Posted on 11/01/2024 10:37:05 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
The Donald Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, alleging that the Washington Post has made illegal in-kind contributions to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign through its fawning coverage.
According to the six-page complaint, the Washington Post made the in-kind contributions through an alleged “coordinated communications” strategy that benefits the Harris campaign, relying on a Semafor report that showed the paper was paying to boost critical Trump content and “neutral” Harris articles.
“To wit, one of the promoted articles highlighted how the Harris digital team was pushing content on social media claiming people were leaving President Trump’s rallies early,” the compalint states.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I got no problem with regular old school British working class people. But the British aristocracy and government has been nothing but hostile to America and our republic.
Too many people them working with DC globalists and speaking a minority dialect of English makes them “friends”. I would die a happy man if I never again hear that term “special relationship”. It was pretty much unknown before WWI and the Progressives and Anglophile super rich, circa 1900.
If that could win a legal test up to the Suprene Court, then 24/7/365 airing of ABC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/NBC/NPR can be considered totally “in kind campaign contributions” to all Democrats.
However, freedon of soeech/press prio rulings and current justices agreement with them could rule that the only legal antidote is our own freedom speech to denounce their practices.
What about America’s Voice, OAN and Newsmax? This knife could cut both ways.
That’s right.
The antidote for voices we object to is more free speech, not shutting out the voice we oppose.
The antidote to the Washington Post is to beat them in viewership by being more honest than they are.
They started the lawfare war.
It is our job to finish it.
When will we see an international warrant for Sofia Patel’s arrest and extradition to the US?
We pay zillions to prop up the rotting husk known as “Britain”. They can comply with our requests or lose it all.
The Washington Post is the official voice of the DC Swamp.
“They started the lawfare war. ...”It is our job to finish it.”
If its wrong its wrong, tit for tat does not make it right. Call it out for what it is but do not descend to their level. It is the republic that is the real loser for it, more than any individuals.
“The Washington Post is the official voice of the DC Swamp.”
Hutchins, a Democrat from New England, started the newspaper to promote his party’s agenda. Has not changed.
Here's the first four pages of the WaPo complaint:
“They started the lawfare war.
It is our job to finish it.”
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It is indeed.
One of the best things Trump can do to counter the weaponization of self-serving and highly politicized bureaucracies is to defund them as much as he can. The Left relies on them to advance their agenda and punish their opponents, so taking this weapon away from them is the logical thing to do.
The in kind contributions of the mass media outlet are blatant and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
“The in kind contributions of the mass media outlet are blatant and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
That is the rub. Is “the law” in agreeement that the mass media outlets are breakuing the law? It would have to go all the way to the SCOTUS and even with the current court there is no gaurantee how they would rule.
The Federal Election Commission would have to file the litigation—not going to happen until President Trump is back in office.
They watch the mass media offer settlements quicker than you can say “media bias”.
They know what they did was illegal.
Why now? Looks weak.
This is crucially important.
Every time these drive by media outlets publish, it’s nothing but a campaign contribution.
We need a dollar amount value to every published article.
There’s $30,000, there’s $5,000, there’s half a mil in that article.
News outlets have written campaign articles for free for decades, and nobody has ever set out to tabluate their individual value.
If Dan Rather would’ve gotten away with his forged documents, he would’ve won the election outright. How much value in terms of money would that have had????? That one is probably incalculable.
I don’t think that is just what it’s about. It’s about the promoting 1 view while trying to hide or shadow ban the other view.
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