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Roy Rolling

(7,635 posts)
5. All mediums?
Mon Dec 25, 2023, 07:20 AM
Dec 2023

Are you saying every news/entertainment outlet has sinned?

Me? I’ve worked in media for decades among mostly liberal Democrat-leaning cast/crew.

Blaming the broad media is a right-wing message, not just a mistake. Right-wing morons reject every source but themselves and the dictator.

Conflating sh*t propaganda outlets with every other media outlet is the goal of Putin’s propaganda machine. “Don’t trust anyone but us” is the whole theme of propaganda and authoritarian dictators.

To hear it repeated on DU (not just here, but too frequently) is disappointing. Mushy and broad language here is MISSION ACCOMPLISHED for the opposition to democratic media like DU.

For clarity, I’m not picking on the enlightened OP but it’s time we upped our game on DU posts. Blame commercial media, blame right-wing media, blame hypocrites like Carlson, Hannity, et al. But blaming “media” isn’t even logical, and meant to break areas of the brain charged with making objective decision-making. Don’t use the right-wing message of the media is the enemy. Why do they use it? Because people who work on media (me) are the strongest financial, philosophical, and political opponents of Trumpanistan worldwide.

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Valid point about the media EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #1
All mediums? Roy Rolling Dec 2023 #5
Be that as it may EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #7
Do you consider MediasTouch media? I do. So yes, there are voices out there doing and saying AND REPORTING the Ferrets are Cool Dec 2023 #15
I did say 'corporate' media, making a distinction EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #19
EYESORE makes a reasonable point PJMcK Dec 2023 #11
TV media is profit driven. rubbersole Dec 2023 #17
All that without examining the bottoms for velcro bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #2
He has severe problems with balance Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #3
Just observe... 2naSalit Dec 2023 #18
Yes! I noted that same a while ago. He's gripping the podium always with a death squeeze. Never seen on stage... machoneman Dec 2023 #22
At the end of his life, my father was like that. no_hypocrisy Dec 2023 #4
Feet of clay Ponietz Dec 2023 #6
The pads hide the cables that connect to the Buns_of_Fire Dec 2023 #8
lol. Ligyron Dec 2023 #9
An astute observation... GiqueCee Dec 2023 #14
Shtinky. twodogsbarking Dec 2023 #10
The things that people will do to stay "significant" amazes me. What a way walkingman Dec 2023 #12
I have come to believe that even if there was only ONE person in the crowd cheering him on, Ferrets are Cool Dec 2023 #16
We mustn't ridicule Trump for his toe pads, it would be offensive to all the other shoe lifters out there. sop Dec 2023 #13
Take a closer look at the shoe length 3825-87867 Dec 2023 #20
We really need a sarcasm font on DU, that animated 'sarcasm thingy' isn't very subtle. sop Dec 2023 #21
Donald J Trump - PSP form of Frontotemporal Dementia: LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #23
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