My brother in Christ YOU ARE THE MEDIA
... which is why he's making it a story, linking to the videos, explaining why it's newsworthy, and then delving into the deeper topic of why a particular segment of right-wing-aligned media is steadily taking over in this country and where it might go if not unchecked, which is the much bigger and more important story beyond just the fact that Trump is a moron sometimes.
The media has been making it a story since the first election. Every single one of his weird ass word salad moments was nation wide news. We just sit around and pretend it was covered up because fox news didn't talk about it.
My MIL watches Newsmax now, since Trump said Fox was liberal media.
She hasn't heard of a single gaffe Trump has made in his rallies. Hasn't heard of how he said Biden would start WWII, hasn't heard he said he ran against Obama in 2016, hasn't heard about how he accused Nicki Haley of refusing his offer to send 10,000 officers to the Capitol on Jan 6. No reports on how his speeches decend into word salad when he looks away from the teleprompter.
She HAS heard that Biden is doing nothing about the border, but not about Republicans refusing to pass Biden's border bill. She believes Biden is a fascist leading the country into communism, that Trump is a godly man, etc etc etc.
It's so hard to talk with her now. She used to be a far left liberal, burned her bra in the 60s, pushed for women's rights. Then she started watching Fox "News" and got brainwashed.
Some media may be making his idiocy/dementia/whateverthehelliswrongwithhim news, but a large chunk of the country doesn't ever see it.
Media who do report this stuff is preaching to the choir.
I say this in a bunch of threads almost every single day
WE HAVE A GIGANTIC PROPAGANDA PROBLEM.
It's absolutely flabbergasting that we as a society have just accepted that "everyone" lies to us all the time, that no media can be trusted (except for "my guy") and that for some reason there's nothing we should do about it.
I rarely see conversations about what we can and should do about our media. I'd love to see some actual things we can do from those intelligent enough or with the correct expertise... I have no idea myself as all I know is we protect the rights for a free press and that pretty much handcuffs us, but it's also important to have...
We do. But it's not just America's perceived far right. It is even many in what America calls the left as well. That's why so much more insidious than people give it credit for.
Yes, Fox News, newsmax, oann are some of the worst of the worst. But every single corporate, for-profits news medium also belongs on that list of propaganda and misinformation. All television, all radio, all print that isn't publicly owned and funded. 100% spreads propaganda.
Even many that are publicly funded are still succeptible. Because the people with the loudest voice and the most resources to spare. Are the ones stealing from us.
Even as children, what we are taught of American history is a complete whitewashing, with a veneer of empty hero worship. And I don't just mean the founding. I mean even things that occurred with in 10 to 20 years of when they're being taught. Are already heavily sanitized and controlled.
100% agreed. The right is currently more dangerous but all corporate media is definitely propaganda meant to manipulate in one way or another. :(
Yes, the problem is that this information doesn't seem to be making it to half the nation.
It still gets to them. They call it fake news.
My sister in Satan, unfortunately we are not the media who get listened to.
Remember the rule, if the article title is a question, the answer is most likely "No".
You mean the dictatorship-friendly media? Will they make it a story that the baby dictator is dying?
...no, no they won't.
Adderall abuse, untreated syphilis, or just advanced age?
They're not mutually exclusive.
They call it Three Stooges Syndrome
Ask Rupert Murdoch. He owns most of the media companies and subsidiaries.
So I guess the answer is yes, the media made it a story by writing this very story.
Yeah, but this is fake news. They didn't mention hunter biden's laptop. Not even once.
/s
Considering the overload of articles about how Biden is too old, they ought to, if they want to be (unironically) fair and balanced.
Did he accidentally pick the wrong name or did he purposefully use Haley’s, because he knows fans won’t care it’s fiction and will start believing it as truth?
He's always taken both sides of every issue so that if you cherry pick a couple quotes of his, he always seems like he's right.
A choice between a guy who's going to make the world worse and a guy who's going to make the country worse...
No, this is the choice between literal fascism and just another mediocre democrat leader. You are an absolute fool if you think it's a difficult choice
The trick that has been played on us to create opinions like the one you responded to is incredibly impressive and depressing.
Do you think what's going on in Palestine would be happening under Trump? It's a huge what if, but I don't think so.
Trump's a fascist. But you're in denial if you think the US government hasn't always been fascist. Biden's just not an accelerationist.
As a US neighbor, I'd take Biden any day of the week, but would Yemeni people think the same? That's all I'm saying
What method can you use to determine your "what if" scenario is true or not?
Also "Trump is a fascist but so are these other guys" is not a way to convince antifascists that Trump is the best choice.
Woah wtf. Why do you think I'm trying to say he's the best choice?
So who do you suggest a person votes for in this situation? The real world situation of Biden v Trump.
Unless one dies or has a stroke (very likely for Trump, somewhat likely for Biden) they are the options.
For the record, if Trump did have a stroke and had to avoid public appearances, his popularity would almost certainly go up, but leave that aside for now.
Do you think what’s going on in Palestine would be happening under Trump?
No, I think it would be unspeakably worse. I'm not sure how anyone could reasonably think it would be BETTER with Trump.
Trump was the first US president I can remember that didn't start a new war.
People here have some crazy blinders on.
Also, I've got trans friends and family and care about the environment. I prefer Biden
Trump moved the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem to egg on Hamas, you're delusional if you think the situation in Palestine would actually be better.
He also escalated tensions with Iran and assassinated one of their generals and massively increased stone strikes compared to Obama. We came damn close to war under Trump.
Meanwhile what war did Biden start? The US didn't invade Ukraine or Palestine.
I think you mean make the country and the world worse. Because Trump is really good at both of those.
How do you figure that?
Biden is good for the country, but his foreign policy is horrible.
Trump is bad for the country, but he's such a wild card that he's got a stabilizing presence internally
Even if some of Biden's foreign policy smells, I'd rather have him at it than whatever the fuck Trump thought he was doing going around and stroking his ego over the other heads of state.
A wild card is a bullshit term for getting in bed with the Russians and pissing on it both literally and figuratively. Which, btw, is an oxymoron to pair it with "stability". We see now how he got played and/or paid.
Oh, I get it. You're just a fucking moron.
Stabilizing? Lol
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