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In reply to the discussion: Has there ever been a mass protest against the media? We need one now, that's for sure. [View all]brewens
(15,359 posts)3. There should have been for the 2016 election. Fortunately they can't get away with a Harris blackout like we
saw back then.
The corporate overlords of the media must be telling them to go easy on Trump. That's what it has to be.
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Has there ever been a mass protest against the media? We need one now, that's for sure. [View all]
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
OP
I think *effective* boycotts would be harder to organize than protest rallies
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#5
Not big enough an effect for the changes needed to wake up other Americans to the danger of Trump
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#43
I wasn't suggesting boycotting, but in-person mass protests of the media
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#37
There should have been for the 2016 election. Fortunately they can't get away with a Harris blackout like we
brewens
Aug 2024
#3
That only shields you from being annoyed by it, it doesn't help your fellow citizens...
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#22
We need to e-mail, text , send letters to all of them, including Fox and Newsmax.
kerry-is-my-prez
Aug 2024
#7
Since I'm still on Twitter, mostly there for fire info, since I live in fire prone area,
Dem2theMax
Aug 2024
#12
i dumped the local paper years ago. i dont do meta or x . comcast priced me out of the market as well and
AllaN01Bear
Aug 2024
#18
There should be a website where people keep count of the M$Ms shitiness like is being done in Ukraine keeping up with
uponit7771
Aug 2024
#23
You're missing the point. This is about better informing the PUBLIC, not making yourself happier...
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#27
That will never have enough effect fast enough to get OTHER Americans, besides yourself...
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#35
I agree a boycott will never get going, that's why I'm suggesting protest rallies n/t
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#36
This is about what OTHER AMERICANS end up watching, and how it effects how they vote...
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#41
That form of protest barely makes a dent in how OTHER AMERICANS besides yourself...
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#42
Only if such (very unlikely) mass cancellations were clearly tied to an otherwise well-known protest...
RidinWithHarris
Aug 2024
#45