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Right-wing media outlets paint a detailed picture of how Donald Trump is the victim of a fabricated conspiracy...None of that is correct Day 1 after the electi

Right-wing media outlets paint a detailed picture of how Donald Trump is the victim of a fabricated conspiracy...None of that is correct Day 1 after the election. On Day 1 after that guy was elected the media--95 percent of it, in lockstep--said the following: "Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia, etc, etc, etc." For years. And then they dropped it when the shit didn't stick as planned. So, yes, the title of the article is correct.

richk449 7y ago
Was curious if this was true. Looked at the front page of papers from day 1 after the election, and couldn’t find a single mention of Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/business/media/trumps-victory-on-front-pages-worldwide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/business/media/trumps-vic...
dane-pgp 7y ago
To be fair, the media was also talking about Russia before the election too, and so was Trump himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "didn't stick as planned": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charges_brought_in_the_Special_Counsel_investigation_%282017%E2%80%932019%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charges_brought_in_th... but I'm glad we both agree about the correctness of the article title.
tabtab 7y ago
Just because no drunks were found in a weaving car doesn't mean investigating it is a "hoax". The Tinted One is just a bad policy driver who kisses up to Mr. P because he likes Mr. P.
pgrote 7y ago
>So, yes, the title of the article is correct. I take conspiracy to be an active process where folks get together and agree on something. I think what has happened is folks who have different goals without communicating. The Democrats want to prevent re-election/gain removal, the media wants ratings/profit and activists want attention/change. I don't think they all got together, met, planned things out and ran a conspiracy.
- etrabroline 7y ago
  The most popular news network by far is Fox News due to a few of its hosts that support the political right. If profit were the primary concern of the other networks, they would hire some conservative journalists to steal Fox's market share. Instead, they have dozens of shows with the same political perspective.

richk449 7y ago

Was curious if this was true. Looked at the front page of papers from day 1 after the election, and couldn’t find a single mention of Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/business/media/trumps-victory-on-front-pages-worldwide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/business/media/trumps-vic...

dane-pgp 7y ago

To be fair, the media was also talking about Russia before the election too, and so was Trump himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "didn't stick as planned": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charges_brought_in_the_Special_Counsel_investigation_%282017%E2%80%932019%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charges_brought_in_th... but I'm glad we both agree about the correctness of the article title.

tabtab 7y ago

Just because no drunks were found in a weaving car doesn't mean investigating it is a "hoax". The Tinted One is just a bad policy driver who kisses up to Mr. P because he likes Mr. P.

pgrote 7y ago

>So, yes, the title of the article is correct. I take conspiracy to be an active process where folks get together and agree on something. I think what has happened is folks who have different goals without communicating. The Democrats want to prevent re-election/gain removal, the media wants ratings/profit and activists want attention/change. I don't think they all got together, met, planned things out and ran a conspiracy.

etrabroline 7y ago
The most popular news network by far is Fox News due to a few of its hosts that support the political right. If profit were the primary concern of the other networks, they would hire some conservative journalists to steal Fox's market share. Instead, they have dozens of shows with the same political perspective.