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Cuomo: Does being paid to protest make you a ‘plant’?
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Posted on 05/17/2025 12:09:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Chris Cuomo speaks with “Crowds on Demand” founder Adam Swart regarding made-for-TV protests and whether being a paid protester means you’re not a legitimate supporter of any given cause.


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1 posted on 05/17/2025 12:09:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Does being a journalist make you a vegetable?


2 posted on 05/17/2025 12:09:55 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (People who receive less results for effort will naturally put in less effort when the game is rigged)
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I think it makes you smart !

Sure would be nice to be paid to protest for a cause I like !!!


3 posted on 05/17/2025 12:11:11 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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No. It makes you a "shill".
As distinct from someone who is there on assignment from a police or intelligence agency (which is a "plant").

A fine line of course.

But the worst are still the ones who do it for love. { smirk }

4 posted on 05/17/2025 12:14:53 PM PDT by Salman (Lasu Eŭropon bruli!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Yeah, like if you have a job doing something you really like, instead of something that’s like drudgery to you.


5 posted on 05/17/2025 12:15:19 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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“Does being a journalist make you a vegetable?”
Vegetables are much smarter.


6 posted on 05/17/2025 12:16:50 PM PDT by Zathras
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Yes.

It also shows you have no core values and what you are protesting for has no worth or else people would show up voluntarily.

Since they do not what you are asking for has no value to you or to the public at large.

You are engaging in propaganda.

7 posted on 05/17/2025 12:18:37 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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“I think it makes you smart !

Sure would be nice to be paid to protest for a cause I like !!!”

And the more they pay the more I like it and the smarter I get!


8 posted on 05/17/2025 12:18:56 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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"...whether being a paid protester means you’re not a legitimate supporter of any given cause."

If you're being paid, you are NOT legitimate.

You are astroturf.

9 posted on 05/17/2025 12:20:09 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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And what if you’re paid to vote?


10 posted on 05/17/2025 12:21:36 PM PDT by paint_your_wagon
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Like asking if bring paid for sex makes you a loyal spouse.


11 posted on 05/17/2025 12:23:33 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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Does remuneration for speech offer the same Constitutional protections as free speech?,,,,I don’t think so,,,being a shill is not protected.


12 posted on 05/17/2025 12:25:01 PM PDT by chopperk (airhiger)
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Cuomo: Does being paid to protest make you a ‘plant’?

It makes you a Criminal Thug.

13 posted on 05/17/2025 12:26:55 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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“Does being paid to protest make you a ‘plant’?”

It certainly makes you a ‘tool.’


14 posted on 05/17/2025 12:35:38 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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Does paying your Plant make s/he not a Plant?


15 posted on 05/17/2025 12:36:42 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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“Hey lady, you working or you walking”?

“Hey protester, you working or you walking “?


16 posted on 05/17/2025 12:47:29 PM PDT by delchiante
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Is this related to his brother's being forced to cancel a speech at a senior center due to protesters?

Cuomo Bails on NY City Senior Center Visit

17 posted on 05/17/2025 12:50:32 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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Cuomo was also ambushed by a group of protesters at a Mayoral Candidate Forum:

Andrew Cuomo ambushed by protesters during NYC mayoral candidate forum: ‘Cuomo lies, people die’

18 posted on 05/17/2025 12:52:24 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: nickcarraway

Duh!


19 posted on 05/17/2025 1:07:27 PM PDT by lee martell
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While in NY recently, I reported my eta and traffic situation to my hostess saying the limo driver she sent to drive us had “averted the jam up to the GW and we were on 9W approaching the TZ”

No comment

Later that month at the actual wedding, the locals talked about traffic mentioning having gone over the Tappan Zee

Why anyone thinks they can erase history of visiting loved ones or ski trips by renaming a major structure is much like how this Chris cuomo creature thinks he can still be on the air after busting around lecturing about vaccines yammering about protesters paid or not who say they don’t want Andrew cuomo in office after he ignored the hospital structures in Brooklyn, the Javits center in manhattan and the Mercy ship naval hospital Trump put into the Hudson and sent Covid cases back into nursing homes.

Grift


20 posted on 05/17/2025 1:07:38 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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