FCC chairman unconvincingly claims he never threatened ABC station licenses Brendan Carr would like you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Thank you for your headlines being more blunt lately on BS. It helps me stay sane knowing the people writing the headlines know how bonkers the news actually is compared to "normal" right now.
He's playing his role as Joseph Goebbels surrogate well. Goebbels committed suicide once Hitler died in his bunker, after taking the life of his children with cyanide capsules.
I wonder if anyone is sending Carr links to Goebbels Wikipedia entry. I wonder if his kids have seen such entries.
In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy.
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Chris Ferguson
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •If this was an NYT headline it'd be something like, "FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denies claims by Democrats of misconduct"
Good on y'all for actually calling a spade a spade.
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •He's playing his role as Joseph Goebbels surrogate well. Goebbels committed suicide once Hitler died in his bunker, after taking the life of his children with cyanide capsules.
I wonder if anyone is sending Carr links to Goebbels Wikipedia entry. I wonder if his kids have seen such entries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_G…
At least Trump will get to pick out his favorite lamp post.
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •Trump only picks the best liars!
Because he's an expert at it! 🤔😎
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy.
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Roknrol
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •"FCC chairman unconvincingly claims he never threatened ABC station licenses..."
I had to do a "double take" when reading this toot's headline; I thought it was written by @theonion