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    Not to nitpick, but the article says Andrew Callaghan is a conservative media personality. IMO he’s far from conservative. I’d appreciate other’s thoughts on this.

    His interview series with Hunter is pretty eye opening. Worth a watch.

    Also, yes, I would pay to watch Hunter, a former crack addict, absolutely embarrass the silver spoon twins.

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        I’m generally not an apologist but brother he was like 19 without a fully cooked noodle, has spotlighted what he did wrong, full out publically apologized, and stopped produ tion to (supposedly) work on himself.

        Is there no such thing as forgiveness? What else should he do? Would you like him to give you, personally, a literal pound of his flesh?

        Pedophiles get the rope. Rapers should be desexed and shunned. Sex pests though? Fucking awful behaviour but the ongoing reaction is unreal.

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          Oh shit he took some time off, guys. To work on himself.

          Have statements like that ever not been bullshit?

          And I’m sorry, but didn’t he assault multiple women who were too drunk to consent? I was playing it safe when I said “sex pest” because I hadn’t remembered the exact claims. But I just looked into it again, and yeah fuck that dude.

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      Most of his journalism I would say is left leaning, but he typically avoids the hardline leftist stances. I would assume he gets labelled as conservative due to his willingness to interview pretty much anyone on any side. I would say he’s independent, While you could argue he’s centrist or left leaning, I think it’s safe to say he is not conservative.

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    This is why we overseas say the problem is within the people, not just Trump.

    This is why Trump was elected. Look at this shit.

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      people like Trump’s sons/epstein class im general would exist far less often if they got their ass beat in achool atleast once growing up, imo

      gotta learn actions have consequences early on

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      I have said more than once that international conflict needs to be resolved by more head of state on head of state boxing matches instead of ridiculous bombing campaigns that mostly kill civilians who, in my experience as one myself, have a near universal opinion of “basically all war is stupid”

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    They better drug test both sides beforehand and if they aren’t blitzed out of their minds on coke or crack it’s an instant DQ.

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      on coke or crack it’s an instant DQ

      Drug test wise those are 100% the same btw. Don’t mind me I’m just pedantic

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          Fair. Although in this case I think semantically we could argue it’s more of a “method of choice” thing. Kinda like smoking dabs vs taking edibles. Not exactly but close enough. Especially if one doesn’t decarb the edibles.

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    Anyone else got a flashback of that fight between musk & zuckerberg? So long ago, can’t remember who won…

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      Shhh, Andrew works very hard to convince that side that they can trust him to do an interview. After the Shirley stuff, he needs something like this to be able to get back behind enemy lines.

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      The full quote was “conservative media commentator” which I think means he comments on conservative media, not that he is a conservative who is a media commentator. I agree it’s confusing wording though.

      Would’ve been better if they just called him a gonzo journalist as he’s closer to that then a commentator.

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        I don’t think anyone would read it to mean that. Also, he interviews just as many people on the left, but mostly people who are…just completely out there.

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    tells conservative social media commentator Andrew Callaghan

    What fucking idiot thinks Channel 5 is right wing?!

    Answer:

    The mouthpiece for a fascist authorarian apparently…

    In 2024, Reporters Without Borders ranked Turkey 158th in the world for press freedom among 180 countries. According to Reporters Without Borders, “The witch hunt waged by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government against its media critics has come to a head since an abortive coup in July 2016. A state of emergency has allowed the authorities to eliminate dozens of media outlets with the stroke of a pen, reducing pluralism to a handful of low-circulated and targeted publications.”

    In review, when reporting non-Turkey-related news, TRT World reports with minimally loaded language and utilizes credible sources such as Vox, Moscow Times, NY Times, Washington Post, Tass and republishes credible news agencies such as Reuters.

    TRT World reflects a pro-government tone in its national coverage, as seen through its analysis of the upcoming elections. Most national coverage heavily sided with the ruling party and less coverage of the main opposition party candidate. Further, the UK’s Spectator states TRT World is “President Erdogan’s mouthpiece to woo the west.” In short, this is a pro-government propaganda source.

    Although TRT World presents relatively low biased coverage of USA news, such as “Trump cancels summit with Kim; North Korea still wants talks,” they source through large blocks of quotes without providing any links to the sources.

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/trt-world/