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Re: Some Fake News About Me from Bloomberg

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Post by tnone » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 5:16 AM UTC

astrodust wrote: post #8

There's got to be something about this pattern of prominent people publicly losing their minds in the worst possible ways: ESR, Scott Adams, Jontron, even Bobby Fischer. This is the same person who lost his shit over a sweater ( http://blog.dilbert.com/post/146361457021/the-humiliation-of... ). Chugging too much Infowars?

I thought pointing out post-truth politics was good? But only if the left does it, I suppose...

Character assassinations from afar are nothing new. It's been the progressive activists' favoured weapon for sure.

Re: Some Fake News About Me from Bloomberg

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Post by ryanx435 » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 5:45 AM UTC

For anyone wondering about the connection to the subject of the authors other article, marina abrimovic, she is the artist at the center of the "spirit cooking" controversy and personAL friends with John podesta.

The joke is that she got an extremely positive article, adams got a negative article, and the punchline probably has sonething to do with fake news and the author working for podesta or something.

More about spirit cooking, if you're interested: http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/4/wikileaks-john-...

Re: Some Fake News About Me from Bloomberg

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Post by alimw » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 2:08 PM UTC

djsumdog wrote: post #3

I'm sick of this "fake news" crap. It's just called "news" and it hasn't been fair or objective in any western country for over a century. I actually have a lot of respect for Scott Adams, and I feel that he, and others, who supported the unpopular side of the Americans Next Best President reality show that was on last year, have been unjustly labelled for what was a set of equally terribly choices. Scott Adams const…

It is testament to Trump's art that you have forgotten the term "fake news" was more specific when it first appeared.

Re: Some Fake News About Me from Bloomberg

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Post by astrodust » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 6:48 PM UTC

tnone wrote: post #11

astrodust wrote: post #8

There's got to be something about this pattern of prominent people publicly losing their minds in the worst possible ways: ESR, Scott Adams, Jontron, even Bobby Fischer. This is the same person who lost his shit over a sweater ( http://blog.dilbert.com/post/146361457021/the-humiliation-of... ). Chugging too much Infowars?

I thought pointing out post-truth politics was good? But only if the left does it, I suppose... Character assassinations from afar are nothing new. It's been the progressive activists' favoured weapon for sure.

Your comment is, in a nutshell, what's wrong with dialogue today.