For the 2nd year in a row, alt-right social media outlets convinced people boycott halftime show...

redleghunter · Feb 7, 2017

USincognito said:
The difference I noticed was quantitative.

Notice in the NPR article the man in question has an "Amway like" network of like minded people.

Rion · Feb 7, 2017

Speaking of politicizing the Super Bowl, while looking for these mysterious half-time show claims, I came across how people on Twitter were turning the whole thing political.

Albion · Feb 7, 2017

The Super Bowl stuff aside, what we were dealing with is the subtle rewording of a statement so that it can be misrepresented. That's usually what the verbal disputes between the Left and Right turn on. For example, at the moment we're all supposed to be agitated over the President "equating" the USA with Russia (or Putin). Except that he didn't say the two were equal. And the "Muslim ban" has become a sensation, although it's factually incorrect. The term served its purpose, though. By the same token, what appears in the comments section of any news service's website is not what the service itself has said, advocated, reported, stood for, etc.

redleghunter · Feb 7, 2017

Rion said:
Speaking of politicizing the Super Bowl, while looking for these mysterious half-time show claims, I came across how people on Twitter were turning the whole thing political.

Here's another.

BubbaJack · Feb 7, 2017

redleghunter said:
Here's another.

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How do you take a pic of a tweet?

redleghunter · Feb 7, 2017

BubbaJack said:
How do you take a pic of a tweet?

Click on the Tweet it takes you to the link, copy and paste link.

redleghunter · Feb 7, 2017

BubbaJack said:
How do you take a pic of a tweet?

Here's another:

redleghunter · Feb 7, 2017

Another fan who turned political:

grasping the after wind · Feb 7, 2017

USincognito said:
Go to the Breitbart Facebook page and search for "Gaga". There are at least two threads where a lot of Breitbart fans are saying they're not going to watch or using a Boycott hashtag.

There are lots of threads on CF
but most people don't think that CF is the source of the content of what the the posters write in the thread.

grasping the after wind · Feb 7, 2017

I have been boycotting Super Bowl Halftime Shows for decades. Not because of politics but because of fairness. I will end my boycott when there are football games played during the intermission of pop concerts

brinny · Feb 7, 2017

BubbaJack said:
Really important stuff.

I was thinkin' the same thing.

^_^

LouisBooth · Feb 7, 2017

No they didn't? They said turn it off if there is an issue...and there wasn't.

Root of Jesse · Feb 7, 2017

ThatRobGuy said:
...and for the 2nd year, it was all for nothing lol.

There were a few that were claiming that "Plans were revealed for a pro-Muslim, pro-Immigration performance"

And a bunch claiming that she was going to make some sort of anti-Trump political statement during the show.

Given that this is the 2nd year in a row these outlets have been blatantly wrong, is anyone from the far right end of the spectrum willing to add Breitbart and Fox to the "Fake News" list...or do you have to both be wrong AND insult Trump to make it on that list?

How is this fake news? It's just a prediction that didn't come true.

I didn't watch most of the game or the half-time show. Didn't have a dog in the race, and didn't care. I watched about 1 1/2 football games this year. Shrug.

Root of Jesse · Feb 7, 2017

ThatRobGuy said:
Basically, a bunch of wild theories were circulating about her halftime show performance.

Fox, Breitbart, Infowars...the usual suspects.

...and people ate it up hook, line, and sinker and were calling for boycotts leading up to the performance.

at least out of the 3, Fox had the decency to admit that they predicted incorrectly and made some kind remarks about her, followed by a bunch of people thanking her for "leaving politics out of it".

...but that brings us to another issue. When it comes to voicing political opinions about the president, people want their fellow political allies to be able to spout off whatever they'd like using any public forum they can because of freedom of speech, however, they put the onus on their opposition to "leave politics out of it".

Again, it's not fake news if it's a prediction that just doesn't pan out. It's sorta like when they talk about a politician's speech before the speech, and if he doesn't say what was supposed to be in the speech, then they have egg on their face.
Because of the speed of the news cycle these days, the news sites are under pressure to get the story out. Breitbart and Drudge are more news aggregators than news originators, so you can't really blame them unless the story originates from them. Sorta like the tweets that went out from the Oval Office that MLK's bust was removed. Oh, wait! I was wrong. But too late, the tweet went out, didn't it.

Root of Jesse · Feb 7, 2017

Rion said:
Speaking of politicizing the Super Bowl, while looking for these mysterious half-time show claims, I came across how people on Twitter were turning the whole thing political.

That's hillarious. Almost glad the Pats won. My Dad is happy in heaven. And Atlanta STILL hasn't won a Super Bowl.

Paul Yohannan · Feb 7, 2017

redleghunter said:
Then everyone who boycotted needs to know their fake news is coming from liberals.

We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned

Indeed, consider Stephen Glass, the most infamous purveyor of fake news, and still the most talented, artistically speaking.

redleghunter · Feb 7, 2017

Paul Yohannan said:
Indeed, consider Stephen Glass, the most infamous purveyor of fake news, and still the most talented, artistically speaking.

Forgot about him.

Hello, My Name Is Stephen Glass, and I’m Sorry

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