Sign Up | Log In
REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS
Rigged voting .... been going on for a long time, and still happening
Sunday, November 11, 2018 7:30 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Like I said, there are a lot of ways to manipulate the vote, and both parties have figured out every possible angle on gaining advantage. It's what political parties do, neh? SIGNY I just want to expand on that a bit. Once you have political parties and those entities are given some control over how votes are conducted, it's an evolutionary inevitability that the party (parties) which exercise the most effective control over the vote will get more of it's members in office, gain MORE control over the voting process, and survive and thrive. So unless laws are written which specifically bar those manipulative activities, and policies are in place that ENSURE that voters are represented it will be the law of the jungle. Political parties seeking to take advantage? In a way, they're just fulfilling their purpose.
Quote:Like I said, there are a lot of ways to manipulate the vote, and both parties have figured out every possible angle on gaining advantage. It's what political parties do, neh? SIGNY
Sunday, November 11, 2018 9:43 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Sunday, November 11, 2018 10:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: I can cite any number of devious vote-rigging heists by the GOP. Most blatantly the cyber-theft of the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections. Please don't be like THUGR about this topic. Painful as it might be, facts are what they are. And in a sense, I don't blame either party for doing what they do: Our laws set the "environment" by rewarding some behaviors and dis-incentivising others. The parties are only doing what they're incentivised to do; it's an inevitable response given the situation.
Monday, November 12, 2018 12:05 AM
Quote: ... please cite any number of vote heists by the GoP.
Monday, November 12, 2018 3:52 AM
SHINYGOODGUY
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: All that being said, I think the one thing that should be done is to require a photo ID to vote. That would eliminate a lot of the potential problems, but not all of them. At the same time, I can't stand when people bitch about voter fraud right after an election. It makes them look like crybabies. It made them look like crybabies when they were claiming it was Russia in 2016 and it makes them look like crybabies when "muh Liberals" did it in 2018. Do Right, Be Right. :)Yep, they were crying right after the Honest Election, when polls closed on Tuesday Night. And now Law-Abiding Patriots are crying FOUL while the After-Election count keeps bloating until the Thieves have stolen the Election from Honest.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: All that being said, I think the one thing that should be done is to require a photo ID to vote. That would eliminate a lot of the potential problems, but not all of them. At the same time, I can't stand when people bitch about voter fraud right after an election. It makes them look like crybabies. It made them look like crybabies when they were claiming it was Russia in 2016 and it makes them look like crybabies when "muh Liberals" did it in 2018. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Monday, November 12, 2018 8:27 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Is there any proof of this? And I agree, crying about "rigged" elections make those stupid fucks look like crybabies. A good example of Governor Scott, that Nazi scumbag. Oh, I forgot that could be construed as libel. That pansy-ass, scumbag (there that's better). SGG Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: All that being said, I think the one thing that should be done is to require a photo ID to vote. That would eliminate a lot of the potential problems, but not all of them. At the same time, I can't stand when people bitch about voter fraud right after an election. It makes them look like crybabies. It made them look like crybabies when they were claiming it was Russia in 2016 and it makes them look like crybabies when "muh Liberals" did it in 2018. Do Right, Be Right. :)Yep, they were crying right after the Honest Election, when polls closed on Tuesday Night. And now Law-Abiding Patriots are crying FOUL while the After-Election count keeps bloating until the Thieves have stolen the Election from Honest.
