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In reply to the discussion: When The Economy Collapsed In 2008 And Obama Was Elected Republicans Did All They Could [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)does it make a sound?"
U.S. Media, by and large (except for some exceptions that are too few to make a diff), have abandoned their noble quest in being watchdogs against those in power.
Instead, they study up on buzzwords and how to frame a narrative to the benefit of the already obscenely wealthy, and slowly turn the tide, becoming complicit in turning the U.S. Gov't into one big plantation, millionaires and billionaires into plantation masters, and working Americans into slaves.
That was clearest in past presidential campaigning when they attacked Hillary Clinton on ZERO evidence, making her look corrupt and dishonest, while white-washing Trump, giving his hateful, racist campaign rallies full coverage while HRC gets a square down at the corner of the teevee. Newspapers, local and national, did the same.
This is why Trumputin is pResident of the U.S. today.