NowThis News isn’t news; they’ll happily turn on their camera for any liberal and just let them rant without any interview questions or pushback. So it’s a bit ironic that NowThis has handed over its cameras for Judd Legum, formerly of ThinkProgress, to warn us all about another news site, the Daily Wire, which is a toxic, right-wing website that’s more popular on Facebook than NPR.
It’s so toxic, they have to blur out footage of themselves scrolling through the Daily Wire’s feed while pulling out claims instead of quotations from the actual source. It’s the equivalent of standing outside protesting one of Ben Shapiro’s campus lectures because of what you think he might say.
Now, why would someone who worked for ThinkProgress until it shut down want to shut down an insanely popular right-wing news site? It’s a mystery, but Legum does his best to explain.
Toxic right-wing website The Daily Wire is manipulating Facebook to reach millions of people ahead of the 2020 election — and Facebook is letting them get away with it. @JuddLegum explains: pic.twitter.com/o23JJ6Oug5
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 2, 2019
Thank you for the free advertising. But more than that, thank you for your tears. https://t.co/VpuhGpxDT2
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 3, 2019
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I'm so sorry this is happening to you
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) December 2, 2019
Thoughts and Prayers ?
— Aaron et politica ingenio ??? (@peekaso) December 3, 2019
I found this video to be both stunning and brave. #Resistorwhatever
— someguy (@Idunnosomeguy) December 3, 2019
— Plissken (@LukePlissken) December 2, 2019
— SurlyRants (@SurlyRants) December 2, 2019
Signing up now.
— Jeremiah_Jones6899 (@JJones6899) December 3, 2019
That's it. I'm subbing to @realDailyWire and drinking your tears.
— ?️ake (@Swogalicious) December 2, 2019
"A website for conservatives is reaching out to conservatives on social media before a campaign and tech companies are allowing this."
…dafuq you on?
— Eric Newbury (@newbury_eric) December 2, 2019
Oh… my God… a NowThis video
***A NowThis Video***
Complaining
About another outlet
Reaching people ahead of the election
I might never stop laughing.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 2, 2019
“If the Daily Wire stays this popular on Facebook, they will impact the 2020 election!?”
so basically they just want to ban all conservative media so “toxic” sites don’t “influence elections”
— Ellie Gardey (@EllieGardey) December 3, 2019
Toxic left-wing news company CNN is manipulating television to reach millions of people ahead of the 2020 election — and the FTC is letting them get away with it.
— Possum Reviews (@ReviewsPossum) December 2, 2019
As a former preferred marketing developer for FB, I can say there is really only one way to penetrate that many newsfeeds. Make your content relevant to users. If they coordinated the sharing of non relevant content, it would eventually tank all the pages involved. Be relevant.
— Yok (@camotoolfan) December 2, 2019
NowThis is mad because they used to be the only ones exploiting Facebook to spread nonsense, and now others are cutting into their beat. Please cry more.
— 16 Handles fan accou? (@BasedKashiBar) December 2, 2019
You guys seem upset they get more hits than you with fewer staff. It's called quality over quantity. You guys also do nothing but push agenda yet claim to be fair and unbiased. At least Daily Wire is open about being Conservative and uses better sources facts to support claims.
— Dave Ramos (@DaveFinalVR) December 3, 2019
NowThis does nothing but spread misinformation to millions of people by making free (in kind donations) video propaganda supporting leftist candidates so it's pretty hilarious seeing you snipe about *other* outlets who are at least honest about their political perspective.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 2, 2019
@nowthisnews is the Infowars of the left ?
— Nathan Mark O'Malley (@MalleyNathan) December 3, 2019
I came here to troll @nowthisnews , but about a thousand people beat me to it. Great to see.
— August Farmer (@stinsoninc) December 2, 2019
Holy crap this a dumb post.
— Mike Davidson (@MD989TheBear) December 3, 2019
Is it just me or does this dude look either super tired or super high this whole video…
— Jerry Dearden (@DeardenJerry) December 3, 2019
That comb-over though.
— Peter Lloyd (@Suffragentleman) December 2, 2019
I'm so sorry this is happening to you.
— Bojames (@taketh_note) December 2, 2019
@JuddApatow @realDailyWire Now hear this ??
Judd – I am a handicapped liberal who happens to have more time on my hands than most.
You've been grinding this story for weeks without traction & like Trump, you modify it each time when corrected/caught.
Not cool guy. Not cool.
— Shayachern (@Shayachern) December 3, 2019
Another point, what's the difference between DailyWire being bad people vs being smart guys??
Heck, those are the rules & if someone else wants to play – let them. If THEY get denied or cancelled them you have a story. But really until then, what's the hullabaloo? @realDailyWire
— Shayachern (@Shayachern) December 3, 2019
Opposing viewpoints! Quick, call it manipulation and shut it down!
If you see through this nonsense give me a like so I know there's common sense out there.
— Jason Solberg (@Jaceson) December 3, 2019
So, the argument is that they should be censored for owning multiple Facebook pages, posting things Judd Legum doesn't like and being popular? Left-wing fascists are going to fascist I guess…
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) December 2, 2019
Stop thinking different than us, it's toxic. ?
— Lexi (@penngirl72) December 2, 2019
Its like liberals cant comprehend that (1) alot of ppl dont share their views and (2) those ppl also use social media. Could it be that dw's content is just popular, not that there's some covert operation to subvert the election? Its not clear why the latter would be more likely
— thesoundandthefurry (@Juniorlordwuzzy) December 2, 2019
Amazing how he points out that The Daily Wire is ahead of ABC, CBS, NPR and USA Today and instead of asking "what does that say about these mainstream networks? Is the public having trust issues?" it has to be some kind of grand conspiracy… with no proof, of course.
— Mike Real-Last-Name-Unknown (@TheOtherMike_) December 3, 2019
Maybe "outlets like the New York Times" that "have hundreds of journalists" and publish "10,000 pieces of content a month" should create better content??
— Unaccountable BureauCat (@UnAcctBureaucat) December 2, 2019
Imagine calling them toxic and being serious…
— Watjalukinat (@watjalukinat) December 2, 2019
Oh no, stop them. They're saying stuff that we don't agree with! And people resonate with it ?
— Ralph (@RafCava01) December 2, 2019
Thoughts and prayers to NowThis for this hard time
— Scott (@Scott_WW) December 2, 2019
Worth noting NowThis puts a ton of money into social media and has people in elected office republishing their content.
— Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) December 2, 2019
And very friendly to Democrats.
— Claude Thompson (@Th3Claude) December 2, 2019
Thank you for advertising for @realDailyWire Not like they need it, but they're incredible at what they do.
— Joe (@joedixon1705) December 2, 2019
OMG. We must imprison them.
— Mr. Nuclear Cocaine (@MrNukemCocaine) December 2, 2019
Not gonna lie…at first I thought this was a clandestine @realDailyWire guerrilla marketing ad. When I realized it was real, I decided I HAD to come here for the comments.
Y’all did not disappoint. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/omavXMdw76— Pietro "Maclunkey" Mellifluo (@J_Calhoun) December 2, 2019
Don't even have the courage to tweet at them. Cowards.
— Joshua Gabel (@GabelJoshua) December 2, 2019
They’re not even very right wing though.
— Phillip (@phillipzxc) December 2, 2019
We haven’t heard from Ben Shapiro yet; he’s probably busy creating content people want to read or giving a speech somewhere.
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Judd Legum blows the lid off Trump campaign’s Black Friday sale scam, also promotes Black Friday sale https://t.co/Vb6UiOf9QN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 26, 2019
