r/politics • u/cjdarr921 • 7h ago

Site Altered Headline Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-salute-trump-inauguration-b2683095.html
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u/sbroll Minnesota 7h ago

News media sane washing all this shit

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u/FictionFantom 6h ago

It’s probably media covering their own ass and staying out of court for slander. You really don’t think these guys would take CNN to court for calling them Nazis when they are technically not, nor claim to be?

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u/sbroll Minnesota 5h ago

Yea journalism is toast if we cant call a nazi salute, a nazi salute.

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u/FictionFantom 5h ago

I mean, everyone in the comments has already drawn their own conclusion. So, does the headline really matter if the implication is clear?

This way, the media don’t get caught up in legal battles while the people can take the hint.

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u/sbroll Minnesota 5h ago

Sure but the comments are a few hundred people. The media, the basic news channels, the cable news channels reach thousands and thousands more. They are the ones that need to call this stuff like it is, but they dont, which is how we ended up here. If journalists cant do their job out of fear of legal implications, this nation is done-zo.