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Trump can go die in a hole for all I care, the MSM on the other hand glossed over the continuous revelations about the Clinton campaign. Time after time they re

by ihsw 10y ago

Trump can go die in a hole for all I care, the MSM on the other hand glossed over the continuous revelations about the Clinton campaign. Time after time they refused to even cover the rampant corruption in the DNC, from how the Democratic nomination race was one-sided against Sanders, to how Clinton's very close relationship with Wall Street and her handling of Benghazi deeply damaged her credibility. I do have a preference for facts but what I do not have a preference for is a Fourth Estate that has been infiltrated and manipulated to support an elite cadre intent on pushing a certain agenda.

drabiega 10y ago
I don't exactly follow what people would call the mainstream media closely, but what I was exposed to mentioned all of these things (or at least the fact that she was accused of them), while their coverage of Trump that I saw consisted solely of unedited airing of him speaking. I sincerely don't understand the claims that the coverage was biased against Trump. If anything, it seemed to me that they were personally against him but in response to that they overcompensated and skewed the coverage too far in his direction.
- titzer 10y ago
  +1 The media bent themselves into some really odd shapes to make Trump's continuous string of gaffes appear somehow "normal".
bubbleRefuge 10y ago
Sanders supporter who voted for Trump because of disdain for the Democrats and party corruption. For example, super delegates flipping states for HRC. Donna Brazile's shenanigans, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Wall Street speeches, Clinton Foundation. Trump(and Bernie) created a consciousness/awakening in the country about the how the political system has been captured by the donor class and corporate interests. Hopefully, the Democratic party will purge itself and return to being the peoples party. If not we need a third party direct democracy organization driven by open source software and forums like HN which hold online debates and crowd source the decisions made by politicians.
- psychometry 10y ago
  > Sanders supporter who voted for Trump There's an undeniable indicator of an unsound mind right there. The correlation in policy goals between Sanders and Clinton was probably about 0.8, but you went with the guy at 0.1. The only noticeable commonality between Sanders and Trump is that they're both white males, which I suspect is a significant reason for your absurd trajectory of political preference (whether you'll admit that to yourself or not).
  - bubbleRefuge 10y ago
    whats the correlation between any policy goal during a campaign and what actually happens? Insiders from both political parties didn't want Trump and didn't want Bernie. Trump has kind of upended both political parties. A good thing.
dmode 10y ago
MSM gave ample coverage to the most important story of all - Comey's political move on emails a week before election. It was pasted in huge headlines across all mainstream media outlets. And that turned out to be a dud at the end, but the damage was done. So not sure what you are expecting.

by ihsw 10y ago

drabiega 10y ago

I don't exactly follow what people would call the mainstream media closely, but what I was exposed to mentioned all of these things (or at least the fact that she was accused of them), while their coverage of Trump that I saw consisted solely of unedited airing of him speaking. I sincerely don't understand the claims that the coverage was biased against Trump. If anything, it seemed to me that they were personally against him but in response to that they overcompensated and skewed the coverage too far in his direction.

titzer 10y ago
+1 The media bent themselves into some really odd shapes to make Trump's continuous string of gaffes appear somehow "normal".

bubbleRefuge 10y ago

Sanders supporter who voted for Trump because of disdain for the Democrats and party corruption. For example, super delegates flipping states for HRC. Donna Brazile's shenanigans, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Wall Street speeches, Clinton Foundation. Trump(and Bernie) created a consciousness/awakening in the country about the how the political system has been captured by the donor class and corporate interests. Hopefully, the Democratic party will purge itself and return to being the peoples party. If not we need a third party direct democracy organization driven by open source software and forums like HN which hold online debates and crowd source the decisions made by politicians.

psychometry 10y ago
> Sanders supporter who voted for Trump There's an undeniable indicator of an unsound mind right there. The correlation in policy goals between Sanders and Clinton was probably about 0.8, but you went with the guy at 0.1. The only noticeable commonality between Sanders and Trump is that they're both white males, which I suspect is a significant reason for your absurd trajectory of political preference (whether you'll admit that to yourself or not).
- bubbleRefuge 10y ago
  whats the correlation between any policy goal during a campaign and what actually happens? Insiders from both political parties didn't want Trump and didn't want Bernie. Trump has kind of upended both political parties. A good thing.

dmode 10y ago

MSM gave ample coverage to the most important story of all - Comey's political move on emails a week before election. It was pasted in huge headlines across all mainstream media outlets. And that turned out to be a dud at the end, but the damage was done. So not sure what you are expecting.