Post AxMTbYmBm8rlHFDGbY by pauliehedron@infosec.exchange
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(DIR) Post #AxMQbYGZN7SdphjBHE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:18:25Z
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Normally I read the fedi and look for any stories people are talking about, then search YouTube to find news clips to listen to while I do things around the house. In the past month a new (for me) source has popped up: "Breaking Points" it features Krystal Ball who I think was a Bernie person? Saagar Enjeti I know less about.They call themselves "a fearless anti-establishment podcast"I'm curious about their funding and political angle.
(DIR) Post #AxMR9BZSG8RDI3bCgS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:24:30Z
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They are talking about many stories that I've been following carefully: Epstein, the "big beautiful bill" ... etc. But every now and then they will say something that gives me pause. And they do some good coverage on Israel but can be a little sloppy in how they speak about the subject. Sloppy in the way that could pull the wrong audience, does that make sense?The polished production (the set the editing etc.) make this stand out more.
(DIR) Post #AxMRMz0dl9D4NxtUGG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:27:00Z
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I guess I'm wondering if anyone has been following them since before they blew up (and they are blowing up, coming up in every search)... I'm not saying they are good or bad, I just don't know what their perspective is, and what audience or funding is supporting that perspective. I like to know that with anything that I listen to.
(DIR) Post #AxMRSEXVRjbo00lp6u by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:27:51Z
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@Tengu Yeah. They could be trying to reach out to a more right leaning audience which could be fine. But I don't really know what they are about.
(DIR) Post #AxMRxFO6LHhNbi9xvk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:33:33Z
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@MedeaVanamode The podcast the thread is about "Breaking Points" what is it? Who supports it? What is it doing?It's a growing left leaning news podcast on youTube ?https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115061050961605382
(DIR) Post #AxMSJTjLhHTiSehOMa by MedeaVanamode@em.erge.to
2025-08-20T12:32:00.224020Z
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@futurebird They who?Act as If just came out if an 8 month coma
(DIR) Post #AxMSJUw9DBJICdh7x2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:37:32Z
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@MedeaVanamode Did I answer this question? I was a little uncertain of what you were asking.
(DIR) Post #AxMTXwjyjc08RWSL3o by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:51:21Z
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@mfennvt Ah! That's where I heard her name before. I could just be paranoid.
(DIR) Post #AxMTbYmBm8rlHFDGbY by pauliehedron@infosec.exchange
2025-08-20T12:52:00Z
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@futurebird They used to have a show called Rising on The Hill newspaper youtube channel during the 2020 election time. Saagar is your typical fox news conservative, worked for the Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson's rag). And the Hudson Institute right wing think tank.Krystal is a former MSNBC show co-host and loser dem candidate for the House, was a Bernie person, originally seemed ok, but can be taken by conspiracy thinking. Her dislike of Hillary was the beginning of her anti-establishment dialog. She ended up dating and marrying another political youtuber Kyle Kulinski.I've never watched their new incarnation of Rising, because I absolutely can't tolerate Saagar boot licking and excuse making for his help in creating the hellscape we have today.
(DIR) Post #AxMTqhKgFHnc9qZ3aq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T12:54:47Z
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@pauliehedron Saagar is trying hard to seem progressive but little things he says give him away. Kyle Kulinski has always seemed like a perfectly good person to me however. I don't know if putting a leftist who can be taken by conspiracies with a "former conservative" to do a show is a good idea. Who is going to be the anchor to reality in that situation?
(DIR) Post #AxMTvdk71HxiTKogiW by InkySchwartz@mastodon.social
2025-08-20T12:55:36Z
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@futurebird On the political side the show has a left populist host (Ball) and a right populist host (Saagar) and they run an independent opinion/news show. I cannot figure out much more since all the media bias sites I looked at either lock it behind a paywall or don't have them.If this is the sort of thing you find interesting I suggest listening to the Left, Right, and Center podcast from KCRW.
(DIR) Post #AxMU1KYHHfF4gqzimO by mattsheffield@mastodon.social
2025-08-20T12:56:40Z
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@futurebird It's a collaboration between a nihilist leftist and a fascist basically. Horsehoe theory on video. Really brain rotting stuff.
(DIR) Post #AxMUAVF8u31eSHPyS0 by burnitdown@beige.party
2025-08-20T12:58:20Z
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@futurebird @pauliehedron that sets off all of the alarm bells for me. recipe for getting sucked into grift.
(DIR) Post #AxMUKWoNvVCgDPgO6C by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T13:00:09Z
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@mattsheffield Well they are expanding their audience into the left and liberals and people get attached to personalities... then all of a sudden those personalities can turn around and push some real nonsense. I am suspicious that this is what could happen with "Breaking Points" although my evidence of this is very subjective right now.
(DIR) Post #AxMUb3qGt6kXI5RrqS by mattsheffield@mastodon.social
2025-08-20T13:03:08Z
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@futurebird It definitely does. I used to work for the show it was born out, Rising, until I realized that Krystal was getting too comfortable with reactionary viewpoints.Fascists hate capitalism, but their reasons for it are deeply disturbing and damaging to society. They must not be allied with.
(DIR) Post #AxMVA0joQAAzna5o8G by hazelnot@sunbeam.city
2025-08-20T13:09:25Z
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@futurebird seems like enlightened centrist stuff, with an allegedly left-wing host (Krystal Ball, who someone downthread said is way too comfortable with reactionary talking points for comfort) and an openly right-wing host who "provide commentary [...] separate from the mainstream media" so... at best it sounds pretty bad, at worst it's straight-up astroturfing/a trojan horse for reactionary politics IMO
(DIR) Post #AxMVUG6uyXMFGfYTsu by 14_14@ohai.social
2025-08-20T13:13:05Z
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@futurebird hi,are wiki-articles relevant for you ?( there s one : wiki-article ,about breaking points, under : breaking points/about)
(DIR) Post #AxMVfU9p5dEU1EGd2e by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T13:15:10Z
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@14_14 I wanted to hear from people who have some contact with the production of this kind of media and we have people like @mattsheffield on here who know about this kind of thing.
(DIR) Post #AxMVjBqd6eXeOJ3Y3c by InkySchwartz@mastodon.social
2025-08-20T13:15:49Z
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@futurebird @pauliehedron Good question.
(DIR) Post #AxMVtahNZBOEMOglge by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T13:17:42Z
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@futurebird @mattsheffield wasn't Krystal Ball a vocal supporter of charter schools?
(DIR) Post #AxMWUJdBzBzi8nF4mu by 14_14@ohai.social
2025-08-20T13:24:20Z
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@futurebird ah... ok... sorry...
(DIR) Post #AxMWwdl2kVeufeQ8oq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T13:29:28Z
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@14_14 This is a good sign really, the fedi has slowly begun to have some of the good functions that twitter used to have. It's growing to be a place of human intelligence where you can ask questions and have discussions with a wide range of people who really know their subject. Twitter used to be like that... but also a cesspit. Now we have some of that back, but the conversations are better even if the breadth of topics isn't there yet. I hope we can keep growing in this way.
(DIR) Post #AxMXRjsq1XTge8tads by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-20T13:35:05Z
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@14_14 "Human Intelligence" is what LLMs "AI" are trying to simulate and replace. Because people have a need for it. Reddit, Twitter, and long ago the usenet could do this kind of thing. But, I would never trust an LLM with a question like this one. I'm concerned that since corporate social media is broken many people are turning to LLMs.It would be very easy to push propaganda and steer public opinion through an LLM, and that is what people like Musk say they want to do.
(DIR) Post #AxMYfsxhARUyoKTd9U by msbellows@c.im
2025-08-20T13:48:12Z
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@futurebird She's co-hosted shows with conservatives, partly because she's moved so far left that she's anti-Democrat. Jacobin loves her. I used to really like her but I stopped giving her attention when I started getting Tulsi vibes. I might be wrong, though. https://jacobin.com/2019/12/krystal-ball-rising-the-hill-msnbc