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   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: NoOne@private.corp   
      
   On 11/1/2024 2:04 PM, Skeeter wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I can understand the difference from an isolated gaffe and a steady   
   stream of Hitler talk.   
      
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