StephenDec 2, 2022
Jamison Foser

This morning, one of the world's most popular musicians publicly praised Adolf Hitler. Just days ago, he dined with Trump. Just hours after his Hitler comments, the world's richest man & owner of Twitter embraced him.

There is nothing on NYT/WaPo/CNN website front pages about this.

Dec 2, 2022 at 1:50amWeb
Show threadPeter PrincipleDec 2, 2022

@foser

Kind of shocking that the privileged scion of a white South African family that got rich under apartheid would embrace a mentally ill Black man who says he loves Nazis...wait, did I say "shocking"?

I think I was looking for some other word...

Show threadVodaeau🦆Dec 2, 2022
@foser https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/us/politics/trump-extremism-candidacy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Trump Embraces Extremism as He Seeks to Reclaim Presidency

As he gets his presidential campaign underway, Donald J. Trump has aligned himself with forces that used to be outside the mainstream of American politics.

Show threadStephenDec 2, 2022
@foser It was disgusting. And I can’t believe As lex Jones still has a platform.
Show threadVodaeau🦆Dec 2, 2022
@foser An article addressing this is prominently featured on NYT right now
Show threadRerunderwearDec 2, 2022
@foser Well the right wing’s already got hold of #CNN (now layoffs announced there, purely incidental I’m sure), and then there’s the whole Twitter saboteur thing
Show threadStephen FierbaughDec 2, 2022
@foser https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/kanye-west-alex-jones-hilter-interview/ #factcheck
Rapper Ye draws fresh denunciation for Hitler praise in Alex Jones interview

Alex Jones's Infowars aired an interview with a fully masked Ye, formerly Kanye West, in which the rapper praised the Nazi leader.

The Washington Post
Show threadJamison FoserDec 2, 2022
@sfierbaugh unless that link establishes that the article was on the Post’s front page at the time I wrote my post, it is not a fact-check of my post, snarky hashtag or no.
Show threadJamison FoserDec 2, 2022
@sfierbaugh also that article makes no mention of Musk’s embrace of Kanye. So, again, a pretty unsuccessful fact-check.
Show threadPeggy StuartDec 2, 2022
@foser They’re still setting type?
Show threadClayton KratzDec 2, 2022
@foser I've seen a few stories on CNN about Kanye lately. But I think they maybe don't want to give him TOO much oxygen?
Show threadClayton KratzDec 2, 2022
@foser oh, you said front pages specifically.