BrikoXSep 1, 2023

Donald Trump's Georgia case to be livestreamed

https://lemmy.zip/post/2185546

Donald Trump's Georgia case to be livestreamed - Lemmy.zip

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2185545 [https://lemmy.zip/post/2185545] > Archived version: https://archive.ph/9BZ0x [https://archive.ph/9BZ0x] > Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230901133206/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66679910 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230901133206/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66679910]

Show threadwatson
I really don’t think this is a good idea. Fascist media will be selectively editing the footage to tell lies about what’s really going on, and we all know the people that watch/listen to that garbage are not concerned with actual facts.
Sep 1, 2023 at 2:12pmWeb
Show threadgalaxies_collideSep 1, 2023
The media already does that, so it’s really no different. Without live streaming, the media would just straight up lie about what happened in court and live streaming provides vital protection against that. Trump WILL lie about what happens in court, this is why they are live streaming it.
Show threadwatsonSep 1, 2023
True. It’s pretty fucked up that this is even something to be worried about. Trump and his cronies are dogshit.
Show threadBig PSep 1, 2023
It’s never a good idea to live stream court cases. It interferes with actual justice and makes it a show instead
Show threadbobmanSep 1, 2023
No it doesn’t.
Show threadBig PSep 1, 2023
Why not?
Show threadbobmanSep 1, 2023
Because any judge or jury that can be corrupted by a livestream is already unreliable and shouldn’t be trusted.
Show threadBig PSep 1, 2023
It’s not just about that, which is already a bad defense as the jury is just regular people and we all know how easily influenced regular people are. It’s about the court of public opinion. Take the Depp v Heard trial. Intimate details from the case become memes online and people make their minds up on the verdict regardless of what the actual outcome is.
Show threadbobmanSep 1, 2023

Dude, it’s a great idea lol.

Not sure why anyone would be against this. Your concern is a non-issue and just makes sense to people who live in fantasy worlds.

Show threadwatsonSep 1, 2023

They do it all the time and their viewers will take their word for it no matter how much evidence you show them against it. Sounds like you’ve been living in a fantasy world if you don’t see how they’re going to play it. They’ll tell lies and their followers will be foaming at the mouth, which creates more violence.

Edit: spelling

Show threadbobmanSep 1, 2023

Right. Everyone does everything all the time. That’s because there are over 7 billion people on the planet all with different goals and agendas.

What you’re saying though is this will be so widespread and significant, that we should avoid broadcasting the trial altogether. That is why you’re living in a fantasy world. You don’t understand that magnitude matters and think 1 person doing something is enough to change course.

Gonna have to block you now. I don’t think you can argue in a rational manner. Goodbye.

Show threadwatsonSep 1, 2023
Wow. Talk about an overreaction. I wasn’t even arguing. Glad I was blocked. Lol
Show threaderaticSep 1, 2023
Disinformation will be spread regardless. Yes, if there’s footage it does mean it can be edited and spliced. But then it’s even easier to clearly show that it’s disinformation if people can just watch the footage.
Show threadRentlarSep 1, 2023
Precisely this. Whether they have public video of the trial or not, Republicans are going to make up a fantasy version of it anyway. Might as well have this major piece of history on public record as it happens.
Show threadAuzySep 1, 2023

Trump’s lawyers will definitely be telling lies and spindoctoring everything anyway.

The difference is, by making it public, it will be very easy to rebuke it

It’s actually a good thing imho

Show threadtermusSep 1, 2023
So far they have all had the luxury of having their cases behind closed doors. There’s so many times where a judge has laid into them for trying to push ridiculous shit. If that happens (which we know it will because they are clowns) it would be great for the public to see the look on their faces.