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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 09:37 AM Aug 2016

If the liberal media is so "biased"...?

Why then, are Hillary Clinton's poll numbers so low when it comes to questions about "honesty and trustworthy"?

In the latest NBC/ WSJ poll, she rated "poorly" with 56% of those polled saying she was not "honest or trustworthy".

Why?

If the "liberal media" was so powerful and so influential, one would think that Hillary would rate very high in the honest and trustworthy category?

Maybe there is some other force at work instead of the "liberal media"? Maybe there is a political propaganda campaign that is very effective at doing what they do?

Obviously, it is too much to ask the American people to use common sense when supplied with conflicting information that does not comport with reality?

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spanone

(135,888 posts)
1. because there is no liberal bias in the media...imagine if dems had a 'fox'
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 09:44 AM
Aug 2016

a network dedicated to promoting only one party

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
3. This seems to be the area where Republicans are most deeply brainwashed...
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 09:50 AM
Aug 2016

...Even though their side is super adept at persuading certain people that some things are true, but in reality, have no relationship with the truth at all. And they do not see the contradiction in their deeply-held belief.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
2. If the media were so liberally biased, Bush, Cheney, et al would be imprisoned as war criminals.
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 09:48 AM
Aug 2016

Reagan wouldn't be so revered as an iconic presidential figure.

I could go on and on.

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts)
4. Liberal Media is a Republican projection
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 09:55 AM
Aug 2016

When in fact, the media shows more bias favorable to the right. All one has to do is watch any outlet on air, far more republicans on air than Democrats.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
5. Conservatives laugh at the suggestion that there is any other type of media...
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 09:58 AM
Aug 2016

other than the "liberal media". Decades of repeating their mantra has taken root and is bearing fruit in the person of Donald Trump.

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