Does she have a gofundme?
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We need more people in these positions calling out Musk as saluting like a nazi; I just feel bad that they are loosing their jobs
Free to do a nazi salute but not free to criticize it.
The culmination of the Paradox of Tolerance.
The position people tend to see as "criticized" is that which they directly or indirectly get from the Press, and the Press is bought and paid for and has been working as a Propaganda arm of a subset of the population rather than as Journalists, for decades.
IMHO, the Consent for "Billionaire openly making a Nazi salute during Presidential Inauguration of Far-Right populist multi-millionaire" has been Manufactured and the acceptance of this by many and feeling of impotence about it by many others was never the product of natural Tolerance.
PS: In fact, the very events on the article the OP posted - that somebody in a public-facing position in the Press was fired for being a dissenting voice - give weight to the point I'm making.
Obeying in advance. Our "news" media are despicable
Oh man, those poor folks still on X, fighting and hoping that they still have the freedom of expression. Have they not seen any WWII movies? Just sitting around won’t do anything to stop the hate and what the President and his crew are up to.
many wisconsin stations are downsizing and consolidating, closing local news operations and studios, etc. one ownership group (different than this one) is actually getting rid of local weather persons and outsourcing their weather to the weather channel or some bullshit like that. which will work real well when localized bad winter weather hits, or tornado/flood seasons.
at any rate, this station (and others) are probably on the constant lookout for a reason... any reason... to shed someone from their staff, and if replaced--will replace for less money.
Joke’s on them. Project 2025 plans to dismantle NOAA and gut/privatise the National Weather Service.
Who will pay for their weather forecasting once nobody will give them that data for free (under zero government funding)? They could just stop doing weather entirely, I guess, but millions of people rely on local weather reports to know whether to go to school or work. How do they plan to pay for that data?
I can’t believe how short-sighted some CEOs and mgmt types insist on being.
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It takes a lot of courage to speak out against fascists in power. Not enough Germans did it and look what happened.
If you're a good person, you probably don't want to work for a corporation that enables fascists. Hope this person finds a better employer.
Send those same words here. You put that quite well, and they need to hear it from as many of us as possible.
This just in: Members of the news no longer allowed to report on the news. Stay tuned as this story devel…
… wait, where are you taking me?
At least we now know that WDJT-TV is pro Nazi.
Her replacement will be predicting a lot of Heil in the future
Every person at that new organization that does not resign in protest is one step into First they came ...
This is honestly really scary. Why should someone's livelihood be ruined for calling something what it is?
Fascism.
He's also on a list for when their squads start knocking down doors and murdering their enemies, I guarantee it.
He's probably got at least another year before that frog is boiled enough though. Hope he enjoys it.
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So why is CBS affiliate WDJT-TV in Milwaukee Wisconsin defending the speech of an apartheid-loving fascist who did a full-on nazi salute on national TV? And if that's not what they're doing, then why did they fire that reporter?
That's the question that every real news outlet should be asking.
They are less tolerant of their employee cursing than a billionaire spreading nazi salutes.
If Sam Kuffel needs help paying rent, I’ll donate.
And many, many more are going to follow, as Americans learn that they're no longer free to criticize those in power.
And the day will actually come when the notion of someone just being fired for criticizing those in power will seem quaint, since it will then be far more likely that they'll disappear - sucked up into the ever-hungry maw of the corporate police state slave system.
Currently playing through Cyberpunk just to have some kind of preparation of what is eventually to come.
Cyberpunk future will look good compared to where we're probably headed if history is any indication.
Yeah, we'll get all of the surveillance, climate disaster and police state without any of the cool implants...
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I just can't understand how some people can stand behind this and defend it. If a major news station is either being forced or did this themselves, than I just don't know what to think of this.
Denial and misinformation
Dear News Media. Your job is speaking truth to power, which means you're going to make a lot of enemies. So unlike other big companies, the point of your legal department is to get you OUT of trouble, not to keep you from ever getting into it. Having principles in the business world isn't cheap or easy. Nothing worthwhile ever is.
Your news media is just a propaganda organisation owned by the ruling class
Summary
Meteorologist Sam Kuffel, who criticized Elon Musk’s “Nazi” salute on social media, has left CBS affiliate WDJT-TV. Her departure has sparked criticism from users who argue it infringes on her freedom of expression.
They should know that you can only infringe the "conservative" freedom of expression by moderating hate speech/ideas/beliefs, or by calling a Nazi a Nazi. Anyone Left of Nazi in the US has a narrowing window of "freedom of expression".
Because as we all know, the founders were granting Freedom of Speech to Fascist, NOT ANTIFA, just like Jesus wanted. /s
Is that station owned by Sinclair?
Oddly, no.
The Nazi police state is here.
Cool = CBS blocked, I don't support Nazi's
Speaking of Nazis, we don't pluralize with apostrophe.
CBS affiliate, which means its a local station. Milwaukee, specifically.
I don't split hairs, CBS is CBS.
I mean, you're not wrong.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/
It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS
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Sent. They won't care, but I let them know how I feel about their Nazi support and my 100% blocking of everything CBS. I urge others to follow suite.
Same. Here’s what I wrote in case it helps anyone:
I’d like to express my deep disappointment regarding your firing of Sam Kuffel for posting on social media to call out Elon Musk’s egregious display during the presidential inauguration.
There was zero ambiguity about what Musk did – so little ambiguity, in fact, that media in Germany cannot show images or videos of the moment because his gesture is illegal there.
Your willingness to bow to this appalling display of hate is contemptible and, though I no longer visit Milwaukee regularly, when I do, I will be avoiding your programming. I will also tell my friends and relatives who still live there.
This is also a stain on CBS as a whole, and I will be avoiding all CBS programming in future.
Please consider how bad this makes you and your parent company look. It’s despicable for a media company to hold such little regard for free speech.
This is far more eloquent than how I said it, but it's pretty much the same message.
I’m sure your message was just as good; we each have our own voice. Thanks for sending one. We all need to do everything we can. Sometimes that’s protesting, sometimes that’s sending letters. Every action matters.
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Where are all the far right freezy peachers to protest this firing? Did they suddenly turn woke?
They're too busy arguing that Elon didn't actually perform either Nazi salute he very clearly performed on video.
And I'm not joking.
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