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[Official] Biden Pinocchio Watch Thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Mar 30, 2021.

  1. rocketsjudoka

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    Or it's the lamestream media actually isn't as biased as those on the Right claim. I mean this thread started citing the Washington Post shortly after Biden took office so it's not like they are suddenly turning on Biden.
     
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    that's certainly a possibility too
     
  3. rocketsjudoka

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    You're the one who started the thread and cited Washington post.
     
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    an alternative hypothesis is that the Washington Post wanted to appear like they were objective and treating different presidents equally (in 2020), but that now they truly are turning on Biden because they fear for his prospects in 2024 and desperately wish for a non-Biden/non-Kamala alternative now in 2022.

    but that's just an alternative hypothesis
     
  5. Os Trigonum

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    #mediaconspiracy
     
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    #yourenotamoderate
     
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    Which is unfortunate since it looks less complicated to get domestic companies to produce more oil in a couple years than say...a blood thirsty journalist murdering tyrant who sides with Russia on oil matters.

    Some people here brush this is off as posturing (wut more can Biden do to pump more oil?? ::Shrugs:: ESG Our Only Future), but each delay from Biden Admin means we aren't getting out of "sticky" inflation anytime soon.

    I guess Biden's plan is to wait for $100/barrel oil and "let market forces" pick up the slack.

    He is like a hdden godsend to all the oil execs out there. No joke.
     
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    Why does Biden keep saying he and the Dems are going to win big in the midterms?
     
  10. rocketsjudoka

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    Is your back sore from trying to twist like that?
     
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  11. Os Trigonum

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    nope

     
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    What is your solution? Should Biden issue an executive order nationalizing the oil industry?
     
  13. rocketsjudoka

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    I commend you on your spinal flexibility.
     
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    well that's inconvenient

     
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    It will not be long before this senile fool faded into a memory care facility. The puppet masters can only pump so much drugs to keep him semi conscious for every appearance.
     
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    Exactly he's not in charge he's just shoved paperwork in his face and asked to sign it and being told where to sit
     
  19. Os Trigonum

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    Biden’s misleading deficit claim earns him a Bottomless Pinocchio

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...deficit-claim-earns-him-bottomless-pinocchio/

    excerpt:

    “As a matter of fact, my first two years in office I’ve lowered the deficit by a record $1.7 trillion. Lowered the deficit — the debt."

    — President Biden, remarks at the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference April 25

    After releasing a video on Tuesday announcing that he was running for reelection, the president addressed union leaders and bragged about his record on deficit reduction. It’s an important talking point for him as he faces off against House Republicans who are demanding steep reductions in government spending in exchange for a vote to raise the nation’s debt limit. Without a deal, the United States in theory would not be able to pay its bills for past spending.

    But, as we have documented before, Biden’s talking point is highly misleading — worthy of Three Pinocchios.

    Yet he keeps saying it over and over. By our count, at least 30 times since June he’s taken credit for reducing the budget deficit by $1.7 trillion.

    Why is this significant? Readers may recall that during Donald Trump’s presidency, we established a new category, the Bottomless Pinocchio, to account for false or misleading statements repeated so often that they became a form of propaganda. A statement would get added to the list if it had earned a Three or Four Pinocchios rating and been repeated at least 20 times. By the end of the Trump presidency, 56 claims made by Trump had qualified.

    We’d previously given Biden a Bottomless Pinocchio for claiming — without any evidence — that he’s traveled 17,000 miles with Chinese president Xi Jinping. He’s still saying that line, mostly recently during a speech to the Irish parliament on April 13.

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    The Pinocchio Test
    In his battle with congressional Republicans, who claim they are concerned about rising deficits, through sleight of hand, the president repeatedly has claimed he achieved historic deficit reduction because of his policies. Budget numbers often make people’s eyes glaze over and so, from a communications perspective, it’s easy to manipulate the math. But the numbers don’t lie. The president earns his second Bottomless Pinocchio.

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    #cliff notes
     

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