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Angry_Ed
Mar 30, 2010




Grimey Drawer

Heck Yes! Loam! posted:

Yeah, how is this different than any person donating to both parties to secure influence?

It's not good, but let's not pretend it isn't standard at this point .

It's not about Russian influence, it's about money's influence.

I'd say there's a difference between donating to one person vs. a group but this is a valid point. Regardless this kind of influence peddling needs to stop altogether regardless of political party.

Angry_Ed fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Oct 31, 2019

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Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
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Fan Club



cochise posted:

Been rumors for a while that she's more or less escorting for oil princes in the Middle East. She lives in Dubai now and has been partying it up with all the rich over there.

Such a fall from grace.

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

blavatnik has very substantial investments in US companies so you need to distinguish him buying influence on behalf of his us companies vs buying influence on behalf of russia

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



Maggie Haberman is getting slaughered in an AMA on the politics subreddit, hasn't answered any questions yet and mods have already deleted the top question asking about her relationship with Trump in exchange for access.

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

Nazzadan posted:

Maggie Haberman is getting slaughered in an AMA on the politics subreddit, hasn't answered any questions yet and mods have already deleted the top question asking about her relationship with Trump in exchange for access.

hahahaha, holy poo poo, who the gently caress thought it was a good idea for her to do this

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

Nazzadan posted:

Maggie Haberman is getting slaughered in an AMA on the politics subreddit, hasn't answered any questions yet and mods have already deleted the top question asking about her relationship with Trump in exchange for access.

i feel a little bad for her that she's bearing the brunt of some unjustifiable NYT decisions and articles that were not hers, most of the really hard-hitting ones are not haberman issues. i don't believe it was her call to signal-boost the clinton email server incessantly, for example.

WoodrowSkillson
Feb 24, 2005

*Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

evilweasel posted:

i feel a little bad for her that she's bearing the brunt of some unjustifiable NYT decisions and articles that were not hers, most of the really hard-hitting ones are not haberman issues. i don't believe it was her call to signal-boost the clinton email server incessantly, for example.

Counterpoint - she's a bootlicker and deserves every ounce of scorn for helping trump.

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Counterpoint - she's a bootlicker and deserves every ounce of scorn for helping trump.

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth

evilweasel posted:

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

yea it's misogyny why people think maggie sucks and represents the worst of 'access journalism'.

my bony fealty
Oct 1, 2008

I want Jake Tapper to do an AMA next

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe

evilweasel posted:

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

She is not a random woman. Have you followed her at all? She actively carries water for the Trump admin in exchange for access.

Do you think she was just some nobody plucked from the NYT to do an AMA?

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

sexpig by night posted:

yea it's misogyny why people think maggie sucks and represents the worst of 'access journalism'.

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

theflyingorc posted:

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

Jake Tapper?

Chuck Todd?

I'm not saying there's NO misogyny, but it's not all misogyny. Maggie Haberman is terrible and she's an enabler, full stop.

Blind Rasputin
Nov 25, 2002

Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

Well that was anticlimactic.

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose

evilweasel posted:

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

This is like when the GOP calls any criticism against a woman misogyny regardless of how valid that criticism is. C'mon man.

saintonan
Dec 7, 2009

Fields of glory shine eternal

theflyingorc posted:

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

Bret Stephens, for one.

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

theflyingorc posted:

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

chris cillizza

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

theflyingorc posted:

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

Everyone on the NYT Op-Ed section?

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

Fritz Coldcockin posted:

Jake Tapper?

Chuck Todd?

I don't agree with you on either being as harsh

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe

theflyingorc posted:

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

I mean if you want to argue women being held accountable when men aren't then... ok yeah that's obviously true in this hellworld.

What does that have to do with Maggie getting poo poo for her enabling fascism? Just because she's a woman and men aren't held accountable then all of a sudden she gets a free pass for the damage she's doing?

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


theflyingorc posted:

It's not the charge, it's the level of animosity

I'm actually having trouble of thinking of any man on Twitter who gets hit with a similar level of scorn for...anything

Brett bedbug Stephens

And the pinnochio fact checker man

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005

saintonan posted:

Bret Stephens, for one.

He's deserving of every ounce of animosity.

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

fool_of_sound posted:

chris cillizza

Ok, I'll grant this one.

Skex
Feb 22, 2012

The great thing about the thousands of slaughtered Palestinian children is that they can't pull away when you fondle them or sniff their hair.

That's a Biden success story.

BonoMan posted:

I mean if you want to argue women being held accountable when men aren't then... ok yeah that's obviously true in this hellworld.

What does that have to do with Maggie getting poo poo for her enabling fascism? Just because she's a woman and men aren't held accountable then all of a sudden she gets a free pass for the damage she's doing?

Well EW did say he felt a "little" bad not that he thought she shouldn't get drug over her actions, just that the people who are most responsible for rewarding her kind of "access" journalism aren't getting the heat that they should be getting.

