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but they also come form the Jerry Springer generation that thrives on exaggerated conflict. They know nothing else, and want nothing else. At least that’s the way I see it.
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should read this OP over and over and over and let it sink in.
No one can get any thoughtful, substantive, and meaningful "message" to the public without hitting that wall of sniveling, arrogant, self-important, and tone-deaf "reporters", who are addicted to what amounted to the crack high of reporting on dysfunction and crazy talk as if were "normal". And this applies to both broadcast and "print" (including digital) reporters.
And when a single Democrat does manage to throw a bomb, some freak out declaring "we shouldn't do thaaaaaaaattttt", despite the fact that doing such finally affords some modicum of "message coverage". 
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Edit: Didn't see a lot of hand wringing (or pearls clutched) - in any quarter - when Sen. Warren publicly called McCarthy "a liar and a traitor" last week. (but, of course - everyone knew it was 100% true)
like Jamie Raskin. But Warren has been a "known entity" for a long time and had often been skewered and buried by DUers over the years.
We are fortunate to have the laser-target-having bomb known as Jen Psaki and she will be SORELY missed when the time comes for her to bid us all adieu. 
I do remember the "old days" of Alan Grayson (who ended up having his own issues). Yet something like this not only hit a bullseye, but put a giant hole in it over a decade ago -
much of this all boils down to
I almost put that O'Jays video in my post... GMTA!!! 
My mom was born in 1930, growing up in the Depression and my dad was born 6 years earlier and was a WWII vet.
Humanity has always had its "kings" who amassed "wealth", with some systems evolving out of monarchies and into "civil" leaders, many who continued to do the same - and both systems were peopled with ancillary friends and family who continued to amass wealth, often by any means necessary.
I know a few DUers have posted Carlin's famous line (and even included it in a sig) but here is the video of the source -
"liberals/progressives" won't buy any outlets to use to communicate from and the few that we have had in the past end up folding due to a lack of "viability" (even though most RW outlets will operate at a loss for years and consider it a "donation for the cause" until they get established).
On the distaff side, the literal "door to door" canvassing, a la what Stacey Abrams had promoted, can and does work, but it definitely requires a lot more effort to get the message out, and it does become "personal" with the hope that "word of mouth" will prevail in the community. But "the rest of us" never hear about it unless it's happening locally, so then the default assumption is that "Democrats aren't 'messaging'" because it's not being "shown" or "written about" by the MSM. 
I do get what you're saying - we can't be lazy about it and I agree 100%. But every time we complain about shows like "Face the Nation" or "Meet the Press" (which is often where the cord-cutters and non-cable subscribers go for their "once a week" news and politics fix), and when they turn it on, they find it's not "us" there giving our perspective to challenge nonsense talking points, and that just underscores where some of the problem is because we don't control who "gets invited" to be on shows like that.
One type of messaging venue that we don't do (except right at election time) but probably should do much more often (and Bernie does them all the time) is a rally. That's about the only other way (other than the internet) to get around the "blackout of sanity".
