CNN's Stelter: Fox News is more anti-Democrat than pro-Trump

[TomCADem]

I am hoping that one change that sticks after the election of Biden is for mainstream news channels to stop pretending that right wing media is objective. Under President Obama, the mainstream news would pretend that Fox News was a journalistic organization that may have a right wing bias, rather than the fact optional propaganda outlet that it is. Under Trump, there was no way to reconcile Fox's treatment and defense of Trump with that of a legitimate journalistic organization.

With Biden, there will be a great temptation to once again let right wing media set the agenda where right wing media pushes the next fake Bengazi/Emails talking point, which Republican politicians echo, then mainstream media happily follows along. In other words, we need to push the media to be truthful, not neutral. If one person says the light was red and another says the light was green, mainstream media can't just say the light was yellow or pretend that there is no truth or that it is just a matter of opinion. That is how we got Trump and a Republican party that was never held accountable.

If mainstream media once again allows itself to follow along with the next BS talking point pushed by right wing media, then they will have no one else to blame when people once again question the credibility of the media for embracing sensationalism over journalism.

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"These channels are more anti-Democrat than they are pro-Trump," said CNN's Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter on "Reliable Sources" Sunday. "The Biden bashing has been turned up to 11 ... and 12 and 13."

In addition to calling Biden weak, frail, senile and a radical, conservative media outlets, including Fox News, OAN and Newsmax, cynically argue that the mainstream media has been fawning over Biden, failing to cover him critically.

"Every hour, every day, that's the narrative," Stelter said. "And it's going to be like this for the next four years."

Conservative media had been pushing lies about the election for months, amplifying false information about election fraud, telling viewers the election was rigged and how Biden didn't rightfully win the presidency. Biden, in his inaugural address, plead with those outlets to take down the temperature and tell their viewers the truth: "We must reject the culture where facts themselves are manipulated — and even manufactured," he said.