[Continuation] The Trump Presidency: Part 23

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Originally Posted by William Parcher (Post 13129369) Contradiction and hypocrisy are to be found in all political fanatics. Trump is that, and so are the ISF political fanatics regardless of what party they support. Same thing happens here at ISF. I post articles from the Daily Mail. ISF members almost universally call it Daily Fail and describe it as junk, or even politically biased junk. But they don't say that about Daily Mail when I post an article that they like or support or want others to know about. It's only the Daily Fail when it's "failure" is important to the fanatic. When an article from them isn't a "failure" for the fanatic and is instead supportive of the fanatic then this media outlet is called Daily Mail. Trump is a fickle bastard with his NYT is bad and then NYT is good. That behavior is pretty common on ISF with the political fanatacists.

Hmmmmm. I'm pretty sure that I always call out the Daily Mail as a poor source, regardless of whether I support the message in their coverage (which isn't often). If I haven't, then I apologise and will make the following statement:

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The Daily Mail is a terrible newspaper with deplorable journalistic standards, a penchant for hyperbole and oversimplification (when not making things up entirely) and a political bias so strong that it renders objective news coverage nigh-on impossible.

I hope that clears things up for you.

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If the behaviour you mention is so common, presumably you can link to a few dozen examples of liberal-leaning posters quoting the Daily Mail as a source without giving a health warning about the quality of their coverage.

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