America Needs a True Liberal Media

[Nevilledog]

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/09/27/america-needs-a-true-liberal-media/

America faces a crisis of democracy, as the intellectual soil of the Republican Party has eroded. Authoritarian sentiments have overtaken the country’s conservative movement, which has come to realize it lacks the numbers to succeed democratically. Long-held laissez-faire conservative policies have no answers for modern problems like the climate crisis, global pandemics, monopolization, or wealth inequality. Social conservative policies on race, gender, and religion have no answers for a diverse, increasingly secular society where two incomes are required to make ends meet. Conspiracy theories have replaced policy principles as the unifying elements of the GOP, and one load-bearing pillar of our two-party system is buckling under their weight. But this crisis of democracy is exacerbated by a crisis of information.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government.” But the converse is also true: When the public is woefully misinformed there can be terrible consequences for democracy.

A few recent polls illustrate some shocking discrepancies between public opinion and basic reality. The Harris poll found that 51 percent of Americans believe that unemployment is nearing a 50-year high, even though the actual unemployment rate is nearing a 50-year low.

An Associated Press poll showed that Donald Trump is perceived as more corrupt than Joe Biden by only 8 percent of voters, despite the former’s lifetime reputation for real estate corruptions and multiple concurrent indictments. Whatever the knocks on Biden may be, there have been virtually no history, current evidence, or even significant whispers of personal corruption.

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[Silent Type]

1. Alas we had one Air America. Not enough people listened. And those that did, didn't need convincing.

[JHB]

2. So we should take that one example of a poorly-run channel as the end-all be-all?

[Silent Type]

5. Please start a Liberal network. I'll watch.

[LiberaBlueDem]

3. Truth has a liberal bias

But telling the truth gets you in trouble.
Easier to just tell lies and go along

Our media is scared of the truth
Because people get mad when they are told the truth

Most people can't handle the truth
They just want to be told sweet little lies

[gab13by13]

4. We need a liberal cable news channel,

Calling on liberal billionaires. Guaranteed it would make money.

[Silent Type]

6. If it would make money, someone would do it.