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Originally Posted by Dezzy
You said as much in your post. Did you or did you not say the following? 'I'm not sure anyone cares either, because it's not like CNN/<insert media outlet> has never done any creative editing of their own' How else am I meant to take that other than what I said. I don't appreciate you making out that I'm insulting you for pointing something out that YOU wrote.
Oh, so now fact checkers aren't to be believed.... In the words of Monque Heart, facts are facts. You can put spin on them for a while but ultimately you can't lie about them or dilute them to be anything other than facts. Your point about interpretation errs too close to the attitude that opinions and facts are one in the same or that facts are somehow less infallible than someone's thoughts. A dangerous brand of 'logic' that I can't abide. Once again, facts are facts.
As I said before as a general point, why single out Acosta for apparently 'being rude' when Trump insulted multiple people in that press conference and was way ruder without purpose? Why highlight one side while ignoring the other being guilty of worse instance of rudeness? You're just trying to spin the story at this point. 'It's the fault of the journalist but let's ignore the wrongdoings of the White House in all of it.'
You're ignoring several facts and thus ignoring important context of those facts. Acosta challenged the president and in the next few days he lost his access and the White House commented on it saying it was because of an aggressive incident and then they used a sped up video to push that narrative although raw footage told a different tale. No amount of mental gymnastics or spin can change those facts. You can use any excuse you like but it won't change a damn thing.
Considering the bare facts and the narrative that the White House has pushed that has already been proved false, you can only really come up with one sensible solution and I shouldn't have to spell that conclusion out to a rational mind.
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This is too personal of a post for me to want to bother with. Sorry Dezzy, I'm out.