More MSM stories about press coverage?

[LAS14]

The recent post here*, the Soledad O'Brien/CNN story, the Paul Krugman column, all within the last week, make me wonder if the MSM hasn't finally begun to wake up to their habit of mistaking stupidity for objectivity.

What do you think?

*http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2399667

[Ohioblue22]

1. I think that if the dems win majorities they should go after the media and break them up

[rurallib]

3. Howard Dean said he would do that in 2004 on Tweety's show

and he was never heard from again on network or cable until they made a fool of him with the "Dean Scream."

Not saying they shouldn't, but if they do they best have some alternative media lined up. Let's face it, colluding corporates own 99% (including much influence over "public" networks) of the media right now. That is power that is hard to buck.

I would say that had the media not decided to give Trump all the free media he got he would have never got as far as he did. Should he become president, it would be mostly due to media reporting and lack of reporting.

[Nictuku]

2. When the major stories in the media....

.... are about the Media... there is something wrong here. Very wrong.

[Blue Idaho]

4. America has already vote on the M$M.

The brutal fact is - The vast majority of Americans do not trust the news and do not watch the news. I think I read recently that under 2% of Americans consume M$M on a daily basis.

I really don't blame anyone for tuning out - it's pathetic and getting worse.

[LAS14]

5. Here's another example of the kind of look-at-the-media story...

...we haven't seen much of. Til lately??

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/09/06/the-zombie-claim-that-hillary-clinton-was-fired-during-the-watergate-inquiry/

[LAS14]

6. Here's another.

http://www.salon.com/2016/09/06/press-lies-and-hillarys-campaign-years-of-smears-have-created-a-fictional-version-of-clinton-theyre-also-a-disservice-to-voters/

[LAS14]

7. Interesting to hear that Hillary thinks so.

In this morning's press conference she was asked if there is a different standard in press coverage and answered that she was heartened by the number of articles recently pointing out the disparate treatment of Trump and his campaign compared to ours.

Here's the whole press conference.

[LAS14]

8. And yet another example.

The "example" being that the fact of the deletion made it to Google news. (Or a link in a story in Google news.)

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/09/ap-deletes-clinton-foundation-tweet-227917

[Wounded Bear]

9. Well, I'm glad that the M$M is actually running stories on this...

I'm not convinced that they will actually change anything, but it is hopeful that they are discussing it.