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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm asking for the gazzilionth time
Why the fuck is the media discussing polls about whether people believe Biden won or not - all the fucking facts show he won - who gives a rat's ass what they think.
M$Greedia is a big part of the division in the US.
mahina
(17,734 posts)Just this cycle. No wonder publicly financed campaigns are such a heavy lift. So far!
They also have a muscle to move public opinion and should use it because this nonsense about questioning legitimacy of the vote in black communities is some bullshit with a B
malaise
(269,254 posts)Just turned them off - back to tennis
mahina
(17,734 posts)dhill926
(16,380 posts)some damn good tennis today. I would think a much better use of your time. I've gotten to where I can only watch the MSNBC nighttime lineup....
malaise
(269,254 posts)Rafa should have finished it in two but on we go - excellent tournament so far
onenote
(42,821 posts)You obviously believe people are interested in what you think. So why are you surprised that people would be interested in what other people think.
unblock
(52,438 posts)mucifer
(23,598 posts)be listening to different new sources.
I hear trump's accusations are unfounded and Biden is President Elect on network tv, AP news, PBS.
I feel the msm is FINALLY fighting back.
malaise
(269,254 posts)There is no need to poll people on lies.
mucifer
(23,598 posts)malaise
(269,254 posts)BComplex
(8,082 posts)I'm so sick of the media in this country!!!!
Shermann
(7,471 posts)Does the Republican core of 73 million stay under Trump's spell in 2021 and form a well-organized resistance to the Biden administration?
Or does the core turn their back on their failed Presidential candidate ala Romney and McCain?
malaise
(269,254 posts)the rural and urban poor, things might improve, but the media are owned by the same billionaires who have impoverished Americans of all races.
Shermann
(7,471 posts)It could get pretty dramatic, and the MSM are trying to stay in front of it.
Alternatively, he could just go out with a whimper. Hard to see, the future is.
Lock him up.
(6,955 posts)Mug shots have a tendency to break the cults in myriad pieces of junk.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,671 posts)Aziz Ansari had a bit about this very thing a few years back at the Correspondents dinner, wondering why they kept having these inane instant surveys.
Is Donald Trump a crook? I don't know, CNN, why don't you tell me?!
plimsoll
(1,671 posts)It tells us just how screwed up things will be. It should also be a motivator to GOTV in Georgia, and frankly warn us that 2022 is going to be revenge of the reality impaired if we don't stay vigilant.
Think of it as the MSM saying X percentage of the population believe in Leprechauns and that Donald Trumps farts smell like roses.
KT2000
(20,601 posts)Media is there to make money and they way they make money is to keep the temperature up so people will keep tuning in. It also keeps the "journalists" from dying of boredom. I myself tune in to see what is going on.
The competition is at present a fragile democracy that is giving way to the tantrums of a tyrant because tantrums make sensational news and that is the focus of the news.
After he is gone, the media will continue to repeat his tweets and follow him around to get his view of things. They will follow McConnell so he can further undermine our democracy.
The goal of the republican party is to make the US a one party state. They have worked on this for decades through their think tanks, brotherhood houses, big money donors, and their own media. tRump is their useful idiot. This is not a coup by trump but the old guard and corporate state. Most media serves corporate interests.
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)on each hour x 24 supposed to fill its hour with except the networks' agreed story of the day?
All I can suggest is watch the evening news to see what others are seeing (Norah O'Donnell currently for us), pick one favorite cable program (picking recorded segments of 2 or 3 late-night show plus Morning Joe for us), and otherwise turn off the boob tube and read a good newspaper. Not ignoring the dozens of tabs taking us to all the other worlds reported on to focus on U.S. politics. Suggestions easy to give and easy to forget to follow, but I stand by them anyway, albeit somewhat hypocritically.
Or comfort ourselves that only a small percentage of Americans know cable networks do this because the rest don't watch.
malaise
(269,254 posts)but that would require serious research and all they want is a profit making reality show
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)news or education.
And WE're the reason they stick to this profitable formula -- WE're the small percentage they're in business to gather up for their advertisers, and it's just going to have to be up to anyone who wants more to say no and get it elsewhere.
How many MSNBC programs alone? 20 or more each day? Just how many repetitions do WE choose to subject ourselves to?
Are we sure this problem is something we should even be aware of? And, yes, I am too -- up to my eyebrows.
Dem4Life1102
(3,974 posts)if the earth is round or flat.
malaise
(269,254 posts)the flat earthers
stillcool
(32,626 posts)it's not like there's any news to report. Kind of surprising...all those states, and they're stuck on Republicans and their feelings. Not exactly 'fake news', just news that's been washed well. I wonder how many news items networks average in a day.
Its maddening.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)We will do our best. I do not care what they think, others do unfortunately.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)I want the facts. Then, go on to other subjects. These assholes are giving weight to his nonsense tantrum and the dumbest fooks in the country. I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS WHAT THEY THINK.....do your g'damned job!!...and report the news!
Grokenstein
(5,729 posts)Drama gets clicks! They know a return to boring ol' sanity will be bad for business.
58Sunliner
(4,424 posts)is damaging to our democracy.
malaise
(269,254 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,573 posts)Harmony doesn't sell. Confrontation and friction sell.
Chemisse
(30,821 posts)As long as the media doesn't suggest they have a chance or encourage them in any other way, it's better that we know than we don't know.
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)The media will do anything it can to keep Trump at the forefront including silly polls showing how fucking dumb so many people are in this country.
FakeNoose
(32,854 posts)They are bullshit fake polls made by fake rightwing pundits who are trolling us.
I haven't participated in one survey or poll since the election because they're nothing - not even worth the paper they aren't printed on. I wish there were somebody in charge of the internet so we could report these people/bots and get them suspended.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)we outnumbered them the first time and we outnumber them this time
Beringia
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Martin Eden
(12,881 posts)Wouldn't be news if an insignificant number of voters believe the election was stolen, but a gazillion voters is evidence of mass psychosis.
Like it or not, that's newsworthy. It represents a real threat because some of those idiots are heavily armed and organized.