Little Earl Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 On 2/5/2023 at 1:07 PM, begooode said: I’m guessing Newsmax thought it was time to cash in on their grift. They’ve been playing to the radical right and figured they have them in their pocket to apply public/ political pressure, if DirecTV balked. I’m also guessing the management of DirecTV spent extra time , extra handling to ensure they’d withstand legal and political challenges — including backfilling their programming with similar conjecture news. Newsmax just overplayed their hand. How so? Congress is going to have hearings on this. Backfilling with a lower rated cheaper conservative station, while keeping a bunch of low rated left leaning stations that charge fees does not fly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
begooode Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 (edited) 4 hours ago, Little Earl said: How so? Congress is going to have hearings on this. Backfilling with a lower rated cheaper conservative station, while keeping a bunch of low rated left leaning stations that charge fees does not fly. You don't know all the facts regarding how they fill out their programming and neither do I -- including considerations and constraints that may not be readily transparent, but not necessarily nefarious. What's known is that Newsmax wasn't indiscriminately targeted. DirecTV said no to their demands for a rate increase. "Congress is going to have hearings" - ROFL, yes the gop-led House needs to deliver on the aggrievances. My bias aside, these gop hearings are pretty shammy: Do you denounce Pol Pot?! *smirk*, asking the Comptroller of the US about "5bil in 1 elementary school for CRT" *wrong on every level*. let's see if there's any there "there" regarding legitimate de-platforming. And by legitimate it should be allowed for an earnest risk assessment of carrying a faux "news" television program that leans heavily into emotionally conveyed blatant misinformation. Unless I am wrong That's a significant liability exposure for a lawsuit in the US. Edited February 7 by begooode MadMax, IsntLifeFunny, and Starkiller 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsntLifeFunny Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 34 minutes ago, begooode said: You don't know all the facts regarding how they fill out their programming and neither do I -- including constraints that may not be readily transparent, but not necessarily nefarious. What's known is that Newsmax wasn't indiscriminately targeted. DirecTV said no to their demands for a rate increase. "Congress is going to have hearings" - ROFL, yes the gop-led House needs to deliver on the aggrievances. My bias aside, these gop hearings are pretty shammy: Do you denounce Pol Pot?! *smirk*, asking the Comptroller of the US about "5bil in 1 elementary school for CRT" *wrong on every level*. let's see if there's any there "there" regarding legitimate de-platforming. And by legitimate it should be allowed for an earnest risk assessment of carrying a faux "news" television program that leans heavily into emotionally conveyed blatant misinformation. Unless I am wrong That's a significant liability exposure for a lawsuit in the US. Seeing that dummy Taylor Greene say that shit was hilarious and sad at the same time. The look on the guy's face was priceless. He knew he'd crossed the Rubicon and found himself square in the Twighlight Zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
begooode Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 9 minutes ago, IsntLifeFunny said: Seeing that dummy Taylor Greene say that shit was hilarious and sad at the same time. The look on the guy's face was priceless. He knew he'd crossed the Rubicon and found himself square in the Twighlight Zone. The MTG question about 16k to some rando place for drag queen story time.... the USA comptroller, overseeing spending on a level that's honestly difficult to fathom, and MTG is wasting this person's time about 16k on her pet peeve?! If the value of his role were quantified in $$/hr vs value-add activities in REAL oversight, it's just as likely he 'wasted' more than 16k just attending the hearing so MTG can get her grifty soundbite replayed on the right wing networks. IsntLifeFunny 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 How do you explain this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OILERMAN Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 Anyone see Russell Brand on Bill Mahar? That dude has went full on right wing conspiracy nut...... But he's even more sinister. He does it in a Tulsi Gabbard manner, throw out popular broad statements like get money out of politics etc.... while sucking up to Putin and Trump. They spoke about Murdock admitting the Fox hosts knowingly lied about the election and Brand started saying all media was liars and corrupt, specifically MSNBC. Starkiller 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 I’m not sure why anyone would care what Russell Brand has to say about anything, but the guy clearly has been grasping at relevance for years. He just found himself an audience from the Covid denier community. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvyablue256 Posted Saturday at 10:44 PM Author Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:44 PM For all you "Dems should just message better" folks..... nine, IsntLifeFunny, and MadMax 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted Sunday at 01:23 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 01:23 AM 2 hours ago, luvyablue256 said: For all you "Dems should just message better" folks..... Dems do need to message better, because the media isn’t going to do it for them… IsntLifeFunny 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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