10-18-2020, 06:09 PM
[quote="teejers1" pid='293610' dateline='1602888465'
As for MSM, it's not that Biden is going to win because of MSM Agenda-ism - Trump has himself to thank/blame for the outcome in November. But Biden certainly has been (and will continue to be) aided by the media. Try and think of it this way: say Joe were running against moderate Republican in an open presidential (no incumbent). Do you think just maybe Biden's sexual harassment history (when he was a grown-up adult, and not in HS, as was the Supreme Court candidate) might receive a little more "run" than it has received in this cycle? It's like: okay we'll give it some attention until Dems figure out for sure who is running against Trump, but then that's it.
That is just one example. Some people (not many, when you press them) actually believe that the MSM is neutral when it comes to the sitting president. I find that a form of denial. But I know lots of people who don't care and think Trump "deserves it." I find that a reasonable position. But it does lead me back to the Fourth Estate concern more generally.
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A good piece about how Trump has broken media coverage.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/...-news.html
Let’s face it, if Biden said even a fraction of the stuff Trump says (or the Democratic equivalent), it’d be front page news for weeks.
BC
As for MSM, it's not that Biden is going to win because of MSM Agenda-ism - Trump has himself to thank/blame for the outcome in November. But Biden certainly has been (and will continue to be) aided by the media. Try and think of it this way: say Joe were running against moderate Republican in an open presidential (no incumbent). Do you think just maybe Biden's sexual harassment history (when he was a grown-up adult, and not in HS, as was the Supreme Court candidate) might receive a little more "run" than it has received in this cycle? It's like: okay we'll give it some attention until Dems figure out for sure who is running against Trump, but then that's it.
That is just one example. Some people (not many, when you press them) actually believe that the MSM is neutral when it comes to the sitting president. I find that a form of denial. But I know lots of people who don't care and think Trump "deserves it." I find that a reasonable position. But it does lead me back to the Fourth Estate concern more generally.
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A good piece about how Trump has broken media coverage.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/...-news.html
Let’s face it, if Biden said even a fraction of the stuff Trump says (or the Democratic equivalent), it’d be front page news for weeks.
BC