Now we know: Bill Clinton cost his wife the presidency

[JHan]

43. what I realised as well..

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was that Trump's narratives went unquestioned for the most part. It was accepted that his populistic view was the "right" take on America, the implications of that frightened me. This was a man deemed to connect to "The people" while losing the popular vote and losing badly among other demographics. How does that work?

His rhetoric about immigration almost became normalized, how many times did we read about the Trump voter and their anxieties and how "immigration was a legitimate issue" when net immigration has been at zero for however long?

His racist attacks against the mexican-american judge got approx 3 weeks of outrage, maybe 4 at the most. Meanwhile, if I had to rely on Cable News or issues that were trending, I would not have heard or read much about substantive issues.

Not a single question about automation was posed to the Presidential candidates.

Not a single question about climate change as I recall.

I don't want to beat up on the media too much because the fourth estate is under threat already, but they bear some responsibility for their awful reporting at times, their priorities, who they chose to focus on and who not. I think we're all gonna have to do more work sussing out what we're being told ( from mainstream AND alternative media sources).