Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I was manipulated by the Russians, and we must assume everyone was. [View all]peggysue2
(10,811 posts)by propaganda, willfully or not. Jeff Zucker at CNN made that infamous statement about Trump: "He may be bad for the country but he's great TV". For Zucker and other media moguls, Donald Trump was a revenue stream. For Trump it was free PR. The pile-on from the media over Hillary's emails looks positively ludicrous in retrospect. The NYTs published a number of stories that were clearly off the mark while never exposing Donald Trump's long history of grifting and cutting corners. New Yorkers and tri-state people knew who the man was long ago. And the NYT's had archives filled with the man's excesses.
But that still doesn't prove that every single person, Dem or otherwise, was manipulated in 2016. Sorry, I don't buy the idea that Hillary supporters fell victim to manipulation because they weren't welcoming enough to Bernie's people. Bernie supporters acted the way they acted and need to take responsibility for their own poor attitudes.
But on this we agree: the same tactics will be attempted this time 'round. Consequently, we can't say we weren't warned.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden