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maxsolomon

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14. Name names, Ben

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 04:53 PM

Sep 22

I’ve already been contacted by people connected with the top executives at corporate news networks. I’ve been contacted by multiple sources who know what is being discussed inside the Trump regime. They are all livid with our coverage of the Charlie Kirk hate rally. They want us to apologize and not cover the rally or the circumstances surrounding the aftermath of Kirk’s death as we did.

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No. I Am Not Apologizing [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 22 OP

Thank you Ben, and the Meidas Touch Team! yellow dahlia Sep 22 #1

A rare thing. A brave American. With a moral core. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #2

Good for them. 👍 I'd forgotten about the Rapture tomorrow....or Wednesday no one seems to be sure. underpants Sep 22 #3

Rapture Schmapture. Still trying to figure, if 300 million Americans have been killed by drugs, as Trump claimed... Attilatheblond Sep 22 #5

Maybe they left their cars. underpants Sep 22 #7

Are they still trying to get him to 'lay in honor' in the Capitol? SeattleVet Sep 22 #4

Lincoln had a funeral train. underpants Sep 22 #8

As did FDR. Wednesdays Sep 22 #16

FDR saved the nation and the world. flashman13 Sep 22 #18

Lincoln saved the nation. flashman13 Sep 22 #17

K&R ffr Sep 22 #6

---full 1934 Germany. 3Hotdogs Sep 22 #27

And yet some have claimed that 'nothing has been lost'. OldBaldy1701E Sep 23 #33

Telling the truth pfitz59 Sep 22 #9

Never Say Anything Bad About the Dead. MrWowWow Sep 22 #10

Oh Lordy, that's one of my all-time favorite quotes! calimary Sep 23 #30

Typical behavior by the corporate news---cutting trump & co. all the slack in the world. Paladin Sep 22 #11

KnR Hekate Sep 22 #12

No phony grief here, either Warpy Sep 22 #13

Name names, Ben maxsolomon Sep 22 #14

Love Meidas Touch! R.I.P. Corporate Media. Joinfortmill Sep 22 #15

Impersonator does Tucker. Mosby Sep 22 #19

TY & Ben Meiselas For Not Giving Cha Sep 22 #20

Wish I could rec 1Mil times! ybbor Sep 22 #21

No need for apologies WmChris Sep 22 #22

You go, Ben! ReRe Sep 22 #23

And the stadium was half full. The media wants us to believe there's overwhelming support for this. live love laugh Sep 22 #24

They aren't shoving it down my throat... llmart Sep 22 #25

Yes - visible from camera pans TommyT139 Sep 22 #26

Is he implying that the corporate media executives are behind that? oldmanlynn Sep 22 #28

No. They are receiving threats from the Trump misadministration which doesn't like what they have to say Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 23 #29

I was blinded by the light ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 23 #31

All I saw of that shit show was all the mountains of TRASH left by the same MAGA morans Bengus81 Sep 23 #32

The next administration will be BLUE Abstractartist Sep 23 #34

Midas Touch rocks!! lark Sep 23 #35

Wait...So Corporate News Execs Want Meidas Touch to Apologize for Doing What They Themselves Wouldn't/Couldn't? The_Counsel Sep 23 #36