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Why Won’t the US Corporate Media Call a Nazi Salute a Nazi Salute? (www.commondreams.org)

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The mainstream press failed to accurately describe the hand gesture that Elon Musk made twice at Trump’s Inauguration Day rally, setting a troubling precedent for the second Trump era.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I’m pretty sure what you mentioned are principles used in courts of law. As a rule, journalists can and should call a spade a spade. They don’t need to prove beyond reasonable doubt what he was thinking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, the whole point was to bring up legal examples, to show the absurdity of trying to read Musk's mind here when we don't even do that for murder trials.