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In reply to the discussion: let's all give a big, rousing FUCK YOU to the media!! [View all]unblock
(52,208 posts)was not "negative". it was more like "wow, it's amazing that he would say that".
if you're capable of directly seeing the donnie quote as horrible, then the "wow" might seem negative.
but if you're looking to the media to tell you how to think (as many sheeple do), then the "wow" sounds as much like admiration at his boldness, candor, brutal honesty, whatever.
moreover, by *continuing* to give him extensive coverage, it validates those outrageous statements. many of his statements should have been disqualifying, and earned donnie a virtual media ban. he could have been dismissed as irrelevant and given minimal coverage.
by continuing to give him a disproportionately large share of the coverage, that effectively made it a media endorsement and approval of his offensive statements.
it doesn't really work to say "oh, he's horrible, let's ignore the sane candidate and focus almost exclusively on the wacko who would make a terrible president." the audience can't see it that way.