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Bradshaw3

(7,517 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 02:42 PM Oct 2020

Brianna Keilar ripping Faux, Fucker Carlson and Covid propaganda

I've posted about her before but she is must watch journalism in my mind. Carlson tried to go after her before and lost. So she is showing old clips of him warning about the virus in March, contrasting that with his recent statements telling Faux viewers they are all going to die anyway so don't worry about it. Also Ghouliani and a Pence aide are getting the Keilar treatment, which is using facts and liars' own words, narrating in measured tones, to shine a light on the truth. Journalism as it should be done.

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SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
1. Sounds like a very interesting person. Too bad I don't get CNN, but man, we need more
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 02:53 PM
Oct 2020

of these kinds of people, don't we? Thank god someone has the guts to come right out and attack the Carlsons of the world. Morons intent really not on news, but national enquirer nonsense that they come up w/ on their own, in short, making up fake news to spring on people, total BS as usual. That's why I never watch scumbags like carlson, etc. Thanks for the heads up on Ms. Keilar, I will keep an eye on her, she deserves it!

Bradshaw3

(7,517 posts)
2. A military wife and I believe a military brat
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 02:59 PM
Oct 2020

She has won numerous journalism awards. I think her best work is right now as an anchor during this time. It's not just her focu but how she does it; as I wrote, her professionalism is always there, whether she is talking to people who have lost loved ones and are emotional, or about assholes who have no emotion regarding others.

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
8. Fox "news" IS national inquirer on tv. Tabloid. Stupid. Conspiracy theories. Junk.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:46 PM
Oct 2020

Until all the major networks start calling fox what it is instead of treating it like a legitimate news agency, it will only encourage people to believe fox.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
5. The Carlson clips were actually from late February
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:12 PM
Oct 2020

He had a prominent graphic in the background saying, "Deadly Virus"

Everything he said emphasized how serious coronavirus was. He also seemed to think severity would be denied by Democrats. I don't know how he got that but he was using the familiar mocking style, saying denial could be done for political purposes.

Fast forward to a recent clip, with Carlson saying median death age for coronavirus is 78, and life expectancy is also 78, so you were going to die anyway...what difference does it make how it happened?

That's only a slightly exaggerated version of what he said.

Brianna was fantastic today, as always. I mentioned this segment in another thread a half hour ago. I'm sure the isolated clip will be available soon and receive lots of attention

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
6. Brianna has brains and a heart in the right place, she should run for iffice
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:23 PM
Oct 2020

She has Elizabeth Warren skills, in my opinion

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
7. Good comparison
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:28 PM
Oct 2020

But we need someone like this in prominent media. My frustration with Rachel Maddow is always that it's not the correct style to persuade Americans, as opposed to speaking to the already persuaded. Brianna is markedly more effective in that regard. She should be prime time.

tanyev

(42,553 posts)
9. One of these books I read recently mentioned that it was Tucker who initially got Trump
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 05:31 PM
Oct 2020

to take more serious actions. He made a special trip to Mar-A-Lago to try to talk some sense into Donny. And he had to quarantine after he got back because it was the same weekend as Guilfoyle's Covid Birthday Party.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
10. I have a HUGE crush on Brianna Keilar. HUGE.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 05:35 PM
Oct 2020

Yeah, yeah I know she's happily married. Brianna Keilar is my 2nd biggest crush.

After Michelle Obama of course.

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