On America This Week, Walter Kern told Matt Taibbi and Matt Taibbi discussed 60 minutes‘ editing of the Kamala Harris interview. Walter told Matt that in print they can take a statement you made and make it seem that it occurred in an entirely different context than than when you made it and there’s no way you know there’s no way for the audience to tell
Donald Trump will not protect Europe
When Donald Trump was asked whether he would protect European countries that didn’t meet military spending requirements, Trump replied no I would not protect you
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Ken Klippenstein’s Home Visited By FBI Agent
In an interview with TYT, Ken described the FBI agent who visited him over the JD Vance dossier as a young blond guy who might have tripped over his umbilical cord on the way over [and] looked stumped when I asked him what the point of the visit was
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Kamala Harris: “I have a Glock”
Many news reports quote Kamala as saying: I have a Glock
Jack Nicholson: You Can’t Handle the Truth.
Language on the web is enhanced by emoticons and animated GIFs.
CiteIt could further enhance the written word by creating a richer form of hyperlink.
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You can’t handle the truth
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- Matt Taibbi: Nordstream article
- Ken Klippenstein: College Protests
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When Context is Stripped Away
I think that Judaism has the same problem that any thick civilization has in a world in which, as you say, context is stripped away. And not only is context stripped away, but attention to any one thing is scanter and less than it used to be.
Ocsar winner “Refutes his Jewishness”!
Isn’t it outrageous that this year at the 2024 Oscars, an Oscar winner Jonathan Glazer went on stage and said: Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness
. What a disgraceful thing to say!
No, the director of Zone of Interest did not disavow his Jewish identity at the Oscars (Vox)
Donald Trump Warns of a “Bloodbath!”
Today, a lot of the media carried a quote in which Donald Trump says: if I don’t get elected it’s going to be a blood bath
. Television is seldom able to present the whole context of a quote, given space limitations. This could be an advantage for Substack writers because CiteIt enables interested readers to have the option of pursuing a quote’s context without commandeering the attention of all viewers.
CiteIt becomes like an advanced form of footnotes that works across:
- text,
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- video.
JFK: Inaugural Address
In his inaugural address John F. Kennendy said ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.
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What else did Kennedy’s famous inaugural address say?
FDR: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first Inaugural Address is remembered for the line: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself
If you cite the source with CiteIt, the reader can explore the historical context, so that the quote lives as more than just a soundbite.