Some of the "discussions" hinted at by the media and elsewhere remind me

[niyad]

of something. . what is it? Some phrase I used to hear. . Now, what was it? ? ? Oh, yes, "just asking questions".

[usonian]

1. Do you mean these "questions"?

[niyad]

2. Yes!!!

[Bettie]

3. Wow, you could just change a word here and there

and it would be the same headlines. Shocking....well, not that shocking.

[usonian]

6. ChatGOP (fictional)

AI makes it all so much easier.



Mendacity too!

[Bettie]

7. LOL...that is funny

and sad...scary, all sorts of things.

[NotASurfer]

4. And a phrase I hear now - "people are saying"

Used as a way to invent disinformation and attribute it to, well, nobody, while claiming you're not lying through your teeth because (honest) somebody else said it

[niyad]

9. Exactly!

[PatSeg]

5. Oh yes, you're right!

So now most of the media is using Tucker Carlson's playbook? How much lower can they sink?

[niyad]

8. Sadly, there is NO bottom to their perfidy.

[PatSeg]

10. Yeah, I wouldn't have thought it was possible

just a few years ago. Trump has changed everything.