Bundy ranch vs standing rock.

Dec 06, 2016 18:46

Those that read this blog probably know that I was basically sympathetic to the bundy ranch protesters. For those, like myself, that don't have eidetic memories, here is the post ( Read more... )

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ford_prefect42 December 7 2016, 14:09:05 UTC
One of the other things I am having difficulty with on this issue is finding basically honest reporting. The MSM is carrying the pro protester angle to the point of repeating outright falsities. Even snopes is *deep* in the tank, "debunking" articles critical of the protesters because they "can't find original sources", when the original sources are matters of public record in the court decisions.

The *only* sources carrying factual information are the far right blogs, like bearingarms.com. It's downright Goebbellian.

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meistergedanken December 7 2016, 14:26:46 UTC
"It's downright Goebbellian."

It's also Randian, a classic matchup between producers and moochers (probably cynically bankrolled by looters), the latter attempting to stymie the efforts of the former.

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ford_prefect42 December 7 2016, 18:12:00 UTC
Yes. I have also heard but have not confirmed that the tribe but was willing to let the pipeline go through if the oil company paid them a large bribe. so yes exactly precisely a conflict between moochies and producers.

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prester_scott December 7 2016, 19:47:14 UTC
I am very disappointed in Snopes. I don't know anymore whether to trust them on non-political items.

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ford_prefect42 December 8 2016, 05:33:55 UTC
I am too. I continue to functionally trust them on nonpolitical issues, because those issues are where their "credibility" derives. However, if there's even a *hint* of politics in the issue, or the debunking thereof, Snopes must be viewed as highly suspect.

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