Scott Dworkin continues his weekly "5 Corporate Media Fails" series with commentary on four big fails this week in which the media either failed to cover a story adequately or got it wrong — always in Trump's favor:
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"MSNBC's The Weekend co-hosts, former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend, on Sunday issued a scathing rebuke of the media's coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris versus Donald Trump."
~ Maya Boddie
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Boddie quotes Michael Steele:
"It's obvious on so many levels, but the thing about it that strikes me, and it's going to be manifest on Tuesday, in how even in the run-up to this debate, the expectation is somehow — she's got to perform better, she's got to prove something. No! The guy who's talking cray-cray has to prove something."
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dyanam0replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy #media
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"The Trump-Musk alliance is about their unquenchable thirst for power. Also their hatred of women, trans people, and immigrants. But it has nothing to do with 'wasteful spending,' no matter what the New York Times tells you. ...
The New York Times can pretend to believe that, but we don’t have to."
~ Jamison Foser
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media #misogyny #trans #immigrants #xenophobia #NewYorkTimes
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Matthias Krämerreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Isn't it five big fails instead four (and the numbers to count them do have a 2. two times)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"The corporate media, however, have decided that it is no longer the job of its journalists and pundits to report and analyze information; rather they believe they must translate Donald’s nonsensical ramblings into a version of the English language we can all understand."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"That’s a huge problem because, on the one hand, they’re not really translating his words—they’re imbuing them with a meaning that is not there; on the other hand, they’re doing this without telling us they’re doing it."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"It’s deeply disturbing that somebody as unhinged and incoherent as Donald is allowed to run for the presidency in the first place (and that leaves aside all of the other disqualifying things about him), but the disturbance is compounded when you consider that corporate media can’t seem to muster any urgency in the face of Donald’s increasingly bizarre behavior."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Surely a political press corps that spent months arguing that President Biden’s age rendered him mentally unfit, wouldn’t look the other way when the Republican candidate, the oldest person to run for president in American history, is not only old but decompensating before our very eyes. The difference of course is that Biden is aging while Donald is dementing."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"American democracy depends upon a thriving fourth estate to function optimally. That’s not what we have right now. Not even close. Independent media is doing its best to step up, but there is still a void left by the failures of those traditional outlets people have been relying on for decades. They are failing us, settling for 'both-sides' laziness at the expense of objective facts and, ultimately, democracy."
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cowboyminer :coolified:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I see media over and over ignore the weird thing trump says and not report that in their reporting.
At the same time they ride on every nuance Harris makes.
They don't even treat trump and Biden the same!
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@wdlindsy Not a Trump supporter but is Trump not allowed the same right to free press as Harris? If the press wishes to cover Trump's sayings, that's how it should be.
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@rooktallon Free press?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to cowboyminer :coolified: last edited by
@cowboyminer Yes, that's what I and a whole lot of people see, too. We're not imagining it?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Matthias Krämer last edited by
@Kraemer_HB Thank you for pointing that out. My stupid mistake! I'll correct the posting.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to dyanam0 last edited by
@dyanam0 Thank you — kudos to you. I've started supporting The Guardian financially as a subscriber, and need to see if I can muster a bit more financial support for all they give me and others.
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Arqtecreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
The presidency is more than one man
The 25th Amendment was there to avoid collapse because of a President ailing
There is a VP to become President
Biden's age was never a real problem
This 2024 election year is simple:
Vote 4 Harris/Walz
Trump is not a choice
He is a Sociopathic Moron
A Criminal
A GOP
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Håkon Alstadheimreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Somebody needs to do 500 words or less that connects this thread to Sulzbergers guest-opinion in WaPo (gift, if you click the link and not the image https://wapo.st/47zs4lr ) . I still can't wrap my head around the disconnect.
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SearingTruthreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"One day our children will recall, in their filthy plight, that we argued about the wrong things."
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