Media bias

[BackInTex]

Nothing to see here, move along.

Reuters Admits They Sat On Bombshell Beto O'Rourke Story For 2 Years

Of course some liberals may say "So what?", probably because they are O.K. with their president being a former hacker and publishing fantasies about running innocent children down. Of course if some teen did that today (publish such fantasy) they'd immediately be arrested and put in jail (well perhaps if the fantasy was about shooting the kids, not running them down in a car).

Reuters reported late on Friday night that their reporter who broke the story about Democrat Beto O'Rourke belonging to a hacker group had the story for two years and agreed to sit on it until after O'Rourke's Senate race against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Some of O'Rourke's old writings were discovered on an online discussion forum that he started called "TacoLand."

One particular piece of writing from O'Rourke was especially troubling as he described mowing down children in a car.

[jarnon]

Some of O'Rourke's old writings were discovered on an online discussion forum that he started called "TacoLand."

If a white Republican Texan created a forum called TacoLand, that in itself would be offensive to liberals.

[silverscreenselect]

O'Rourke granted the interview on the condition that the information remain confidential until after the election. That's not the same as Reuters making this decision on their own. Presumably, Reuters felt that whatever O'Rourke was willing to contribute outweighed what they would be able to publish based on the confirmation they had at the time.

As for his comments, they were bad. They were also written by a 15-year-old who was probably trying to impress other 15-year-olds who never became famous but were writing similar comments.

[flockofseagulls104]

O'Rourke granted the interview on the condition that the information remain confidential until after the election. That's not the same as Reuters making this decision on their own. Presumably, Reuters felt that whatever O'Rourke was willing to contribute outweighed what they would be able to publish based on the confirmation they had at the time.

As for his comments, they were bad. They were also written by a 15-year-old who was probably trying to impress other 15-year-olds who never became famous but were writing similar comments.

Tell that to Judge Kavanaugh and Nick Sandman.

[BackInTex]

O'Rourke granted the interview on the condition that the information remain confidential until after the election. That's not the same as Reuters making this decision on their own. Presumably, Reuters felt that whatever O'Rourke was willing to contribute outweighed what they would be able to publish based on the confirmation they had at the time.

As for his comments, they were bad. They were also written by a 15-year-old who was probably trying to impress other 15-year-olds who never became famous but were writing similar comments.

Tell that to Judge Kavanaugh and Nick Sandman.

We haven't even gotten to Beto's misogynous writings yet.

[normastitz9876]

Supported Beto in the Senate race. This isn't offensive -- he also had a DUI plus alleged hit and run, which isn't disqualifying so much as he owned up to it and spoke on why it's a formative experience that's helped him grow. The CDC hacker group membership is somewhat similar to me: he was a part of a creative writing group where he thought he was anonymous and he made terrible hyperbolic writing. So what, he was young and dumb. Not a big deal.


ON THE OTHER HAND:

Just read today he voted for a law that gave the chair to cop killers in response to BLM protests. That's where I lose major steam for this guy. I'm for him if he's against Ted Cruz. I'm against him as long as there's far better alternatives out there.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... tter-bill/

Also: by the logic earlier in this thread, Dubya would've been disqualified for having paid for an abortion. He did. He wasn't. Everyone got over it.

I wouldn't worry - Beto won't be making it far. You can all simmer down.

[Bob78164]

Supported Beto in the Senate race. This isn't offensive -- he also had a DUI plus alleged hit and run, which isn't disqualifying so much as he owned up to it and spoke on why it's a formative experience that's helped him grow. The CDC hacker group membership is somewhat similar to me: he was a part of a creative writing group where he thought he was anonymous and he made terrible hyperbolic writing. So what, he was young and dumb. Not a big deal.


ON THE OTHER HAND:

Just read today he voted for a law that gave the chair to cop killers in response to BLM protests. That's where I lose major steam for this guy. I'm for him if he's against Ted Cruz. I'm against him as long as there's far better alternatives out there.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... tter-bill/

Also: by the logic earlier in this thread, Dubya would've been disqualified for having paid for an abortion. He did. He wasn't. Everyone got over it.

I wouldn't worry - Beto won't be making it far. You can all simmer down.

Welcome aBored!

It's my experience that a lot of politicians on both sides of the aisle are willing to change their votes in response to changes in their constituencies. I don't have an issue with that. Senator Gillibrand, for example, had a significantly more conservative voting record when she represented a swing Hudson Valley district in the House than she had after she reached the Senate.

Research shows pretty consistently that what candidates say on the campaign trail is a better predictor of what they'll do than is their prior voting record. So I'm much more interested in that. And so far, at least, I like a lot what I've heard from Rep. O'Rourke. --Bob

[Beebs52]

Supported Beto in the Senate race. This isn't offensive -- he also had a DUI plus alleged hit and run, which isn't disqualifying so much as he owned up to it and spoke on why it's a formative experience that's helped him grow. The CDC hacker group membership is somewhat similar to me: he was a part of a creative writing group where he thought he was anonymous and he made terrible hyperbolic writing. So what, he was young and dumb. Not a big deal.


ON THE OTHER HAND:

Just read today he voted for a law that gave the chair to cop killers in response to BLM protests. That's where I lose major steam for this guy. I'm for him if he's against Ted Cruz. I'm against him as long as there's far better alternatives out there.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... tter-bill/

Also: by the logic earlier in this thread, Dubya would've been disqualified for having paid for an abortion. He did. He wasn't. Everyone got over it.


I wouldn't worry - Beto won't be making it far. You can all simmer down.

