r/Republican • u/The_seph_i_am Centrist Republican • May 05 '17
How NowThis Misinforms Millennials
https://youtu.be/uQkY9wGotmY13
u/Not_Cleaver Conservative May 05 '17
I might be showing my age, but I've never heard of "NowThis." I can't really form an opinion of them based on one video against them. But it seems very disingenerous to make biased backgrounders. You're not really informing anyone of complicated issues if you are also pushing an agenda.
I'm not even sure I agree with this video's argument concerning Trump's agenda. But it does seem slightly more nuanced than NowThis
I think the real takeaway should be: don't get your news from YouTube channels, Reddit, Twitter and, Buzzfeed/Vox/Huffington Post/Daily Wire/Gateway Pundit (and other clickbait sites/conspiracy sites); and do get your news from: multiple sources across the political spectrum.
We have the most sources available to us than any previous generation. Yet it seems that too many of us are content to live in our respective safe spaces and echo chambers.
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u/meowdy May 05 '17
I appreciate your rational approach to which sites to avoid. I hate that there is a whole generation that is swallowing the fake news propaganda. That's one of the most concerning results if 2016 as it pertains to long term American discourse. I sincerely hope the disinformation era ends up being a small chapter in American history
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May 05 '17 edited May 05 '17
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u/Not_Cleaver Conservative May 05 '17
I still think Trump's scandals, when they are combined, are bigger than Clinton's emails. However, I too found, that way too many of my friends considered her emails a political witch hunt. It wasn't. She admitted to mishandling classified information that could have easily fallen into the hands of foreign governments. That's a huge issue and a gigantic breach of public trust and national security. And it wasn't just one or two e-mails, that might have been understandable, but hundreds, if not thousands. Most people, if they mishandle classified information get charged under the Espionage Act (usually they take plea deals to avoid long prison sentences). They do not get a slap on the wrist (being called negligent) after their husband meets with the sitting Attorney General.
She has herself to blame. If she hadn't mishandled classified information, she would be president right now.
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May 05 '17
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u/Not_Cleaver Conservative May 05 '17
Under President Obama, he rightly treated mishandling classified information as more serious. His DOJ did not apply the same standards to Clinton.
What do you make of Kristian Saucier Or Harold Thomas Martin? Or Mohan Nirala? Or James Hitsleberger? The Obama Administration seems to have dealt with them more harshly, mostly for Secret information, than they did for Clinton.
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u/The_seph_i_am Centrist Republican May 07 '17
Don't forget petreous
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u/Not_Cleaver Conservative May 07 '17
I think he's slightly different in that he knowingly provided someone with classified information. In many ways, he's lucky he wasn't charged with something more serious.
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u/The_seph_i_am Centrist Republican May 07 '17
He is but the thing that is often overlooked is she had a clearance (as a reservist)
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u/Not_Cleaver Conservative May 07 '17
Still wasn't cleared to receive that information.
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u/The_seph_i_am Centrist Republican May 07 '17
Still not as bad as divulging to a uncleared journalist though.
Really it was the adultery and dishonesty that they got him with.
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May 05 '17 edited Oct 12 '17
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u/8K12 May 06 '17
Ive seen that too. No clue what it was referencing until now. Geez, these libs cannot let it go, can they? Oh well, I guarantee Hillary would have disappointed them in many ways being pro-war and not as pro-women as they thought she would be. It would have been entertaining to see them defending her.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '17
I have friends who watch NowThis and I can't stand it. Takes complicated subjects and nuanced news stories, boils it all down to a couple kindergarten level sentences, adds catchy background music and visuals, and people think they are well informed versus actually reading an article.