Why the Republican party is not being held accountable by the media

[Yavin4]

What exactly is the Republican party's plan for lowering inflation, esp. gas prices?
What exactly is the Republican party's stance on the war between Russia and Ukraine?
What exactly is the Republican party's position on a federal ban on abortion?
What exactly is the Republican party's position on 1/6?
What exactly is the Republican party's position on Trump's handling of Classified documents?

The media has not, does not, will not hold Republicans accountable on any of these issues at all. The only thing that the media does is say, "Look how high inflation is. This surely helps the Republicans". They say this without any larger contextual understanding as to why inflation is rising and that's it's a global phenomenon.

Here's why they do this. Their corporate bosses and shareholders want to stop Biden's agenda which has greatly benefitted the working class. From the child care tax credit to the student loan forgiveness to the leftward lean of young Democrats, the shareholder class is in fear of a Democratic party that is unapologetically pro working families and overall progressive. They want them stopped.

The shareholder class is more afraid of a popular progressive Democratic party than they are about Trump's cult members. Electing horrible Republicans to majority status in either, or both, chambers does this. Biden, and the Democrats agenda, all come to a screeching halt for two years until the 2024 elections.

[certainot]

1. imo it's less about corporate media than the nationwide buzz from a few hundred blowhards on

1500 coordinated radio stations

it is astoundingly incompetent ad irresponsible for progressive organizations and the democratic party to collectively completely ignore that. they're not doing due diligence. they don't even poll for it. it's irresponsible, especially now with artificial intelligence making it easy to monitor and analyze large amts of that buzz exponentially easier.

all those stations reaching 50 mil a week are constantly yelling and whining about economic disaster!, higher prices!, inflation!, recession!, with no sense of perspective and totally ignoring republican corporate servitude and trickle down failure driving economy into the dominant story

it's stilll the biggest political mistake in history

[JHB]

4. "But Air America flopped so it will never work!"

"That's propaganda, we don't fund that!"

"We don't do media."

This vacuum is why RT made such inroads in progressive spaces. Vlad was happy to fund people criticizing American policies, and the ones that got the most support were the ones who were "standing up for principle" and wouldn't bend in order to advance their nominal causes and get things done.

[certainot]

6. amazing how well the cons managed to sell those talking points, like "don't give limbaugh any

more attention, ignore him"

someone with resources needs to use AI to do a comprehensive retrospective analysis of RW radio and correlate it with all the no brainer losses, loss of democracy, supremes, war, election fraud, tfg, attacks on public officials, elections lies, russian trolling, etc.

how the fuck with all that's happened can republicans even be close in 90% of the races?

a mere announcement by a progressive org or dem party that that was coming would freak out the GOP completely and send advertisers scurrying from those stations all over the country.

the radio advertising industry would have to act to prevent massive ad losses and would have to move to break up the monopoly. all the dem party would have to do is a little research and then a press release.

[modrepub]

2. Maybe They're Afraid

After all, the Jan 6th coup attacked them also.

Maybe if a few of them are treated like Khashoggi they'd take notice. I doubt it. Their complacency will be rewarded at some point I think.

[Yavin4]

3. Afraid of losing their cushy jobs and lifestyles. n/t

[Meadowoak]

9. when poor/middle class people have more money, they spend it. it all

goes to the top anyway. I would think that would make those cushy jobs and lifestyles even more secure.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

5. Don't forget crime crime crime

Every time media brings up crime they never mention how republicans will fix it.

[andym]

7. The parrty in power gets credit/faulted for the economy etc

That is traditional. Moreover, the GOP seems far better at manipulating the press by appealing to their desire for stories that will attract attention-- negative, dramatic stories are an example.

[peppertree]

8. 'Cause Wall Street is still hitched to them

Repugs make it easier to launder, defraud, and evade taxes - so much so, it's now the sum of their entire "economic platform."

And - with exceptions - that's music to the banksters' ears.

[StClone]

10. How will R's lowering inflation, esp. gas prices?

Maybe the same way they got gas prices to go up: ask the Saudis. Only it will be a brief respite after the election and thereafter back to gouging.

[ZonkerHarris]

11. Mass Media wants both sides to think they have a chance so they spend more money on ads.

I work in Hollywood and this is true.
They are whores for the parties cash and thats it.

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Yavin

[hay rick]

13. Their love of money is stronger than their love of democracy.

Their love of more money than they can possibly use is stronger than their revulsion at avoidable poverty and misery. In the end, the money is mostly just points on a scoreboard in the sky that shows that they are winning.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Both sides must not be working this time...

[FakeNoose]

16. I've got this one... it's pretty good but I like yours better

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. That whole list is correct -- they do that for everything!

[certainot]

20. LOST IN TRANSLATION looks like the script every RW radio blowhard learns and repeats

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

21. Great list. We should all print these up & put them where the

Fox News fools will see them. Maybe in supermarkets?

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Precisely.

To the bewilderment of anyone who appreciates the First Amendment, Corporate McPravda isn't there to inform, but to manipulate the American people.

Details from the guy who taught Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman: Alex Carey.

Details and the memo, courtesy of Greenpeace:

The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy

Additional important history to know...

Alex Carey: Corporations and Propaganda

The Attack on Democracy

The 20th century, said Carey, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. And, in his manuscript, unpublished during his life time, he described that history, going back to World War I and ending with the Reagan era. Carey covers the little known role of the US Chamber of Commerce in the McCarthy witch hunts of post WWII and shows how the continued campaign against "Big Government" plays an important role in bringing Reagan to power.

John Pilger called Carey "a second Orwell", Noam Chomsky dedicated his book, Manufacturing Consent, to him. And even though TUC Radio runs our documentary based on Carey's manuscript at least every two years and draws a huge response each time, Alex Carey is still unknown.

Given today's spotlight on corporations that may change. It is not only the Occupy movement that inspired me to present this program again at this time. By an amazing historic coincidence Bill Moyers and Charlie Cray of Greenpeace have just added the missing chapter to Carey's analysis. Carey's manuscript ends in 1988 when he committed suicide. Moyers and Cray begin with 1971 and bring the corporate propaganda project up to date.

This is a fairly complex production with many voices, historic sound clips, and source material. The program has been used by writers and students of history and propaganda. Alex Carey: Taking the Risk out of Democracy, Corporate Propaganda VS Freedom and Liberty with a foreword by Noam Chomsky was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1995.

Source: TUC Radio

Part 1: https://tucradio.org/podcasts/newest-podcasts/alex-carey-corporations-and-propaganda-part-one-of-two/

Part 2: https://tucradio.org/podcasts/newest-podcasts/alex-carey-corporations-and-propaganda-part-two-of-two/

[Aristus]

17. Um......because they own the media?

[pecosbob]

18. It's pretty evident that in the media's eyes, the Ds are always at fault

When Rs are in charge, everything is the Ds fault. When Ds are in charge everything is the Ds fault. Just look at Andrea Mitchell's interview of Pelosi the other day...why couldn't Ds do more to codify and protect Roe v. Wade? As if restricting abortion rights is Dems fault?

[ananda]

22. They literally own the media

And all its whores