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So-Called Protector of the First Amendment Gets a T-Shirt Banned Because It's 'Offensive'(T)
townhall.com ^ | 2/12/2019 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 02/12/2019 4:04:44 PM PST by rktman

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So-Called Protector of the First Amendment Gets a T-Shirt Banned Because It's 'Offensive' to Journalists

In the age of Trump, journalists have been repeatedly called out by the commander-in-chief as "fake news." After a barrage of corrections or full retractions on "breaking news" stories covering everything from the Russia investigation, smearing high school boys and border security, many in the media have roundly earned the label.

But the leftist "defenders of Democracy," who parade under the guise of journalists, seem to only want First Amendment protections for themselves. After all, to them conservative media doesn't count and they believe anything critical of journalists who let their leftist bias get in the way of the facts should be condemned.

The latest example of this came through a t-shirt being sold at Bloomingdale's.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
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We ABSOLUTELY will NOT tolerate intolerance based on race, creed, press passes or constitution on anything else we find intolerable. You "WP" posers at bloomigdales. Forest/trees.
1 posted on 02/12/2019 4:04:44 PM PST by rktman
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So we don’t get the name of the journalist?


2 posted on 02/12/2019 4:18:12 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: rktman

It should be pointed out that left started it. I’ve read for years references to “Faux News.” What does “faux” mean?


3 posted on 02/12/2019 4:41:39 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Allison Kaden I think is the name. In the article.


4 posted on 02/12/2019 4:48:05 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

TWEET: Stephen Miller
“The shirt was first identified by Allison Kaden, a journalist at New York City’s CW affiliate PIX11, “.


5 posted on 02/12/2019 4:48:34 PM PST by MAGAthon
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Poor little snowflake was offended. Think Jimmy Breslin or Mike Royko would have reacted like this? Shame on Bloomingdale’s for caving.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 5:09:43 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

It’s French for fake


7 posted on 02/12/2019 5:43:17 PM PST by faturism (faturismbut'ty////////)
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I've been thinking about getting T-shirts printed up. They would have an image of some animal that looks very similar to these but which would be an entirely different animal.

The image would be captioned "FAKE GNUS".

8 posted on 02/12/2019 6:00:19 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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When President Trump took office, the Washinton Post suddenly decided to adopt a motto for its masthead:

“Democracy Dies in Darkness.”

I thought this was pretty hypocritical since the Washington Post IS the Darkness.

(Albeit along with every other MSM organization which slavishly takes DNC talking points as its daily guidance for news reporting.)


9 posted on 02/12/2019 6:02:08 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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Oh, I think I get it.

If it's FAKE GNUS, we did it.


10 posted on 02/12/2019 6:06:43 PM PST by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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They look like real gnus to me. Now if we photo shop the heads on to a hippo’s body..............Just sayin’.


11 posted on 02/12/2019 6:07:04 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

To really tweak the liberal/left:

Above the picture (of say, a pen full of filthy pigs):

“You don’t have to have horns to self-identify as a Gnu...”

Below the picture:

“So stop calling us Fake Gnus!! “


12 posted on 02/12/2019 6:10:07 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: rktman

There was one shirt from the early ‘00’s that said:

“Rope, Tree, Journalist... Some assembly required.”


13 posted on 02/12/2019 8:14:25 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Fianóglach)
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To: faturism

Exactly.


14 posted on 02/12/2019 10:23:07 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: rktman

Gotta suck when a fake news “journalist” is so pained and upset by the truth that they can’t stand it...kind of bolsters those who call them fake news....


15 posted on 02/13/2019 3:37:19 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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Well we all know just exactly where that would get you today. Yup, a suspect in the event that never happened to some entity called ‘juicy’ in the windy city.


16 posted on 02/13/2019 7:39:55 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

thanks


17 posted on 02/13/2019 9:16:14 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: MAGAthon

thanks


18 posted on 02/13/2019 9:16:31 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Captain Rhino

“... every other MSM organization which slavishly takes DNC talking points as its daily guidance for news reporting.”

Or does the DNC take it talking points from the MSM?


19 posted on 02/13/2019 9:20:09 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

My personal view is that the relationship between the MSM and DNC is symbiotic. The DNC (and Democratic politicians) generate content for the MSM to uncritically consume.

MSM is staffed by liberal journalists who naturally favor the Democratic Party. More importantly, MSM needs a constant flow of content and the political content that it prefers is left/liberal and anything negative about Republicans. Since the DNC develops and publishes this type of content on a daily basis, MSM is only too happy to report it along with the biased political content that it develops on its own.

You may also have noticed that the major MSM outlets now directly employ undisguised Democratic Party activists on staff as “commentators.” This embedding gives the party an advisory seat at the editorial table in determining what content is selected and the politically correct meme that is used in interpreting and publishing it.

There is a feedback loop in the comments that articles generate. Strong positive or strong negative determines whether or not a particular political stance continues unchanged, gets modified, or is discontinued/replaced with the next political controversy de jour.


20 posted on 02/13/2019 10:26:37 AM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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