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I'm not disagreeing that cable news broadcasts a lot of propaganda, but you can't both claim that you're servicing "customer" segments based on calculus, and al
by croon 1y ago
I'm not disagreeing that cable news broadcasts a lot of propaganda, but you can't both claim that you're servicing "customer" segments based on calculus, and also claim that the news wire viewers into the same opinion.
If it's the latter you don't need the former, etc.
I can agree that shoddy news (a lot of it these days) do abuse viewers worst instincts and provide plausible coverage for it, but there is clearly something more going on for a sustainable amount of people to still support this.
- tgma 1y agoThere's no contradiction. I am not necessarily talking about the same people. That is the point, i.e. you need to add voters (via more population in good districts or conversion of direct beneficiaries of such immigrants) and that drives your party's immigration policy. The existing base of your party, who may have very general opinions about immigration and may not really care about the specifics, will be mobilized to agree with the policy and post-hoc rationalize it.