I was told I could lie without consequence.
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2024
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Well in that case…
🎵They’re eating the dogs
They’re eating the cats
They’re eating the pets of the people who live there🎵
They're climbing in your windows, they're snatchin' your kitties up
Tryna eat em so y'all need to hide your dogs, hide your cats
(Hide your dogs, hide your cats)
You better hide yo husbands too cuz they eatin’ everything out here
https://youtu.be/jq8kV31Glog?feature=shared This one's pretty silly. Had to watch it repeatedly because my husband got the giggles.
Beep, beep, bop, bop, BING! 😆🤣
That's cheese to feed the city.
(Oops I reposted the same one as above from The Kiffness)
I guess CBS lied.
Huh.
Shrug emoji.
The moderation on this debate was miles ahead of the prior debate and pretty much every debate I have seen over decades. They didn't bust every myth, but the absolutely let some debate happen and still called out the worst lies that Walz didn't cover, and even pointed out when questions were not answered.
The one thing they didn't do was confirm the fact that the law that allows undocumented immigrants to gain legal status was passed in 1990. They cut it off just after Walz responded, so hopefully that stuck with some people.
I thought the last debate was surprisingly good. They called out any lies that were egregiously bad or dangerous because of the extremity of the lie, like baby murder and the pet eating myths.
I didn't watch this debate though. How was the fact checking different?
The fact checking was more firmly stated compared to the first one where they would let Trump talk over them.
I saw that! We need journalists to grow a pair and hammer down when the question isn't answered.
The network said this week it would encourage the candidates to fact-check each other, but it never ruled out the notion that moderators would fact-check the candidates.
It’s a pleasure to see the only party that everyone respects worldwide, the master negotiators who fixed the Iran nuclear deal, in action.
There were no facts being presented, hence the mic cut.
So the headline is slightly misleading. While yes, technically Vance's mic was cut off, both his and Walz's were cut of. Iirc the moderator also said something along the lines of "Gentlemen, we have cut your mics off..."