Let's stop for a moment and consider the sheer discordance

[senseandsensibility]

of the corporate media's narrative as we head into the 2024 election. Rs can ship migrants to blue states, refuse to negotiate in good faith on immigration, and use racial slurs to smear immigrants, then blame the mess on Biden.

Rs can refuse to admit that the economy is strong no matter what the statistics show and fill the airwaves with doom and gloom. Biden then gets the blame for a "bad" economy no matter what the facts say.

Cheato can be facing 91 felony charges, and guilty verdicts in civil cases, and that is somehow "helping" him. This narrative is a particular favorite of the corporate media. Repeating it multiple times every time his legal cases are mentioned, sometimes to the exclusion of the actual evidence, is a form of propaganda.

Biden can sometimes stutter or speak softly and walk with a stiff gate and it means he is too old. Cheato can demonstrate real signs of dementia and he is forceful amd strong.

I'm sure I've left some out, but the corporate media is making sure that we have a very rough road ahead. The first step to countering that is recognizing and neutralizing that narrative.

[mahina]

1. 100%

also...The Defendant will be known as Cheato going forward in my house. Thank you!

[senseandsensibility]

3. Thanks!

It's my favorite of the many negative "nicknames" for the jerk. Orangeness, greasiness, dishonesty, it's all there.

[Dave Bowman]

5. From now on I'm calling him Stinky.

[erronis]

8. How about "Stale Cheeto"?

Seems to capture his way-past expiration date also.

[IbogaProject]

9. Putridolini ??

I like any of the mixes of Mussolini and his smell.

[Dave Bowman]

31. Lol, yeah, don't know about Mussolini's stinch but

they are both putrid idiots.

[aggiesal]

28. Being of Mexican decent, I prefer Pendejo45 in my house. ...

Although all others are acceptable.

[Blue Owl]

2. It's like a real adaptation of Weekend at Bernie's

The M$M looks every bit like the idiotic enablers they have become, propping up this insane sack of shit who reeks to holy hell...

[senseandsensibility]

4. A very smart person recently warned not to count on the media

to "save" us from authoritarianism. And boy was he right.

[rurallib]

6. They exist to make money with no conscience about it

what they need o make money is a horse race. So their job as they see it is to create a horse race. If America collapses because of that they may have to change their strategy

[diane in sf]

7. Their owners are oligarchs and Republicans who don't care if our democracy is destroyed as long as they

are untaxed and unregulated.

[senseandsensibility]

13. I like your use of the word conscience

and I agree that they have none.

[rurallib]

17. Jefferson had a problem with entities set up to accumulate money that

would never die.

[kimbutgar]

10. I turned on the abc news at noon that is National

And they were saying Biden’s in trouble and mentioned the orange maggot as president instead of ex president and that he could win in November because of bad economy and inflation and the war in the middle East. I had to turn it off! Luckily the evening news refers to him as the ex president and is not constantly attacking President Biden.

[senseandsensibility]

12. Ew

Yeah, I agree that the ABC evening news is usually okay. The few times I've watched it I was "sort of" impressed.

[rurallib]

18. pretty much what you get on NPR these days also

[Dave Bowman]

32. Wow, that's messed up.

I thought that abc was more serious than that, although it's been a while since I last watched anything from them.

[Wicked Blue]

11. Solution? Register every migrant sent to a blue state to vote

[senseandsensibility]

14. Okay, but only if they're

eligible. (Of course).

[sop]

15. Our corporate media overlords have decreed truth and reality no longer exist.

They know the proudly uneducated will believe damn near anything they're told.

[senseandsensibility]

16. It gives me no pleasure to agree with you

I don't like to think of others as ignorant pawns, but it's so obvious that his supporters are just that. And, as you say, they are being used by wanne be authoritarians.

[FuzzyRabbit]

20. I am starting to believe what someone once said:

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

[aggiesal]

29. I always say ...

Never under estimate the ignorance of the American voter.

[Dave Bowman]

33. Barnum was wrong.

"There's a sucker born every minute". Now it's more like every second.

[hay rick]

19. Great post. K&R

[mcar]

21. This, exactly

Unfortunately, some who say they are Democrats feed into it.

[Skittles]

22. repukes are treated like white men

Dems are treated like women and POC - they have to be twice as good to be considered half as good.

[GAJMac]

23. Pretty simple, really.

The Dems need to make themselves "unavailable" to the corporate media. The Republican'ts did this years ago, and the MSM bent over backwards to get them back on the air. "Please, please Mr. RWNJ. You bring ratings for us. We'll be nice, we promise". A couple of weeks of media silence can do wonders.

[Dave Bowman]

34. Haha, yeah...

When I read the quoted part I was picturing a really annoying idiot begging with a high pitch voice.

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. You want to diffuse their narrative?

Rs can ship migrants to blue states, refuse to negotiate in good faith on immigration, and use racial slurs to smear immigrants, then blame the mess on Biden.

We need to stop pretending that this is okay. Especially when there are reports of those who are obviously overseeing the actual relocations and then fleeing the scene. Why were they not pursued? Also, seize those busses and planes. Make sure to release reports to the media about it all. They won't pass them on, but the facts will be out there and once the rethugs start the blame game, you point to those reports and then you laugh in their faces as they scream about how wrong you are. Then you walk away, laughing and shaking your head.

Rs can refuse to admit that the economy is strong no matter what the statistics show and fill the airwaves with doom and gloom. Biden then gets the blame for a "bad" economy no matter what the facts say.

Same deal. Make sure to ridicule them whenever they speak/print. Point out the facts and laugh as they try to ignore/alter the truth. Then, walk away laughing and shaking your head.

These people need to be treated like spoiled little children.

[rubbersole]

25. Young people don't use corporate media for information.

Their climate concerns are almost ignored by the MSM. They are voting in record numbers. It's wonderful.

[Aussie105]

26. The MSM is far from main stream.

They are caught up in a game of false equivalence.

One set of rules for Dems, another set for the Tribe of MAGA and their leader.
Doesn't matter if the leader is deposed, befuddled and smells like a stale corner of Hell, it is all BIDEN'S FAULT!
(Fox says Oreo are skimping on the filling. It is a white filling. So obviously some sort of anti-white statement. WTF?)

Why? What motivates the MSM?

To keep people confused, on the edge of their seats, so that they keep coming back for the latest anxiety inducing fix from their favourite media.

You are free to consider most of the MSM as a waste of time and look for your news elsewhere.
Some social media gets the balance right, as do some forums. Free plug for DU there.

[Roy Rolling]

27. The reason

The term “MSM” was popularized by right-wing branding experts—don’t use it.

Corporate media is a slave to sponsors and making money. Use it.

Using the terms of right-wing sheeple only confirms their twisted position.

[senseandsensibility]

30. I did use corporate media several times in my OP

and did not use mainstream media.