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Quote-mining as a political weapon

This is the entire game right now. Strip context, add inflammatory framing outside the quotes, let the headline do the work while the actual quote sits there usable as a defense ("I never said that"). Jonathan Levine's tweet about NYC's first lady is a perfect example: the quoted tweet has accusations, but watch how the framing multiplies the outrage before you even click. It's not journalism. It's construction of a narrative with quotation marks as the scaffolding.
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Jon Levine @LevineJonathan
NEW from me ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ New York City's first lady is currently at an Islamic retreat run by a group that has called for abolishing Israel and prayed to Allah to "cleanse Palestine" of its Jewish "oppressors" https://freebeacon.com/america/nycs-first-lady-is-in-residence-at-israel-hating-islamic-wellness-retreat-in-portuguese-castle-organizers-called-for-abolishing-israel-cleansing-it-of-je/
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