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A Milwaukee-based CBS affiliate has dismissed one of its weather presenters after she reportedly called Elon Musk a Nazi on social media, over a gesture the tech billionaire made during an inauguration rally for US President Donald Trump.

WDJT-TV (Channel 58), where meteorologist Sam Kuffel had worked since 2019, has confirmed her departure but provided no official explanation in an internal memo to or public comments, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

While the station described the matter as a “personal issue,” Kuffel was reportedly dismissed one day after commenting on Musk’s gesture on her Instagram account.

The TV channel has removed Kuffel’s bio from its website and no longer mentions her in its weather section, but retains articles written by her. Her Instagram account has been set to private, but screenshots purportedly capturing her posts are available online. She has not commented publicly on the incident.

Before her tenure at WDJT-TV, the journalist worked at WAOW-TV (Channel 9) in Wausau, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a degree in atmospheric science.

The Anti-Defamation League, a US-based pro-Israeli group which monitors anti-Semitism and hate speech, has described Musk’s gesture as “awkward” but did not say it was a Nazi salute. Similarly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the subject of an International Criminal Court warrant on charges related to genocide, has tweeted in support of the X owner, declaring him to be “a friend of Israel.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

smells like a duck quacks like a duck, shits on the floor. must be a duck..

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

The Anti-Defamation League, a US-based pro-Israeli group which monitors anti-Semitism and hate speech, has described Musk’s gesture as “awkward” but did not say it was a Nazi salute.

That's a bit of bullshit. The ADL said specifically that it was NOT a Nazi salute. Which is the end of the ADL, for me. They're simply not credible as alleged opponents of anti-Semitism.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've never trusted Russia Today to be a fact based news source and more importantly it's been a long time since I've trusted CBS to report on anything that isn't 100% motivated by their own self-interested drive for profit.

TLDR:

Neither news source involved are known to me to be particularly trustworthy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Oh no the reporters are ze untermench

Hans get ze calipers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

wasn't there a quote about control and knowing who you can't criticize?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah but it was more so talking about how when Democrats are in power it's okay to criticize both Democrat and republicans, however once Republicans are in power you're not allowed to criticize Republicans because the power stigma shifts.

something that I've started noticing as of late as well. If you try to criticize the Republican Party you'll be met with resistance, arguments and full shutdown leadin to personal attacks, where if you criticize the Democratic Party, they will still disagree with what you say but they'll at least listen to you.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Democrats are criticized by democrats all the time. Republicans actively censor all criticism they have control over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Republicans actively censor all criticism they have control over.

One of the major reasons why I like Lemmy is the multitude of options available for dealing with "Republican" moderators of all political bents.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can't criticize the democrats? Did Fox News shut down?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

You can't criticize the democrats?

Depends on the instance.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

So Netanyahu, leader of a bunch of Nazis, just said he's a friend to them, case closed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

OMG the comments section on that article is something...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is where u support them and prop them up to motivate people to do the same

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

You know there is a specific type of person who holds 95% percent Nazi views, but is pointing fingers in all directions when an actual Nazi is called out as a Nazi. It is the same type of person that says he hates rapists most of all things, but never admits there is enough proof of sexual misconduct about any actual rapist. That person is the next door m'fer that enables fascism and patriarchy throughout history, and he is complicit to both.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Musk tried to defend his flagrant Nazi pageantry by pointing himself out as a Zionist. Wasn't literally Hitler a supporter of the creation of Israel (a Jewish state)?

Over this past year of Israel's full-throated genocide in Palestine, I've been surprised to not see it pointed out that (to my understanding) Zionism was a platform of the Nazi party.

Am I wrong? Was Zionism not so explicitly supported by the Nazi party?

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