General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's stop for a moment and consider the sheer discordance
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
(18,815 posts)also...The Defendant will be known as Cheato going forward in my house. Thank you!
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)It's my favorite of the many negative "nicknames" for the jerk. Orangeness, greasiness, dishonesty, it's all there.
Dave Bowman
(3,476 posts)erronis
(16,727 posts)Seems to capture his way-past expiration date also.
IbogaProject
(3,497 posts)I like any of the mixes of Mussolini and his smell.
Dave Bowman
(3,476 posts)they are both putrid idiots.
aggiesal
(9,432 posts)Although all others are acceptable.
Blue Owl
(54,423 posts)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
(20,256 posts)to "save" us from authoritarianism. And boy was he right.
rurallib
(63,094 posts)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
(4,056 posts)are untaxed and unregulated.
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)and I agree that they have none.
rurallib
(63,094 posts)would never die.
kimbutgar
(23,040 posts)And they were saying Bidens 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
(20,256 posts)Yeah, I agree that the ABC evening news is usually okay. The few times I've watched it I was "sort of" impressed.
rurallib
(63,094 posts)Dave Bowman
(3,476 posts)I thought that abc was more serious than that, although it's been a while since I last watched anything from them.
Wicked Blue
(6,520 posts)senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)eligible. (Of course).
sop
(11,078 posts)They know the proudly uneducated will believe damn near anything they're told.
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)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
(2,075 posts)No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
aggiesal
(9,432 posts)Never under estimate the ignorance of the American voter.
Dave Bowman
(3,476 posts)"There's a sucker born every minute". Now it's more like every second.
hay rick
(8,163 posts)mcar
(43,366 posts)Unfortunately, some who say they are Democrats feed into it.
Skittles
(157,978 posts)Dems are treated like women and POC - they have to be twice as good to be considered half as good.
GAJMac
(230 posts)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
(3,476 posts)When I read the quoted part I was picturing a really annoying idiot begging with a high pitch voice.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,148 posts)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
(8,286 posts)Their climate concerns are almost ignored by the MSM. They are voting in record numbers. It's wonderful.
Aussie105
(6,161 posts)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
(7,158 posts)The term MSM was popularized by right-wing branding expertsdont 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
(20,256 posts)and did not use mainstream media.