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In reply to the discussion: One of the first mistakes by the media... [View all]mdbl
(4,973 posts)17. We generalize too much with the term "the media"
News media just reports what is said and done. They don't give their opinion, or shouldn't be giving it anyway. Editorial programs can say whatever they want and most of them do. The problem is people don't know the difference between the programming anymore so they just tune in to the opinion portions without learning the facts. Anyone that didn't recognize the divisive language of Donald Trump since before 2015 is beyond convincing. They are a lost cause already. Only when they are poor and starving, evicted, or dying of COVID19 do they start to change their minds but even then will never admit their own ignorance. That is what we are dealing with.
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Now imagine a major advertiser like BP or McDonalds telling Moonface they don't want certain
Dustlawyer
Dec 2020
#35
Excellent point although he was forced out - they all work for corporate interests and profits
malaise
Dec 2020
#38
Like institutional racism, there is so much else in our society that favors affluent white men.
thucythucy
Dec 2020
#11
K&R, when the media in the US hyper focused on an issue and kept talking about it for weeks Red Don
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#12
The OP and others want cheerleaders who put their thumb down on their side of the scale.
BannonsLiver
Dec 2020
#46
And though reporters did cover Trump's very public decades-long record of racism...
CBHagman
Dec 2020
#36
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Nearly every conversation I have with a MAZI the fact Red Don is a failed
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#45
The divisive language was one of the things that made their stories about tRump so popular.
NoRoadUntravelled
Dec 2020
#43