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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy in hell is the media still making excuses for Trump? Why do so many give him
"the benefit of the doubt" when he so obviously does not deserve it?
Why did Pence's characterization of Trump's "Big Lie" and his instigation of J6 as simply listening to inept attorneys not IMMEDIATELY result in his being dragged by everyone with a microphone?
Why do the cable personalities repeatedly give air time to Trump's ridiculous insistence that he "did not know" who Mr. Fuentes was? Is that not ANOTHER transparent lie?
Why is the "Fuentes was Kanye's guest; not mine!" excuse not being openly and repeatedly being ridiculed?
Yes, I know---SOME journalists are trying to be accurate and responsible, but far too many still feel compelled to be "fair and balanced" and "tell both sides" when one of those sides is transparent mendacity.
Scrivener7
(50,773 posts)the numerous investigations, they can say that is evidence he has done nothing wrong and they are just being balanced in their coverage.
dutch777
(2,866 posts)Lovie777
(11,986 posts)saved me from writing my spiel.
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)I dare say one can be very well informed by just getting their news from DU.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)gab13by13
(20,857 posts)I don't waste my time being aggravated by the right wing MSM.
I only watch Nicolle Wallace on TV, and listen to Zerlina Maxwell, Stephanie Miller, and Thom Hartmann.
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)OP doesnt hate the media, and I seriously doubt they hate the trained competent reporters who bust their asses fact checking and interviewing and researching.
Their quarrel is with editorial stances from the higher ups afaik.
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)He's spending a lot of time with quacks. Read his OP.
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)Lots of folks on DU posting wild theories and fact free speculation. Which is fine, because it is a discussion site, not a news organization.
It is not a not a vetted news source.
If you choose to get your news from DU or Facebook or TikTok, thats certainly your choice. Just like you can choose to go to a quack doctor or a unqualified blogger when you get sick.
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)You might benefit from reading the LBN SOP. When I was talking about getting my news from DU, I meant LBN and not GD, the Lounge, Weird News or Pets.
GD is general discussion about the news and other things.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)Bless your heart!
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)And it'd be more productive for you to get your news from LBN like several of us already do. That's just my opinion
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)Kaleva
(36,145 posts)GD is for general discussion of the news and many other subjects, Weird News covers the exploits of Florida Man and Creative Speculation is for discussion of the Kennedy assassination, aliens, and conspiracy theories .
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)I can carry hatred of the media for 100.
They earned it.
Doc Sportello
(7,454 posts)Oh yeah, the media.
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)One is not sitting watching talking heads babbling about stuff in a way that pisses the viewer off. Here, one can go right to what's important.
Doc Sportello
(7,454 posts)As much as you try to deflect with the BS "selective" claim, the media that you are painting with a broad brush - along with the people who use it - is where the info is coming from. You can claim "being selective" as much as you want, but you certainly aren't slective when you slur the people who create content and post it here. That 'important stuff" you go to, comes from THE MEDIA. Your constant bashing of media as some kind of monolith here without any supportive evidence has zero credibility.
If you would learn about the history of this country, the media was considered an important part of our democracy by the Founding Fathers. That now includes bradcast media, some of which is awful, but a lot of which has been essential in combatting the fascists who are trying to overturn democracy. I could post many, many examples but you would ignore them as much as you ignore the good work being done by many in the media with your blanket attacks and unsupported claims.
Meadowoak
(5,516 posts)Marthe48
(16,688 posts)If any of the segments I listen to start airing clips of traitor, or his past or current henchmen, I turn it off.
I want to see news that indicates what elected Dems in Congress are planning, or how the states with seditious officials trying to overthrow their elections are going to deal with the rebels. I'll watch long lines of people in Georgia waiting to vote. Or Mauna Loa erupt, although I'm wondering if someone tossed a few r's in and stirred it up.
The only clips I want to see of traitor or his gang are when they get handed into the back seat of a cop car.
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)Reporters still turning in solid work and have exposed Trump. But higher ups are still scared of being called the liberal media.
JMHO of course.
sarcasmo
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Money is always the reason for the M$M.
AllaN01Bear
(17,346 posts)AllaN01Bear
(17,346 posts)fair and ballanced . gone when the fairness doctrine was remvoed. now we got fox and fox 2.0 so , hem.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)The Fairness Doctrine only applied to regular broadcast stations--the stations that you can pick up with a simple antenna.
Fox is cable. It can spew lies and hate all day, and little can stop them from doing it. Save for cutting cable. That's the only way you can hurt them. That both kills their advertisers' access to your eyeballs, and their cut of your cable bill.
Every time you pay for cable, you pay for Fox to be on the air.
Phoenix61
(16,949 posts)They question Bidens ability to lead based solely in his age. The Orange Anus spews lie after lie and crickets.
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)This is a discussion board and some do like to talk about him. Others who aren't can just skip over the threads.
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)They've been lapdogs for corporate/big money interests for a very long time now.
And never forget the cable news talking heads make $$$$$. Supporting the r thugs, or excusing their fascist behavior, is in their personal best interests.
joemacdawson
(61 posts)Trump is a ratings machine. With privatized media, ratings and money are more important than truth and democracy. Its their raison detre.