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You talk about the MSM as if it was a thing, and not a term of propaganda. It may explain the confusion.

allovernow 7y ago
You seriously don't think that modern news outlets don't have a consistent, left-leaning, anti-Trump agenda? Perhaps you've been drinking too much of their coolaid. "Mainstream media" was a term long before people on the right started complaining about it.
- bdamm 7y ago
  Mainstream media tends to target their audience. Their audience is Americans who by popular vote are left of the government on average, and a higher percentage of them that live in cities, which adds to the left bias yet again. So no big surprise that most of the big MSM outlets appear left-leaning if you personally are right of center at all. That doesn't mean Trump is doing a good job.
- tehjoker 7y ago
  Mainstream media has a blinkered center-right bias that on CNN and MSNBC rewards the center-right democratic party and punches left. They don't care about the well being of the population, only about selling ads and preventing reform. On Fox, it's borderline fascist, actually fascist if you think about immigration and the concentration camps. I don't actually know why the ruling class in the US is taking this so easy. There's some kind of brain disorder they have that is located between American exceptionalism, raw stupidity, and a complete disregard for the welfare of the people. I hope they all shake hands with a COVID patient like they did at CPAC.
  - greedo 7y ago
    People don't realize that FoxNews IS mainstream media. They're the #1 news channel...
    - allovernow 7y ago
      Yeah, the only major conservative cable outlet. Against CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CBS, NPR...Not to mention almost every major web source. People know full well that Fox is part of the MSM, but regardless of which way you lean, there's no question that the deck is stacked against conservative viewpoints.
- baddox 7y ago
  No, I think that some news outlets do have that and some do not. Do you think that every modern news outlet has a consistent, left-leaning, anti-Trump agenda?
narrator 7y ago
The MSM means the stuff every local tv news outlet repeats word for word verbatim: Conan O'Brien has some great segments on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8L7bdwVaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8L7bdwVaA They also do this for serious political stuff, repeating the same phrases over and over again, but posting those video compilations would just invite downvotes.

You seriously don't think that modern news outlets don't have a consistent, left-leaning, anti-Trump agenda? Perhaps you've been drinking too much of their coolaid. "Mainstream media" was a term long before people on the right started complaining about it.

bdamm 7y ago
Mainstream media tends to target their audience. Their audience is Americans who by popular vote are left of the government on average, and a higher percentage of them that live in cities, which adds to the left bias yet again. So no big surprise that most of the big MSM outlets appear left-leaning if you personally are right of center at all. That doesn't mean Trump is doing a good job.
tehjoker 7y ago
Mainstream media has a blinkered center-right bias that on CNN and MSNBC rewards the center-right democratic party and punches left. They don't care about the well being of the population, only about selling ads and preventing reform. On Fox, it's borderline fascist, actually fascist if you think about immigration and the concentration camps. I don't actually know why the ruling class in the US is taking this so easy. There's some kind of brain disorder they have that is located between American exceptionalism, raw stupidity, and a complete disregard for the welfare of the people. I hope they all shake hands with a COVID patient like they did at CPAC.
- greedo 7y ago
  People don't realize that FoxNews IS mainstream media. They're the #1 news channel...
  - allovernow 7y ago
    Yeah, the only major conservative cable outlet. Against CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CBS, NPR...Not to mention almost every major web source. People know full well that Fox is part of the MSM, but regardless of which way you lean, there's no question that the deck is stacked against conservative viewpoints.
baddox 7y ago
No, I think that some news outlets do have that and some do not. Do you think that every modern news outlet has a consistent, left-leaning, anti-Trump agenda?

narrator 7y ago

The MSM means the stuff every local tv news outlet repeats word for word verbatim: Conan O'Brien has some great segments on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8L7bdwVaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8L7bdwVaA They also do this for serious political stuff, repeating the same phrases over and over again, but posting those video compilations would just invite downvotes.