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crud

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27. They want their stories to get clicks

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 01:14 PM

Jul 2024

so I think they get someone to answer a hypothetical and then report their comments without context. They will ask..If Biden drops out...or if the polls say this...or what would you say about this person as candidate? and then cherry pick the responses.

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I believe all this stories about some unnamed source saying Biden's about to drop out, etc., [View all] raccoon Jul 2024 OP

Yup. Ratfuckery for sure. Deek1935 Jul 2024 #1

Ratfucking dates back to the Nixon years. Turbineguy Jul 2024 #2

I am Rebl2 Jul 2024 #3

I've always had respect for Pelosi and, most of the time, Schumer. But Adam Schiff was not my choice for BComplex Jul 2024 #18

Sure,Roger Stone is laughing himself to sleep every night Walleye Jul 2024 #4

Yeah, he can sleep alright... DAngelo136 Jul 2024 #14

Howard Dean called it MontanaMama Jul 2024 #5

DJT colluded with Russia. DJT is still colluding with Russia. suegeo Jul 2024 #6

Absolutely cilla4progress Jul 2024 #32

Yes yes yes! Easterncedar Jul 2024 #7

Exactly. bullimiami Jul 2024 #8

It Appears to be an AI Bot MrWowWow Jul 2024 #9

Is it possible the call is coming from inside the house? PikaBlue Jul 2024 #10

Back in the day DAngelo136 Jul 2024 #15

So the reporters whose names are on these anonymously sourced stories just made them all up? Fiendish Thingy Jul 2024 #11

I believe they made them up. raccoon Jul 2024 #24

With or without the complicity of their editors? Fiendish Thingy Jul 2024 #26

Do You Believe It Beyond Them DAngelo136 Jul 2024 #36

I refer you to my signature line: Fiendish Thingy Jul 2024 #39

Pardon me, but DAngelo136 Jul 2024 #40

ALL of them are lying, using made up sources, with the complicity of their editors? Fiendish Thingy Jul 2024 #41

Yes Zeitghost Jul 2024 #42

They want their stories to get clicks crud Jul 2024 #27

Except in some of the reports, the sources have come to them Fiendish Thingy Jul 2024 #33

As I have been warning... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #12

Yes, and sadly, it has been working. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #13

I hope it only served to call attention to the issues and motivate voters more. joanbarnes Jul 2024 #16

Unnamed, yeah. But some of the stories are attributed... malthaussen Jul 2024 #17

And You Trust Them DAngelo136 Jul 2024 #37

Who said anything about trust? malthaussen Jul 2024 #38

Dems have "concerns". rubbersole Jul 2024 #19

Early voting starts in some states in 63 days. (September 20th) Celerity Jul 2024 #34

Yeah, it's a p-ile of dog shit Warpy Jul 2024 #20

You may be onto something, raccoon. calimary Jul 2024 #21

Made me donate to Biden twice in 3 days travelingthrulife Jul 2024 #22

Mostly unattributed, the others sold their spines for one thing or another. Magoo48 Jul 2024 #23

RATFUCKING is the prefect word TasminCat Jul 2024 #25

Biden, Biden, he's my guy! C OH Dem Jul 2024 #28

Ratfuckery is one thing. MOMFUDSKI Jul 2024 #29

I think nowforever Jul 2024 #30

KICK orangecrush Jul 2024 #31

Lets all make sure this bullshit backfires. n/t D23MIURG23 Jul 2024 #35