All you need to know about Sean Hannity.
Posted on 05/01/2022 12:07:42 AM PDT by weston
Looks tasty, but just had a wisdom tooth taken out yesterday. Ouch.
Thanks.
Thanks, I saw that.
Insanity.
Dinesh D’Souza
@DineshDSouza
If you want to see how abusively @TuckerCarlson and his
@FoxNews team deal with people, read this thread. It’s an exchange between me and Tucker’s executive producer @justinbwells
I’m releasing this exchange because it’s the backstory to understand why Tucker recently had on Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote. She was instructed not to mention “2000 Mules” even though the movie was out and the whole discussion centered around the material in the movie
The story goes back to early February when I produced a teaser trailer for the upcoming film. Tucker invited Catherine to come on the show and she recommended they run the teaser trailer to go with her interview. Everything seemed all set until...
One of Tucker’s producers—a guy named Alex—told me they couldn’t run the 90 second trailer. They wanted to use just 45 seconds. Turned out they wanted to cut out my name, Salem Media, and any reference to the movie
So basically they wanted to steal our content and pretend like they had produced it. I politely said no. I had earlier clarified with Alex that they should either use the full teaser trailer or not. Yet my refusal to let them go ahead provoked the following exchange
“Dinish. Justin Wells here. VP and EP of everything in the Tucker world. I just want you to know that I/we won’t forget your little stunt today. If you want to decide how much time to give content on the most watched show in America—then I suggest you produce one in the future..
“You f-ed over an important show and ally that was trying to do you a solid. Don’t ever bother working on anything with us in the future. And never try to bully my team again. Today’s move was short-sighted and dumb. Good luck with everything in the future.”
My reply: “Justin—I told Alex IN ADVANCE that we were offering the trailer as a single piece. I made it clear we did not want it cut. So there were no surprises here. No stunt. You guys want to take our content that we produce at considerable expense and effort...
“...cut out all reference to the film, and run with it as your story. That doesn’t strike me as very fair or decent even if you do have “the most watched show in America.” I simply told Alex we will try and place it elsewhere because our original terms were unacceptable to you”
Justin Wells: “We booked Catherine ages ago. The segment came through her. The trailer and everything happened this week. We wanted to help you out. We would have made reference to the film. Absolutely...
“We would never cut out reference to the film and pass off your story as ours. Our content is far superior to yours. I’m quite confident in that. You live in a fantasy world. You f-ed with our booking on the day of a segment...
“I don’t take your tactics/stunt or a-hole move lightly. If you want a full 90 seconds for your trailer then buy an add (sic) on the show for a full 90 seconds. No more free ads for you. Thanks for trying though.”
My reply: “Catherine is her own person. I produced the trailer and that was my only condition that I made clear to Alex. Use all of it or don’t use it. He understood and said so. I am no party to any other discussions so where have I acted badly here?
“You knew what my terms were but decided to go a different route. That’s fine. But I am at liberty, am I not, to hold to my original condition? I didn’t mess up your schedule...
“You presumed you could just go ahead and cut the trailer and that I would give in and say fine. I’m producing this movie in conjunction with Salem Media and they don’t want to have it cut.
“So this is not about who lives in a fantasy world. I don’t and I’m not suggesting you do either. I’m just trying to make the case for the consistency and reasonableness of my position.”
Justin Wells: “Bulls-t. You’ve wasted enough of our time. We feel terrible for Catherine though. I didn’t know what your terms were. You dumped them on us at the last minute. You and Salem are dictating how much of a trailer a news show runs that’s trying to give you promotion?
“I suspect the Today show cut the Titanic trailer when they had Leo and Kate on back in 1996. Who are you to create bogus terms on length of promotional content when we’re trying to help you out?
“Pathetic. There is nothing reasonable about your position. It’s moronic.”
End of exchange. I’ll conclude with just a couple of observations about this sorry encounter. Contrast my attempt to be civil and decent throughout with Wells’ abusive tone. Note also that Wells makes it clear (”I/we”) he’s speaking for both him and Tucker.
What corporation in America can get away with treating people this way? Remember I’m a regular Fox guest. I’ve been appearing on the network almost every week for a couple of years. Even so Tucker’s team has no compunction about adopting this imperious, insulting tone
At the very least I believe I’m owed an apology by Wells and Tucker. If it’s Wells acting on his own, and if this guy is so out of control that he can’t deal in a civil manner with people, why does Fox keep him? He’s giving the company a very bad name
Suzanne Scott the CEO of Fox needs to address this issue, not because of the exchange itself, but because it seems to be the explanation, or a big part of the explanation, for Tucker suppressing any mention of “2000 Mules” on the air
The movie is important because of the issues it raises. Without honest elections we’re no longer a constitutional democracy. The country is at stake. Fox is an important force for good and so is Tucker. I’m hoping that both will rise above pettiness here and do the right thing
All you need to know about Sean Hannity.
