I'm with the media critics -- we're going to hell

[thegoose]

Shitbag defames real statespeople (unlike him) — He says, "Little Schifty needs to die in prison" and they say "Isn't that cute and offbeat?"

Shitbag fires the unfaithful — They say, "He's making the presidency over as others have done in the past."

Shitbag wants to strip the Supreme Court of those who dare speak against him — They say, "How unique!"

And even when MSNBC has someone on a panel to dare oppose him, they say "Wow, that's tough....I hope you feel better in the morning."

Tomorrow Shitbag will actually kill someone with a gun, live on television.

Fuck you, media. Just fuck you.

[Newest Reality]

1. It seems to be baked into...

It seems to be baked into the American pie and has been for a very long time.

Now that conspiracy theories abound and are spewing out all over the place, accurate information about the way the system has functioned is either folded into that category, or just plain drowned out. Hence, we may not ever be able to get to the bottom of the systemic problems that need to be addressed in order to change things and preserve democracy. I am not pessimistic about it, but if few people are curious and discerning about this, it ain't going to change itself.

https://www.communicationtheory.org/propaganda-model/

Introduction

The Propaganda model of media control was introduced by Edward. S. Herman and Noam Chomsky in their book ‘Manufacturing Consent – The Political Economy of the Mass Media’. This theory states how propaganda works in a mass media. The model tries to understand how the population is manipulated, and how the social, economic, political attitudes are fashioned in the minds of people through propaganda. Herman and Chomsky mostly concentrated on American population and media for their research but this theory is universally applicable.

[CaptYossarian]

2. This chair has three legs.

It started with hate radio, moved to FOX, and now the Internet is giving every troll, loner, and RWNJ (some are in the center of that Venn diagram) their own voice. The hate and ignorance/stupidity was always there, but they would wear hoods in public.

The more exposure these cretins get, the bigger the snowball of their sick outlook of America and the world becomes. Five likes on their 7-word "manifesto" is the same as 12 million listening to Rush vomit his bile about Feminazis and socialism.

They're superstars broadcasting from Mommy's basement and think they'll take over the world. Enter Putin and the archaic Electoral College and now we have this clusterdork in the WH, which empowers little Dylann Roof wannabes even more.

There. I feel better now. I just morphed into Lewis Black for a second.

[Newest Reality]

5. Great Rant!

That was some gonzo, picturesque prose. I enjoyed it.

On spot and well said.

[CaptYossarian]

6. Thanks. This is a 180 degree turn from when that "Kenyan Muslim" saved our country.

That could be said about all of us on here.

[abqtommy]

3. Going to hell? We're already there and the MSM paved the road...

[tman]

7. Trump is a media creation.

They want him in there for another 4 years.