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Originally Posted by Robbie
I think it would be a positive change if the media just stopped trying to shape our opinions.
Just let the candidates say what they have to say about their positions and let the PEOPLE decide for themselves.
Instead, we have the media trying to create news. And then hour after endless hour of "political analysts" on panels at Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC "explaining" everything to us and giving us their fucking opinion.
And damned if it doesn't actually work to make people believe whatever the 2 party's and the media push for.
I don't need Fox or CNN to tell me anything about what I think and who I should vote for.
I don't need The Huffington Post to tell me that Trump isn't "serious".
Who the fuck are these people? WE are the people who need to really listen to what these candidates are saying and make up our minds.
The media during the election in 2012 was so goddamned childish that it was sickening.
Instead of talking about economic growth and all the wars that our govt. keeps us in...the discussion was about Mitt Romney putting his dog in a dog carrier on the roof of a car in 1983??? Or Mitt Romney cutting some kids hair for a hazing over 50 years ago when he was a young guy?
WTF!?!?!?
And now? All the media wants to do is poke Trump with a stick.
You know the guy does have a plan and he wants to talk about what he thinks he can do for the U.S. economy.
But we don't hear about it. All we hear about is this endless media instigated "fighting" amongst Republicans.
Who cares?
Yes, it is entertaining.
No, it's not the job of the free press.
It's disgusting to me. And to watch them do it so blatantly is almost scary. They aren't even trying to hide it. And NOBODY is calling them out on it nationally.
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if you want the serious news, you know where to turn: bill o reilly
the 24/7 media mandates an entertainment-like atmosphere to get viewers cause the news channels are competing with 300 channels all day long. you can choose to tune that out & just watch PBS mcneil leher newshour, but what a bore.
however the media has been changing ever since the TV was invented, & kennedy beat nixon cause nixon was sweating. Today its all about TV friendly personality. this is why trump has a shot, cause he is a master of the media. he can win.