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General Category => Survival Tips => Topic started by: Solar on December 30, 2019, 07:29:35 AM

Title: Astroturfing
Post by: Solar on December 30, 2019, 07:29:35 AM
I love Sharyl Atkinson, she is the epitome of true Journalist, she actually asks the real questions.
Most of uis already know this stuff, but mostly, I'm posting his for the liberals that tend to take everything they hear at face value.
Well worth 10 minutes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU&feature=emb_rel_pause
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: Sick Of Silence on December 30, 2019, 09:52:10 AM
We always new this was happening and never knew there was a word associated with it. Never thought about the non-political side of "fake news/facts".

:thumbup:
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: Solar on December 30, 2019, 09:58:09 AM
Quote from: Sick Of Silence on December 30, 2019, 09:52:10 AM
We always new this was happening and never knew there was a word associated with it. Never thought about the non-political side of "fake news/facts".

:thumbup:
I love how she exposed all the leftist sites on the take. :lol:
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: joesixpack on December 30, 2019, 10:03:44 AM
Quote from: Solar on December 30, 2019, 07:29:35 AM
I love Sharyl Atkinson, she is the epitome of true Journalist, she actually asks the real questions.
Most of uis already know this stuff, but mostly, I'm posting his for the liberals that tend to take everything they hear at face value.
Well worth 10 minutes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU&feature=emb_rel_pause

I'll watch when I get home...I notice that conservatives really like her and she seems like a respectable journalist to me as well.


I often use one of her resources when consuming media:

(https://sharylattkisson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-23-at-1.43.33-PM.png)
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: ConservativeInCT on December 30, 2019, 11:05:21 AM
Quote from: joesixpack on December 30, 2019, 10:03:44 AM
I'll watch when I get home...I notice that conservatives really like her and she seems like a respectable journalist to me as well.


I often use one of her resources when consuming media:

(https://sharylattkisson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-23-at-1.43.33-PM.png)

How old is this graph? Just curious. I used to be a fan of the economist, actually had a subscription to it some time ago. Only now it seems as though they have turned a little more left in their recent years, which confuses me since your chart seems to place it on the right wing side.
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: Solar on December 30, 2019, 11:10:55 AM
Quote from: joesixpack on December 30, 2019, 10:03:44 AM
I'll watch when I get home...I notice that conservatives really like her and she seems like a respectable journalist to me as well.


I often use one of her resources when consuming media:

(https://sharylattkisson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-23-at-1.43.33-PM.png)
McClatchy is solid leftist as well as the Economist, not to mention Drudge, and a couple of others are questionable as well.
This must be old, Breitbart isn't even mentioned.
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: ConservativeInCT on December 30, 2019, 11:12:22 AM
Quote from: Solar on December 30, 2019, 11:10:55 AM
McClatchy is solid leftist as well as the Economist, not to mention Drudge, and a couple of others are questionable as well.
This must be old, Breitbart isn't even mentioned.

That's what I was beginning to think. Completely overlooked the fact that Breitbart wasn't on there. Not to mention the Weekly Standard is no more. Has to be over a year.
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: joesixpack on December 30, 2019, 11:12:49 AM
Quote from: ConservativeInCT on December 30, 2019, 11:05:21 AM
How old is this graph? Just curious. I used to be a fan of the economist, actually had a subscription to it some time ago. Only now it seems as though they have turned a little more left in their recent years, which confuses me since your chart seems to place it on the right wing side.
Eh...Center-Right is different than Right-Wing, imo.

I don't know how old the chart is, though. I got it directly from her website. But I'd say it's at least 1 year old...
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: ConservativeInCT on December 30, 2019, 11:17:58 AM
Quote from: joesixpack on December 30, 2019, 11:12:49 AM
Eh...Center-Right is different than Right-Wing, imo.

I don't know how old the chart is, though. I got it directly from her website. But I'd say it's at least 1 year old...

Confirms my suspicions. Certainly nothing wrong with the chart, they get a lot of the points correct. But as Solar just pointed out there seems to be some missing sites as well as older ones. In reality this chart would be constantly morphing with the years.

Center Right for the economist? Not sure about that. Maybe in some of their covering but overall they tend to lean a little more left now then they used to. Then again, I have not read them in over a year, but given the current political climate, I would have to assume they haven't moved anymore right or center.
Title: Re: Astroturfing
Post by: Solar on December 30, 2019, 11:35:38 AM
Quote from: ConservativeInCT on December 30, 2019, 11:12:22 AM
That's what I was beginning to think. Completely overlooked the fact that Breitbart wasn't on there. Not to mention the Weekly Standard is no more. Has to be over a year.
I'd venture to guess it's a decade old at least. Take the Economist, a well known left leaning zine for at least the last 60 years, run by a solid leftist,  Zanny Minton Beddoes and owned in part by the Rothschilds, followed by Cadbury, Schroder, Layton and Agnelli families.
All of leftist bent.
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