Democratic Primaries
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Issues.... Meh
Character.... Meh
Record... Meh
Policies... Meh
God our "media coverage" sucks
Reminds me of emails, emails, emails and nothing about bankruptcies, laundering, fraud, and other crimes.
Something doesn't smell right.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)I have subscriptions to 3.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)I signed up.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
wisteria
(19,581 posts)A few years ago we used call the political media presstitutes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)Used to love that site.
Really wish he'd start it up again.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)when TV hosts quoted anything from the site. Yeah, good old "media horse".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pandr32
(11,582 posts)Big mistake.
Everyone is waiting for someone to show superpowers, but come-on people--our candidates are just plain old humans.
Sadly, some are projecting superpowers on some candidates.
IF we can overcome the rat-fucking by DT and his party of cheaters and foreign hackers we should concentrate on overturning Citizens United and return to publicly-funded elections. We should also end our reality show election process and begin to reclaim some dignity in the election process. Enough of this endless fund raising.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)You hit the nail on the head.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pandr32
(11,582 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Or just bring back Russ Feingold. Moe-Ron Johnson's a real dumbass.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)As soon as a winner is declared in Nov, the cable news networks will pivot immediately to the 2024 election. We really need a law like in France that prohibits electioneering until just a few months before the election.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pandr32
(11,582 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lunatica
(53,410 posts)They go one for 2 years now! Its insane.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pandr32
(11,582 posts)It is as though they are all multi-level marketing hucksters instead of serious people vying to do 'the People's' work. Not enough real work gets done because of endless campaigning and posturing for donors.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,547 posts)...literally DOZENS of viewers.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Martin Eden
(12,866 posts)Almost every question at the debate was either a trap or an effort to fan the flames of controversy by pitting the candidates against each other.
For-profit media criteria is click-bait, not the merit of a candidate's record, ideas, and qualifications.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It is all to manufacture drama and fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Laelth
(32,017 posts)They have to fill the airtime with something. When there's no news, we get horserace. It's somewhat frustrating, I admit, but it is what it is.
-Laelth
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)They will run whatever draws the most eyeballs/clicks.
So it's going to be sensationalist trash.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MarcA
(2,195 posts)largely created by the MSM itself. That is Not to say that a free press is unnecessary
and does not do any good.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mr.Bill
(24,286 posts)All of it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wisteria
(19,581 posts)What have the talking heads actually told us about any of these candidates? I say very little. Not to put Klobachar down, but do the voters in NH actually know where she stands on the issues? She a great debate performance and the media ran with that.
What do we really know about Sanders or Buttieg?
The only candidate they report on is Biden, and it is always mostly negative.
I am sick of them all. I have cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post and the NY Times. And, I have sworn off of MSNBC, CNN is on it way out with me too.
Local News is the only fair and balance news reporting left.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)The media wouldn't be doing its job without focus on the horse race aspect.
Ideally we would have had a 2 or 3 person field. That would have meant a dominant candidate.
Depth means nothing. Give me that super horse above anything and everything related to depth.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Sherman, set the WAYBAC Machine to February 2016...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mysteryowl
(7,383 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided