The corporate press has a nasty little technique they use that's either become ubiquitous or I'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.
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"Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative author and commentator who asserts that Barack Obama is 'driven by a Third World, anti-American ideology that he got from his Kenyan father,'"
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"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,"
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"Gab, a social media platform that is extremely popular with neo-Nazis,"
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"The Federalist—a website perhaps best known for its endorsement of statutory rape and its former use of a “Black Crime” tag—"
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"Andy Ngo, who has participated [sic] in white supremacist instigated violence,"https://twitter.com/cjwerleman/status/1145095538833887232?s=19 …
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"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 …
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She found away to make a side swipe at Katie an
#ackshully about the presidenthttps://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1222860812752248843?s=19 …Show this thread -
"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, "
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"The Proud Boys, an alt-right hate group known for violence, "https://twitter.com/WSBT/status/1294719911869190144 …
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