• @[email protected]
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    1128 months ago

    It sounds like NBCUniversal News Group needs a new chairman. The explanation and justification for such a terrible hiring ought to have serious, long lasting consequences. There are blunders and then there are those who exchange freedom of the press for greed and grift. This should not be soon forgotten.

  • NRay7882
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    898 months ago

    Almost made it a whole Scaramucci.

  • @PrinceWith999Enemies
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    “I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down,” he said. “While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it.”

    These statements always seem so facile when “taking responsibility” means no consequences apart from issuing an apology.

    • modifier
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      On top of that, you can see that even the part about taking full responsibility is cloaked in caveats and softening language.

      “…our team members who felt we let them down…”

      “While this was a collective recommendation…”

  • @[email protected]
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    608 months ago

    Saw no issue with it until public uproar… already shows the execs are completely detached from reality

    “But number go up?”

    • MxM111
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      248 months ago

      I think it was their attempt on “fair and balanced”. It is just how to balance if you have a third of population believing that Trump won?

      • Omega
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        118 months ago

        Usually you have to forego “fair” if you want to be “balanced”. And vice-versa.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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    458 months ago

    You can only have “both sides” to things that are based in reality, not bad faith. Hiring her to “balance” things was an impossibility, since she peddles in bad faith and conspiracy theories.

  • Zerlyna
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    Rachel Maddow ranted for 29 minutes!!! I need to find that on YouTube.

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      408 months ago

      “Ranted” is an exaggeration as she was exceedingly professional, yet passionate and surprisingly candid. I never really cared about her either way until I listened to her podcast Bag Man. It is incredible. And true! Now I realize she’s completely awesome and have a whole new respect for her…

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        Oh no I meant that in a good way! she is amazing!! Check out her credentials sometime!!

      • @captainlezbian
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        You mean the thing she famously does? I’m not a fan of hers, she’s a bit right wing for me, but her candor has always been very present.

  • Ghostalmedia
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    408 months ago

    What was her actual job going to be? Was she just going to be a talking head that would give “the other side.” AKA, lies about election fraud and whatnot.

    • @jeffwOPM
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      Pretty much

  • n1ckn4m3
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    158 months ago

    “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions”

  • @Snapz
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    38 months ago

    These fucking ghouls should be tattooed with an ink that glows under black light. Humanity fails if they are ever able outrun the shame of what they’ve done.

    • @Kbobabob
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      98 months ago

      Tattooing people to mark them? That’s some Hitler shit.

      • Final Remix
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        18 months ago

        No bad tactics, only bad targets, I guess. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

        • @Dkarma
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          -18 months ago

          The Nazis used guns so no one should use guns.

          -you