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[–] petey@aussie.zone 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So I listened to it and heard nothing about death penalties for reporters. Am I missing something?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 138 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Quoting Trump's post, the nugget of truth is from:

The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!

Which they turned into "Demands Death Penalty" because DailyBeast is a tabloid.

TBH I'm sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed. I'd argue they violate this community's "credible sources" rule.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah no, the president saying people should be charged with something thats punishment is death or life in prison is exactly that.. saying those journalists should be put to death or life in prison for what they have written.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It’s tough, because I don’t want to give him or the American justice system the benefit of the doubt, but I really hate the misrepresentation of this in the media. Charging someone with treason doesn’t mean they’ll be imprisoned or executed, it means they’ll be put on trial. If this story had addressed the potential for the president to bias the country against these reporters by calling personally for them to be charged with treason, I would be a lot less annoyed by the headline, but it’s inaccurate and they didn’t put any actual investigation into this piece.

It might be splitting hairs, but I really do wish for exhaustive Nuremberg style trials when I call this regime criminal, treasonous, and genocidal. I wouldn’t mourn if a few of them didn’t make it to trial, but I don’t want them to be able to take their secrets to the grave en masse.

[–] tristan@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 8 points 22 hours ago

I don’t think you’re splitting hair; you’re being consistent in your values, and journalistic integrity matters more to you than having your biais confirmed.

It doesn’t matter whether the target of this article is the best person in the world or the worst person in the world, their words are not being reported accurately.

I loathe everything Donald Trump stands for, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to misrepresent what he says like that for engagement. There are more than enough appalling things the man does and says on a daily basis to not go that low.

Like someone above wrote, I don’t think daily beast articles have their place here.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

well that's true but also the penalty for treason is the death penalty

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Or imprisonment.

Point is, that's not what the quote directly said. And that's what distinguishes journalism, and tabloids like DailyBeast (or talking heads/"analysis" like Fox News). Hence, every actual news outlet on this topic went with a factual headline, and quoted Trump directly instead of making a jump.

This distinction is very important to me. Ragebait like DailyBeast is why Trump is in power and the world sucks now, because it works.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get your point, but the president saying people should get life in prison if not killed for their 1st amendment right which he swore and oath to uphold would be an absolute reason for an immediate impeachment to most.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

TBH I’m sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed. I’d argue they violate this community’s “credible sources” rule.

I'll support that motion.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry but I've seen plenty of people lose their jobs and get a visit from SS because they mentioned Trump's actions were treasonous. Which someone then interpreted as death threats. One side doesn't get to point fingers and then play coy when they do it themselves.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

So because one side plays loose with truth, you accept false reporting from supposed journalists?

That's certainly a choice.

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there a transcript? I’m not exactly sure which unhinged rant I’m looking for.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The source is a Truth Social post:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116235861005528220

click to expand full quote:

Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are Militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at “feeding” the very appreciative Fake News Media false information. Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day. They showed phony “Kamikaze Boats,” shooting at various Ships at Sea, which looks wonderful, powerful, and vicious, but these Boats don’t exist — It’s all false information to show how “tough” their already defeated Military is! The five U.S. Refueling Planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged, according to The Wall Street Journal’s false reporting, and others, are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies. Buildings and Ships that are shown to be on fire are not — It’s FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I. For instance, Iran, working in close coordination with the Fake News Media, shows our great USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean. Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at — Iran knows better than to do that! The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information! The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they “win” are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES. That’s why their Approval Rating is so low, and I can win a Presidential Election, IN A LANDSLIDE, getting only 5% positive Press — They have no credibility! I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of some of these Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic “News” Organizations. They get Billions of Dollars of FREE American Airwaves, and use it to perpetuate LIES, both in News and almost all of their Shows, including the Late Night Morons, who get gigantic Salaries for horrible Ratings, and never get, as I used to say in The Apprentice, “FIRED.” Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

[–] petey@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh I just realised that the article itself is paywalled and the audio recording was unrelated