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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there any real journalistic justification for covering the Republican convention?
It would be unprecedented not to cover it, and this is not at all the typical "bothsidesism" case.
But given that Republican Party made Donnie the nominee by fiat -- some states didn't even have a Republican primary -- there zero news in him winning the nomination.
Democrats knew Biden would win, but there was a legitimate contest, Bernie was nominated and collected many votes at the convention. We had a news story, they don't.
Now they've also refused to even try to pass a platform. So there's no news to be had there, either.
So it's down to a 4-day Republican infomercial that once again, the media will cover for free. I won't deny promotional elements if the democratic convention, but legitimate news happened there as well.
Donnie has corrupted yet another institution and event, and the media can't see what's happening. It's no longer a news event worth covering, there nothing left but infomercial. They'll cover it as if it was a legitimate news event, based on the argument that it had been a legitimate news event in the past.
But it's not this time around. The only news story is that there is no news there, and they shouldn't show his infomercial for free
TreasonousBastard
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(52,232 posts)They don't put every car crash on the national news either. Too damn many of them.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)These fuckers can't hide their true nature under scrutiny.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)A single camera and sound recording, taping everything that is virtual.
There would be point to covering it if it were being fact-checked in real time....
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(52,232 posts)Big red 'X' and a loud buzzer every damn time they lie or exaggerate or distort.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)maxrandb
(15,330 posts)Are we really going to allow them to broadcast 16 hours a day of this shit without raising holy fucking hell about it?
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(52,232 posts)Which of course is something republicans always get, but not democrats....
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)such as William L. Shirer was witness to current events of rise of the nazis.
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(52,232 posts)The media barely covers the actual electoral college meetings, and that's where the president is formally elected.