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Mark Bankston

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Partner, Farrar & Ball, LLP. Bomb-throwing do-gooder. Half Robin Hood, half Blackbeard.
Caught Alex Jones lying on the stand.

  1. I’m seeing so much conflicting info on this. I’ve seen posts saying the hoax profile stole its profile pic from some nice lady named Hope who has uploaded videos of her in tears saying it’s her pic but not her account. Picking apart disinformation is growing exponentially harder.

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  2. You might not want to come in my replies and call my followers stupid when you weren’t even capable of reading my tweets and screenshots which make quite clear that Cindy Steinberg did not say any of the things being claimed. It was a Nazi hoax. And you fell for it. And then you didn’t even read.

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  3. If anyone knows the real Cindy Steinberg, I’d be happy to talk to her about her legal options. After defaming her for the past 24 hours, Grok has now acknowledged the situation is a hoax … but it’s also still defaming her every few minutes in separate posts.

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  4. If I could define my disdain for mainstream media in one way it would be this: no one gets smarter or more informed about policy/history/procedures from watching CNN. If you forced someone to watch CNN cover a bill for a month, 99% of viewers wouldn't be able to answer basic questions about the bill

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  5. Smart move by Newsom. 1) Fox is vulnerable after the Dominion settlement and he chose the right number. 2) with Trump, Musk & the bad faith right weaponizing defamation and libel laws to attack their critics, it’s time liberals and leftists fight (legal) fire with fire. Sue ‘em.

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom has filed a $787 million lawsuit against Fox News — accusing Jesse Watters of defamation by falsely claiming that Newsom lied about a phone call with Trump during the Los Angeles protests.

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