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In reply to the discussion: HRC/Democrats Lost Due to WRONG Message [View all]betsuni
(25,812 posts)On the news I saw a reporter at a Black Friday sale say that the most popular item was TVs, that everyone she spoke to was buying a TV. This depressed me. I watch TV, have nothing against TV, but in the States it's ... diabolical, full of propaganda disguised as news, conflict, always conflict, slick noisy advertising, repetition.
At least the Fox News/right-wing media used to be confined to Republicans pretty much, but it infected the media in general, and the anti-American "alt-left" or whatever the hell they are took right-wing stuff and modified it for a new audience, spamming social media until the brainwashing affected greater numbers than ever before. You can't turn around without bumping into someone who instantly and mindlessly repeats lies about how terrible Obama/Clinton/Democrats/liberals/coastal elites, etc., are. It's a cult, dammit.