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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNY Post claims pointing out a Republican politician is lying is in fact censorship
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NY Post claims pointing out a Republican politician is lying is in fact censorship (Original Post)
RAB910
Oct 4
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no_hypocrisy
(49,144 posts)1. 1984 Doublespeak
Either its a fact or a lie. Cant be both.
zorbasd
(252 posts)3. Ahaahh, the gaslighting psyop war
on the American people is perfected by the Fascist party.
TwilightZone
(28,834 posts)4. Not entirely.
The word "lie" generally means an intentional falsehood. If someone spreads misinformation unknowingly, like the idiot who started the whole Haitians-in-Springfield-eating-pets kerfuffle, it's not really a lie. It's just a false statement born from ignorance.
That being said, most of the stuff the Post is whining about regards intentional falsehoods.
no_hypocrisy
(49,144 posts)6. But then, still not a fact.
Not even subjectively.
TwilightZone
(28,834 posts)2. Well, it's the Post. If it wasn't for fake news and lies, they'd go bankrupt.
The Roux Comes First
(1,586 posts)5. Well "Morally" Bankrupt is Their Whole Business Model, of Course!
BrianTheEVGuy
(574 posts)7. The NY Post is a communist Nazi newspaper
And anybody who fact checks that opinion is censoring me!
PassingFair
(22,437 posts)8. I'm going to start lying outrageously in public...
And then declaring, with umbrage, There is to be no fact checking! when someone calls me out.