US Election 2020 - Pt 3

[cerebus]

Can these two things not co-exist? Perhaps more accurately conservatives could describe instances of censorship (rather that the broader 'conservatives are being censored' statement), while still being popular?

Accusation by anecdote is not evidence of censorship. There's some evidence that Facebook has a pro-right wing bias

Facebook Keeps Data Secret, Letting Conservative Bias Claims Persist

Conservatives accuse Facebook of being biased against right-wing views, but engagement data tells a different story. The most popular content on Facebook, though, remains a secret.

www.npr.org

Why the right wing has a massive advantage on Facebook

A company executive responds to claims of bias.

www.politico.com

Facebook Is So 'Biased Against Conservatives' That Mark Zuckerberg Personally Agreed To Diminish The Reach Of 'Left-Leaning' Sites

As you well know if you’ve been reading this site for the last few years, there’s a garbage myth out there that the internet companies have an “anti-conservative” bias. Firs…

www.techdirt.com

I would suggest that these sites have no particular bias and simply drive content algorithmically. And as you say, right wing content producers are good at social media and create huge quantities of free content with bad news quality, while good quality journalism is increasingly inaccessible without paying.

 

[Temujin]

 

[greg0205]

We're a week out, and this is the state of the race:



And four of these are the whole ballgame:

 

[Kieppie]

Now we're getting to it.

It happens to folk on the left too.

Which is actually hilarious since they called for it. Then complain when they are affected.
Still less often than conservative voices though.

 

[Kieppie]

You are so close to getting it.

Understanding the concept of a victim mentality may set you upon the right path.

Victim mentality. We covered that almost a month ago. It is the new movement of the left.

 

[greg0205]

Which is actually hilarious since they called for it. Then complain when they are affected.
Still less often than conservative voices though.

I imagine it kinda tracks with infractions and banning here.

Go figure

 

[Unhappy438]

THE TOLERANT RIGHT!

Lesley Stahl gets security protection after death threat over Trump ‘60 Minutes’ interview: report

CBS has reportedly hired full-time security for “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl after a family member received a death threat over her interview with President Trump.

www.nydailynews.com

 

[AlmightyBender]

And injecting bleach.

And sticking a light up your ass.

And buying Greenland.

I'll go with Biden's cognitive decline thanks.

My favourite was the wind from "windmills" (I think he actually meant wind turbines) causing cancer.

I mean...

 

[Kieppie]

Accusation by anecdote is not evidence of censorship. There's some evidence that Facebook has a pro-right wing bias

Facebook Keeps Data Secret, Letting Conservative Bias Claims Persist

Conservatives accuse Facebook of being biased against right-wing views, but engagement data tells a different story. The most popular content on Facebook, though, remains a secret.

www.npr.org

Why the right wing has a massive advantage on Facebook

A company executive responds to claims of bias.

www.politico.com

Facebook Is So 'Biased Against Conservatives' That Mark Zuckerberg Personally Agreed To Diminish The Reach Of 'Left-Leaning' Sites

As you well know if you’ve been reading this site for the last few years, there’s a garbage myth out there that the internet companies have an “anti-conservative” bias. Firs…

www.techdirt.com

I would suggest that these sites have no particular bias and simply drive content algorithmically. And as you say, right wing content producers are good at social media and create huge quantities of free content with bad news quality, while good quality journalism is increasingly inaccessible without paying.

Those articles boil down to anecdotal and provides no evidence of pro-right wing bias.

Your are correct that they are mostly concerned with profit which is why they are trying to keep both sides happy. You're wrong that the popular accounts produce bad quality news just because it is free. They have a different monetization model.

The right wing personalities that have not been removed from social media are very middle of the road. The fringe elements have long since been purged.
Social media claim they remove false content, but yet groups like Lincoln project can still post without problems? As I mentioned it is funny how personalities on the left complain when they are censored after calling for more censorship. For instance like Sacha Baron Cohen being censored recently

The mainstream news leans so much left that it comes as a shock when people see normal conservative content on social media. Your perception is skewed.

 

[Kieppie]

I imagine it kinda tracks with perceived infractions and banning here.

