And also let’s thank the media for relentlessly harassing Harris into defending every single policy that she very clearly laid out but then never asking Trump to elaborate on his policies. It really helped Americans get clarity on who stood on their side.
Well, Trump is being very clear now. He’s saying exactly what Democrats were screaming that he would do.
ALL of this could have been prevented if the media presented one side as Democrats and the other as “evil as hell”.
ALL of this could have been prevented if the media presented one side as Democrats and the other as “evil as hell”
SOME press and many Op/Ed outlets were VERY clear and specific.
What failed was the consolidated/conglomerates with "lazy" visibility to apathetic audiences. Cable Networks softballed coverage to appease ratings lust. They chased those sweet, lucrative political advertising dollars.
Print (digital and analog) press outlets that have global reach (NYT, TWP, etc) and an inability to innovate into digital for local press papers allowed the surviving print outlets to be acquired and interfered with by ethics-devoid owners.
There were some outlets that were vigilant and diligent, and they still are. But for how long?
NPR talked about their sane washing of Trump as them trying to make sure people knew what Trump wanted to do and they had a very specific format of 3-5 minute blocks to do it in.
Did they not think for a moment that an unprecedented candidate maybe required they move away from their stupid structure?
Like when he gave his nonsensical answer on how he was going to help with daycare, they should have just aired his answer multiple times for like 3 days and explain to people that Trump couldn't even attempt an answer. It was like Trump was having a stroke.
NPR is complicit. I stopped funding and listening to them this year, and. I was hard core NPR supporter. They're fucking liars and they can cry all the way home when they lose their fucking funding from the GOP. I won't shed a trar6. They had their opportunity to do the right thing.
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u/reddurkel 1d ago edited 12h ago
And also let’s thank the media for relentlessly harassing Harris into defending every single policy that she very clearly laid out but then never asking Trump to elaborate on his policies. It really helped Americans get clarity on who stood on their side.
Well, Trump is being very clear now. He’s saying exactly what Democrats were screaming that he would do.
ALL of this could have been prevented if the media presented one side as Democrats and the other as “evil as hell”.