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2016 Postmortem

orwell

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8. So let me get this straight...

Reply to MrWendel (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 10:21 AM

Jun 2016

...people constantly rip the "MSM" until it confirms their bias. Then all of a sudden the same "MSM" is held up as the quotable source du jour.

RW media is evil until it rips your opponent, then it becomes the linkable "trustworthy source."

Of course they are in it for the money. If it bleeds it leads.

What's our excuse?

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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