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[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

There are partisan journalism sources.

Candidates, pressure groups, charities that advocate for policy change and my dog Fido make press releases through journalists that will report it from a compelling point of view.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Why does this read like a defense of the powerful? Why aren't we on the side of the little guy? We deserve for journalists to be adversaries to power, to be on our side. These are traitors.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Why does this read like a defense of the powerful?

Anchoring bias?

Why aren't we on the side of the little guy?

Who's the little guy in this story?

Fetterman stood on a platform including supporting forgotten communities, and banning congress from trading stocks. Isn't this the big guy attacking the people standing up for the little guy?

We deserve for journalists to be adversaries to power, to be on our side.

Yep.

These are traitors.

Nope.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

LOL Fetterman is literally part of the power structure. He is more powerful than 0.000001% of mankind. He is definitely not the little guy, and it is a lie to say so.

Journalists are supposed to punch up, to attack the powerful and defend our interests. They turned their coats and now work defending despicable filth like Fetterman, Feinstein, Schumer and all of the rest.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

LOL

Giggle.

Fetterman is literally part of the power structure. ..

He's a first term senator, right? Why did he wait until he was 53 before taking a seat in the senate do you think?

He is more powerful than 0.000001% of mankind.

In the top 80 most powerful people huh?

What makes him more powerful than the other US senators?

He is definitely not the little guy, and it is a lie to say so.

He's being targeted by project veritas, who lie to bring down people who support the little guys. They release heavily edited videos to mislead their audience. To date targetting planned parenthood, who help vulnerable women, ACRON who help low income people, as well as a plethora of videos edited to be misleading against people standing against the far right.

Journalists are supposed to punch up, to attack the powerful and defend our interests.

Our interests are protected in a democracy if we're not lied to. That way we can use our vote accurately for our own benefit.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Just so everyone knows, the above is a paid poster trying to disrupt our conversations on this site. Click the "block user" button above and disengage.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Just so everyone knows, the above is a paid poster trying to radicalise users of this site. Click the "block user" button above and disengage.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

/u/Chipit is a long-time poster who consistently and regularly posts dissident political content, quite unlike what paid posters are employed to do. He's a great example of what this site needs more of.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. Attempting to radicalise users of this site.

Which is exactly what paid posters are employed to do.

Click the "block user" button above and disengage.