George Carlin '73

[Hards Alumni]

Can one tell the difference?

If you can't you probably routinely read the NY Post and think it's an acceptable news source.

[MuggsyB]

If you can't you probably routinely read the NY Post and think it's an acceptable news source.

Is that why the Hunter Biden laptop story was denied and blocked on social media platforms?  "Acceptable" is a pretty vague description.  All of our major media one can argue are unacceptable.  That doesn't mean every story they print is wrong. 

[PointWarrior]

Watch this:  https://www.hbo.com/george-carlins-american-dream

Well worth watching - Carlin was so far ahead of times, much of his POV is so relevant in current times...

[muwarrior69]

If you can't you probably routinely read the NY Post and think it's an acceptable news source.

Regardless of which paper you read its hard to tell if you're reading the news or opinion section.

[Hards Alumni]

Regardless of which paper you read its hard to tell if you're reading the news or opinion section.

It's actually incredibly easy to tell the difference.  Same thing with advertisements.

[Hards Alumni]

Is that why the Hunter Biden laptop story was denied and blocked on social media platforms?  "Acceptable" is a pretty vague description.  All of our major media one can argue are unacceptable.  That doesn't mean every story they print is wrong.

It was blocked on social media platforms?  When was this?

[brewcity77]

It's actually incredibly easy to tell the difference.  Same thing with advertisements.

You can tell how low the media literacy is in our country. That should really be taught in schools. We wouldn't be where we are now if Americans had any degree of media literacy.

[Hards Alumni]

You can tell how low the media literacy is in our country. That should really be taught in schools. We wouldn't be where we are now if Americans had any degree of media literacy.

Agree, but much of the problem is also with adults.  The only way to fix this is to legislate media fairness and standards.  Like, you can't label something as 'news' unless it actually meets certain criteria.  Or we just have to go the other route and say opinion pieces get a scrolling banner at the bottom of the screen... or something to that effect.

[brewcity77]

Agree, but much of the problem is also with adults.  The only way to fix this is to legislate media fairness and standards.  Like, you can't label something as 'news' unless it actually meets certain criteria.  Or we just have to go the other route and say opinion pieces get a scrolling banner at the bottom of the screen... or something to that effect.

Getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine was a spectacularly destructive mistake, but those adults are the reason why we need to teach media literacy. None of them had been taught that, so when the Fairness Doctrine went away, they weren't prepared to mentally handle what came next.

[Hards Alumni]

Getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine was a spectacularly destructive mistake, but those adults are the reason why we need to teach media literacy. None of them had been taught that, so when the Fairness Doctrine went away, they weren't prepared to mentally handle what came next.

Between the elimination of the Fairness Doctrine, Citizens United, and the overturning of Roe v Wade... I'm not sure which is the worst.

[MuggsyB]

It was blocked on social media platforms?  When was this?

You don't remember this?  That the NYP Twitter story was taken down? 

[rocket surgeon]

It was blocked on social media platforms?  When was this?

  they kept saying it was more russiarussiarussia conspiracy until...it wasn't

    summer/fall 2020...what a surprise.  gee, i wonder why the timing is kind of important

smartest guy his daddy knows

no problems here though

[Uncle Rico]

  they kept saying it was more russiarussiarussia conspiracy until...it wasn't

    summer/fall 2020...what a surprise.  gee, i wonder why the timing is kind of important

smartest guy his daddy knows

no problems here though

The use of ellipses makes this a 7 of 10.  Lots of talking points is boring.  Try and wrangle in some wild conspiracy theories next time.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine was a spectacularly destructive mistake, but those adults are the reason why we need to teach media literacy. None of them had been taught that, so when the Fairness Doctrine went away, they weren't prepared to mentally handle what came next.

Mistake? Worked exactly as intended, allowing them to catapult the propaganda as Shrub would say.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

The use of ellipses makes this a 7 of 10.  Lots of talking points is boring.  Try and wrangle in some wild conspiracy theories next time.

Ahhh, but he did. You know, how Russian influence wasn't real, it was just an effort by those damn libs to tar poor, old, innocent Drumpf.

I'm surprised he remembers to breathe sometimes.

[Uncle Rico]

Ahhh, but he did. You know, how Russian influence wasn't real, it was just an effort by those damn libs to tar poor, old, innocent Drumpf.

I'm surprised he remembers to breath sometimes.

I need more wild conspiracy theories like Jewish space lasers to bump his score up

[MuggsyB]

The use of ellipses makes this a 7 of 10.  Lots of talking points is boring.  Try and wrangle in some wild conspiracy theories next time.

The fact is the mass media and big-tech buried or blocked  the story and then essentially admitted it was true.  The New York Times admitted it, the Washington Post admitted it, and then the major news  channels and publications admitted it.  Now, that doesn't mean the NYPost doesn't have tons of garbage but again that doesn’t mean everything in  every article they publish is wrong.   

If you are a Republican and don't think Trump is an colossal scumbag you're living in la-la-land.  However, if you're a Dem and  don't believe Biden is also a barely living scumfk along with his dip-schite  and criminal son you are also living in la-la-land.  These people are beyond awful and need to go away.

[Pakuni]

The fact is that the mass media buried or blocked  the story and then essentially admitted it was true.  The New York Times admitted, it the Washington Post admitted it, and then the major news  channels and publications admitted it.  Now, that doesn't mean the NYP doesn't have tons of garbage but again that doesn’t mean everything in  every article ithey publish s wrong.   If you are a Republican and don't think Trump is an colossal scumbag you're living in la-la-land.  However, if your a Dem and  don't believe Biden is also living scumfk with his dipcrape and criminal son you are also living in la-la-land.  These people are beyond awful and need to go away.

This isn't exactly true.
The NYT and WaPo and others have reported that there is indeed a Hunter Biden laptop and that emails contained therein are part of an investigation. This, in fact, was never denied.
They have not reported or confirmed the Post's most scandalous claims about the laptop's contents. In fact, further reporting has called those claims into question.

[MuggsyB]

This isn't exactly true.
The NYT and WaPo and others have reported that there is indeed a Hunter Biden laptop and that emails contained therein are part of an investigation. This, in fact, was never denied.
They have not reported or confirmed the Post's most scandalous claims about the laptop's contents. In fact, further reporting has called those claims into question.

So you think Hunter is innocent?  Great.  They denied that it was his laptop for a year and completely buried the story for a year on big-tech.  I would be surprised if anything on or erased from that laptop isn't the tip of the iceberg for Hunter.  He's a criminal and his dad is a liar.

[dgies9156]

Back to George Carlin.

The Milwaukee Police Department was a very different organization in 1973 than it is now. Under the leadership of then Chief Harold Brier, the Department was extremely reactionary and not above enforcing whatever law they felt like, no matter how ridiculous they looked in the process.

Keep in mind too that this was a time of considerable generational turmoil. Today's Boomers were the "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30" generation as the very oldest of Boomer was 27 at the time. The average Boomer was about 17 and most concerned about whether he was to be drafted. Our generation had an uncanny ability to absolutely p*ss off our parents and their generation. Chief Brier was about "law and order" and "knowing your place."

George Carlin wasn't and the Battle of Summerfest was a culmination of the generational Battle Between Boomers and our parents' generation.

Some things never change......

[ATL MU Warrior]

So you think Hunter is innocent?  Great.  They denied that it was his laptop for a year and completely buried the story for a year on big-tech.  I would be surprised if anything on or erased from that laptop isn't the tip of the iceberg for Hunter.  He's a criminal and his dad is a liar.

Are you talking about Junior or Eric?

[Uncle Rico]

Carlin was great in Dogma

[MuggsyB]

Are you talking about Junior or Eric?

They're all likely criminals.

[Uncle Rico]

They're all likely criminals.

So is Batman

[MU82]

So you think Hunter is innocent?  Great.  They denied that it was his laptop for a year and completely buried the story for a year on big-tech.  I would be surprised if anything on or erased from that laptop isn't the tip of the iceberg for Hunter.  He's a criminal and his dad is a liar.

Pakuni didn't say Hunter was "innocent." Did you read what he said before charging full-steam ahead into your diatribe?

If you are a Republican and don't think Trump is an colossal scumbag you're living in la-la-land.  However, if you're a Dem and  don't believe Biden is also a barely living scumfk along with his dip-schite  and criminal son you are also living in la-la-land.  These people are beyond awful and need to go away.

False equivalence. Only one of the two actively, aggressively, treasonously tried to overturn the results of a free, fair election and then, when that failed, fomented a violent coup against his own country. The coup attempt was built on a lie that he began sowing months before the election and only grew after he lost. His own advisers -- his own family -- told him over and over again that he had no basis for his claims, and on 1/6/21 many of them begged him to stop the violence that resulted in deaths and injuries to police and others. But he gleefully watched the carnage from the safety of the White House, and said his own vice president deserved to be hung.

But yeah ... Hunter Biden.