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So Donald chatted with Elon, and here’s the future as they see it – losers win, incompetence rules | Marina Hyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/13/donald-trump-elon-musk-x-twitter-politician-tech

Both claim they are part of a bright new dawn, but last night the politician could only slur inanities, and the tech boss made a hash of the tech, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

So Donald chatted with Elon, and here’s the future as they see it – losers win, incompetence rules | Marina Hyde

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homesweethomeMrL

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This is delightful. So many good sections, I ultimately went with:

Let’s deal only briefly with the eventual contents of Elon and Donald’s fireside chat, as long as we’re clear the fire they were sitting next to was a dumpster, sparks from which had long since set both their pants on fire. “I want to close the department of education,” Trump slurred at one point. According to Trump, Biden was ousted in a “coup”. Hey, at least the Democrats can organise a successful one.

snif Ah. Imagine, America. Imagine if your native corporate news could swing a sword like that. Could NBC or CNN print this? Nay nay. Their marketing and sales people would have conniption fits. The owners would never alllow it.

Trigger2_2000

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I saw someone say it could have been an email, but it would have worked best as a fax.

Priceless.

numberfour002

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Old man Donald and Elon. EIEIO.

MvPts

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I have next to no sympathy for either Musk or Trump, but reading this subjective Article was infuriating.

So many tasteless tangents and judgemental adjectives make this Article less informative and more of a sensationalist Piece.

EisFrei

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That's why it is declared an opinion piece right at the top.

MvPts

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That seems fair.

Senal

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The guardian is three tabloids in a trenchcoat.

They don't generally outright lie, but unbiased journalism it is not.

To be clear, the interview was a shitshow, I'm just saying you'll need to manage your expectations about journalistic quality when reading the guardian.

funkless_eck

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they do clearly separate their reporting and commentary though, they always indicate on page in print and online that it is a comment not a report (literally the first word on this page is "Opinion")

Senal

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They do yes, this is clearly marked as an opinion piece.

What i was trying to convey is to not expect stellar journalism, opinion or otherwise, from a media source that has built it's readership on sensationalism and tabloid shenanigans.

That is of course, just my personal opinion.

MvPts

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Thanks for your Input! Your Analogy makes perfect sense to me and gave me a good chuckle^^

I‘m not too familiar with the guardian but I do remember reading some Articles of great journalistic Quality.

I learned that it is marked as an „Opinion Piece“ but how can you value the opinion of a Journalist you do not know?