Fritz Coldcockin
Nov 7, 2005
Completely forgot about Mr. Foot Porn over at CNN.

I still remain confused how that Tweet was not a fireable offense. Like a "holy poo poo, you creep, clean out your loving desk and get out or security will throw you out in the next 20 minutes".

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

evilweasel posted:

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

The "likely men" who are actually responsible haven't made the incredibly dumb decision to do a Reddit AMA, at least to my knowledge.

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

BonoMan posted:

I mean if you want to argue women being held accountable when men aren't then... ok yeah that's obviously true in this hellworld.

What does that have to do with Maggie getting poo poo for her enabling fascism? Just because she's a woman and men aren't held accountable then all of a sudden she gets a free pass for the damage she's doing?

because most of the making GBS threads on her is for stuff she didn't do and are issues with the NYT editors and editorial direction. poo poo on her all you want for her articles, but most of the making GBS threads in the AMA is unlinked to haberman.

and the other thing is that "access journalism" is way less poisonous than other poo poo the nyt has been doing, haberman's gotten some very damaging admissions out of the white house. there's value there. there is none, absolutely none in laundering republican nonsense into repeated front-page stories about the clinton email scandal, and the general editorial philosophy of the NYT that they print both sides: the truth, and the republican side, and let you decide.

nobody itt has any idea what the name of the nyt executive editor is (even me) who is the person who really needs to be poo poo on from a very great height

Retro42
Jun 27, 2011


I know it’s Halloween, but did Morrison really have to show up at his Deposition dressed like two kids wearing a trench coat? Holy crap he is tall.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

evilweasel posted:

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

then she should say that instead of ignoring the question imo

she works at the paper, she knows who makes those decisions

E: I assume the defense will be "those are probably her bosses, she can't bite the hand that feeds her" in other words we shouldn't expect journalists to do journalism

Skex
Feb 22, 2012

The great thing about the thousands of slaughtered Palestinian children is that they can't pull away when you fondle them or sniff their hair.

That's a Biden success story.

Majorian posted:

The "likely men" who are actually responsible haven't made the incredibly dumb decision to do a Reddit AMA, at least to my knowledge.

They are however most probably the ones who came up with the incredibly dumb decision to have her do one.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

PainterofCrap posted:

insurance adjuster effortpost

Thank you for this.

VH4Ever
Oct 1, 2005

by sebmojo

Fritz Coldcockin posted:

hahahaha, holy poo poo, who the gently caress thought it was a good idea for her to do this

Cue the hand-wringing Twitter reaction for how mean everyone was to this Pulitzer Prize winning journalist blah blah

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things

Skex posted:

They are however most probably the ones who came up with the incredibly dumb decision to have her do one.

I mean so far its been up for an hour and they've answered no questions so not much of an AMA :v:

Also its kinda telling the AMA is for both Haberman and Michael Schmidt and everyone is just ignoring him to dunk on her

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

Skex posted:

They are however most probably the ones who came up with the incredibly dumb decision to have her do one.

Maybe, although I think it's at least as likely that she asked Bari Weiss, "Bari, how do I appeal to your fellow millennials?" And Bari Weiss, being the shittiest millennial of all, said, "Try doing an AMA!"

i am harry
Oct 14, 2003

evilweasel posted:

counter-counterpoint: it's not a coincidence that a random woman is bearing the brunt of people on the internet instead of the people (likely men) actually responsible, and scorning her instead of the people actually responsible diverts that scorn from the people who most need it

Are you a young adult posing as an older adult? “Random woman” is the sort of thing a 17 year old might say about her. Has she ever written the words, “the president lied”?

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

VitalSigns posted:


E: I assume the defense will be "those are probably her bosses, she can't bite the hand that feeds her" in other words we shouldn't expect journalists to do journalism

This feels like confirmation that the poster has never been employed in any job whatsoever

oxsnard
Oct 8, 2003

VitalSigns posted:

then she should say that instead of ignoring the question imo

she works at the paper, she knows who makes those decisions

E: I assume the defense will be "those are probably her bosses, she can't bite the hand that feeds her" in other words we shouldn't expect journalists to do journalism

no, there's no excuse for it. Like, the WSJ opinion section is a tire fire, but let's not forget that the business editor allowed them to singlehandedly topple Theranos, which was a both a personal embarrassment and large financial loss to Murdoch. NYT's management might be terrible but Haberman's actions reflect very poorly on her personally as well

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1189940351198515201

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


fool_of_sound posted:

chris cillizza

He also did an AMA and also got absolutely savaged in it. To the point that other reporters were asking "why did you ever think this was a good idea?"

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VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

theflyingorc posted:

This feels like confirmation that the poster has never been employed in any job whatsoever

That you think anyone who wouldn't cover up unethical behavior by their bosses must be unemployed living in their parents' basement is so, so revealing. This explains so much about your posting.

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