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In reply to the discussion: The Things Wrong With Dems [View all]Gothmog
(145,130 posts)In the real world the media (other than Faux News which is not a media source) is doing a good job of covering trump and getting the facts out. Trump is attacking the media and calling it fake news because the media is holding trump's feet to the fire and pointing out his mistakes. The NYT and the Washington Post are both engaged in a journalism war to come up with facts about the trump administration and this coverage is working.
What more do you want the real media to do? If the media is ignoring trump's claims of fake news, how do you think that the Democrats can put pressure on the media and exactly what do you think that the media is not covering?
I live in the real world where magic does not work. Making claims that have no basis in reality will not change things. I know that you believe in magic and that if the media was nicer to sanders, then sanders magical voter revolution would generate millions or billions or trillions of new voters who will rise up and force the GOP to be reasonable and solve all of the world's ills. Magic does not work in the real world.
I am glad that the media has been active in holding trump accountable. The free press is doing its job right now and is doing a good job. I have seen far less of whataboutism and both sides to this under the current press. Trump's attacks on the media are backfiring and I think that the media is doing a great job.
Texas will turn blue some day but it will be due to hard work and not due to magic. I was amused to see a number of ads from the NRCC against Lizzie Fletcher this morning on the media. The GOP is having to divert significant resources to Texas to fight candidates like Collin Allred, Lizze Fletcher and Beto. Things can change but it will not be due to magical thinking
Right now, I will be happy to elect enough real Democrats to Congress and the Senate so that we have a check on trump. The media has been accurately reporting on trump and that reporting is helping fuel the possible Democratic blue wave. However any blue wave will take hard work in the real world and magical thinking will not be sufficient to help Democrats win in the mid terms.