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SocialDemocrat61

(8,031 posts)
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 08:19 AM Aug 2024

Watching corporate media reports of the two rallies

And haven’t seen or heard any comparison of the crowd sizes. In Arizona Harris packed a 20-30K arena. In Montana, Trump only half filled an 8K venue.

Maybe I just missed the comparisons. If anyone saw any please let me know.

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Watching corporate media reports of the two rallies (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Aug 2024 OP
The media is shit. 20000 for Kamala vs Trump hasty presser at MAL. bullimiami Aug 2024 #1
ABC ran the story Norbert Aug 2024 #2
The Main Stream Media is hell bent and determined to keep it a neck to neck horse race. magicarpet Aug 2024 #3
Who owns "the media"? orthoclad Aug 2024 #4

bullimiami

(14,075 posts)
1. The media is shit. 20000 for Kamala vs Trump hasty presser at MAL.
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 08:28 AM
Aug 2024

They waste a fucking hour on nobody shit and blow off the actual crowd.

Perfect time for comparison. Dueling rallies.
Media fails AGAIN.

Norbert

(7,852 posts)
2. ABC ran the story
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 08:46 AM
Aug 2024

didn't really dwell on the crowd sizes, but they had to remind us the presidential race remains a dead heat. Off the TV went.

magicarpet

(19,410 posts)
3. The Main Stream Media is hell bent and determined to keep it a neck to neck horse race.
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 08:49 AM
Aug 2024

It must remain that way right up to election day. The only way to determine the actual horse race winner is to examine the photo finish record to see which horse's nose crossed the finish line first.

This neck to neck horse race -fictitious or otherwise - maximizes the political advert income for the MSM - significantly increasing their bottom line income and profits due to the endless expensive political ads required for the candidates to win.

The more advert sales the MSM can ring up in their cash registers the more profits they realize.

Catching - catching $$$$$,... - profits are paramount,... Democracy is an after thought or does not even enter the equation at all.

Ain't hyper-capitalism grand ? The ways money corrupts and contaminates the American political process is sickening, shameful, and so detrimental to democracy itself.

orthoclad

(4,818 posts)
4. Who owns "the media"?
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 09:32 AM
Aug 2024

A few megacorps and some billionaires like Murdoch and Sinclair.

These are the folks (yes, corps are "people", sometimes) who made billions from the Trump tax cuts.

I wonder who they favor?

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