2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat's the deal with all the references to "The Daily Newsbin"?
It's a tendentious blog, not an actual news source, which sprung up like a poisonous mushroom just a few months ago. Its "reporters" either don't exist at all (at least not on the Internet), or else their only writing experience has been entirely for "The Daily Newsbin." It's so bad that for awhile I thought it was a poorly-written satire site, like a lame imitation of The Onion. And maybe it is satire, though I doubt it; but in any event there are folks on DU that actually seem to take it seriously. Bless their hearts.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)but is being used as a source from god himself. I think lots of ppl are letting emotions get in the way of reasonable thought.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,830 posts)The Daily Newsbin, however, seems to be all over the place.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Both popped up about the same time.
CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)It's a poop chute!
revbones
(3,660 posts)Blue Nation Review is a propaganda outlet owned by Correct the Record, one of Hillary's super-PACs.
Correct the Record is ran by David Brock. You might remember him from when he slimed Anita Hill helping to give us Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court, or you might better know him for all his baseless attacks on the Clintons - UNTIL they hired him. David Brock is an admitted liar, and this is easily verifiable by just googling his name...
When Correct the Record bought BNR, they fired the staff and in their place use propagandists such as Peter Daou.
Similar situations exist with other "media" outlets such as The Daily Beast, of which Chelsea Clinton sits on the board. Bet you wondered why they hated Sanders so much. Or DailyNewsBin or Vox.
Vox even went so far as to put a "tax calculator" online to misprepresent how your taxes would increase if Bernie was elected.
When you have no character or legitmate positions or are as corrupt as Hillary is, then using Pravda-style propaganda outlets is one of the few tools you actually have.
Any post quoting or citing those sources should be ridiculed and scoffed at for such blatant disregard for truth.
On Mar 26 I tweeted:
"Will propaganda outlets @BlueNationRev or @DailyNewsBin note the diversity of WA, AK or HI or just call them more small white states?"
To which @DailyNewsBin promptly replied:
"will trolls like you acknowledge that your candidate is losing by 2.6 million votes, or just pretend it's a media conspiracy?"
Doesn't sound like a legit media outlet to me...
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)On this forum.
dogman
(6,073 posts)Get others to cite your stories so news reports can pretend you are legitimate. Then they can repeat fabrications as if they are real stories. Hell, you can die and your propaganda machine can live on.