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   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: skeeterweed@photonmail.com   
      
   In article , NoOne@private.corp   
   says...   
   >   
   > On 10/28/2024 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > > MSNBC used Nazi rally clips during its coverage of former President Donald   
   > > Trump?s historic campaign event at Madison Square Garden in a desperate   
   > > last-ditch bid to frighten voters into supporting the floundering   
   Democratic   
   > > ticket.   
   > >   
   > > The left-wing network weaved archival footage from the 1939 Nazi rally into   
   > > the broadcast of Trump?s Sunday rally, which saw the iconic New York City   
   > > venue packed to the rafters with jubilant supporters.   
   > >   
   > > ?That jamboree happening right now, in that place, is particularly   
   chilling,   
   > > because in 1939, more than 20,000 supporters of a different fascist leader   
   ?   
   > > Adolf Hitler ? packed the Garden for a so-called ?pro-America rally,??   
   > > Washington Post columnist, MSNBC contributor and avowed Trump hater   
   Jonathan   
   > > Capehart said breathlessly while rolling the footage.   
   > >   
   > > Capehart?s juxtaposition of the two videos was blasted as ?shameful? by   
   > > conservatives, who pointed out the diversity of the crowd.   
   > >   
   > > ?Yesterday?s Trump rally was filled with Americans from every walk of life   
   > > including orthodox, conservative, reform, and secular Jews. I saw a woman   
   in   
   > > a burka. It wasn?t anything like a Nazi rally. Shame on MSNBC,? wrote one X   
   > > user.   
   > >   
   > > Others pointed out that Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski was among those in   
   > > attendance   
   > >   
   > > Tesla founder Elon Musk, who spoke at the rally, also blasted MSNBC ? the   
   No.   
   > > 2 cable news network ? as the ?scum of the Earth? on X, and some critics   
   even   
   > > went so far as to accuse the network of ?incitement.?   
   > >   
   > > Quinnipiac University journalism ethics professor Ben Bogardus told The   
   Post   
   > > networks like MSNBC were ?blurring the lines? between opinion-based   
   > > commentary and news reporting, and that the rhetoric is reaching a fever   
   > > pitch because we?re so close to the election.   
   > >   
   > > He said although MSNBC?s intentions may be to give viewers a historical   
   > > context for events like Trump?s MSG rally, the overuse of inflammatory   
   images   
   > > harms their credibility, and that of the media in general.   
   > >   
   > > ?They?re really doing a disservice to their [audience] when they put out   
   > > images from a rally 85 years ago that no one alive remembers. I think it?s   
   a   
   > > little bit of an over-exaggeration that really hurts the image of the media   
   > > among some segments of the population,? he said.   
   > >   
   > > Democrats have endeavored to portray themselves as the party of positivity,   
   > > unity and ?joy? throughout the campaign, a sentiment Vice President Kamala   
   > > Harris tried to highlight during her nomination acceptance speech at the   
   > > Democratic National Convention in August when she called for ?a new way   
   > > forward.?   
   > >   
   > > But MSNBC has instead compared Trump supporters to Nazis and trotted out   
   > > hackneyed and over-the-top comparisons between the former president and   
   > > history?s greatest monster.   
   > >   
   > > On Monday morning?s broadcast of ?Morning Joe,? cohost Mika Brzezinski   
   > > clutched her pearls as she slammed Trump?s rally as ?normalizing hatred?   
   and   
   > > issued a dire, unfounded warning.   
   > >   
   > > ?Let?s not mince words about what that leads to: This is the process that   
   > > leads to fascism,? she said.   
   > >   
   > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a guest on ?Morning Joe,? presaged that   
   > > Trump?s MSG event was no ordinary campaign event.   
   > >   
   > > ?This was not just a political rally. This was also not just a campaign   
   > > rally. I think it?s very important for people to understand that these are   
   > > mini January 6 rallies,? the ?Squad? member said with a completely straight   
   > > face.   
   > >   
   > > ?These are mini ?stop the steal? rallies. These are rallies to prime an   
   > > electorate into rejecting the results of an election if it doesn?t go the   
   way   
   > > they want.?   
   > >   
   > > The Nazi comparisons rang particularly hollow, prompting some critics to   
   say   
   > > it reflects badly on the media establishment as a whole.   
   > >   
   > > ?You don?t hate the media enough,? posted Republican pundit Colin Rugg.   
   > > ?Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski was in attendance at the rally this   
   > > evening, along with other Jews who were supporting Trump.?   
   > >   
   > > Wartski, 94, endorsed Trump last week in a campaign video and slammed Vice   
   > > President Kamala Harris for referring to the ex-president as a ?fascist.?   
   > >   
   > > When asked why Jewish people should back Trump, the Auschwitz survivor   
   > > responded, ?Because he?s a mensch.?   
   > >   
   > > --   
   > > Let's go Brandon!   
   > >   
   > When Trump calls out people who are "vermin" and "poisoning the blood of   
   > America" it's true he doesn't use the German language. But he is sure   
   > channeling Hitler.   
      
   Yet you're ok with the bullshit Harris and Biden and Cuban say.   
   Hypocrite.   
      
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