Rufus J. Cooter
@RufusJCooter.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
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Mastodon, eh? Middle-aged, cis-het white guy; my experience has been that the more we amplify the voices of those who don't fall neatly into those categories […] [bridged from mstdn.social/@RufusJCooter on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]
![4. To paper over Kamala’s “word salad” weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news.
5. On October 5 and 6, 2024, CBS News aired two different versions of its 60 Minutes interview (the “Interview”) with Kamala, conducted by CBS News journalist Bill Whitaker (“Whitaker™).
6. In both versions of the Interview (the “October 5 Version” and the “October 6 Version™), Whitaker asks Kamala about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whitaker says to Kamala: “But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.”
7. In the October 5 Version, aired on the CBS Sunday morning news show Face the Nation, Kamala replies to Whitaker with her typical word salad: “Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in several movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.”
8. In the October 6 Version, aired on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Kamala appears to reply to ‘Whitaker with a completely different, more succinct answer: “We are not gonna [sic] stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxqqqqjyk6snehlb4fjpbajc/bafkreidw5udav3rmkgurovcuq6o2aghmyz4ijshtzz3uogilrevia6djuq)
![NATURE OF THE ACTION
1. This action concerns CBS’s partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated to (a) confuse, deceive, and mislead the public, and (b) attempt to tip the scales in favor of the Democratic Party as the heated 2024 Presidential Election—which President Trump is leading— approaches its conclusion, in violation of Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code § 17.46(a), which subjects “[f]alse, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce” to suit under Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code §17.50(a)(1). See Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (the “DTPA™), Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code § 17.41 et seq.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxqqqqjyk6snehlb4fjpbajc/bafkreiaoacsabkupwnmie6nubvbg3wkxon4vbpr3giaqcnx5maccilhd3q)
