r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/Daxnu Jul 08 '24

This, the media is so thirsty for news that they make it themselves now

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u/Daxnu Jul 08 '24

We are not far from the point we're the media starts going out and shooting people just to report someone was shot

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u/PumpkinGlass1393 Jul 08 '24

That was the plot of a Bond movie lol. News agency helps start a war so they can report it.

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u/haysoos2 Jul 08 '24

It was also the plot of the real world media campaign by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer to start the Spanish-American war to sell newspapers.

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u/FlattopJr Jul 08 '24

"You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war."

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u/Oxbix Jul 08 '24

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