• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 days ago

      I prefer “stopped clock,” since broken clocks can often continue ticking, albeit at the wrong speed.

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        13 days ago

        A broken clock, whether it ticks too fast or too slow, is still right at least once every 24 hours, I think.

        The only exception would be one that ticks correctly but is not set to the right time (does this count as broken?)

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      12 days ago

      Kinda. MTG is ragging on Fox News, sure, but she’s also both-sides’ing media outlets on the left with her full quote:

      We have propaganda news on our side just as the left does

      She’s fishing for people to agree with her which legitimizes her claim that left-leaning news networks are just as untrustworthy as Fox News, which is an untrustworthy news outlet, but she doesn’t say shit about Breitbart or OANN or any of the other right-wing superspreaders of misinformation.

      So, she is a broken clock that’s currently pointing at the correct time, but she did it in a way to sneak in an untruth or two in there hoping that people would pick up on that and amplify the message.

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        13 days ago

        Look, fuck this racist asshole Marjory. But liberal news sources are also largely garbage. The NYT, for example (well respected by liberals) is constantly giving voice to reactionaries, lying by omission, supporting US imperialism and just generally upholding the status quo, even when it means normalizing/legitimizing fresh horrors from republicans.

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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        13 days ago

        Putting the new York times and fox news in the same category is correct as far as I can tell. I don’t oppose her calling NYT republican either.