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PlumHollow » 11 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

11 minutes ago

Well said.
You went to school to learn that?
Try to grasp what "risk" means next. It isn't a difficult concept for even the simple people meandering around in troll costumes. I notice you get remarks about only asking questions. This was a chance to do that but you chose a nothing stance and ended up looking a bit dense. Do you live in a trailer house?

I notice you get remarks about only asking questions.

Blackvegetable » 01 Feb 2026, 8:09 am » wrote: ↑

01 Feb 2026, 8:09 am

Weiss is not saying that CBS should lie. She is saying that CBS should present lies and truth as equivalent. That the journalist who documents an execution and the administration spokesman who calls it self-defense should be given equal weight. That “both sides” deserve representation, even when one side is simply making things up. 

This is the false balance that has plagued American journalism for decades, but Weiss is taking it further. She is not just applying it to matters of opinion—should taxes be higher or lower, should we have more or less immigration—where reasonable people can disagree. She is applying it to matters of fact. Did the agents shoot a man who was trying to help someone? The footage says yes. The administration says no. Weiss says: let’s hear from both sides. 

When you treat lies as one legitimate perspective among many, you are not being fair. You are being complicit. You are lending the authority of your institution to the project of deception. You are telling your audience that they cannot trust their own eyes, that reality is up for debate, that power gets to define what happened.

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/th ... journalist

There are the Eager and the Unwitting..