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It's almost as if the news reports current events. 7 stories about the current and past president out of ~60? Must be some conspiracy! :D
by ChrisClark 5y ago
It's almost as if the news reports current events. 7 stories about the current and past president out of ~60? Must be some conspiracy! :D
- rdiddly 5y agoThe past president is usually just that, not news. But Trump was good for ratings and they don't want to let it go.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoTo be fair the current president is usually not news because they’re not doing anything out of the ordinary (ordinarily) Trump makes himself newsworthy by being a bottomless pit of disorder. No disagreement that the news is in it for the ratings/eyeballs etc, but how is it the news’s fault that trump is good for ratings?
- WesleyHale 5y agoI would think the Afghanistan situation would give them enough fuel for at least a week or two.
- wtallis 5y agoThree of the four Trump-related headlines in question are about Afghanistan.
- rdiddly 5y agoWho said anything about fault? But now that you mention it, news media did provide crucial care and feeding for his campaign in the first place, perhaps thinking it was all a joke, but in any case correctly guessing it would be good for ratings.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y ago> To be fair the current president is usually not news because they’re not doing anything out of the ordinary (ordinarily) I do find it interesting that most news sites seem to have agreed that his stumbling, bumbling way of often losing his train of thought is rarely worth a mention.
- shadilay 5y agoPersonally I would expect the news to be biased towards the current year 'news' vs last years 'olds'.