Go figure

FTFY

 

[greg0205]

128 million folks voted in 2016.

Seven days to go and...

 

[Kieppie]

128 million folks voted in 2016.

Seven days to go and...

Heh poor voters. Considering how reserved Trump was on the last debate compared to the first combined with the % of Democrats who voted early this implies Biden voters changed their minds

‘Change My Vote’ Trending on Google, Trump Says on Twitter

Change my vote is trending on Google following the second presidential debate between the president and Joe Biden, Trump said on Twitter.

heavy.com

 

[Temujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321196706533433351

And yes, alex jones too

Spotify employees be like

 

[lumeer]

Here's an interesting video by a clinical psychologist, who actually treats dementia patients, on whether Joe Biden has dementia. To summarise, he says that the issue can be settled only by a clinical examination, but that Biden's behaviour does not suggest dementia to him.

The main reasons for his assessment are:

• The handful of frequently cite cases of his gaffes are, considering how much he speaks, too few, and too far between, to suggest dementia. If you watch many hours of his speeches and interviews, he is generally coherent.
• Dementia causes severe impairment of functioning. Biden is functioning very well.
• Biden is under great pressure and his behaviour must be evaluated in that context.

 

[greg0205]

Thank you baby cheeses...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321207566005866497

 

[greg0205]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321196706533433351

And yes, alex jones too

Spotify employees be like
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Where my Qanon folk at?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Huh, seems it was right-wing outside agitators causing problems in Minneapolis.

Texas member of Boogaloo Bois charged with opening fire on Minneapolis police precinct during protests over George Floyd

Feds say Texas adherent of far-right group fired on precinct building, conspired with cop killer to ignite civil war.

www.startribune.com

Ivan Harrison Hunter, a 26-year-old from Boerne, Texas, is charged with one count of interstate travel to incite a riot for his alleged role in ramping up violence during the protests in Minneapolis on May 27 and 28. According to charges, Hunter, wearing a skull mask and tactical gear, shot 13 rounds at the south Minneapolis police headquarters while people were inside. He also looted and helped set the building ablaze, according to the complaint, which was filed Monday under seal.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Weird how this keeps happening, ain't it.

Trump Official Brought Hate Connections to the White House

President Trump’s Deputy Communications Director Julia Hahn had connections to the white nationalist movement around the time she joined the White House as an aide, based upon hundreds of private correspondences that were leaked to Hatewatch by a former colleague and friend.

www.splcenter.org

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Cancel culture is out of control.

Worker says he was fired after speaking out about letter that warned of layoffs if Biden wins

A Central Florida worker who spoke out about a letter from his boss threatening layoffs if Joe Biden wins the election has now been fired.

www.wesh.com

 

[OrbitalDawn]

If it wasn't obvious before what a hack Kavanaugh is, it's painfully clear now.

Kavanaugh now:

Kavanaugh then quoted New York University law professor Richard Pildes stating that the “longer after Election Day any significant changes in vote totals take place, the greater the risk that the losing side will cry that the election has been stolen.” (Kavanaugh was quoting an article in which Pildes encouraged states to extend their ballot deadlines, directly contradicting Kavanaugh’s argument.)

It is genuinely alarming that the justice cast these aspersions on late-arriving ballots. In at least 18 states and the District of Columbia, election officials do count ballots that arrive after Election Day. And, in these states, there is no result to “flip” because there is no result to overturn until all valid ballots are counted.

Kavanaugh, then, as part of George Bush's legal team:

Further, George W. Bush’s 2000 election legal team—which included Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Roberts—argued during that contested election that ballots arriving late and without postmarks, which were thought to benefit Bush, must be counted in Florida.

Counting late-arriving legally cast ballots = bad now, but good when Bush needed it.

Brett Kavanaugh Signals He’s Open to Stealing the Election for Trump

Justice Kavanaugh cast doubt on the validity of mail ballots and endorsed a theory too extreme for the Bush v. Gore majority.

slate.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321108604938866690

Plus a really good thread here on the completely amateur 'mistakes' and outright falsehoods Kavanaugh used in his concurrence:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1321120019040866304