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In reply to the discussion: Rachel Maddow Says The Media Narrative Following Mueller's Testimony Was All Wrong [View all]The Wizard
(12,541 posts)1. She's right
Mueller's descriptions of Trump as a criminal sre beginning to sink in. The media gives cover to Trump because they want two things, access and ratings. In doing so the commit journalistic malpractice. Ending the Fairness Doctrine and the 1996 Communications Act set up the media for failure to accurately inform the public as suggested in the First Amendment.
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Rachel Maddow Says The Media Narrative Following Mueller's Testimony Was All Wrong [View all]
babylonsister
Jul 2019
OP
Rachel has it correct, IMO, despite the awful "tut-tutting" of Brian Williams on the
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2019
#2
Beat me to the punch re: Brian Williams. Literally 1 hour after Rachel's show
bullwinkle428
Jul 2019
#13
I turned it off and then told the show on twitter and FB WHY I turned it off.
Grasswire2
Jul 2019
#21
Christ, based on reviews, you'd think Muller was trying out a set for open-mic night at the Improv.
VOX
Jul 2019
#7
Before these hearings, many uninvolved people didn't know half of what the report said
Farmer-Rick
Jul 2019
#8
Maybe if the half of the country with working brains had listen to Mueller they would have IMO...
usaf-vet
Jul 2019
#19
Rachel ignored the memo from the NBC bosses, and she drew her own conclusions
FakeNoose
Jul 2019
#18
I'm not aware that any "facts on the ground" have changed since his testimony.
hughee99
Jul 2019
#20
There was a MAJOR change. Nadler filed a document with a court asking for the documents
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#27
Nader's action is itself a fact, and it changes the legal status of the investigation,
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#30
Unfortunately, how the media frames events has a major effect on how people perceive it.
Caliman73
Jul 2019
#33