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Ralph Averill's avatar

The normalization of violence in Republican rhetoric seems to already have predictable consequences.

Two stories currently running in the Guardian back-to-back;

One about Jordan’s death rant, the other about a lone gunman shooting up a Democratic campaign office in Kentucky. Credit to the Guardian for putting these stories next to each other thus making the obvious connection.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/14/us-congressman-jim-jordan-echoes-trump-clinton-aides-executed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/14/louisville-assassination-attempt-craig-greenbergd-democrat

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Ally House (Oregon)'s avatar

"We don't know if we are dealing with someone who has mental issues or is venomous". That strikes me as quite a telling statement in the PD's press release.

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Ralph Averill's avatar

Indeed! Maybe both. It seems an apt description of a number of Republicans I can think of, especially the one holding court in Mar-a-Lago.

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Fred WI's avatar

As I continue to read this fiction known as The Rain and Pain of the Republic that Could Have Been Mine I now note the beleaguered protagonist, tfg, just put a hit out on The Smart Woman, and Gymn the White Shirt just volunteered to handle the wet work. What next will come in this dramcomedy? The supposed heirs will turn out to be spawn of The Accountants?

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Ralph Averill's avatar

I think that when this nightmare is past, more books on the subject will be written by students of abnormal psychiatry than by historians and political scientists.

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Christine (FL)'s avatar

Agree 1000%, Ralph.

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JDinTX's avatar

Will somebody besides the Guardian tell us

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Ron Boyd (Denver)'s avatar

Yes, it is fair to be a little skeptical of "The Guardian":

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.

In review, story selection favors the left but is generally factual.

The Guardian holds a left-leaning editorial bias and sometimes relies on sources that have failed fact checks. Further, while The Guardian has failed several fact checks, they also produce an incredible amount of content; therefore, most stories are accurate, but the reader must beware and hence why we assign them a Mixed rating for factual reporting.

𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙨

• Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? – False

• Firms bidding for government contracts asked if they back Brexit. – False

• The proportion of lung cancer cases only diagnosed after a visit to an A&E ranges from 15% in Guildford and Waverley in Surrey to 56% in Tower Hamlets and Manchester. – Inaccurate

• Private renting is making millions of people ill. – False

• The number of vegans in the U.K. has risen from half a million in 2016 to 3.5 million today. – False

• New legislation introduced to change laws on workplace rights. – False

• The justice budget has fallen by 40% since 2010. – False

• “The proportion of people with a job who live in poverty went up for the third consecutive year in 2018 to a record high” – False

• “The number of children needing foster care has risen by 44% during the coronavirus pandemic, creating a “state of emergency,” a children’s charity said.” – False

• 915 children admitted with malnutrition in Cambridge hospitals between 2015 and 2020. There were 656 similar admissions at Newcastle hospitals and 656 at the Royal Free London hospitals. – False

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/

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Kathy's avatar

NYT did tell.

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