Wash Post fact-checker calls uproar over Biden sending baby formula to border amidst shortage ‘faux outrage’
“This is a ridiculous faux outrage. The shortage of baby formula is a serious issue that the administration is seeking to address. But at the same time, the administration cannot be faulted for following the law and providing baby formula to undocumented immigrants,” he wrote.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4062960/posts
According to FBN, they were serious about “following the law” and were stocking up on formula for months, for the illegals.
I wish every parent in this country knew about this.
I never thought Musk was on any side politically by buying Twitter. Anyone with half a brain can see that censorship wrong, and there is a market for free speech media.
He’s a businessman first, and I would expect him to act accordingly.
At least he’s not like Zuckerberg, funding the overthrow of an election.
That’s not fun!
So, his fact checking proves illegals are getting baby formula ahead of American Citizens.
The Brandon Regime picks & chooses which laws to follow/enforce to suit their agenda.
Thanks for posting. Sounds like the EP is on a power trip.
And it’s not the law, it’s a policy contrary to the immigration law on the books.
Inflation has eroded 40% of Social Security’s purchasing power since 2000
Social Security would need to increase by $539 per month to offset inflation
By Megan Henney
FTA
Inflation is rapidly eroding the buying power of Social Security benefits, according to new research published this week.
The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group that focuses on issues relating to older Americans, estimated on Wednesday that Social Security recipients have lost 40% of their buying power since 2000.
“That’s the deepest loss in buying power since the beginning of this study in 2010,” said Mary Johnson, a policy analyst at the Senior Citizens League who conducted the research.
Although Social Security benefits have climbed by 64% since 2000 thanks to cost-of-living adjustments, typical senior expenses through March 2022 have actually grown by more than double that rate – 130% – as consumer prices soar. The Labor Department reported that inflation surged by 8.5% in March, the fastest pace since December 1981, and continued to hover near that high in April, with prices rising by 8.3%.
In order to maintain the same purchasing power as there was 22 years ago, Social Security would have to increase by $539.80 per month.
“Retirees know all too well that Social Security benefits don’t buy as much today as when they first retired,” Johnson said.
The Senior Citizens League has pushed Congress to adopt legislation that would index the adjustment to inflation specifically for seniors, such as the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly, or the CPI-E. That index specifically tracks the spending of households with people aged 62 and older.
The annual Social Security change is calculated based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or the CPI-W, which jumped 9.4% over the past year.
Based on current economic data, Johnson estimated the cost-of-living adjustment in 2023 could be as high as 8.6%, which would mark the steepest annual adjustment since 1981, when recipients saw an 11.2% bump.
The Senior Citizens League previously predicted the COLA for 2023 could be 8.9%, but the headline inflation figure has subsided slightly since then.
The Social Security Administration will release the final adjustment percentage in October.
The estimated figure could still be subject to change and ultimately hinges on whether inflation has actually peaked or will continue to rise. While economists pointed to Wednesday’s figure as evidence that inflation may be subsiding, they noted that prices rose more than expected and are still near a record high – suggesting any decline could be painstakingly slow.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/inflation-eroding-social-security-purchasing-power
California Refuses to Give Up ‘Woke Math’
The “controversial and ideological 2021 proposed Math Framework rightly generated huge opposition because of the seismic changes it made to current math practices in California schools,” Izumi and Wu explained. “As noted in a letter against the proposal signed by 500 mathematicians and top educators, the framework politicizes math by assigning math problems that address ‘social inequalities,’ denies math as a neutral science, urges teachers to take a ‘justice-oriented perspective,’ and discourages accelerating talented students because of racial balancing considerations. As the letter emphasized, ‘The proposed framework would, in effect, de-mathematize math.’”
The delayed release was expected to bring about positive changes. But as Izumi warns this week, instead “Woke math returns to California.”
Izumi explains that the second draft says that the goal of teaching math will be to “promote racial justice.” “Indeed, five of the 14 chapters of the framework are focused on equity, with the CDE saying that ‘equity influences all aspects of this document.’”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-05-12/california-refuses-give-woke-math
A country without mathematicians is dangerous.
I can vouch for that.
Arizona to begin shipping illegals to DC.
>>>At least he’s not like Zuckerberg, funding the overthrow of an election.
Zuckerberg is US-born, he knows the system, and people who rigged the election trusted him. Zuckerberg is married to a Chinese American. Zuckerberg asked Xi to name her daughter. Zuckerberg also has his Chinese problem.
But now Musk had learned that he can buy the election and he or others will try again.
United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan who passed away on Friday at the age of 73.
Big loss, promoter of peace in the Middle East.
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Thank God that snide, hateful, serial liar Jen Psaki is gone.
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