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The media has been discussing the downfall of the United States Congress by threatening and promising that Republicans would take over and effectively destroy the executive branch as led by President Biden . I recall distinctly on inauguration day listening to this crap, and thinking to myself that they really do want this to happen, they want an autocracy and oligarchy Because
, Well because they are just plain narrow and stupid.
I have known a lot of these people over the years in my practice who write for newspapers, magazines, and blogs, some of whom are nationally known and it is amazing to me how ignorant and narcissistic so many of these people are. Many of them have what we would call good politics, but their breadth of knowledge is horrifyingly small given the nature of what they write and the import of their words. When I was a kid I tangentially was associated with the B team of significant literati in New York, and these people were like Newton, Einstein, and Feynman compared with this recent crop. The right wingers are stupid and malicious and dont give a shit if people live or die, they really dont.
I am just sick and tired of the whole bunch of them and those who defend them. Theyreso busy calling it the American experiment but theyve been fudging the data for so long that it looks like that experiment is doomed to failure.
Walleye
(31,017 posts)They come up with a story and they stick to it, never admitting that they are actually affecting the story in a big way. And on a basic human level they want to be right
Botany
(70,501 posts)He protected this: The Cooper River and Bristol Bay, Alaska. Home of the world's biggest run of wild salmon.
The republicans and the media have been pushing that they will take back over since
May of '21 and Joe getting us out of Afghanistan.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)THE FOURTH ESTATE needs to be dealing in FACTS and giving people the actual TRUTH so they can make up their own minds.
Once it gets to "opinion" or "analysis" it should be NOTED - small scrolling bar on the screen - The News Portion of this program is over or interrupted for this selected "opinion" or "analysis" and once they get back to FACTS, then it can go back to NEWS.
IF IT STEPS OUT OF THOSE BOUNDS MOST OF THE TIME, they can't call it NEWS.
INFOtainment, Opinion Show, Legal Analysis... IT has to be labeled accurately.
crud
(619 posts)They never ask how the right wing candidates can appeal to the swing voter.
They never ask how right wing candidates intend to "reach across the aisle"
After pushing the narrative that Biden and the Dems can't pass bipartisan bills, it suddenly becomes no big deal when the Dems do it.
And Everything Biden does is somehow framed as a cynical political maneuver.
And huge problems for Biden, like supply train? Railroad strikes? Pandemic? seem to magically disappear from the news after Biden fixes them.
PCIntern
(25,541 posts)Wait until the official censorship departments assign agents to each news agency.