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I'd argue that media ownership by the few should not be forgotten, it has a huge influence on our opinions of huge remote organisations. If I am being constantl

by noja 11y ago

I'd argue that media ownership by the few should not be forgotten, it has a huge influence on our opinions of huge remote organisations. If I am being constantly told that something is bad, and never told when it is good, I will gradually shift my opinion. Attrition wins.

VLM 11y ago
Here's a helpful poll: http://www.gallup.com/poll/176042/trust-mass-media-returns-time-low.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/176042/trust-mass-media-returns-t... So for 3/5 to 2/3 of the population, observation shows that a unified message from all the multinational megacorp journalists of anti-Trump hatred results in soaring poll numbers for Trump. Every time some elitist smarmy condescending newsreader indicates their oh so holier than thou hatred of Trump, his poll numbers go up a little more. Note this applies to the "other guys" too. Decades of screaming on fox news about how Bill Clinton and now Obama are going to destroy the country, planet, universe ... chicken little buffer overflow. If I can't vote for Trump I will vote for Sanders. If the establishment neocons on fox news hate him, he might be somewhat off, but also can't be that bad of a guy, I mean look at the other people they hate who aren't the best but aren't that bad. Obama may very well go down in history as one of our worst presidents, but hes just not that bad. Note that a 3/5 majority would be quite a landslide in a general election.
- notahacker 11y ago
  Is that the link you intended to post? Because all it shows is that only around 40% of the public trust the media (and of those that distrust the media, a substantial proportion don't trust the media because they don't think it's liberal enough). Most people are perfectly capable of distrusting both the media and the candidate that is indisputably advocating points they disagree with. Some of them distrust the media because they think it's giving Trump an easy ride. Sure, there is a demographic that sees negative coverage of Trump (and Sanders) as proof he must be the only totally honest guy with real, serious policies. But it isn't 3/5 of the population, or anything close. I mean, you'd probably find the figure for British citizens that trust the media to be at least as low. Trouble is, trust in people that the media widely dislike is even lower, and so they still lose.

by noja 11y ago

VLM 11y ago

Here's a helpful poll: http://www.gallup.com/poll/176042/trust-mass-media-returns-time-low.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/176042/trust-mass-media-returns-t... So for 3/5 to 2/3 of the population, observation shows that a unified message from all the multinational megacorp journalists of anti-Trump hatred results in soaring poll numbers for Trump. Every time some elitist smarmy condescending newsreader indicates their oh so holier than thou hatred of Trump, his poll numbers go up a little more. Note this applies to the "other guys" too. Decades of screaming on fox news about how Bill Clinton and now Obama are going to destroy the country, planet, universe ... chicken little buffer overflow. If I can't vote for Trump I will vote for Sanders. If the establishment neocons on fox news hate him, he might be somewhat off, but also can't be that bad of a guy, I mean look at the other people they hate who aren't the best but aren't that bad. Obama may very well go down in history as one of our worst presidents, but hes just not that bad. Note that a 3/5 majority would be quite a landslide in a general election.

notahacker 11y ago
Is that the link you intended to post? Because all it shows is that only around 40% of the public trust the media (and of those that distrust the media, a substantial proportion don't trust the media because they don't think it's liberal enough). Most people are perfectly capable of distrusting both the media and the candidate that is indisputably advocating points they disagree with. Some of them distrust the media because they think it's giving Trump an easy ride. Sure, there is a demographic that sees negative coverage of Trump (and Sanders) as proof he must be the only totally honest guy with real, serious policies. But it isn't 3/5 of the population, or anything close. I mean, you'd probably find the figure for British citizens that trust the media to be at least as low. Trouble is, trust in people that the media widely dislike is even lower, and so they still lose.