Well, bless ur lil Tejas heart. Dui, granted, who gives a shit. Weirdass ramblings...not so sure. Allowing wife to look like a dipshit during announcement, dipsit squared. No anything in his quiver of policy...
Bad adam's apple and scrawny pockmarked face-bless his heart. Too.

[BackInTex]

Welcome aBored!

LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

[Bob78164]

Welcome aBored!

LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

[BackInTex]

Welcome aBored!

LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz

Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz, is a website entrepreneur and fetish model.[1] Her pseudonym is a word-play on "enormous tits". She holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts

I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

[Bob78164]

LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz

Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz, is a website entrepreneur and fetish model.[1] Her pseudonym is a word-play on "enormous tits". She holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts

I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

Wouldn't have known that. I guess we run in different circles.

I don't see any basis for considering her a troll. I also doubt that we've been visited by the real Todd Rundgren or the real B.B. King. --Bob

[silvercamaro]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz

Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz, is a website entrepreneur and fetish model.[1] Her pseudonym is a word-play on "enormous tits". She holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts

I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

Wouldn't have known that. I guess we run in different circles.

I don't see any basis for considering her a troll. I also doubt that we've been visited by the real Todd Rundgren or the real B.B. King. --Bob

So, you're saying that Ms. Norma's smarmy "nom de bored" was too subtle for you? Interesting.

For the record, the poster who was here as Todd Rungren was a genuine Texas lawyer right up to the day he was disbarred. The poster we call B.B. King named herself for her very real dog (now her late real dog), which she explained many times. So, perhaps I should give you partial credit for pondering the possibility of authenticity for, say, the first 60 to 120 seconds of their respective original appearances. Similarly, I am NOT actually the product of a General Motors assembly line. I don't want you to be confused about that, either.

[Bob78164]

normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz



I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

Wouldn't have known that. I guess we run in different circles.

I don't see any basis for considering her a troll. I also doubt that we've been visited by the real Todd Rundgren or the real B.B. King. --Bob

So, you're saying that Ms. Norma's smarmy "nom de bored" was too subtle for you? Interesting.

For the record, the poster who was here as Todd Rungren was a genuine Texas lawyer right up to the day he was disbarred. The poster we call B.B. King named herself for her very real dog (now her late real dog), which she explained many times. So, perhaps I should give you partial credit for pondering the possibility of authenticity for, say, the first 60 to 120 seconds of their respective original appearances. Similarly, I am NOT actually the product of a General Motors assembly line. I don't want you to be confused about that, either.

My point is that I really don't understand why BiT felt it necessary to point out that this poster probably isn't the person who performs under that stage name. I wouldn't have thought that for the same reason I didn't think our "Todd Rundgren" was the musical performer and for the same reason I didn't think our "B.B. King" was the musical performer. Hell, even though I've enjoyed corresponding with Annie and her siblings, I don't actually think you have keyboards capable of accommodating a dog's paws. --Bob

[silvercamaro]

My point is that I really don't understand why BiT felt it necessary to point out that this poster probably isn't the person who performs under that stage name. I wouldn't have thought that for the same reason I didn't think our "Todd Rundgren" was the musical performer and for the same reason I didn't think our "B.B. King" was the musical performer. Hell, even though I've enjoyed corresponding with Annie and her siblings, I don't actually think you have keyboards capable of accommodating a dog's paws. --Bob

They are unusually determined girls who type one letter at a time with whatever claw is longest at the moment. They are not particularly fast typists, but their spelling has improved over the years. I don't think Wiki has tried to make a post yet, but Lizbit enjoys making contributions from time to time. In reading over her posts, I can guarantee that she offers her own interpretations of the world, not mine, and I think her observations often are insightful and accurate. I confess that I have liked her stories about being the Guardian of the Free Rangers the most of all, and I've been nudging her toward gathering them all up and writing a kid's book about her adventures with the previous neighbor's hens. I wish I could provide her with some new chickens of her own, but I suspect the home-owners association of my new neighborhood probably would object.

[tlynn78]

My point is that I really don't understand why BiT felt it necessary to point out that this poster probably isn't the person who performs under that stage name. I wouldn't have thought that for the same reason I didn't think our "Todd Rundgren" was the musical performer and for the same reason I didn't think our "B.B. King" was the musical performer. Hell, even though I've enjoyed corresponding with Annie and her siblings, I don't actually think you have keyboards capable of accommodating a dog's paws. --Bob

They are unusually determined girls who type one letter at a time with whatever claw is longest at the moment. They are not particularly fast typists, but their spelling has improved over the years. I don't think Wiki has tried to make a post yet, but Lizbit enjoys making contributions from time to time. In reading over her posts, I can guarantee that she offers her own interpretations of the world, not mine, and I think her observations often are insightful and accurate. I confess that I have liked her stories about being the Guardian of the Free Rangers the most of all, and I've been nudging her toward gathering them all up and writing a kid's book about her adventures with the previous neighbor's hens. I wish I could provide her with some new chickens of her own, but I suspect the home-owners association of my new neighborhood probably would object.

I would buy this book!

[flockofseagulls104]

Media Bias:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... acare.html

Oh, damn. It's from Faux News, so it is all made up. My bad.

[silverscreenselect]

Media Bias:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... acare.html

Oh, damn. It's from Faux News, so it is all made up. My bad.

You and your buddy Carlson conveniently ignore the fact that the Trump administration took the major step of trying to get Obamacare thrown out in its entirety in the courts during that 24 hours.