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Sympthsical

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5. Because people watch

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Nov 21, 2022, 09:14 AM

Nov 2022

The media follow eyeballs.

When people are obsessed with watching/reading/clicking on Trump, the media listens.

At some point, people have to hold themselves responsible for it.

Just like people forever complaining about Fox, but god knows, they simultaneously seem to know everything that airs on that channel.

Weird, right?

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