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JohnSJ

(92,526 posts)
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 09:04 PM Jun 2023

Much of the media is doing what they do best. Give an overabundance of airtime to trump, his

talking points, and his republican defenders in Congress.

They did it with Kerry and the swift boaters in 2004 going as far as giving the swift pukes free airtime to run their ads adnauseam by making those ads part of the news story.

They did it with Hillary in 2016 by over-covering trump at every opportunity, to the degree of inadvertently legitimizing his racist, sexist bigotry.

"On top of receiving more positive press than Clinton, Trump received 15% more press coverage overall than Clinton. His policy ideas received more attention than Clinton’s, and Clinton’s scandals received more coverage than Trump’s. The number of stories focused on Clinton’s emails and ongoing investigations peaked in the final two weeks of the campaign."

"https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2016/12/13/trump-benefited-from-overwhelmingly-negative-tone-of-election-news-coverage-study-finds/?sh=49b754f23202

It appears they are following the same course, overcoverage of trump and his supporters

They never did that when George Wallace ran for president, and in fact they openly criticized Wallace's racism, and dangerous rhetoric.

I have to wonder how much actual issues will be talked about.







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Much of the media is doing what they do best. Give an overabundance of airtime to trump, his (Original Post) JohnSJ Jun 2023 OP
That they will forever do when it comes to Rwers....... Lovie777 Jun 2023 #1
Maybe. I don't know what will change the paradigm JohnSJ Jun 2023 #2
Shame Boomerproud Jun 2023 #3
Red meat WmChris Jun 2023 #4

Lovie777

(12,407 posts)
1. That they will forever do when it comes to Rwers.......
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 09:11 PM
Jun 2023

but their ratings say otherwise.

CNN killed tv corporate media.

WmChris

(153 posts)
4. Red meat
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 09:43 PM
Jun 2023

It may be red meat for the MAGATS but it allows those who can actually use their cognitive abilities to see who the dumasses are, and who to vote out of office.

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