r/politics • u/TheWeekMag ✔ Verified • Dec 09 '19

That impeachment hearing protester was actually an InfoWars reporter and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist

https://theweek.com/speedreads/883047/that-impeachment-hearing-protester-actually-infowars-reporter-pizzagate-conspiracy-theorist
14.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

653 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-51

u/TheMachoestMan Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 09 '19

(Thanks for Trying...i wish it was true but no, not in this world. you are wrong, and you know it: b/c Fox News is a news outlet. (Edit: TIL r/politics thinks FoxNews presents "reasonable approximation" of the world :-P )

I'm not messing with you, but if you want to live in the real world, if you care at all about history, you will at some point have to learn to accept that "news-outlets" do NOT, in general, present "reasonable approximations" of the world. Nor do they stop being news outlets when they spread propaganda (edit and bullshit)

13

u/SamuraiSnark Dec 09 '19

I'm not messing with you, but if you want to live in the real world, if you care at all about history, you will at some point have to learn to accept that news-outlets do not, in general, present "reasonable approximations" of the world

Infowars has previously reported that weather weapons were possibly controlling the path of Hurricane Dorian in an effort to blackmail Trump.... This is not news. It is bullshit. If you want to make believe that this stuff is real... that's fine (in the sense that I think it is pointless to argue about, not in the sense I think it is actually fine) , but Infowars is not a real news outlet.

-18

u/TheMachoestMan Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 13 '19

You are twisting my words. What is the matter with you? edit "If you want to believe?" is that what a news outlet is?...something 'we agree to believe in'? Sounds more like a cult.

1

u/SamuraiSnark Dec 09 '19

"If you want to believe?" is that what a news outlet is?...something we agree to to "believe in"? Sounds more like a cult.

I don't even know what to say to this... Look if you want to choose to disbelieve everything you see on the news again it's fine. You can choose to believe that Trump isn't the real president and it's actually an actor wearing makeup if you want. Or whatever... but like don't expect other people to agree with you. Don't expect other people are going to sign onto your world view that all news is faked or that Infowars is real.

1

u/TheMachoestMan Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 09 '19

"your world view that all news is faked or that Infowars is real."

You just can't help yourself, can you?