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  • IRNlun61

    This is the level of misinformation that we're at...

    A Breitbart reporter claims to have been assaulted by a Trump campaign staffer which has been causing some controversy over the last few days. When she approached Donald to ask a hard hitting question, his campaign manager violently grabbed her arm and threw her to the ground. Two Breitbart reporters resigned today over the incident.

    This was the apparent assault:

    Clickbait fame media drives the news cycle today. Most of the sensationalist shit we're reading in this day and age is exaggerated nonsense.

    • This is what happens when people start thinking of websites like Breitbart as "the news". Or, when they've forgotten that these people aren't journalists.nb
    • The six major news orgs are driven by ad revenue, not deep investigative journalism. Independent people called her on her shit. Not Breitbart, or news orgs.IRNlun6
    • And guess which story the news orgs are running with? Remember this click if you hear this come up...IRNlun6

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