DrBob, 🧠 MechanicDec 19, 2024

I'm sending this to my brothers who watch too much cable news and think shoplifters should get life imprisonment sentences!

Thank you @juddlegum for providing clarity!

Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics

"Mary McGinty, NRF vice president of communications and public affairs, claims that "a broad study about retail shrink is no longer sufficient for capturing the key challenges and needs of the industry."

In other words, the survey did not reinforce the industry's preferred narrative that shoplifting is a growing problem that demands an aggressive state and federal response.”

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Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics

For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) β€” the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States β€” has produced the "National Retail Security Survey." The survey, widely cited by media outlets, attempts to estimate the total retail "shrink" in the industry by collecting data from major retailers.

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DrBob, 🧠 MechanicMar 6, 2024

More reprehensible crap from Mr. Musk! 😀

On Tuesday, #Billionaire Elon #Musk told his 175 million followers on X that President #Biden had committed β€œ#Treason" by "secretly" flying "320,000 illegal #Immigrants" from Latin America to US airports.

It is quite a dramatic claim. The only problem is that nearly everything Musk said is a lie.

Musk was responding to information from #CollinRugg, the co-owner of a right-wing news aggregation site called #TrendingPolitics

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Did Biden commit treason? Dissecting Elon Musk's public meltdown

On Tuesday, billionaire Elon Musk told his 175 million followers on X that President Biden had committed "treason" by "secretly" flying "320,000 illegal immigrants" from Latin America to US airports. It is quite a dramatic claim. The only problem is that nearly everything Musk said is a lie.

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DrBob, 🧠 MechanicJan 26, 2024

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PeteFeb 24, 2023

I have to give a shout-out to @juddlegum of Popular Information, his detailed and independent approach to journalism, following the numbers, and holding public figures accountable is superb.

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FAIRFeb 7, 2023

"For years, #Koch has repeatedly announced he was reorienting his political strategy away from far-right #Republicans, including Trump β€” with no discernible change in his actual political activity. After each media-assisted rebrand, Koch quietly resumed business as usual."

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How Koch manipulates the media

On Sunday, Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), one of the principal political organizations controlled by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, released a memo to the media. The memo claims that the "Republican Party is nominating bad candidates who are advocating for things that go against core American principles." Now, AFP Action "is prepared to support a candidate in the Republican presidential primary who can lead our country forward, and who can win." AFP Action will "invest the necessary resources to empower millions of citizen activists and voters to turn the page on the current political era and help the American people to write a new chapter for our country."

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SoNotNic πŸπŸ‰πŸˆFeb 7, 2023

"Koch has repeatedly announced he was reorienting his political strategy away from far-right Republicans, including Trump β€” with no discernible change in his actual political activity. After each media-assisted rebrand, Koch quietly resumed business as usual. The reality is that few individuals have spent more money to legitimize Trump and his allies than Charles Koch." β€” @juddlegum

https://popular.info/p/how-koch-manipulates-the-media

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How Koch manipulates the media

On Sunday, Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), one of the principal political organizations controlled by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, released a memo to the media. The memo claims that the "Republican Party is nominating bad candidates who are advocating for things that go against core American principles." Now, AFP Action "is prepared to support a candidate in the Republican presidential primary who can lead our country forward, and who can win." AFP Action will "invest the necessary resources to empower millions of citizen activists and voters to turn the page on the current political era and help the American people to write a new chapter for our country."

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Robin KempDec 20, 2022
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Meet the Florida English teacher trying to ban 150 books from school libraries

When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball is a book about the childhood of Wilma Rudolph, a legendary sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. The book, which is 32 pages long, is geared toward readers in elementary school. The story focuses on Rudolph's childhood and the obstacles she had to overcome to achieve success. Rudolph, for example, had polio as a child and was forced to wear a leg brace. She was told by a doctor that she would never be able to walk without the brace. But Rudolph was determined.

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FenixπŸ”₯ Resistance Starts NOWMar 21, 2022

If you have a cable subscription, you’re financing pro-Kremlin propaganda

You are (probably) paying for pro-Russian propaganda - #PopularInfo .⁦@[email protected]⁩ https://popular.info/p/you-are-probably-paying-for-pro-russian

You are (probably) paying for pro-Russian propaganda

The most powerful source of pro-Russian propaganda is not the Russian government. It's the #1 rated host on U.S. cable television: Fox News' Tucker Carlson. But before we dive into the disinformation, let's establish the facts. For decades, the United States has partnered with former members of the Soviet Union to

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