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Nevilledog

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7. FYI Newsweek is no longer a reliable outlet
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 07:20 PM
Nov 2022


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.@Newsweek installed Josh Hammer to run their opinion section in 2020.

The publication has since buoyed racists, laundered radical right talking points, and failed to disclose key conflicts of interest.

My analysis:

splcenter.org
Newsweek Embraces the Anti-Democracy Hard Right
Newsweek positioned political activist Josh Hammer to run their opinion pages during the runup to the 2020 presidential election, and since that time, the publication has taken a marked radical right
9:13 AM · Nov 4, 2022


https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/04/newsweek-embraces-anti-democracy-hard-right


That being said..... It's a bullshit message to say Dems "funded" extreme candidates. They ran ads saying the candidates were too extreme and the MAGAts ate it up.

The ONLY people responsible for these candidates winning their primaries were the fucking MAGAts that voted for them.

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Only comment is Igel Nov 2022 #1
A Totally Immoral Strategy LanguageLover Nov 2022 #2
Disagree...you think the gqp doesn't do the same? I will do anything within legalities to save PortTack Nov 2022 #4
I agree iemanja Nov 2022 #10
Perhaps the money would have been better spent on BlueGreenLady Nov 2022 #3
THIS n/t Withywindle Nov 2022 #5
This strategy is risky as hell Withywindle Nov 2022 #6
FYI Newsweek is no longer a reliable outlet Nevilledog Nov 2022 #7
Playing to win Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #8
Reuters had an article on this today as well BumRushDaShow Nov 2022 #9
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