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2016 Postmortem

BooScout

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4. The media is looking for who and what gives them the most money...

Reply to MrWendel (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:09 AM

Jun 2016

Money drives the media.... the more sensational the story, the more views and clicks they get and the higher ratings they get. BENGHAZI makes money. A WALL makes money. The most qualified candidate in a lifetime is boring and doesn't.

America has the attention span of a gnat.....and lives on sound bites.

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Harvard Study Says Media Coverage Built Up Trump, Tore Down Clinton [View all] MrWendel Jun 2016 OP

No surprise there mcar Jun 2016 #1

And Trump complains about the media Martin Eden Jun 2016 #2

the media has spent 25 or more years tearing down the Clintons rurallib Jun 2016 #3

The media is looking for who and what gives them the most money... BooScout Jun 2016 #4

Yep. ucrdem Jun 2016 #5

This seems to be an accurate assessment of reality. nt anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #6

Massive K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #7

So let me get this straight... orwell Jun 2016 #8

Well, it's a Harvard study but Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #10

And all this time I thought the media was in the tank for Clinton. One of the 99 Jun 2016 #9

That's funny. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #11

No one thinking clearly would have said that. She has been hammered for the last few years stevenleser Jun 2016 #12

You realize that I was joking? nt One of the 99 Jun 2016 #13

Yes, my comment wasnt really directed at you. stevenleser Jun 2016 #18

MSNBC is still all Trump, all the time AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #14

No doubt about this...I think we all saw it unfolding this way. eastwestdem Jun 2016 #15

If you have cable, don't just turn off the TV...as long as your cable box is on and tuned to MSNBC, eastwestdem Jun 2016 #16

And yet we keep hearing claims that the media is in the tank for Hillary. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #17