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04-16-2017 , 09:48 AM

Rex Ingram

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is this considered to be regular mainstream media now? I see it being regularly cited by major news publications. This is incredibly alarming.

04-16-2017 , 09:52 AM

fuluck414

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It's mainstream on the right, people are dumb.

04-16-2017 , 09:53 AM

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is this considered to be regular mainstream media now? I see it being regularly cited by major news publications. This is incredibly alarming.
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04-16-2017 , 10:22 AM

Jbrochu

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It's the end of the world as we know it...

"Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped"

04-16-2017 , 10:29 AM

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https://twitter.com/selectedwisdom/s...77129783373825

https://warontherocks.com/2016/11/tr...our-democracy/

04-16-2017 , 11:32 AM

13ball

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What major news publications are citing InfoWars, other than to point out that it is a garbage conspiracy site?

04-16-2017 , 01:43 PM

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Back in the mid 90's the only thing the internet was used for was e-mail, porn, multiplayer Doom, and discussing conspiracies (Normies were e-mail only.) Even back then Alex Jones had the most popular conspiracy website. It is simply Inconceivable that Alex Jone is talking to the President on the phone and giving him advice in the year 2017.

04-16-2017 , 03:54 PM

Rex Ingram

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 13ball

What major news publications are citing InfoWars, other than to point out that it is a garbage conspiracy site?

ughm here is what I found in 20 seconds

Quote:

Commenters on the conservative website Infowars were similarly appalled, with some lamenting, “We have been sold a false bill of goods.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/u...umps-base.html

04-16-2017 , 04:33 PM

GBP04

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isnt that the worst example you could have given

04-16-2017 , 04:39 PM

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Rex Ingram

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is it?

04-16-2017 , 06:20 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rex Ingram

is it?

Yes, we all know Infowars is legitimate to the rwnj's. That's all that ny times article is saying. That's Trump's base.

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04-16-2017 , 07:40 PM

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Rex Ingram

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it is not a conservative website.

04-16-2017 , 07:45 PM

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einbert

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https://twitter.com/tedfrank/status/853731326515654656

04-16-2017 , 07:46 PM

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04-16-2017 , 07:52 PM

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fuluck414

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rex Ingram

it is not a conservative website.

A venn diagram of trump supporters and Infowars readers would have a very large center section.

04-16-2017 , 08:00 PM

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Good choice for crazy aj to fight his custody case, Austin.

He's a lunatic even if 90% performance artist.

04-16-2017 , 11:31 PM

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13ball

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rex Ingram

ughm here is what I found in 20 seconds

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/u...umps-base.html

They aren't "citing" InfoWars in the sense of treating it as a reliable source. But they do point to it to give an idea of how a certain segment of the public is reacting, which seems reasonable.

04-17-2017 , 01:49 AM

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Minirra

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Taking issue with the NYT (or anyone else) referring to InfoWars simply as "conservative" is very defensible IMO. I don't think that word stands very well on its own as an adjective anymore, even in the general sense. But yeah InfoWars warrants a little extra in the description.

04-17-2017 , 02:00 AM

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Sadly it's not all fun and games. And it does seem like Jones keeps on gaining in popularity, even while it is clear that he's not exactly a credible source of reliable information. This is the kind of product that thrives in a certain kind of environment.

Mr. Trump, denounce Alex Jones: Sandy Hook principal's daughter
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...lumn/94335420/

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My heart — and my dinner table — reflect the hole in my life that will never be repaired. And while I’ve chosen a path of gun safety advocacy that not everyone agrees with, some opponents of gun violence prevention follow a different, darker path. A fringe movement of “Sandy Hook truthers” promotes hateful conspiracy theories that the shooting never took place. My Thanksgiving table tells a different story. And so does the reality of the families who had their loved ones ripped out of their arms by senseless gun violence.

The most prominent popularizer of the "Sandy Hook hoax" theory is the radio and Web personality Alex Jones. He is the kind of person you’d expect to be confined to the darkest echo chambers of the Internet. Yet, Jones has been bolstered by the very man who has proclaimed he’ll make our country great again: President-elect Donald Trump.

A quick Google search for the phrase “Sandy Hook truthers” will turn up thousands of stories about how the worst day of my life was actually an elaborate conspiracy that never happened at all. It’s insanity.

Even after an election that exposed deep divisions in our country, surely we can all agree on this: The mass shooting at Sandy Hook happened. Twenty-six families, including mine, were torn apart and will never be the same. Any preposterous ideas to the contrary cannot be allowed to seep into our country’s mainstream discourse. They must be swiftly and publicly refuted.

Surely, the newly elected leader of the free world can see that.

Yet Donald Trump has promised to again appear on Jones’ program — to chat with a man who claims that one of the worst mass shootings in American history was a hoax. President-Elect Trump has praised Alex Jones’ "amazing" reputation and promised he won’t let him down.

Mr. President-elect: You are letting me down.

04-17-2017 , 05:21 AM

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Subterranean2

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Obama put gay bombs in our tap water, is that something an american would do?????

04-17-2017 , 09:13 AM

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The derpening of the right wing "information" complex was assured once Rush Limbaugh and others had successfully taught their listeners to simply deny anything that was the least bit irritating to their worldview. If you don't like what Fox News says, read Breitbart. Don't like Breitbart, read Infowars. Just set up a right wing pile of derp to the right of Infowars and start printing money.

04-17-2017 , 10:32 AM

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heehaww

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I drop a gay bomb into the water supply every time I take a dump.

04-17-2017 , 05:13 PM

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Paul D

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http://fox17online.com/2017/04/17/in...stody-dispute/

It's OK. It's just an act.

04-17-2017 , 05:33 PM

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Terry "Hulk" Hogan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul D

http://fox17online.com/2017/04/17/in...stody-dispute/

It's OK. It's just an act.

It's still real to me, brother.

04-30-2017 , 09:41 PM

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OmgGlutten!

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So I saw a video of Alex Jones extolling the virtues of the Freedom Caucus.

lol, what percent of his viewers could plausibly be christian conservatives?

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