".      You are either 100%
for them or 100% against them.          Social media seem
to be giving up the fantasy of staying "neutral".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/05/facebook-trump-protests/

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-05 21:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324471048197136384

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Organized disinformation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-twitter-biden-misinformation.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-05 16:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324392747600470016

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There's no appeasing Trumpists.      The only way social
media can avoid criticism and perhaps Federal regulation
is to do everything the Trumpists want, all the time.
Fair play or even treatment is not their goal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/01/facebook-election-misinformation/

#PS1media

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time 2020-11-01 16:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322943773022695424

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How Trumpists make sure their base hears the same things
over and over until they believe it.          Russians
aren't the main problem thought they try to help.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/30/trump-twitter-domestic-disinformation/

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-31 22:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322672123605786625

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Don't be fooled by election maps!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/30/opinion/election-results-maps.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-31 01:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322342795705683968

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The bright future of Fox - they're so much better at
offense than defense.    Just like supermarket tabloids.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/rupert-murdoch-thinks-trump-is-going-to-lose--and-thats-not-a-bad-thing-for-fox-news/2020/10/28/9547fbdc-1192-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-29 16:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1321857176822972421

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Ornamental masculinity - just right for the age of
reality-TV!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/opinion/trump-masculinity-femininity.html

It's as thin as the gilt on Trump Tower!

#PS1media

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impress 176
time 2020-10-29 16:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1321848917705650176

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Facebook and Twitter too regulatory?     Nobody's
regulating texting!

https://mediaengagement.org/research/peer-to-peer-texting-and-the-2020-election/

#PS1media

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impress 40
time 2020-10-29 02:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1321639627376058368

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Social media algorithms are choices - by the media, not
the users.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/26/facebook-algorithm-conservative-liberal-extremes/

#PS1media

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impress 55
time 2020-10-26 16:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1320765777524371457

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Is it possible to intervene with conspiracy theorists?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories-family.html

#PS1media

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impress 34
time 2020-10-26 02:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1320551760109289473

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Do all the loose nuts roll toward Trumpism?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/technology/epoch-times-influence-falun-gong.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Yun

Have they ever gotten anything from Trump for their
efforts?

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-25 20:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1320465046657323008

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Polarization of media grows.

https://medium.com/dfrlab/coverage-of-hunter-biden-story-illustrates-extremes-in-media-polarization-b784cdde5480

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-23 22:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319772029990498304

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What else matters if it FEELS right?   Then there's no
need to find out whether it's actually objectively true.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/22/cnn-destroys-coronavirus-research-showcased-tucker-carlsons-show/

You can see what kind of presidential candidate Tucker
Carlson will make.

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-23 00:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319441130920898561

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QAnon - we've been here before.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/opinion/q-anon-conspiracy.html

But Father Coughlin didn't have social media or cable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-22 00:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319080754660298752

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"cut it up to make him look bad"

The Trump campaign and the RNC have plenty of expertise
in the department, and if not, their allies abroad would
be glad to help!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-60-minutes-leslie-stahl/2020/10/20/d7ef0554-132a-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-21 05:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1318785761706086405

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Coping with disinformation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-trump-campaign-disinformation/2020/10/18/99774228-0fdd-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html

An old technique made new by technology.       Biden's
campaign has to catch up with the Trumpist social media
machine, while fending off Putin's.

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-19 14:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1318198199534772228

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Trump demands FCC action on social media.  But what
action, exactly?      Require them to treat lies the
same as facts?       The traditional solution would be
new social media platforms dedicated exclusively to lies
supporting minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/16/fcc-facebook-twitter-section-230/

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-17 04:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317321888385748995

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Youtube steps off the QAnon train.

https://apnews.com/article/youtube-qanon-conspiracy-theories-ef03a889e68239de6692ce42666d97d8

#PS1media

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impress 38
time 2020-10-16 20:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317195337971376128

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Once again - you can't be neutral about disinformation.
You either are for it or against it.        There is no
middle ground.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/15/facebook-twitter-hunter-biden/

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-16 03:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316939482566983680

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Divert and distract by getting the mainstream media to
publicize nonsense!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/15/trumps-fake-new-biden-scandal-has-deeper-purpose-bannon-revealed-it/

It's just not working like it used to.   Even Facebook
isn't helping.

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-15 20:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316846162985459712

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Facebook takes another step to define what it's for.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/technology/facebook-bans-anti-vaccination-ads.html

#PS1media

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impress 37
time 2020-10-15 13:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316736424914214918

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It's slowly dawning - you can't be neutral about
propaganda.      To treat false information equally with
true is to promote false information.     It's not possible
to not take sides.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/technology/facebook-bans-holocaust-denial-content.html

#PS1media

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impress 32
time 2020-10-14 18:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316444939903889409

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Microsoft tries to take down distributed botnet.

Trickbot is a distributed computing solution available
for sale to anybody.

https://apnews.com/article/technology-malware-elections-crime-cybercrime-913ee5d56affa97fc5d9c639c4a284ab

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-14 18:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316444171209601024

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If, once exposed, there are no consequences, others will
try it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/08/facebook-bans-media-consultancy-running-troll-farm-pro-trump-youth-group/

#PS1media

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impress 46
time 2020-10-13 03:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1315859199302094848

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How media strike back at successful women.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/07/kamala-harris-sexist-racist-attacks-spread-online/

#PS1media

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impress 51
time 2020-10-12 05:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1315528983358836738

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Facebook discriminates against Trump supporters again.

Fake accounts for Rally Forge or Turning Point USA or
Turning Point Action -  like Trump's businesses they have
many shells.

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-business-arizona-d568f23c03faa70a753928433b283f3a

Also Twitter discriminates against Iranian-hijacked
accounts.

#PS1media

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replies 1
time 2020-10-09 20:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314659823242289153

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Relentless persecution of Trumpists!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/09/with-election-day-looming-twitter-imposes-new-limits-us-politicians-ordinary-users-too/

Social media will no longer be neutral about spreading
lies.  But that discriminates against Republicans, whose
minority rule is built on lies.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-09 17:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314614247452622848

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Talk radio - the largest reactionary single-issue voter
bloc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opinion/talk-radio-conservatives-trumpism.html

In mortal fear of the Fairness Doctrine -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

#PS1media

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time 2020-10-09 12:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314546578741370886

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What can social media do about domestic terrorism?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/opinion/facebook-gretchen-whitmer.html

They have to take sides.    To not take sides is to side
with terrorists.

#PS1media

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impress 70
time 2020-10-09 03:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314404416938602497

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Social media are an essential tool for domestic terrorists.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/08/michigan-plot-kidnapping-boogaloo-socialmedia/

#PS1media

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impress 64
time 2020-10-09 03:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314401609007333377

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Only paid political ads?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/technology/facebook-political-ads-ban.html

Just as much damage likely from unpaid posts to and from
various conspiracy groups.           What's to be done
about that?

#PS1media

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impress 35
time 2020-10-08 22:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314330128537645057

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Too many channels - a fire started by cable TV and
abandonment of the Fairness Doctrine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

and fanned into firestorm by internet social media.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/technology/Trump-conspiracy-theories.html

#PS1media

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impress 37
time 2020-10-08 22:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314328856308772864

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Facebook wants no part of the melee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/07/facebook-political-ads/

#PS1media

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impress 32
time 2020-10-08 03:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314048566940246016

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50 years of PBS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/04/50-years-pbs-programming-content-americans-all-classes-political-views/

#PS1media

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impress 28
time 2020-10-05 20:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1313208344744620032