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"Here's why that's bad news for President Biden" (Original Post) bigtree Dec 2021 OP
Doom and gloom . .... Lovie777 Dec 2021 #1
Why listen??!! Why give them the ratings..they will only continue PortTack Dec 2021 #2
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Dec 2021 #6
It's sickening malaise Dec 2021 #3
It's sickening malaise Dec 2021 #4
What??? No golf? multigraincracker Dec 2021 #5
Biden isn't golfing? No wayward criminal spawn? Or plotting new outrages? StClone Dec 2021 #8
Next up... BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #7
WaPo had an excellent piece by Jennifer Rubin this morning. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #9
When they don't have a crises, they make one up from whole cloth. paleotn Dec 2021 #10
We need to work the refs (sane M$M) for 2 months and this shit will stop, meme it as much as possibl uponit7771 Dec 2021 #11

BumRushDaShow

(129,082 posts)
7. Next up...
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 07:45 PM
Dec 2021

"But Russia and Ukraine..."



(if it bleeds it leads and if it isn't bleeding then make it bleed)

Lonestarblue

(10,011 posts)
9. WaPo had an excellent piece by Jennifer Rubin this morning.
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 08:00 PM
Dec 2021

“The mainstream media’s fixation with false equivalency between the two political parties and fear of criticism from the right has led to distorted coverage and misleading characterizations of the assault on democracy.

Voter suppression is called “tighter voting requirements.” The Republican’s descent into authoritarianism and its dalliance with violence is explained away as “polarization.” Meritless cases to overturn the election are described as “lawsuits stemming from the 2020 election,” and rarely is it made clear that “concerns about fraud” is a red herring or that the 2020 election was the most reviewed and reaffirmed in history (thanks to the slew of audits).

The media talks about the “lack of civility” in politics. But when do Democrats post videos depicting violence against Republicans? When do they follow Republican members down the halls of Congress to harass and scream at them?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/07/media-has-given-republicans-free-pass-assaulting-democracy/

paleotn

(17,931 posts)
10. When they don't have a crises, they make one up from whole cloth.
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 08:15 PM
Dec 2021

To be honest, the 24/7 chatter cycle may be worse for democracy than Facebook. Disinformation is disinformation, no matter who's disseminating it.

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