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[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 269 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My god. This deliciously tasty excerpt:

In various campaign biographies, a résumé and interviews, Mr. Santos said he graduated from Baruch College in New York City, where he was a volleyball star on a championship team. He boasted of working at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs and amassing personal wealth. He claimed to be descended from Holocaust refugees; that his mother was in the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks; and that he lost four employees in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.

None of those claims were true.

[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 125 points 11 months ago (6 children)

The real question is where tf were the journalists while Santos was running his campaign on these false claims?

Too busy playing horse race? Frantically trying to find something newsworthy about Hunter Biden's laptop? Credulously glorifying some billionaire's childish misconceptions?

Guess we'll never know.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (25 children)

Well, he's a representative for New York, in a district for ~~New York City itself.~~ Long Island and "technically" a tiny bit of NYC. (I have been informed that his district is mostly Long Island)

Let's break this down into two parts, okay?

  1. Local journalism is dead, dead, dead, dead dead. Especially in big places like New York City, where everyone assumes that the New York Times will be covering things. They didn't dig deep into Mayor Adams either, and that guy is under investigation now as well. They didn't question his former police credentials after decades of police misconduct. Beyond that the NYT is more of a national newspaper than an actual local paper. I'm sure there are plenty of small independent news sources in New York City, but I'm also sure they're mostly drowned out and ignored compared to how many people read something like the NYT.

  2. Corruption in New York City is literally, completely nothing new. Journalists have been failing to uncover unscrupulous activity for decades in this city. As I referenced mayor Adams above, this city filled with the rich, egotistical, and greedy, is a city built on the kind of lies George Santos peddles. How do I know? Because that city allowed Donald Trump to be a successful real estate developer using similar tactics. People have known he's corrupt since forever, but plenty of his corruption was just ignored until decades later. Same with Rudy Guiliani and so on.

Now I'm not saying we should just give up. Local journalism is important to fight for, and NYC being a corrupt hell-hole isn't a permanent foregone conclusion. However, my point is that NYT employs far fewer reporters than you think to cover an entire country, and the dearth of real local news sources all over the country is contributing to these kind of people succeeding, because the local press is dead in the water and can't afford to send someone researching local corruption.

Pay for your local news, is what I am saying, I guess, and things might marginally improve.

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

I remember seeing articles about this stuff during his election. Republicans elected him anyway. That's where we are now

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why are you blaming journalists and not the GOP for not vetting their own fucking candidate.

[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 11 months ago

¿Porque no los dos?

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 20 points 11 months ago

The North Shore Leader, a small paper on Long Island, broke the scandal before the November election. By the time other outlets picked it up, Santos had been elected. Grant Lally joined Geoff Bennett to discuss.

PBS News Hour - Small, local paper uncovered and reported George Santos scandal before November election, January 9, 2023

Local media does need support.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

where tf were the journalists while Santos was running his campaign on these false claims?

There aren't enough journalists to go around. There are hundreds of congresspeople and there definitely aren't hundreds of journalists covering random unimportant congresspeople.

People have voted with their dollars, saying they don't care enough about vetting congresspeople before they're elected to actually pay the salaries of journalists to do that.

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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, go big or go home. I’m sure he met Jesus Christ personally and he knows where Excalibur is hidden.

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[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's a reason why there are so many memes about this guy:

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 122 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Jesus, after all the shit that has been uncovered about this fucker, 114 voted "No" to throw him out?

Investigate those 114 motherfuckers.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's not rocket science. The only publicly said reason it's never happened before is they want to respect the decision of their constituents. Unofficially, nobody wanted to see themselves on that chopping block.

From a political scientist game theory point of view it's possible that a majority faction of party A throws a minority faction of Party A on the chopping block and Party B obliges them because they think they can pick up those voters.

So yeah, a lot of resistance to actually unseating someone. For good and bad reasons.

[–] CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz 100 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe that they treated the first Congolese-American female PHD/Astronaut this way. Did she cure polio for nothing? You can't do enough for some people.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought he stormed Delaware Beach at Normandy while solving P=NP.

[–] SauceBossSmokin@lemmy.world 56 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Wow it finally happened. Now I wonder if they'll take away his Grammy, 2 Oscar's, MTV Movie Award, Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award, and induction into the Grand Ole Opry.

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[–] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Now convict him of his crimes so he doesn’t have any of the other perks of Congress.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago

Seven counts of Wire Fraud. He's donezo.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

According to factcheck.org

Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service.

He didn't last a year...

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can't just kick a Galactic Emperor out of Congress, WTF?

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[–] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So there's finally a line: "you must be this shit to get fired". I expect a lot of people toeing up to it.

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We live in historic times. Sixth congressman ejected. First speaker voted out. I wonder what happened around all the other historic times?

[–] Raconteur_Rob@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what happened around all the other historic times?

You could learn all about it at your local library!

[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Which two Democrats voted against expulsion and which two voted Present?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (5 children)

According to NYT, Robert Scott of VA and Nikema Williams of GA voted No.

Al Green of TX and Jonathan Jackson of IL votes Present

Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), AOC (NY) and Dean Phillips (MN) have no vote recorded

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/01/us/politics/santos-expulsion-vote.html

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

And he went home and masturbated and the world went on like nothing happened.

Seriously wtf, is this the actual end?

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Goodbye to Rep. Evil Pee Wee Herman. He was often hilarious, but he had to go. 

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

You shouldn't sully Pee Wee Herman's good name with this man, lol.

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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He needs jail time for his theft and fraud.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

So just like any other government job, it was porn at work that does a person in.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Poor guy, he’s never going to have good work references.

[–] Paorzz@lemmy.zip 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The comment sections are killing me 😭

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or did they... apparently the NY Times source was a Mr. George Santos...

[–] CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You might remember him because he was the first Asian-American to join the Harlem Globetrotters.

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