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Thom Hartmann reports Penthouse Magazine offering a million dollars for the tape. 3 guys have copies. I still have hope.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)Larry Flynt's offer and I understand he has 3 sources who say they have a tape. We'll see.
I don't think Hartmann is credible since he is paid by RT for his program. I think he is a Russian shill and should be shunned.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)I'm convinced. I have asked him repeatedly, both in response to his posts and in a PM why he doesn't move to FSTV or Link and all I get is crickets.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)has been bamboozled and we are all going to suffer. We knew the alt right was crazy, but as a friend of mine said not long ago, it will be the end when the arc doesn't swing back, but goes over the top.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)are wonderful and Democrats are asshats.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)The alt left is a null set. Got any other straw men you want to knock down?
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)they were made of straw.
get the red out
(13,467 posts)And stopped in a week.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)but what made you stop?
get the red out
(13,467 posts)As well as disdain for any liberal who bought into these "unsubstantiated" claims.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)JackAssRadicals. They eat up all his words and reliably spew them back out.
get the red out
(13,467 posts)To try to win over people not already in lock step with him.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)lost 2 of us.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)I thought it was Penthouse's offer.
eShirl
(18,495 posts)demmiblue
(36,865 posts)Hunh. I will wait to hear from WhiteTara about those reliable sources, I suppose. Reliability is important.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)See post #6.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/penthouse-may-have-proof-of-trumps-golden-shower-tryst-at-moscow-hotel/
Original article: http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-sex-tape-penthouse-might-have-proof-russian-golden-shower-gate-2474730
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)I don't know that this is a reliable news source. But RawStory has credibility to date.
Thanks for the additional links with the reward requests!
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)I have posted their stuff before, but I try to use the original source.
And, in this case, they reprinted the whole thing.
Personally, I remain skeptical until I see the hard evidence (not that I actually WANT to see it. ).
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)because it would be direct corroboration of a whole bunch of other stuff that has been alleged.
That's the bigger deal, here, I think.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/17/larry-flynt-offers-up-to-1-million-for-scandalous-audio-or-video-of-donald-trump.html
http://perezhilton.com/2016-10-17-donald-trump-assault-larry-flynt-hustler-million-bouty-scandalous-video-audio
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)P.S. I already did a quick google search before I posted.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)I just can't stand Hartmann.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)If such a tape were to emerge, it would be a pretty big deal, I think.
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141664072
WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)about IBT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Business_Times
Content quality
In late 2011, Google allegedly moved the outlets articles down in search results in response to excessive search engine optimization activity. An internal IBT memo allegedly advised IBT journalists on how to "re-work a story youve already done and re-post it in the hopes that it will chart better via Google... Some people have been just re-posting the exact same story, with a new headline. We're not doing that anymore."[13]
Reporting in 2014, Mother Jones claimed that IBT journalists are subject to constant demand to produce clickbait; one former employee reportedly complained that management issued "impossible" demands, including a minimum of 10,000 hits per article, and fired those who couldn't deliver. Of 432 articles published by IBT Japan in a certain time interval, 302 were reportedly created by copying sentences from Japanese media and combining them, "collage-style", to create stories that seemed new; IBT Japan apologized for the behavior and blamed it on a contract employee.[4] Similarly, employees told The Guardian in 2014 that that at times they seemed to operate more as "content farms" demanding high-volume output than a source of quality journalism. At least two journalists were allegedly threatened with firing unless traffic to their articles increased sharply.[13]
In 2016, IBT hired John Crowley, the Wall Street Journal's Europe, Middle East and Africa digital editor, as its UK editor-in-chief. Crowley stated "We are not a wire service or so-called paper of record... but I have a vision of where I want to take a site... we've got to have a USP (unique selling proposition)... make ourselves distinctive in journalistic terms."[14]
Media Matters for America, a politically progressive journalism watchdog, labeled an IBT article linking Hillary Clinton's policies to the gun used in the Sandy Hook Massacre a "false and sloppy smear" that was based on a misreading of government documents.[15] Media Matters also criticized IBT for publishing an article with the headline "Is Climate Change Real? President-Elect Donald Trump Says Nobody Really Knows Whether The Threat Actually Exists", on the grounds that, while the article text acknowledges the scientific consensus, readers who only read the headline might be misled.[16]
In the Columbia Journalism Review, contributing editor Trudy Lieberman credited IBT's David Sirota's investigative reporting for helping to drive a call for reform in Connecticut insurance regulation.[17]
Labor relations
According to an article in Mother Jones magazine, in the early days of the International Business Times, IBT Media employed immigrant students of Olivet University to translate English into Chinese and other languages, working illegally and being paid less than minimum wage.[4]
In 2016, employees complained publicly about missed payroll, meager or nonexistent severance packages following layoffs, and one-sided nondisclosure agreements.[18][19]
Relationship to "The Community"
The connection of "The Community," a Christian sect led by a "charismatic Korean pastor named David Jang" with IBT is disputed: IBT states that many reports about connections with the Community are false or exaggerated.[4]
Co-owners Johnathan Davis and Etienne Uzac both have ties to Olivet University, an evangelical school founded by David Jang. Graduates of Olivet have been hired to work at IBT Media in many areas; IBT Media has donated money to Olivet. Davis is a former teacher of journalism at Olivet; Davis' wife is the universitys president. Uzac has been on Olivets board of trustees; Uzac's wife has been the press secretary for the World Evangelical Alliance, which includes Olivet as a member. Davis has personally endorsed the "ex-gay" view that homosexuality can be a result of sexually abuse as children, and can be cured by therapy to make them heterosexual. Davis states that his work is separate from his faith, and has declined to elaborate on his religious views on homosexuality, stating that it "I'm not sure how it's relevant. People believe all sorts of weird things. But from a professional capacity, it's unrelated."[13]
Christianity Today claimed in 2012 that it obtained an email in which Davis stated that he could not join a certain Jang-affiliated organization because his "commission is inherently covert". Davis denied the claim.[13] According to Business Insider, there are signs that Jang's concept of journalism involves infusing the "Gospel message" into media.[20]
What do you think?
baldguy
(36,649 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)I know it's only one-hour's worth of Bernie's minimum wage, but it'll add up fast if we all contribute.
still_one
(92,273 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Response to jodymarie aimee (Original post)
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demmiblue
(36,865 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)had read this further up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8474277
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)remind me again who is on our side and who isn't?
trueblue2007
(17,230 posts)Hekate
(90,737 posts)jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)I watch him daily on FreeSpeech TV. He is brilliant.