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[-] Addition@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago

I'm convinced the media wants Trump to win exclusively because he makes them lots of money. They made a killing during the Trump years just by reporting on the live status of the dumpster fire.

They haven't made as much money under Biden, so they're undermining the fuck out him in favor of Trump.

Classic capitalism. Profit > Truth. Profit > Democracy.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

I'm convinced the media wants Trump to win exclusively because he makes them lots of money.

The first thing that Convicted Rapist Treason Trump and his Neofascist World Order will do is shut down the free press. Idiots.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

What's this free press you talk about? They are all mouth pieces of the state, who are mouth pieces of capital.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

What's this free press you talk about?

The Guardian. Reuters. Associated Press. WP. Los Angeles Times. Mother Jones. TheHill.com

They are all mouth pieces of the state

Then how come they do hit pieces on Head of State Joe Biden?

Oh wait...you assumed we are talking about Russian press. In America things are very different.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world -5 points 7 months ago

That's the illusion of free press. Any journalists not towing the state line are no longer journalists

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

That’s the illusion of free press. Any journalists not towing the state line are no longer journalists

Hardly any journalist in the US is towing the line of the head of government. If anything they all compete to deny things that Biden is totally right about. It is Russia you are thinking of.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


We clearly don’t live in any of those Americas, because former President Donald Trump got yet another free pass from the press after echoing fascist slogans during a rally in New Hampshire last week.

Trump’s unhinged pledge to “root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country” was a line barely modified from its original 1930s Nazi form.

The solution is implied in the problem: When the “radical left” represents an existential threat to America itself, every response becomes legitimate — including disenfranchisement, dehumanization and even political violence.

The patchwork of Christian Dominionists, Proud Boys, neo-Nazis and shock jocks who make up the online MAGA right made certain their audiences saw Trump speaking their language.

But those same media outlets are now at risk of overcorrecting and missing those instances when Trump does actually make news — and parroting well-worn propaganda lines made famous by Nazis is certainly newsworthy.

If we want American democracy to survive, our media must resist at all costs the urge to normalize extremist, far-right rhetoric that history has shown is the precursor to state violence.


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[-] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago

This is probably going to be rather controversial, but if I was on the left in the US I'd be stocking up on guns, ammo, and everything else right now. This guy is openly declaring war on you, and history has shown if he gets back into power it's not going to be pretty. Organize, vote, and be prepared!

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