Nolte: The Daily Beast Doxing Standard Could Backfire on the Media

The far-left Daily Beast doxed a man for spreading fake news, a new standard of journalism that could very easily haunt everyone in the establishment media. For the sake of argument, let’s assume the Daily Beast was accurate in its reporting on the man who created a fake video about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). What I mean is, let’s assume it is true that this man (who I’m not going to name) deliberately sought to deceive thousands of his Facebook followers with a video clip manipulated in a way to make Pelosi look drunk. If true, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the guy. If the Daily Beast’s reporting is accurate (a big “if”), this man did not advertise the video as a spoof and did publish it at a site that advertises as a straight news site. I loves spoofs. I love memes. But there is nothing funny or okay about deliberately trying to con thousands of followers in a cynical attempt to make YouTube money. But…

There is never anything okay about doxing anyone for any reason, which is exactly what the Daily Beast did to this man, and in doing so, the Daily Beast has opened up a Pandora’s Box that could haunt the establishment media forevermore. Welcome to a whole new world. Before we get to that, for those who don’t know, “doxing” is the indecent act of researching and publishing private information about someone; the act of gratuitously and publicly revealing all kinds of embarrassing information about someone in an effort to humiliate them. It is a gross and indefensible abuse of power. Up until now, it was understood that doxing is an immoral act, something no legitimate media outlet or decent person would ever do. There have been exceptions. When she was with the far-left Politico, the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman doxed private citizens in an effort to boost Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.

In 2008, after then-candidate Barack Obama bungled a question asked by a private citizen Obama chose to approach during a neighborhood canvas, Politico’s Jonathan Martin (who is also with the Times now) was so desperate to change the subject away from Obama’s “spread the wealth” comment, he did a little oppo-research on this private citizen and published his tax liens. The Daily Beast’s doxing is different, though, because it sets an all-new standard — let’s call it the Daily Beast Standard — a standard that says it is okay to dox anyone who deliberately spreads fake news. You see, what the Daily Beast did is called retribution — and retribution is not journalism. This was an effort to intimidate, not an effort to report. This was a malicious act of doxing premised on a journalistic standard that says doxing is now okay if the person being doxed is guilty of deliberately spreading fake news.

Actually, the media as a whole have now affirmed this standard because the media as a whole, most especially CNN, have whole-heartedly embraced what the Daily Beast did. If the media’s Daily Beast Standard now says it is okay to dox those who deliberately spread misinformation, to dig into their private lives, their credit, criminal, and academic histories, their past relationships — and publish all of it — what we have here is an establishment media inviting an unprecedented examination of their own personal lives. It is simply a fact that the establishment media set the standards of journalism in this country. And now that the media have violated yet another long-held norm about doxing, think about what they are inviting to be unleashed…

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/06/03/nolte-the-daily-beast-doxing-standard-could-backfire-on-the-media/

Pope Francis Confesses: ‘I Don’t Understand Italian Politics’

Pope Francis said Sunday he understands little of Italian politics but warned against those who “sow hatred and fear” in an apparent allusion to interior minister Matteo Salvini, the leader of the Lega party. Asked about the conduct of Mr. Salvini and his use of Catholic symbols such as the rosary and crosses during his campaign, the pope said that politicians “should be honest and not campaign with dishonest banners, with calumny, defamation or scandals.” At the same time, the pope was careful not to directly criticize anyone, while still making his opinion clear.

“In this I have to confess my ignorance: I do not understand Italian politics,” he said during a Q&A session aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Romania. “I really should study it, I don’t understand it. It would be very imprudent of me to give an opinion on the attitudes of an electoral campaign of one of the parties, without information.” The pope said that to understand his thinking on the matter, people should read L’Osservatore Romano, which he called the “party newspaper” of the Vatican. “I read it and it would be good for you to read it, because it offers some very interesting keys to understanding things and things that I say are also there,” he said.

On the day after the recent European elections, in fact, L’Osservatore Romano published a front-page editorial denouncing the pro-sovereignty movement — which made great strides in the elections, particularly in Italy — as diametrically opposed to Europe. In it, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief who was hand-picked for the post by Pope Francis, said that the Italian vote was “reactive” and motivated by “fear,” an opinion alluded to by Francis in his press conference Sunday. “I pray for everyone, so that Italy can go forward, so that the Italians will unite and be loyal to their commitments,” Francis continued. So often, politicians sow hatred and fear, the pope said, and “this is terrible.” “A politician should never, ever sow hatred and fear, just hope,” he said. “Fair, demanding policies, but with hope. Because he must lead the country there, and not frighten people.”'''

The pope has frequently denounced certain fear-mongering, for example of migrants, while promoting other sorts of fears, for example of an apocalyptic “climate crisis” and of the evils of international finance. A week ago, the pope sketched a terrifying picture of a global climate emergency, saying that human beings must “correct our path before it is too late.” “Around the world, we are seeing heat waves, droughts, forest fires, floods and other extreme meteorological events, rising sea levels, the emergence of diseases and further problems that are only a dire premonition of things much worse to come, unless we act and act urgently,” the pope told a group of leaders assembled at the Vatican on May 27. “Time is of the essence,” the pope told the assembly. “You are here today to reflect on how to remedy this profound crisis caused by a confusion of our moral ledger with our financial ledger. You are here to help stop a crisis that is leading the world towards disaster.” Apparently, in the pope’s mind, a “politics of fear” has a place in certain issues, but not in others.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/06/03/pope-francis-confesses-i-dont-understand-italian-politics/

>>6663715

Indeed, and the Queen was looking very Green with envy!

>>6663832

Nothing more than a figure head, just like the Royals..

>>6663769

He's certainly not needed, he brings nothing to the table useful.