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Trump Demands Death Penalty for Reporters in Unhinged War Rant (www.thedailybeast.com)

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TBH I’m sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed.

Try this: don't click the link.

And there's a chain of reasoning that makes the headline more than bullshit: Trump is demanding journalists be put on trial for treason, which has a maximum penalty of death. Trump is a long-time advocate of brutal and excessive punishment for anyone not on his good side. The leadership at DoJ are all Trump syophants who take their direction from him. Ergo, any journalist who pisses off Trump is likely to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, if not beyond.

Short version: Trump was threatening journalists with the death penalty.

Additional research: the Central Park Five, where Trump demanded their execution even after they were conclusively exonerated.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if Trump shouted "I'm going to execute you!" at the top of his lungs while throwing a baby out the window, on film, in front of a million people; if the headline makes inferred jumps and sensationalizes the event, it is not a news article. Its opinion/talk or whatever label you want to call it.

And that is exactly why we're here. Trump is a troll that thrives on tabloid journalism; everything that's even a little exaggerated is just feeding him. It's why he's there. And I am very sensitive to the idea that "it's really news because its true with these conditions and aligns with my beliefs" because thats the core operating mode of MAGA.