Watch Katie Porter demolish Piers Morgan and Bill Maher in seconds as they play to the right wing talking point equating J6 to the Tennessee 3

Katie Porter for President.

Piers Morgan and Bill Maher for the glue factory.

Since the Murdoch family launched Fox "News" several decades ago, Big Journalism has consistently endorsed the fiction that the outlet is journalistic in nature. There was an element of truth to that early on.

But for the past decade and longer, Fox "News" has been a thoroughly dishonest, relentless propagandist. It accumulates power and money by poisoning our public sphere.

Yet the journalism trade persists in calling it a news outlet, compounding the dishonesty.

It's disheartening.

Exclusive: Credit card provider #Discover told Reuters it will allow its network to track purchases at #gun retailers in April, making it the first among peers to move ahead with the initiative aimed at helping authorities probe gun-related crimes

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/330158

Via Ron Filipkowski:

While Rs try to blame Buttigieg we learn:
1. #Trump removed safety standards
2. #DeWine ordered the chem cars be burned
3. DeWine declined Fed assistance
4. DeWine said Norfolk Southern CEO “gave him his word” all would be well
5. CEO no-shows at town hall
6. CEO is a DeWine donor.

#Ohio #EastPalestine

Brookings Institution study:

"Conservative podcasters were 11 times as likely as liberal podcasters to share a claim that fact checkers could refute."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/technology/podcasts-steve-bannon-war-room-misinformation.html

To erase this kind of finding, you have to declare "there are no facts, really, just politics." But then there is no journalism, either. Which is exactly where the right wing has gone: disinformation is a myth.

"Mr. Bannon said in an interview that the Brookings report was a 'badge of honor'..."

#uspol #journalism