Her point is basically that people are using the wrong quotes to report on Kirk’s political views, and while that is an issue of journalistic integrity, it’s not particularly relevant here. What would be the difference if she got her way? That we learn that Charlie Kirk was, in fact, a Nazi, just not in the exact way that he’s being portrayed now?
Cherry-picking quotes and presenting them out of context is a serious problem when it’s used to misrepresent a person or issue. In this case, any misrepresentation is practically negligible. Charlie Kirk was a proud fascist, and no one reading these articles about him is going to get a different view of him by being more “fair” towards him.
It’s not that she’s wrong, it’s that this is a dumb hill to die on. She should be making this argument when media outlets are using these tactics to actively obscure or manipulate the truth, as they do all the time, and not when they’re just being lazy but otherwise getting the point across. She’s actively helping the fascists right now by clogging up the field with her pedantic bullshit. That’s part of how propaganda works, and if you can’t see that then it’s working.
This focus on not “misrepresenting” people is always directional, too. It is only ever aimed toward right-wing figures. They will distort the words of leftists to try to demonize them, but right-wing figures can literally do a Nazi salute on live television and people will give them the benefit of the doubt.
Point in case, Elon is currently on a khole bender claiming the Nazis were leftists because they have socialist in the name. If that’s the case Elon why did you do Nazi salutes on stage to a bunch of Republicans?
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Her point is basically that people are using the wrong quotes to report on Kirk’s political views, and while that is an issue of journalistic integrity, it’s not particularly relevant here. What would be the difference if she got her way? That we learn that Charlie Kirk was, in fact, a Nazi, just not in the exact way that he’s being portrayed now?
Cherry-picking quotes and presenting them out of context is a serious problem when it’s used to misrepresent a person or issue. In this case, any misrepresentation is practically negligible. Charlie Kirk was a proud fascist, and no one reading these articles about him is going to get a different view of him by being more “fair” towards him.
It’s not that she’s wrong, it’s that this is a dumb hill to die on. She should be making this argument when media outlets are using these tactics to actively obscure or manipulate the truth, as they do all the time, and not when they’re just being lazy but otherwise getting the point across. She’s actively helping the fascists right now by clogging up the field with her pedantic bullshit. That’s part of how propaganda works, and if you can’t see that then it’s working.
This focus on not “misrepresenting” people is always directional, too. It is only ever aimed toward right-wing figures. They will distort the words of leftists to try to demonize them, but right-wing figures can literally do a Nazi salute on live television and people will give them the benefit of the doubt.
Point in case, Elon is currently on a khole bender claiming the Nazis were leftists because they have socialist in the name. If that’s the case Elon why did you do Nazi salutes on stage to a bunch of Republicans?