Submitted 3 days ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
https://www.thedailybeast.com/hot-mic-catches-republican-saying-trump-is-in-the-epstein-files
as opposed to "an apparent error in which a microphone is switched on or remains on, especially without the speaker realizing"
Apparently they adapted the title of the youtube clip:
“Yeah, I’m sure he’s in there,” Collins said, without providing evidence, according to an audio clip of the exchange uploaded to YouTube, titled, “HOT MIC: Republican caught saying Trump IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!”
This guy thinks they had 100 FBI agents scrub diaper’s name from the files because he was a whistle blower? Surely the best way to prove his valiant role in this ordeal is to release the unredacted files, right?
Hot mic means active mic, mic that is on, no?
yeah i was referring to it being misleading
That only lands you technically correct, not idiomatically.
The best kind of correct!
(I’m with you on this one btw, it’s not the meaning they were going for here, they used it for clicks)
It’s all so tiresome.
Not only that, but they are un-critically quoting the headline on a fucking YouTube video…
Link without paywall: archive.is/KHIUg
Captcha wall instead… Great…
Yeah, this is never helpful. I end up just opening in Apple News because I pay for it even though their website gives me an HTTP Forbidden due to my VPN. It’s all a big mess.
I’ve never had to solve Captchas to use archive.is before, sorry you were the lucky one. I’ll use a different site next time.
Hot Mike?
Naaaa. Roberto is wayyyy hotter.
itsathursday@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Is “hot mic” not a commonly known phrase or something? It’s literally in the dictionary.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 days ago
He didn’t say this and it was accidentally caught by a mic. He just said it into a mic, on purpose. That’s not a hot mic (is what OP is saying)
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
agreed. it's technically a hot mic, but c'mon
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago