It’s been heartbreaking to see so many people who call themselves American completely ignore what has happened/ is happening.
The word at the heart of it all is honor. Simply put MOST Americans are dispicably dishonorable. I say this because almost all of them in the position of media who had a chance to step up and report honestly about what trump was doing and frame it in the proper context, followed their marching orders by their corporate masters. This happened across the board and the result had been an almost complete mass psychosis where most people are able to somehow equalize or even villianize Biden against trump.
I find it quite ironic that the first amendment is what ended up folding the whole tent. The first change to the constitution is what killed it. Because what happened, when historians take an objective look at this 1776- 2024 experiment years from now, is that the shortsighted policy of tying peoples retirement money through the 401k, led to wealth concentration into the hands of those whose interests were at polar opposites to those of the people. This concentration rose to such absurd levels of inequality, that the corporate interests were able to buy virtually all forms of mass communication and leverage the rights given by the first amendment against the very people these rights were designed to protect.
There was, under every word written in our constitution, a tone of ethics and honor. The downfall happened because of the explicit right given by 1A, to disregard both ethics and honor in the name of self interest. So, in other words, the opposite of united
The media goes all out on Biden and gives (and always have given) Trump a free pass.
Every since Vietnam and Nixon the right wing has beat up on the “media”. To the point that the “media” has a sort of battered spouse syndrome.
They always show submission and deference to the right wing narrative.
Add to this the quest of the “media” to be objective and show that both sides of an opinion are valid. When in reality they should not be reporting on opinions at all and should just report what happened.
The the worst part of all. The “media” has to sell car insurance, cars and drugs. So they have to get viewers to keep watching. So they do exploitative things to keep viewers. Instead of just reporting what happened.
The mainstream media literally would not mind if they ushered us into a new fascism as long as they kept their 6 and 7 figure jobs and the prestige of being on TV.
The more “the media” spotlights Biden’s issues now, the more palatable it will be when he is replaced at the convention.
Analyze it all you like. Trump puts eyeballs on the screen and that makes money for the media. It’s in their interest to keep that asshole in the race so they need to emphasize (or manufacture) Biden’s shortcomings.
> “I’m well-meaning and I’m an elderly man and I know what the hell I’m doing,” Biden said.
Yup, that’s totally piping hot frustration, not a normal reaction to accusations you see as false at all. /s
The rest of this article is about things the people surrounding Biden have said. It’s entirely possible to believe their frustration, and the likelihood that they are running scared at the possibility of being out of power.
The headline here is pretty garbage and misses the mark. *Biden’s* response is pretty calm and collected. If anything, he’s not taking things seriously enough, and letting those around him Streisand Effect it up, which is pretty much the opposite of frustration on his part.
The way to fight this isn’t to attack the messenger. It’s to show Biden doing substantial, competent things, preferably in public. Under the assumption these are empty accusations, that should be easy, right?
The majority of the white voters voted for Trump in 2016.
Then in 2020, even more voted for him.
Every nook and cranny of American society, the majority are white. The media included.
Trump is a single issue candidate. The issue is ‘purity’ of America. Many including in Media subscribe to this idea.
That there’s even a discussion about trump vs anyone is offensive. Maga is syphillis on the world and its adherents are liver lesions.
People need to listen to Trump speak now. He’s a wackadoodle. “If you think about it, you have men, you have women, and you have religion. If you look at it, you have more than the men, you have more than the women. You have such power.” – Donald J Trump at SC rally.
The media tends to deserve scorn and frustration.
Sane intelligent Americans are frustrated that brainwashed cult Americans are supporting Trump trying to destroy this country. No matter how much sane Americans try to reason with brainwashed cult Trump supporters they get no where. It’s the same issue.
Trump literally can’t remember his own wife’s name and the media will be like “Trump forgets his own wife’s name, does this show that Biden is senile?”
It is comically absurd at this point. I don’t know how journalists can have an ounce of self respect after writing tripe like that.
When Willy wets whisky whistle whilst watching Walter walk while wanker wanks wankys William’s Worm warm
Biden has a bully pulpit, but he has not been using it at all.
We frequently see news articles about Biden-did-something. It is usually a decision. Something signed or decided in the oval office. But we do *not* see Biden on the video screen, other than brief snips going to or from a vehicle.
Biden should talk to the people. Not just once in a great while. He should talk to the people *every day,* or couple of days. A fireside chat, if you will. Ten or fifteen minutes to explain a problem, what the alternatives are, and what we are doing about it.
A longer formal speech, every few weeks, might also be useful.
It is not enough to do stuff. He has to be seen doing it. Do not just assume that people know he is doing it. They only know what they see on the video screen. They have to see him doing it.
>Democrats have been sensitive to media coverage of former President Donald Trump compared to their own candidates dating back to the 2016 campaign, **when critics argued the press overhyped the controversy around then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server while giving Trump significant, unfiltered airtime.**
Yeah it was frustrating, but don’t forget that Hillary’s campaign had been pushing the media towards Trump behind the scenes because she thought he would be the easiest opponent to beat in the fall.
I am extremely concerned that the same hubris among the top brass of the Democratic Party is what has driven the decision of Biden to run for another term instead of finding a way to pass the torch.
That said, it’s still quite possible that Biden *does* plan to pass the torch and what’s happening now is just part of the process of attempting to accomplish that with as little infighting as possible.
If he were to bow out now–or if he had months ago–things would almost certainly have gotten pretty ugly within the party. I know the 2020 primaries were not very pretty, but a protracted primary battle to replace Biden would have probably been a total clown car. Just the thought of Joe Manchin, RFK Jr., Marianne Williamson, and Kamala Harris all sharing a debate stage with whoever else is absolutely exhausting.
Biden would be better served with a better VP, it’s likely he will die in office, whether it is in the remained of his first term or his second term. I have a HUgE problem voting for an 81 year old, but if he had a VP I liked more it would be an easier mental sale to vote for the guy. I’m not voting for Trump, but I hate that our options are two dudes months or a couple years from death. At the end of your life you are only so invested in the future. We need some fresh young blood that understands where we are going and has fresh ideas on how to get us there and prevent the worst from happening… he can be frustrated but a lot of us are also frustrated.
Republicans own the media. Full stop. **All of it**. Just look at what happened to CNN, Sinclair owning **all** the local media stations, and you have talk radio shoving right-wing talking points down the throats of gullible idiots on their commute. Just watch a “North American dash cam” video on YouTube, half the videos have that Dan Shapiro dick doing his gish gallop shtick.
The right think if they own **all** the media, left leaning people will just roll over like their idiotic base. The republicans will be Americas doom if we don’t fight back against the theft of the media.
Where did all those, “children are the future” songs and videos go? That’s right, the conservatives bought up all the media outlets and, *killed them*!
Fucks sake, y’all…
All politicians are liars
You will not convince me in the next election that Biden is young or fit enough to be president. This isn’t the media’s fault. It’s because he is 81 and you can’t hide his decrepitude.
Also from The Hill:
>A historian recently discovered that Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather, Moses J. Robinette, was accused and found guilty of attempted murder. The case followed a strikingly familiar pattern.
Biden is the incumbent. What would you expect?
can there be a vote before hand if we want two other candidates and move on from these 2 gentlemen
We all know Biden is going to crush Trump this November. But the taking down of the GOP down ballot? Now that’s the icing on the cake.
Sorry Jack
Media wants this until Trump gets in again and starts locking up reporters and pulling licenses from TV networks he doesn’t like. They are literally acting like the enemy of the people. Trump is in cognitive decline along with being a malignant narcissist. If he’s successful this will end badly for anyone that isn’t a white Christian male. It will also be the last election you ever vote in.
Dems need to learn that people like it when they go on the offensive more than once every 40,000 statements and public apperences
The difference is that Biden expresses his frustration with the media, and Trump tries to attack the media, take away credentials, stops White House Briefings, but for some reason “The Media” treats them like they are equally bad for some reason.
Hey Biden, FREE PALESTINE.
It’s about time a democrat started calling out the imbalance of coverage between the president and the orange felon-to-be. And it’s *especially* about time for that democrat to be seated in the WH.
Sure, the work of this president speaks for itself, but the message is drowned out by the incessant “look at what trump did this time!” or “10 things trump did this week…and you’ll never believe number 6!”
Call this shit out because there are people…namely the *young* voters…who are fed up with all of it and just lump Biden in with the circus that is trump and his minions in congress and beyond.
Yeah, we get it. Biden is old. But his ideas (and the team he will have in place…along with the team he has now) are more about actually doing something rather than just getting “revenge” and acting as a sympathizer with Putin.
Take the kids gloves off then man! Call them out to their faces. ‘If I called Jill ‘Jane’, you all would be speculating if I had dementia in push notifications on everyones phones.’
I’m afraid there’s been a slow coup going on, and I’m concerned that it’s been going too well for the perpetrators.
AP
CSPAN
Reuters
PBS Evening News
You’ll be bored, but you will be informed.
The media is jonesing so hard for Trump to be reelected that it’s sickening. The other day I clicked on a CBS video about Trump saying that Russia should feel free to attach NATO counties. Thirty seconds of the vid was about Trump’s comments and the other 2:30 was talking abut Biden not remembering what year he was VP. Ridiculous.
Alas, I laughed. A Russian Asset, groomed by the Kremlin since approximately year 2008; is a babbling idiot with dementia; personality disorders; a pathological liar; a treasonous bastard who appears to have given away or sold classified documents; married two whores (out of three); an atheist; grandiose narcissist; career criminal, the head of an international crime family; had protesters gassed so that he could stand in front of a church (Bible upside-down) for photographs; stated he wants to be the dictator; tried to extort Ukraine for political gain; is trying to sell the ugliest shoes on the planet for $400.
“News” media: What crimes has Biden committed today.
It’s going to be another election season of an empty podium on prime time TV waiting for Trump to show up and blubber about nothing isn’t it
The media isn’t here to be a lapdog or spokesperson for any leader. Every president has to deal with them like this. Perhaps, as the article says, Biden needs to set the narrative himself more aggressively instead of letting the media do it. He’s held fewer press conferences and interviews than any president since Reagan, essentially letting the press report as they like. He’s not helping overcome the age question at all, and just scolding them isn’t going to do anything.
I think we need to see Dark Biden to emerge
Because the media tries to both sides it all the time?
Biden needs to start airing videos of Trump’s cognitive decline comments. The media has no choice, but to cover it.
We’ve created a system that rewards our worst behavior, and we put the people who are the best at displaying that worst behavior in charge of everything, including the parts of society that are in charge of attempting to inform the public about their goings-on. It’s not some huge conspiracy, it’s humans acting in their own best interests, and their best interests are to downplay just how bad right wing policy—either because they’re true believers, or because they’re not truly considering how bad it can get. It’s in how they use language and emotion to influence everything while telling everyone else those things aren’t powerful or, indeed, everything.
A guy who chants “The Press is the enemy of the people!” Or a guy who it is reportedly could not remember the date his son died even though he spent months to create and sign legislation that specifically addressed the cause of his son’s death. A guy who cognitively and willfully lied some 4,000 times or a guy who says Mexico and not Egypt. A guy who cognitively says “I can suspend the constitution” or a guy who has created some of the greatest economic conditions and legislative advancements in recent history ? If Biden isn’t doing this, who is ?
86% of ALL people think he’s too old and mentally unfit to be president. He obviously has massive mental decline. Anytime he goes in front of the camera he screws up. You can’t hide what people can see with their eyes.
You can still hate Trump while admitting he’s not on the same level as Biden’s mental decline.
Large media learned from social media- nothing matters except eyeballs and ears. They to are learning lessons as I believe Fox Entertainment is at minimum being more moderate.
Social media allows individual threads of input to find their way into a fabric or clothe made from the collective. Media has learned that this is where their going to made their money.
True “news” is a fallacy except in a boutique level. News is boring, news is working 9 to 5 with two weeks off a year..news is supposed to be unemotional and dull which is why there used to be an opinion column or news segment.
News does not make enough money. So we get this…this entertainment where it’s about the score versus substance .
Trump can’t remember his wife’s name. This is how it’s bad for Biden.
Trump literally said dozens, and I mean dozens of things just in his CPAC speech that would end the career of anyone else. He’s become so normalized at this point.
Good. Keep reminding them of their double standard. The other guy is just as old and is way dumber.
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It’s been heartbreaking to see so many people who call themselves American completely ignore what has happened/ is happening.
The word at the heart of it all is honor. Simply put MOST Americans are dispicably dishonorable. I say this because almost all of them in the position of media who had a chance to step up and report honestly about what trump was doing and frame it in the proper context, followed their marching orders by their corporate masters. This happened across the board and the result had been an almost complete mass psychosis where most people are able to somehow equalize or even villianize Biden against trump.
I find it quite ironic that the first amendment is what ended up folding the whole tent. The first change to the constitution is what killed it. Because what happened, when historians take an objective look at this 1776- 2024 experiment years from now, is that the shortsighted policy of tying peoples retirement money through the 401k, led to wealth concentration into the hands of those whose interests were at polar opposites to those of the people. This concentration rose to such absurd levels of inequality, that the corporate interests were able to buy virtually all forms of mass communication and leverage the rights given by the first amendment against the very people these rights were designed to protect.
There was, under every word written in our constitution, a tone of ethics and honor. The downfall happened because of the explicit right given by 1A, to disregard both ethics and honor in the name of self interest. So, in other words, the opposite of united
Everyone needs to read Jamelle Bouie’s piece
[Trump Is Losing It](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/opinion/trump-campaign-biden-aging.html)
The media goes all out on Biden and gives (and always have given) Trump a free pass.
Every since Vietnam and Nixon the right wing has beat up on the “media”. To the point that the “media” has a sort of battered spouse syndrome.
They always show submission and deference to the right wing narrative.
Add to this the quest of the “media” to be objective and show that both sides of an opinion are valid. When in reality they should not be reporting on opinions at all and should just report what happened.
The the worst part of all. The “media” has to sell car insurance, cars and drugs. So they have to get viewers to keep watching. So they do exploitative things to keep viewers. Instead of just reporting what happened.
The mainstream media literally would not mind if they ushered us into a new fascism as long as they kept their 6 and 7 figure jobs and the prestige of being on TV.
The more “the media” spotlights Biden’s issues now, the more palatable it will be when he is replaced at the convention.
Analyze it all you like. Trump puts eyeballs on the screen and that makes money for the media. It’s in their interest to keep that asshole in the race so they need to emphasize (or manufacture) Biden’s shortcomings.
> “I’m well-meaning and I’m an elderly man and I know what the hell I’m doing,” Biden said.
Yup, that’s totally piping hot frustration, not a normal reaction to accusations you see as false at all. /s
The rest of this article is about things the people surrounding Biden have said. It’s entirely possible to believe their frustration, and the likelihood that they are running scared at the possibility of being out of power.
The headline here is pretty garbage and misses the mark. *Biden’s* response is pretty calm and collected. If anything, he’s not taking things seriously enough, and letting those around him Streisand Effect it up, which is pretty much the opposite of frustration on his part.
The way to fight this isn’t to attack the messenger. It’s to show Biden doing substantial, competent things, preferably in public. Under the assumption these are empty accusations, that should be easy, right?
The majority of the white voters voted for Trump in 2016.
Then in 2020, even more voted for him.
Every nook and cranny of American society, the majority are white. The media included.
Trump is a single issue candidate. The issue is ‘purity’ of America. Many including in Media subscribe to this idea.
That there’s even a discussion about trump vs anyone is offensive. Maga is syphillis on the world and its adherents are liver lesions.
People need to listen to Trump speak now. He’s a wackadoodle. “If you think about it, you have men, you have women, and you have religion. If you look at it, you have more than the men, you have more than the women. You have such power.” – Donald J Trump at SC rally.
The media tends to deserve scorn and frustration.
Sane intelligent Americans are frustrated that brainwashed cult Americans are supporting Trump trying to destroy this country. No matter how much sane Americans try to reason with brainwashed cult Trump supporters they get no where. It’s the same issue.
Trump literally can’t remember his own wife’s name and the media will be like “Trump forgets his own wife’s name, does this show that Biden is senile?”
It is comically absurd at this point. I don’t know how journalists can have an ounce of self respect after writing tripe like that.
When Willy wets whisky whistle whilst watching Walter walk while wanker wanks wankys William’s Worm warm
Biden has a bully pulpit, but he has not been using it at all.
We frequently see news articles about Biden-did-something. It is usually a decision. Something signed or decided in the oval office. But we do *not* see Biden on the video screen, other than brief snips going to or from a vehicle.
Biden should talk to the people. Not just once in a great while. He should talk to the people *every day,* or couple of days. A fireside chat, if you will. Ten or fifteen minutes to explain a problem, what the alternatives are, and what we are doing about it.
A longer formal speech, every few weeks, might also be useful.
It is not enough to do stuff. He has to be seen doing it. Do not just assume that people know he is doing it. They only know what they see on the video screen. They have to see him doing it.
>Democrats have been sensitive to media coverage of former President Donald Trump compared to their own candidates dating back to the 2016 campaign, **when critics argued the press overhyped the controversy around then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server while giving Trump significant, unfiltered airtime.**
Yeah it was frustrating, but don’t forget that Hillary’s campaign had been pushing the media towards Trump behind the scenes because she thought he would be the easiest opponent to beat in the fall.
I am extremely concerned that the same hubris among the top brass of the Democratic Party is what has driven the decision of Biden to run for another term instead of finding a way to pass the torch.
That said, it’s still quite possible that Biden *does* plan to pass the torch and what’s happening now is just part of the process of attempting to accomplish that with as little infighting as possible.
If he were to bow out now–or if he had months ago–things would almost certainly have gotten pretty ugly within the party. I know the 2020 primaries were not very pretty, but a protracted primary battle to replace Biden would have probably been a total clown car. Just the thought of Joe Manchin, RFK Jr., Marianne Williamson, and Kamala Harris all sharing a debate stage with whoever else is absolutely exhausting.
Biden would be better served with a better VP, it’s likely he will die in office, whether it is in the remained of his first term or his second term. I have a HUgE problem voting for an 81 year old, but if he had a VP I liked more it would be an easier mental sale to vote for the guy. I’m not voting for Trump, but I hate that our options are two dudes months or a couple years from death. At the end of your life you are only so invested in the future. We need some fresh young blood that understands where we are going and has fresh ideas on how to get us there and prevent the worst from happening… he can be frustrated but a lot of us are also frustrated.
Republicans own the media. Full stop. **All of it**. Just look at what happened to CNN, Sinclair owning **all** the local media stations, and you have talk radio shoving right-wing talking points down the throats of gullible idiots on their commute. Just watch a “North American dash cam” video on YouTube, half the videos have that Dan Shapiro dick doing his gish gallop shtick.
The right think if they own **all** the media, left leaning people will just roll over like their idiotic base. The republicans will be Americas doom if we don’t fight back against the theft of the media.
Where did all those, “children are the future” songs and videos go? That’s right, the conservatives bought up all the media outlets and, *killed them*!
Fucks sake, y’all…
All politicians are liars
You will not convince me in the next election that Biden is young or fit enough to be president. This isn’t the media’s fault. It’s because he is 81 and you can’t hide his decrepitude.
Also from The Hill:
>A historian recently discovered that Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather, Moses J. Robinette, was accused and found guilty of attempted murder. The case followed a strikingly familiar pattern.
Biden is the incumbent. What would you expect?
can there be a vote before hand if we want two other candidates and move on from these 2 gentlemen
We all know Biden is going to crush Trump this November. But the taking down of the GOP down ballot? Now that’s the icing on the cake.
Sorry Jack
Media wants this until Trump gets in again and starts locking up reporters and pulling licenses from TV networks he doesn’t like. They are literally acting like the enemy of the people. Trump is in cognitive decline along with being a malignant narcissist. If he’s successful this will end badly for anyone that isn’t a white Christian male. It will also be the last election you ever vote in.
Dems need to learn that people like it when they go on the offensive more than once every 40,000 statements and public apperences
The difference is that Biden expresses his frustration with the media, and Trump tries to attack the media, take away credentials, stops White House Briefings, but for some reason “The Media” treats them like they are equally bad for some reason.
Hey Biden, FREE PALESTINE.
It’s about time a democrat started calling out the imbalance of coverage between the president and the orange felon-to-be. And it’s *especially* about time for that democrat to be seated in the WH.
Sure, the work of this president speaks for itself, but the message is drowned out by the incessant “look at what trump did this time!” or “10 things trump did this week…and you’ll never believe number 6!”
Call this shit out because there are people…namely the *young* voters…who are fed up with all of it and just lump Biden in with the circus that is trump and his minions in congress and beyond.
Yeah, we get it. Biden is old. But his ideas (and the team he will have in place…along with the team he has now) are more about actually doing something rather than just getting “revenge” and acting as a sympathizer with Putin.
Take the kids gloves off then man! Call them out to their faces. ‘If I called Jill ‘Jane’, you all would be speculating if I had dementia in push notifications on everyones phones.’
I’m afraid there’s been a slow coup going on, and I’m concerned that it’s been going too well for the perpetrators.
AP
CSPAN
Reuters
PBS Evening News
You’ll be bored, but you will be informed.
The media is jonesing so hard for Trump to be reelected that it’s sickening. The other day I clicked on a CBS video about Trump saying that Russia should feel free to attach NATO counties. Thirty seconds of the vid was about Trump’s comments and the other 2:30 was talking abut Biden not remembering what year he was VP. Ridiculous.
Alas, I laughed. A Russian Asset, groomed by the Kremlin since approximately year 2008; is a babbling idiot with dementia; personality disorders; a pathological liar; a treasonous bastard who appears to have given away or sold classified documents; married two whores (out of three); an atheist; grandiose narcissist; career criminal, the head of an international crime family; had protesters gassed so that he could stand in front of a church (Bible upside-down) for photographs; stated he wants to be the dictator; tried to extort Ukraine for political gain; is trying to sell the ugliest shoes on the planet for $400.
“News” media: What crimes has Biden committed today.
It’s going to be another election season of an empty podium on prime time TV waiting for Trump to show up and blubber about nothing isn’t it
The media isn’t here to be a lapdog or spokesperson for any leader. Every president has to deal with them like this. Perhaps, as the article says, Biden needs to set the narrative himself more aggressively instead of letting the media do it. He’s held fewer press conferences and interviews than any president since Reagan, essentially letting the press report as they like. He’s not helping overcome the age question at all, and just scolding them isn’t going to do anything.
I think we need to see Dark Biden to emerge
Because the media tries to both sides it all the time?
Biden needs to start airing videos of Trump’s cognitive decline comments. The media has no choice, but to cover it.
We’ve created a system that rewards our worst behavior, and we put the people who are the best at displaying that worst behavior in charge of everything, including the parts of society that are in charge of attempting to inform the public about their goings-on. It’s not some huge conspiracy, it’s humans acting in their own best interests, and their best interests are to downplay just how bad right wing policy—either because they’re true believers, or because they’re not truly considering how bad it can get. It’s in how they use language and emotion to influence everything while telling everyone else those things aren’t powerful or, indeed, everything.
A guy who chants “The Press is the enemy of the people!” Or a guy who it is reportedly could not remember the date his son died even though he spent months to create and sign legislation that specifically addressed the cause of his son’s death. A guy who cognitively and willfully lied some 4,000 times or a guy who says Mexico and not Egypt. A guy who cognitively says “I can suspend the constitution” or a guy who has created some of the greatest economic conditions and legislative advancements in recent history ? If Biden isn’t doing this, who is ?
86% of ALL people think he’s too old and mentally unfit to be president. He obviously has massive mental decline. Anytime he goes in front of the camera he screws up. You can’t hide what people can see with their eyes.
You can still hate Trump while admitting he’s not on the same level as Biden’s mental decline.
Large media learned from social media- nothing matters except eyeballs and ears. They to are learning lessons as I believe Fox Entertainment is at minimum being more moderate.
Social media allows individual threads of input to find their way into a fabric or clothe made from the collective. Media has learned that this is where their going to made their money.
True “news” is a fallacy except in a boutique level. News is boring, news is working 9 to 5 with two weeks off a year..news is supposed to be unemotional and dull which is why there used to be an opinion column or news segment.
News does not make enough money. So we get this…this entertainment where it’s about the score versus substance .
Trump can’t remember his wife’s name. This is how it’s bad for Biden.
Trump literally said dozens, and I mean dozens of things just in his CPAC speech that would end the career of anyone else. He’s become so normalized at this point.
Good. Keep reminding them of their double standard. The other guy is just as old and is way dumber.
BuT thE mEDiA is leFtIst.