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Never forget the words of the then CBS boss,Leslie Moonves malaise Dec 2020 #1
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
Yes, no more hurricanes for a while! Dustlawyer Dec 2020 #39
It wasn't a blunder. ananda Dec 2020 #2
There is a lot of media.... kentuck Dec 2020 #3
Shoulda said MSM.. which most people watch and read. ananda Dec 2020 #42
I agree with this statement. The MSM is part of the problem. overleft Dec 2020 #10
If I were Putin I would have bought off the msm too. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #47
The respectable MSM is gone, gab13by13 Dec 2020 #4
It has always been the established elite... kentuck Dec 2020 #5
The MSM works Globally for the 1%. Never forget that fact. Tommymac Dec 2020 #16
I find it futile to blame "the media" anymore True Dough Dec 2020 #6
I don't think it is so much as "blaming"... kentuck Dec 2020 #7
I think we have to accept the sad reality True Dough Dec 2020 #9
Exactly. nt. reACTIONary Dec 2020 #32
Bottom line, they have never treated both parties the same Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #8
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
It wasn't a "blunder" it was Bettie Dec 2020 #13
True NJCher Dec 2020 #29
The extent of their greed is mind boggling and utterly disgusting judesedit Dec 2020 #14
I think the reasons for this are so varied ... Whiskeytide Dec 2020 #15
Good points! kentuck Dec 2020 #18
+1000 NJCher Dec 2020 #31
We generalize too much with the term "the media" mdbl Dec 2020 #17
I think the job of the "media" is also to inform and to educate. kentuck Dec 2020 #20
That is still the job of an editorial mdbl Dec 2020 #23
+100 nt reACTIONary Dec 2020 #34
+100 nt reACTIONary Dec 2020 #33
The OP and others want cheerleaders who put their thumb down on their side of the scale. BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #46
why do you say "mistakes"? There was NO mistake beachbumbob Dec 2020 #19
Perhaps "tragedy" is a better term? kentuck Dec 2020 #22
This isn't new to Trump. plimsoll Dec 2020 #21
Just posted the same ... Cosmocat Dec 2020 #27
Indeed Sunsky Dec 2020 #24
"The Media" Roy Rolling Dec 2020 #25
its just the standard way they normalize right wing framing on steroids Cosmocat Dec 2020 #26
I think the legitimate media covered his divisive language but white male doc03 Dec 2020 #28
he made them feel like they were important yellowdogintexas Dec 2020 #41
Complicit, but IMHO, not the root cause. Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #30
And though reporters did cover Trump's very public decades-long record of racism... CBHagman Dec 2020 #36
I think they are still struggling ... kentuck Dec 2020 #37
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Nearly every conversation I have with a MAZI the fact Red Don is a failed uponit7771 Dec 2020 #45
The media have made a lot of mistakes imho seta1950 Dec 2020 #40
The divisive language was one of the things that made their stories about tRump so popular. NoRoadUntravelled Dec 2020 #43
Total agreement marieo1 Dec 2020 #44
WRONG flying-skeleton Dec 2020 #48
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