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  Woke Oscars cringe

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

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  For all the folks offended by "wokeness" - it's not a question about being offended by wokeness.

  Hollywood is about making good movies and entertaining people. Giving priority to current political opinions is ridiculous. Actors are obviously allowed their opinions and beliefs, like the rest of us. But using your acceptance speech to lecture the people who pay your wages (the viewers) is really dumb.

  If actors want to become involved in politics, let them leave acting and become politicians, rather than regurgitating trendy opinions gleaned from social media.

  It goes both ways, of course. I'm a right-winger and want immigration to be controlled and illegal immigrants deported. But if some right-wing actor said during his acceptance speech that he wanted illegal immigration stopped, I'd be like 'What. The. F**k?! This is a film awards not the Daily Politics - f**k off from the stage, you tosser.'
  
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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  What changed? It became too hot at some point and the potential commercial impact on youtube meant that he got the chop - why doesn't YouTube ban left-wing channels that become too hot?
  
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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  It is a good example but it is moving away from media bias - many sections of the media were calling for Trump to be investigated for inciting violence, but those same sections of media are silent about Maxine Waters's little speech. As I say, there seems to be a trend of treating left-wing and right-wing differently.

  Another interesting study might be to investigate YouTube channels that have been banned, what they have been banned for, and see if left-wing and right-wing youtubers are (approximately) equally represented.
  
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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  All news outlet have an agenda - yes, I said all media have bias.

  That will be a pointless exercise if you are only going to use a single data point to prove how commercial news outlet try to spin a story - ok, yes, good point. You would need to study reporting of multiple stories about different issues.

  Maybe a comparison would provide how left-wing and right-wing people are treated: in January, Trump tells his supporters to fight against the election decision and he's investigated for incitement to violence. Maxine Waters says people should 'take to the streets and become more confrontational' and isn't investigated for incitement to violence and/or interference in an (at the time) ongoing case.

  Social media, one branch of our media, certainly treats right-wing and left-wing people differently. I'm not sure about traditional media, perhaps more investigation would be needed.
  
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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  LOL, it is the same thing when people post links from FOX news and affiliates, you get the same response "Fake news" - no media is free of bias, but is your claim true?

  It would be very interesting to compare how media from opposite ends of the political spectrum - e.g. Fox on one hand, and CNN on the other - reported the Ma'Khia Bryant shooting. How they broke this news, how they edited their news reports, what details they left out, etc.
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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  3 Types of People?

  by minimus in

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  as a rule, there are 3 types.

  one is the dramatic over the top person where a hangnail means you might have to get your finger cut off.. the second type is —who me, worry?

  i’m not going to let too much of anything bother me unless it really is armageddon.. the third type is the person in between.

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  Did I miss any big news?

  by Iamallcool in

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  i used to read this site everyday for years!

  i am still learning to be ex ex jw.

  did i miss any big news, etc?

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  Five or six years ago, there was the ARC (the Australian Royal Commission into child abuse in religious organisations).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4fOBrOcC8
  
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  Woke Oscars cringe

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  So actors should act and leaving the thinking to those who do it better - no, actors obviously can have political (and other) opinions. But those opinions have nothing to do with a film awards ceremony.
  
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  Woke Oscars cringe

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  I wasn't aware Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office - it didn't fail, strictly speaking.

  It didn't make a financial loss.

  It just didn't pull in a lot of money, considering it's an excellent film.

  Shawshank Redemption budget: $25 million.

  Shawshank Redemption box office: $50 million.

  ^^^ Modest profit, really ...