Monday, November 12, 2018 1:23 PM
Quote: crying about "rigged" elections make those stupid fucks look like crybabies.- SHINY
Monday, November 12, 2018 1:49 PM
Quote:Provisional Ballot Boxes Discovered Inside AVIS Rental Car At Ft. Lauderdale Airport Provisional ballot boxes from the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office were reportedly discovered in the back of an AVIS rental car at Fort Lauderdale Airport on Sunday night, as first reported by investigative journalist Laura Loomer. Attorney and Broward GOP State Committeeman Richard DeNapoli says he received a call from an AVIS employee informing him of the found ballot boxes after sheriff's deputies were initially unwilling to investigate. Approximately 20 minutes after receiving the tip, however, a heavy police presence arrived and blocked off traffic to the airport, and a bomb threat was announced. Pictures taken at the scene show two boxes. One box is red, and the other is grey. The grey box is labeled "PROVISIONAL BALLOT BOX" with a sign that says "Broward County Supervisor of Elections", a purple tag that says "ERT region 13", and a backwards yellow tag with a seven digit numerical and five letter code. -Laura Loomer DeNapoli says that the car was rented to a man by the name of Noah Holliman. ... Sunday evening, the Broward County Sheriff's Office tweeted "Our deputies and bomb squad are responding to a report of a suspicious package outside @FLLFlyer Terminal 4," only later to tweet an "all-clear." Loomer says that when she attempted to make her way to the airport, she was blocked by an officer. She then told the public that "Broward County Sheriff's Officers were on the scene filling out a police report and documenting the ballots." Florida Politico Lauren Cooley also rushed to the scene, saying (via Laura Loomer): "The AVIS employee didn't know what to do. No one wanted to touch the boxes or take responsibility for them. Finally, sheriffs deputies agreed to take the provisional ballot boxes into their custody. It's an odd situation when supervisor of elections (SOE) employees are so careless with important election materials, but its becoming a trend in Broward County."
Quote: Meanwhile, DeNapoli added the following in an emailed statement to Loomer: "The way it went down: rental agency guy contacted me because he saw my name on Florida GOP website as contact for Broward County. He said he spoke with some Sheriffs Deputy Personnel at the airport but they seemed disinterested in getting involved. I contacted some friends in law enforcement who got the FDLE involved. After I arrived at the airport, FDLE contacted Broward Sheriff Jeremey Hansen who came to the Avis at the Fort Lauderdale airport. They interviewed me and the AVIS employee and took the boxes into evidence." Loomer notes that "while the "media" was in Terminal 4 reporting on a non-existent bomb threat that was literally tweeted from the official Twitter account of the Broward Sheriffs Office. Meanwhile, there was never a bomb." "The FBI needs to kick in the door, interview all board of election employees, shutter the Broward County elections offices, seize all the ballots and put a stop to the Democrats disrupting the elections," said GOP operative Ali Alexander with StopTheSteal - a campaign established to collect intelligence and document alleged election malfeasance amid the Florida ballot controversies. "This is a bigger story than we could have ever imagined and Floridians and the entire country demand answers."
Monday, November 12, 2018 2:40 PM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Any proof of Russian interference two years later either?
Monday, November 12, 2018 2:52 PM
Quote:Is an indictment enough for you to change your tune about no proof?
Quote:Indicted Russian company complains Mueller hasn’t handed over evidence
Quote: Mueller’s Team Continues Their Humiliation at the Hands of a Russian Oligarch ... The flimsiness of the cases against all the Russians is underscored in the one case Mueller is being forced to prosecute, that of Concord Management, a company owned by oligarch, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin was indicted with fanfare back in February and sent the left and NeverTrumpers, to the extent that there is still a difference between the two groups, into orgasmic paroxysms. Much to Mueller’s surprise, Concord retained US counsel. Almost immediately, it became clear that Mueller’s crack team was not ready for prime time. For a while, the case seemed to be on the verge of dismissal. We found that Mueller had indicted a company that didn’t exist during the 2016 election. Concord Management’s legal team was back in court last week and the hearing didn’t go well for the government. The judge asked some very pointed questions about how the government intended to prove the case. But it wasn’t apparent just how bad the hearing went for Team Mueller until the transcript of the hearing became available. ...
Monday, November 12, 2018 5:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Any proof of Russian interference two years later either?Is an indictment enough for you to change your tune about no proof? Or will convincing you require Trump sending an Army into Russia to capture the people indicted so that they can go to trial in America? I'm pretty sure Trump won't be giving that order to the Pentagon because Trump wants 6ix to keep on saying there is no proof. 12 Russian GRU officers of Russia’s military intelligence service were charged with crimes related to the hacking and leaking of leading Democrats’ emails in 2016. 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies were indicted on conspiracy charges, with some also being accused of identity theft. The charges related to a Russian propaganda effort designed to interfere with the 2016 campaign. The companies involved are the Internet Research Agency, often described as a “Russian troll farm,” and two other companies that helped finance it. The Russian nationals indicted include 12 of the agency’s employees and its alleged financier, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Monday, November 12, 2018 7:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Is an indictment enough for you to change your tune about no proof? An "indictment" is an accusation, not a conviction. Of the entities indicted, one demanded its day in court. Now, part of the process is that you have to show the evidence against the indicted individual, but when Concord (the company in question) demanded to see the evidence, Mueller choked .... Quote:Indicted Russian company complains Mueller hasn’t handed over evidence https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/388055-indicted-russian-company-complains-mueller-hasnt-handed-over-evidence The legal dicing continues, with ... Quote: Mueller’s Team Continues Their Humiliation at the Hands of a Russian Oligarch ... The flimsiness of the cases against all the Russians is underscored in the one case Mueller is being forced to prosecute, that of Concord Management, a company owned by oligarch, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin was indicted with fanfare back in February and sent the left and NeverTrumpers, to the extent that there is still a difference between the two groups, into orgasmic paroxysms. Much to Mueller’s surprise, Concord retained US counsel. Almost immediately, it became clear that Mueller’s crack team was not ready for prime time. For a while, the case seemed to be on the verge of dismissal. We found that Mueller had indicted a company that didn’t exist during the 2016 election. Concord Management’s legal team was back in court last week and the hearing didn’t go well for the government. The judge asked some very pointed questions about how the government intended to prove the case. But it wasn’t apparent just how bad the hearing went for Team Mueller until the transcript of the hearing became available. ... https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2018/10/24/muellers-team-continues-humiliation-hands-russian-oligarch/ You know what they say about being able to indict a ham sandwich? Apparently, you confuse accusation with evidence. It's a mistake that you and the rest of the RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!! crowd make constantly. But then, why let FACTS get in the way of a good story, right SECOND? ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake "The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
Monday, November 12, 2018 9:57 PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:27 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Good point. Any proof of Russian interference two years later either? Hows about you and JSF both stop crying when elections don't go your way, mkay? Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Is there any proof of this? And I agree, crying about "rigged" elections make those stupid fucks look like crybabies. A good example of Governor Scott, that Nazi scumbag. Oh, I forgot that could be construed as libel. That pansy-ass, scumbag (there that's better). SGG Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: All that being said, I think the one thing that should be done is to require a photo ID to vote. That would eliminate a lot of the potential problems, but not all of them. At the same time, I can't stand when people bitch about voter fraud right after an election. It makes them look like crybabies. It made them look like crybabies when they were claiming it was Russia in 2016 and it makes them look like crybabies when "muh Liberals" did it in 2018. Do Right, Be Right. :)Yep, they were crying right after the Honest Election, when polls closed on Tuesday Night. And now Law-Abiding Patriots are crying FOUL while the After-Election count keeps bloating until the Thieves have stolen the Election from Honest. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:30 AM
Quote:My god. are all Broward Co elections officials complete clowns?
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:41 AM
Quote:Hows about you and JSF both stop crying when elections don't go your way, mkay?
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:48 AM
Quote:Proof? ?? Florida Early Voting ends by Sunday before Election Tuesday. Florida State Law requires that all Early Voting ballot totals must be reported 30 minutes after polls closed on Tuesday (not to be confused with posting specific vote totals accurately 30 minutes before Voting polls are actually closed). For the past week, the 2 Fraudulent Counties have continued to "find" early voting Ballots, which amazingly are only votes for Dems. Are you really gullible enough to find this non-suspicious?
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 8:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Quote:Hows about you and JSF both stop crying when elections don't go your way, mkay? Crying!? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaa, ha, ha, ha.....there's only one scumbag crying, care to take a guess who that stupid motherfucker is? Go on, guess! Me? I'm laughing very heartily at all you poor schmucks trying desperately to turn this ass-fucking of the right wing-nuts into a win. I'm just having a really good laugh-out-loud moment. Blue Wave courtesy of the stupidest fucking president in history. Yes, that dumb fucking POS. SGG
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:19 AM
CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: You know what they say about being able to indict a ham sandwich? Apparently, you confuse accusation with evidence. It's a mistake that you and the rest of the RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!! crowd make constantly.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 12:50 PM
Quote:This is what makes me laugh - look at the first page of RWED threads and there are only 4 mentions of Russia. And all by you.
Quote:Even if you dig into posts I bet that percentage would hold up - you talk about RUSSIA! way more than anyone else lately.
Quote: Plus, saying we don't know the difference between evidence and an accusation is also dishonest
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:06 AM
Quote:What am I not understanding here?
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:19 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Quote:Hows about you and JSF both stop crying when elections don't go your way, mkay? Crying!? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaa, ha, ha, ha.....there's only one scumbag crying, care to take a guess who that stupid motherfucker is? Go on, guess! Me? I'm laughing very heartily at all you poor schmucks trying desperately to turn this ass-fucking of the right wing-nuts into a win. I'm just having a really good laugh-out-loud moment. Blue Wave courtesy of the stupidest fucking president in history. Yes, that dumb fucking POS. SGG Bullshit dude. What JSF is doing right now is the EXACT same thing you and the other goons here have been doing for the last two years. That doesn't just get erased because an election went (somewhat) the way you wanted it to. I'm pointing out JSF's current behavior to draw parallels to the poor sportsmanship and hypocrisy of the left. You had better move out of that glass house if you're going to start throwing stones now. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Fuck you and your goosestepping buddies. Nothing can change the assfucking the Donald just took. So deep that he didn't come out to honor the Armed Forces on Veteran's Day. Oh, did the poor baby-man get his feelings hurt? Awwwww, poor widdle donny! Fuck him! Good! Stay indoors and tweet to your evil black heart's delight. There, there donny.....Uncle Putin will be around soon to cheer you up. MCLMF Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Quote:Hows about you and JSF both stop crying when elections don't go your way, mkay? Crying!? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaa, ha, ha, ha.....there's only one scumbag crying, care to take a guess who that stupid motherfucker is? Go on, guess! Me? I'm laughing very heartily at all you poor schmucks trying desperately to turn this ass-fucking of the right wing-nuts into a win. I'm just having a really good laugh-out-loud moment. Blue Wave courtesy of the stupidest fucking president in history. Yes, that dumb fucking POS. SGG Bullshit dude. What JSF is doing right now is the EXACT same thing you and the other goons here have been doing for the last two years. That doesn't just get erased because an election went (somewhat) the way you wanted it to. I'm pointing out JSF's current behavior to draw parallels to the poor sportsmanship and hypocrisy of the left. You had better move out of that glass house if you're going to start throwing stones now. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:54 AM
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:21 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: So, listening to NPR and their hypocrisy is mind-bending. They were bemoaning that Trump was tweeting about "election fraud" in Florida which was making people "lose faith" in our voting system, 1) Have they forgotten the past two years when they harped ENDLESSLY about RUSSIA!!! ? If "faith" is so important to them, do they not recognize that THEIR actions might make people "lose faith" as well? Apparently not! 2) In any case "faith" is what the Catholic Church wants for you when it tells you that it protects little boys and girls. Asking you to have "faith" is like asking you to close your eyes and bend over. Our election processes should't NEED "faith" ... they should be able to withstand harsh, skeptical, forensic, open scrutiny. So far, they fail the test. There are literally DOZENS of ways that our elections can be more secure and more robust. Why haven't they been undertaken? Why is NPR appealing to "faith" instead of "verify"? ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake "The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:13 PM
Quote:Federal prosecutors reviewing altered election documents tied to Florida Democrats The Florida Department of State last week asked federal prosecutors to investigate dates that were changed on official state election documents, the first voting “irregularities” it has flagged in the wake of the 2018 elections. The concerns, which the department says can be tied to the Florida Democratic Party, center around date changes on forms used to fix vote-by-mail ballots sent with incorrect or missing information. Known as “cure affidavits,” those documents used to fix mail ballots were due no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 5 — the day before the election. But affidavits released on Tuesday by the DOS show that documents from four different counties said the ballots could be returned by 5 p.m. on Thursday, which is not accurate. Audio of a Florida Democratic Party caller leaving a voicemail message asking a Palm Beach County voter to fix their vote by mail ballot after Election Day, which is not allowed, was also sent to POLITICO separately. It was not part of the information turned over to federal prosecutors. Among the counties in question is Broward, which emerged as the epicenter of controversy as three statewide races and three local legislative races went into recounts following the Nov. 6 elections. Republicans have pointed to embattled Broward Elections chief Brenda Snipes' record of past election gaffes in arguing that the largely Democratic country is tilted against them — perhaps fraudulently so. DOS officials have repeatedly told the media that the monitors they sent to Broward County saw no election fraud. It wasn't until Tuesday that the office revealed publicly that it had turned over information to federal prosecutors. The information was sent on Nov. 9 by Bradley McVay, DOS’ interim general counsel, who asked that the altered dates be investigated. “Altering a form in a manner that provides the incorrect date for a voter to cure a defect … imposes a burden on the voter significant enough to frustrate the voter’s ability to vote,” McVay wrote in a letter that was sent Nov. 9 and released publicly on Tuesday. The letter was sent to U.S. Attorneys Christopher P. Canova of the Northern District of Florida, Maria Chapa Lopez of the Middle District of Florida and Ariana Fajardo Orshan in the Southern District of Florida. The records released by DOS, which is part of Gov. Rick Scott’s administration, point the finger at the Florida Democratic Party. Political parties can get daily lists of people who had their mail-in ballots rejected. Political parties — or anyone else — can also get the publicly available cure affidavits and send them to voters who had a mail-in ballot rejected to encourage them to fix the ballots. In an email chain released as part of the Department of State's Tuesday document dump, Citrus County Supervisor of Elections Susan Gill last week told DOS officials that a voter who received one of the cure affidavits with the wrong date had also received a call from a number identified as the Tallahassee office of the Florida Democratic Party, an indication the party was reaching out about her vote by mail ballot. "When I called it, it is the Democratic Party of Florida," she said in a Nov. 8 email to DOS officials. She went on to write that she thinks the incorrect date was used because whoever sent the cure affidavit mixed up the deadline for cure affidavits with the deadline for provisional ballots. But, she said, "a bigger problem is the fact they actually changed one of the DOE forms." That change to an official election form was what state officials turned over to federal prosecutors. Another email included in the DOS document dump included correspondence from Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux, who also said he believed the affidavits were from the Florida Democratic Party. "Please pass the word to the FDP that they can't arbitrarily add their own deadline to your form or VBM cures!!" Lux emailed DOS officials on Nov. 9. "This is crazy!" In a Tuesday interview with POLITICO, Lux said he received an email from someone sending a cure affidavit marked with the wrong date that included a Florida Democratic Party email address. The email does contain the email address votes@FloridaDems.org, which is associated with the party. Caroline Rowland, an FDP spokesperson, brushed off the issue, saying the Scott administration’s election office was drumming it up as a distraction. "The courts have already forced Rick Scott to drop a lawsuit after false claims of fraud, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement rejected his desperate attempts to interfere with the important work of counting ballots,” she said in an email. “Now, Scott is once again trying to divert attention and resources from a smooth and successful recount."
