Vox's Liz Plank on "This is MAGA country" quote: "The people who were repeating that quote were not news outlets...It was repeated by, sure, people who maybe had good intentions of wanting to spread the story...We can't confuse celebrity tweets with the media and the press.pic.twitter.com/ayGHYmxYk8
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Replying to @Julio_Rosas11
Frank Luntz Retweeted JERRY DUNLEAVY
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@Feministabulous is lying or just incompetent at Googling what news outlets said less than a month ago.https://twitter.com/jerrydunleavy/status/1097190553337430016 …Frank Luntz added,
JERRY DUNLEAVYVerified account @JerryDunleavy“MAGA Country”@TMZ: https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/29/empire-star-jussie-smollett-attacked-hospitalized-homophobic-hate-crime/ …@HuffPost: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jussie-smollett-assault-maga-country_us_5c51d884e4b0ca92c6dc7d59 …@USATODAY: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/01/29/empire-star-jussie-smollett-assaulted-possible-homophobic-attack/2709986002/ …@CBSNews: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jussie-smollett-hospitalized-empire-actor-attacked-maga-hat-possible-hate-crime-chicago-2019-01-29/ …@People: https://people.com/tv/jussie-smollett-chicago-police-assailants-called-out-maga-apparent-hate-crime/ …@JDForward: https://forward.com/schmooze/418372/black-gay-jewish-actor-jessie-smollet-hospitalized-after-possible-hate/ … This took one minute. I could go on but y’all get it. https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1097172215643103233 …44 replies 212 retweets 930 likes -
Replying to @FrankLuntz @Julio_Rosas11
news outlets did not assign truth to his statement, they correctly reported it as a claim which is what journalism is. they reported it as being investigated which it was! the examples of reputable news outlets that you’re quoting in your tweet all reported a claim, not a fact.
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At this point the burden of proof is on the profession of journalism to demonstrate that it cares more about the truth than about virtue-signaling. You're not fooling anyone anymore.
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