2016 Postmortem

Little Star

(17,055 posts) Mon Sep 5, 2016, 11:02 AM Sep 2016

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Krugman Dismantles the Dangerously Lopsided Coverage of Trump and Clinton [View all]

Is the 2016 race a reboot of the Bush v. Gore election?

Krugman has a sick feeling of deja vu in the coverage of Clinton and Trump. True, some of Trump's dishonesty has been reported. But he is definitely being normalized and graded on a crazy curve. The minute he does not say anything deeply offensive for a whole day, he is hailed as pivoting and being presidential. Maybe he won't immediately round up 11 million undocumented immigrants. Good for him! Meanwhile, his latest apparent criminality, payoffs to state attorneys general to stop investigating his fraudulent University, is getting almost no attention.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/paul-krugman-dismantles-dangerously-lopsided-coverage-trump-and-clinton

Yep, another shoddy job by the media covering this race! I have just about lost all respect for any of them!

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Krugman Dismantles the Dangerously Lopsided Coverage of Trump and Clinton [View all] Little Star Sep 2016 OP

No one can explain why the news media is so easy on Trump UCmeNdc Sep 2016 #1

I will give you my opinion rurallib Sep 2016 #2

Agree about the horserace. I think money/ratings are the primary reason. Auggie Sep 2016 #14

I absolutely disagree that they want a horse race, world wide wally Sep 2016 #44

Bumper sticker: "The media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own it." CrispyQ Sep 2016 #18

It's all about the money tooeyeten Sep 2016 #28

Both NPR and PBS have sponsors now making sure they are not as liberal as they once were..... bettyellen Sep 2016 #40

that certainly is another factor, especially with Koch Industries among them. rurallib Sep 2016 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author mark67 Sep 2016 #48

MSNBC is not easy on Trump oberliner Sep 2016 #4

Try day time MSNBC... Little Star Sep 2016 #6

That's a shame oberliner Sep 2016 #8

yes but rtracey Sep 2016 #10

It's hard to imagine people on the fence between Hillary and Trump oberliner Sep 2016 #15

hmmmm rtracey Sep 2016 #21

Yep. Andrea Mitchell. And her little pal Kristen Welker. You need go no further. But I will! calimary Sep 2016 #16

Just getting into the Twitter thing. Granny M Sep 2016 #20

I believe it's a retweet when you click on the little two-arrow configuration below the tweet. calimary Sep 2016 #38

Thanks. I'll work on getting up to speed. nt Granny M Sep 2016 #47

tRump PAY? Scarsdale Sep 2016 #25

Yeah, agreed! But I want the recipients to start thinking about how this makes them look. calimary Sep 2016 #50

I thought MSNBC had the elections confessions thing turbinetree Sep 2016 #22

My opinion CajunBlazer Sep 2016 #9

And that may be true, but their refusal to cover ANYTHING good about HRC AllyCat Sep 2016 #23

Well, for what it''s worth.... CajunBlazer Sep 2016 #32

"Trump may be lousy for the country... WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2016 #17

Post removed Post removed Sep 2016 #26

Definitely money and ratings. Did you see the video of Soledad the other day? Native Sep 2016 #24

NY Times TimeToGo Sep 2016 #31

This one of my biggest fears. tinrobot Sep 2016 #3

Voters Don't Care About Immigration, Wages, Healthcare, Climate Change, Etc. TomCADem Sep 2016 #5

Yep. But Trump has a platform?.... Little Star Sep 2016 #7

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #49

The media are serving their masters, not us. hay rick Sep 2016 #11

it's tough even for the Clinton campaign to hit the right note on him yurbud Sep 2016 #12

It has been really pathetic PatSeg Sep 2016 #13

Receiver? Scarsdale Sep 2016 #27

I thought that was 2004 PatSeg Sep 2016 #41

The only thing different though is that social media is almost bigger than MsM kimbutgar Sep 2016 #19

hillary is being GOREd. the gerbism of teevee gnewz likes SQUIRRELS for ratings. pansypoo53219 Sep 2016 #29

Krugman is right! red dog 1 Sep 2016 #30

He is the republican nominee Cosmocat Sep 2016 #33

Thanks for this Little Star. William769 Sep 2016 #34

Hillary is getting Gored The Wizard Sep 2016 #35

Excellent observation. ffr Sep 2016 #45

The MSM should be ashamed. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #36

Coward media scared of Trump lawsuits. He has sued them. Hillary doesn't sue. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #37

Good Point. Little Star Sep 2016 #39

I hate them (M$M) with a flaming white-hot fury. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #42

They need a horse race for ratings. I actually heard someone (can't remember her name or Upthevibe Sep 2016 #46