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How Many Conservative "News" Sources are Coopted

Posted on 05/22/2021 3:01:25 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST

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To: Bill of Rights FIRST

Lots are just “garbage for clicks” sites.
Very disheartening.

Had hoped they’d have found a new profit method by now.


21 posted on 05/22/2021 3:58:58 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: Jim Noble
AT took down their comments section in January. The accompanying editorial by their editor, Ms Andrea Widburg, was one of the most condescending pieces aimed at a publication's own readers, ever.

Then they issued a written apology to Dominion.

These were the icing on top of the rancid AT cake of sloppy editing, poor fact-checking, and generally embarrassing writing that is (IMHO) second only to GP, with Washington Examiner a distant third.

22 posted on 05/22/2021 4:13:08 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Fungi

Yes... coopted requires both a subject and object in order to make any sense at all.


23 posted on 05/22/2021 4:13:21 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Bill of Rights FIRST

Easy answer: How many have done and/or are doing stories on Ranked Choice Voting enabled voting machines?


24 posted on 05/22/2021 4:16:41 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Fungi

I’m glad you asked, because his statement really doesn’t make sense to me, as written.


25 posted on 05/22/2021 4:34:20 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Fungi

Take over

And this definition of coopt too:

divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one.


26 posted on 05/22/2021 4:42:19 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Larry Lucido

What are you talking about?

All my threads I post are my own. I am sure others on here and everywhere think of some of the same topics.


27 posted on 05/22/2021 4:43:57 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: R0CK3T

Yep, unfortunately!


28 posted on 05/22/2021 4:44:48 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: JonPreston

Yes, they all want to keep us as keyboard warriors only by saying some of what we want to hear, etc. to placate us into inaction until it is TOO LATE.


29 posted on 05/22/2021 4:46:36 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

OANN is full of government operatives too...


30 posted on 05/22/2021 4:47:24 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: proust

Thanks for the welcome! :)

They have tried, and got/will continue to get the zot.


31 posted on 05/22/2021 4:48:36 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Larry Lucido

I guess you don’t like conversation about legit topics.


32 posted on 05/22/2021 4:49:54 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: PGalt

FR is not coopted. That is what the zot is for.


33 posted on 05/22/2021 4:51:20 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Bill of Rights FIRST

FR is the Gold Standard - other sites exist solely to augment the news and discussions here. :)


34 posted on 05/22/2021 4:51:28 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

What are you talking about?

I have been reading this site for 10 years before I joined. Go read my About page.

I hate your screen name.


35 posted on 05/22/2021 4:53:34 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: DoodleBob

Yes, not allowing comments, etc. is a red flag.

AT is American Thinker, right? They want us only to think about what their articles say, purport, etc. and not about what we and others think, they don’t want us picking the articles and word(s) usage apart, etc.


36 posted on 05/22/2021 4:57:23 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Take over

And this definition of coopt too:

divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one.


37 posted on 05/22/2021 4:58:16 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST (If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Bill of Rights FIRST

I wasn’t talking about you. I was very specific. I was speaking about FR’s resident group of hit and run spambots.

I didn’t think I needed to draw you a spreadsheet. :-)


38 posted on 05/22/2021 5:08:36 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Bill of Rights FIRST
They're all fedposts, honeypots, grifters, or useless amateurs.

Run for the hills!

39 posted on 05/22/2021 5:09:15 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Bill of Rights FIRST
OANN is the best of the TV networks (I believe all the others lean leftward).
Freerepublic is the best of the internet news 'gatherers'.
Breitbart is pretty good - and consistent.
40 posted on 05/22/2021 5:11:49 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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