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How ABC is Cleverly Citing Bogus 'Experts' to Make Jeff Sessions's Defense of Christianity Sound..
Canada Free Press ^ | 7/14/17 | Dan Calabrese

Posted on 07/14/2017 5:58:45 PM PDT by marshmallow

Here’s the impression ABC News wants you to get: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, hater of gay people, went and gave a secret hateful speech to an even bigger group of haters, only to be called out by a civl rights watchdog.

Here’s what actually happened: Jeff Sessions gave a speech to a group that shares his concern that Christianity is under attack, and a left-wing group that will call just about anyone racist, sexist or homophobic (but especially Christians), did what it usually does.

Two different ways of looking at it, right? You can argue that my way is informed by my own biases, and I suppose that’s true. I am an opinion writer. I never pretend not to be giving you my opinion. ABC is supposed to be a straight-news organization. But straight-news organizations have their own way of giving you their opinions, one of which is seen in the sources they choose to treat as “experts,” and in the way they describe these sources to you.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is a left-wing group that is very critical of conservatives and Christians, frequently labeling them “hate groups.” The Alliance Defending Freedom is a right-wing group that defends Christianity. There. I just told you the ideological leanings and biases of each group. So how did ABC portray it when Sessions gave a speech to the ADF? The answer tells you everything about ABC:

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Full title: How ABC is cleverly citing bogus 'experts' to make Jeff Sessions's defense of Christianity sound like 'hate'
1 posted on 07/14/2017 5:58:45 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

#FAKEAMERICANS


2 posted on 07/14/2017 6:01:37 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: marshmallow

ABC (and the Collusion Nothingburger Network as well) must be actively looking for ways to drive their ratings down. Its a tough nut to crack. We the news media must double down again and again and again.... until our ratings fall below Nick at Nite.... Oh wait...

There is nothing clever about destroying the trust of the American people.... You are destroying yourselves, and swirling around the drain.... And nobody is listening. One can only cry wolf so many times.


3 posted on 07/14/2017 6:06:39 PM PDT by Klemper
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To: Klemper

https://consumerist.com/2017/07/14/healthcare-fraud-crackdown-leads-to-charges-against-hundreds-including-doctors-and-nurses/

“Too many trusted medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have chosen to violate their oaths and put greed ahead of their patients,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.


4 posted on 07/14/2017 6:12:48 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: ForYourChildren

Just another step in the long slow Cultural Marxist march to progressive “victory”.


5 posted on 07/14/2017 6:17:12 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: HLPhat

To everyone who pays for cable tv, please stop funding these a$$holes.


6 posted on 07/14/2017 6:43:01 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: joshua c

ABC is owned by Disney.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%E2%80%93ABC_Television_Group


7 posted on 07/14/2017 7:03:02 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: marshmallow

ABC needs to pay a financial cost for this slander.

Mark


8 posted on 07/14/2017 8:15:13 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: marshmallow

Last year during the campaign while listening to Rush I also had to listen to ABC radio news bending over backwards to whenever they could (every day) to hurt Trump and help Hillary.

They would have spun Jesus Christ as a homeless bum had they been around 2000 years ago.

You are safe believing the opposite of whatever ABC is trying to spin you into believing.

What sweet revenge to hear Scottie Goldberg—ABC Radio News’ main afternoon anchor—having to say “President-elect Trump.” Ha ha haaaaaa.


9 posted on 07/14/2017 8:59:48 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: marshmallow

SPLC has been down in the gutter for years from what I gather targeting folks in Alabama politics who are too religious or conservative.

Roy Moore, the guy removed as Chief Justice for opposing gay marriage, was one of their big targets. They hit Moore back 15 years ago for keeping a Ten Commandments monument at the court and removed him the first time.

Now Moore is running for the US Senate to replace Sessions in the primary next month.


10 posted on 07/14/2017 9:01:43 PM PDT by Spiridon
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To: marshmallow

Yeah, those Christians love to throw queers off of buildings, cut little girls’ clits so they won’t ever enjoy sex, burn prisoners alive in cages and kill anyone who leaves the faith. Oh, wait...


11 posted on 07/15/2017 8:15:21 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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