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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah fuck it. This is ostensibly war and you either play by the game or lose with one hand tied behind your back. I'm of the James Carville persuasion that we'll just do it better, and at least when our shit is unpacked it actually has truth.

I was watching Washington Week on PBS this past week and one reporter had the nerve to say t he JD Vance couch thing was distasteful and "opened the door" to lowering political discourse.. Like mother fucker, where have you been!? Let us have this one thing.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago

People: "god I hate how all politicians want is to win an election, why is that?"

Its natural selection dipshits

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bruh, I’ve been posting and blazing stuff for the campaign solo on Tumblr, and it’s giving serious 4th-grade collage vibes, but it’s blowing up with mad engagement.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed.

Any road they take is higher than the sewer that is #maga.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 weeks ago

Said Jane Kirtley, a media ethics professor at the University of Minnesota: “What it’s about is confusion and deception.”

I find this distasteful regardless of who is doing it.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What gets me is this paragraph:

It’s not the only instance of news outlets needing to be cognizant of their work being used in a political context in an unauthorized way. The AP would not discuss on Thursday whether it has needed to take action to prevent unauthorized uses of its now-iconic photograph of former President Donald Trump following an assassination attempt this summer; it will reportedly be on the cover of Trump’s upcoming book.

So it’s fine — and this article probably wouldn’t exist — provided you get kickbacks?