vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoTrump says Biden’s pardons are now ‘void and vacant’ after autopen controversywww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down14
arrow-up1222arrow-down1external-linkTrump says Biden’s pardons are now ‘void and vacant’ after autopen controversywww.independent.co.ukvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·20 hours agoI hate when articles like this use words like controversy. There is no controversy when someone just makes up that a standard thing is now an issue.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 hours agoThat’s the Fox model. Have your talking head invent visit on the morning program, have them debate it on the afternoon program, then have the evening program report on the controversy.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours ago“Controversial” universally seems to mean “the worst sort of bullshit imaginable, but let’s be polite for some reason.”
I hate when articles like this use words like controversy. There is no controversy when someone just makes up that a standard thing is now an issue.
That’s the Fox model. Have your talking head invent visit on the morning program, have them debate it on the afternoon program, then have the evening program report on the controversy.
“Controversial” universally seems to mean “the worst sort of bullshit imaginable, but let’s be polite for some reason.”