Does the media hold any responsibility...?

[kentuck]

If Republicans fail to hold Clarence Thomas or Donald Trump accountable for their actions?

There is no doubt that if a Democrat was in either situation, that of Clarence Thomas or Donald Trump, the media would be singing a different song.

Am I wrong in thinking this?

[onecaliberal]

1. You're 💯 correct.

[Haggard Celine]

2. It would be 'Democrats In Crisis' time.

They would have a countdown, 'Day 1 of the Democratic Party's Demise.' Someone could think of better words to use, but I think that'd be the general idea. We'd be sewing gold donkeys on our clothes.

[Boomerproud]

3. Also, it's not a sex scandal. That's a ratings grabber.

[RainCaster]

4. We have a conscience, they don't

Republicans have never bent to the social justice of the nation

[Mr.Bill]

5. What enforcement power

does the media wield over political figures? I mean other than ignoring them.

[kentuck]

6. They wield power over what they want to talk about and how they want to talk about it...

...and for how long?

Or to not mention it at all.

They have the power to inform.

[Mr.Bill]

7. Agreed.

They fucked up big time with Trump, thinking he would be the train wreck that brings the ratings. They didn't consider what a few billions of air time can do an election.

[gab13by13]

8. The MSM is doing exactly what

its right wing domestic oligarch owners want it to do.

[RockRaven]

9. Sure, the media are complicit in establishing and maintaining a double standard re D vs R.

Well, corporate media/MSM anyway (there are plenty of independent/niche media establishments who would be consistent and scream like their hair was on fire over both cases).

But there is no "holding Republicans accountable" for the MSM to do. That phenomenon does not exist in the real world, it's a purely theoretical construct. The Repukes don't give a shit what MSM says about them. MSM is totally impotent in that direction. Repukes just cry "fake news" and thereby rally the base.