Of course some hosts are better than others. Overall, though, the mainstream media is an utter disgrace. As I posted yesterday:
So many members of the infotainment industry are unwilling to call facts facts and lies lies, as if every statement is an equally valid "opinion" (out of some warped sense of what constitutes fairness). And the false equivalencies are enough to make me scream. A Democratic "extremist" wants single-payer health care sooner rather than later. A Republican extremist wants to bring back slavery and burn LGBTQ persons at the stake.
The GOP's "liberal media" campaign has been highly successful and has undoubtedly contributed greatly to the very issues I just mentioned. Instead of countering it with their own effective narrative, Democrats have been on the defensive lo these past few decades, as the problem has gotten increasingly worse.
Democrats need to be talking about the GOP's false narrative, a corporatized media that promotes false equivalencies, a corporatized media that thinks 2+2=4 is just as valid as 2+2=17, and advocating for media literacy to be taught in every school.
It's not enough for late night comedians to be talking about how abysmal the media is. Democrats need to hit back, and hard. Take control of the narrative for a change.
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