Friday, November 16, 2018 4:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Hrmmmmmm... History doesn't support your claim here. In 2010, Obama had a much larger loss than Trump did in 2018 in the middle of their first terms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2010 Republicans gained 6 Senate seats and 63 House seats in 2010. Republicans also gained 6 Governorships. Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Fuck you and your goosestepping buddies. Nothing can change the assfucking the Donald just took. So deep that he didn't come out to honor the Armed Forces on Veteran's Day. Oh, did the poor baby-man get his feelings hurt? Awwwww, poor widdle donny! Fuck him! Good! Stay indoors and tweet to your evil black heart's delight. There, there donny.....Uncle Putin will be around soon to cheer you up. MCLMF Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY: Quote:Hows about you and JSF both stop crying when elections don't go your way, mkay? Crying!? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaa, ha, ha, ha.....there's only one scumbag crying, care to take a guess who that stupid motherfucker is? Go on, guess! Me? I'm laughing very heartily at all you poor schmucks trying desperately to turn this ass-fucking of the right wing-nuts into a win. I'm just having a really good laugh-out-loud moment. Blue Wave courtesy of the stupidest fucking president in history. Yes, that dumb fucking POS. SGG Bullshit dude. What JSF is doing right now is the EXACT same thing you and the other goons here have been doing for the last two years. That doesn't just get erased because an election went (somewhat) the way you wanted it to. I'm pointing out JSF's current behavior to draw parallels to the poor sportsmanship and hypocrisy of the left. You had better move out of that glass house if you're going to start throwing stones now. Do Right, Be Right. :) Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, November 16, 2018 4:47 AM
Quote:Bullshit dude. What JSF is doing right now is the EXACT same thing you and the other goons here have been doing for the last two years. That doesn't just get erased because an election went (somewhat) the way you wanted it to.
Friday, November 16, 2018 4:58 AM
Quote:MCLMF
Friday, November 16, 2018 5:27 AM
Quote:The Ring of Fire, published Nov. 13, 2018 Republicans are trying desperately to stop the counting of ballots in the state of Florida because with every new batch of ballots that come in, their leads get smaller. Governor Rick Scott is trying to hang on to the Senate seat that he allegedly won last week and he attempted to sue the state to stop the counting of ballots on the grounds that the election was filled with fraud. A judge this week smacked down Scott’s claims saying there was no evidence to back them up. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Link – https://thinkprogress.org/florida-jud...] http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/13/mainstream-media-parrots-trump-s-baseless-claims-regarding-florida-recounts/222059 Following news that Florida Senate and gubernatorial races would be heading to recounts, many mainstream media outlets reported on President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the Florida election, but failed to note in their tweets and headlines that the accusations were baseless. A state judge presiding over a lawsuit regarding the Florida recount has noted that there is zero evidence of voter fraud, election tampering, or misconduct by election officials or workers. Miami Herald previously reported that state election observers have seen no evidence of criminal activity or election tampering in Broward County, where the controversial election supervisor has drawn criticism for alleged incompetence during the midterm elections. Despite a lack of evidence, Trump took to Twitter to push conspiracy theories about the Florida elections, calling ballots “massively infected,” accusing Democrats of trying to “steal two big elections in Florida,” and baselessly claiming that “many ballots are missing or forged.” Covering a president who frequently repeats lies has proven to be a challenge for the media since the beginning of Trump’s presidency, with many outlets publishing headlines and tweets that report his statements but fail to note their inaccuracies. Repeating the president’s claims in headlines without giving proper context only spreads Trump’s lies and causes confusion, which is particularly detrimental during coverage of elections and undermines faith in the country’s democratic institutions. It also sets media outlets up as easy targets for Trump to manipulate, allowing him to more easily spread his dishonesty and lies. While the article headline emphasized the lack of evidence in Trump’s claims, the tweet did not. Though ABC later issued a follow-up tweet including the phrase “without evidence,” the original tweet received a lot more retweets. SGG
Friday, November 16, 2018 5:39 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:MCLMF Millenial cunt-licking mother-fucker? Milquetoast cowardly lickspittle millenial freeloader? Hmmm... that could be a LOT of things, SHINY! All I need to do is let my imagination be my guide! ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake "The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 5:26 PM
JAYNEZTOWN
Thursday, August 10, 2023 2:49 PM
YOUR OPTIONS
NEW POSTS TODAY
OTHER TOPICS
FFF.NET SOCIAL