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Older tweet, but just a reminder what kind of person gets the presidential pardon these days:
https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/sta...81140112412673
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"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!
Do you think a majority of journalists favor Republicans? And do you think this is such an obvious conclusion that it matches how I see the world?
If your comments about whether the media is liberal are about something other than whether a majority of journalists lean that way, we're talking past one another, and going on about different things.
As for how we got Trump, a big part of it was that he got twice as much free media as the rest of the Republican field put together (which was oversized in terms of his actual performance in the primaries.) In the primaries, the media promoted the weakest Republican candidate in a way that was helpful to Hillary.
In the Nate Silver piece, he described the ways that the media didn't think Trump would win the General Election, and noted the low percentage of newspaper endorsements for Trump, even compared to historical numbers for Republicans.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-media-bubble/
Trump took advantage of media shortcomings, rather than any kind of widespread preference for him.
There are left-wing fringe and not so fringe endeavors as well, so that match-up doesn't quite show bias. We've got Daily Kos, the Huffington Report, El Chapo Traphouse, Vox, Crooked Media, Talking Point Memo, Crooks & Liars, Salon, etc.
I'm not claiming that there is no right-wing media, or that no one in the media has a right wing bias. However, media figures are disproportionately likely to lean left.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
The media isn't Liberal, it's Corporate, two distinct things.
A REAL Liberal Media would not be cowed by the likes of Dolt 45 and the conspiracy nuts like Alex Jones, and the Ben Shapiros of the world.
A REAL Liberal Media would be tough on all Politicians and not care about Access, because a real Liberal media knows that Politicians need them more than the media needs those Politicians.
A Corporate Media can't weather Right Wing "What About'isms and Victimhood." SO they need to appease the Conspiracy nuts and the "Victims" of the "Liberal Media"
Corporate Media cares about dollars and eyeballs.
Liberal Media cares about the truth.
We do have one, and sometimes the other.
So Right Wing lies about Liberal Media Bias is absolute bullshit.
We have a Thin Skinned President who has no sense of humor and can't stand negative commentary about him. To put it simply, there is no Liberal and Conservative in Media and Entertainment in the Trump era. There is only Pro-Trump and everyone else. Doesn't matter if you are a Journalist or a Comedian or a Rap Star, if you say anything negative about Trump you are automatically labeled a Liberal and an enemy. Even if you're voting history says something different.
So, are there more liberals in Media? The question should be, are their more Journalists in News Media who refuse to bow down to Trump and dare to do their jobs and tell the truth? I think the answer to that is yes.
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I think the reason journalists tend to swing to the left is because facts, statistics, and truth all favor liberalism. In order to see things in a conservative light and work for a conservative 'news' outlet, one needs to be somewhat skilled in cherry picking evidence, confirmation bias, and ignoring every piece of evidence which contradicts their preconceived notions. This is not to say that bias cannot be found within MSM outlets, but because it's such a larger pool to draw from it can seem to those with weaker critical thinking skills that this problem is rampant. Funny how these same people are typically blind to the flagrant excesses of bias on FOX, Limbaugh, Breitbart, Drudge, etc.
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Stop trolling. The post where I explain why your measurement of the number of journalists donating to democrats is clouding the issue of right wing media influence. You read the post, don't misread it on purpose. And admit that you made a deal with the devil no good person would make.
I for one am done normalizing the authoritarian moves by the GOP and those who stand by silently while they see it happening. Freedom is too important.
"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!
This isn't a joke, Mets. Nazis are marching in the streets, attacking counter protesters with lethal force and the president of your party says there are good people among them.
Said president's lawyer argue he is completely above the law.
They are taking away the rights of women and transgender folks and people who aren't white. The right to choose, the right to serve, the right to vote.
There will come a time when you will have to ask yourself what you did when all those things happened. What you stood for. What you did and didn't fall for.
And it's gonna be ugly.
"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!
Active shooter reported at the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego.
Edit: Female subject, in custody. Race resuming.
"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!