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The corporate press has a nasty little technique they use that& #39;s either become ubiquitous or I& #39;ve simply started noticing it. When they first mention a Bad Person in their article, they will as an aside immediately brand them with the most stigmatizing descriptor possible.
It works like this:
"Person x, [horrible and dubiously relevant information], said that..."
I will update this thread as I encounter this tactic from the corporate press playbook.
"Person x, [horrible and dubiously relevant information], said that..."
I will update this thread as I encounter this tactic from the corporate press playbook.
"Gab, an Austin startup known for being a popular social network hangout for alt-right white supremacist groups,"
https://www.inc.com/salvador-rodriguez/tech-trump-immigration-h1b.html
https://www.inc.com/salvador-... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/AsAnAside"> #AsAnAside @getongab
https://www.inc.com/salvador-rodriguez/tech-trump-immigration-h1b.html
"Twitter suspended several accounts associated with the Proud Boys, a right-wing group present at last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,"
#AsAnAside https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/twitter-suspends-proud-boys-and-founder-gavin-mcinnes">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/r...
#AsAnAside https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/twitter-suspends-proud-boys-and-founder-gavin-mcinnes">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/r...
"With the rise of President Donald Trump, who has been described in media outlets as the & #39;human distillation& #39; of the conspiracy monger& #39;s paranoid worldview,"
#AsAnAside https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/09/14/alex-jones-rise-and-fall-of-infowars-conspiracy-pusher.html">https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/...
#AsAnAside https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/09/14/alex-jones-rise-and-fall-of-infowars-conspiracy-pusher.html">https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/...
"Dinesh D& #39;Souza, the conservative author and commentator who asserts that Barack Obama is & #39;driven by a Third World, anti-American ideology that he got from his Kenyan father,& #39;"
#AsAnAside https://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/05/20/dinesh_d_souza_guilty_felony_charge_admitted_by_obama_anatagonist.html">https://www.slate.com/blogs/the...
#AsAnAside https://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/05/20/dinesh_d_souza_guilty_felony_charge_admitted_by_obama_anatagonist.html">https://www.slate.com/blogs/the...
"Valizadeh, who has spoken at an event hosted by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer and described giving women the right to vote as a mistake,"
#AsAnAside https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-mens-rights-site-shuts-down-after-paypal-amazon-bans">https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-men...
#AsAnAside https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-mens-rights-site-shuts-down-after-paypal-amazon-bans">https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-men...
"Gab, a social media platform that is extremely popular with neo-Nazis,"
#AsAnAside @getongab https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gab-stripe-pornography-andrew-torba_us_5bb52e0be4b028e1fe3a3ac2">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gab...
#AsAnAside @getongab https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gab-stripe-pornography-andrew-torba_us_5bb52e0be4b028e1fe3a3ac2">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gab...
https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1067626847226064896">https://twitter.com/getongab/...
"The Federalist—a website perhaps best known for its endorsement of statutory rape and its former use of a “Black Crime” tag—"
#AsAnAside https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/conservative-gays-need-to-shut-the-fuck-up-1831029271">https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/conservat...
#AsAnAside https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/conservative-gays-need-to-shut-the-fuck-up-1831029271">https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/conservat...
"Andy Ngo, who has participated [sic] in white supremacist instigated violence," https://twitter.com/cjwerleman/status/1145095538833887232?s=19">https://twitter.com/cjwerlema...
shameless. from the guardian
here is the reverse, holy crap!
"Joe Rogan, a popular podcast and YouTube talk show host with a history of making racist, homophobic and transphobic comments" https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1220875334859575302">https://twitter.com/cnn/statu...
She found away to make a side swipe at Katie an #ackshully about the president https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1222860812752248843?s=19">https://twitter.com/maggieNYT...
"Joey Salads, a YouTuber best known for once urinating into his own mouth who is also a failed congressional candidate and vocal supporter of Donald Trump, " #asanaside https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/twitter-permanently-suspends-pro-trump-043645013.html">https://www.yahoo.com/entertain...
