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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is not off-limits for criticism [View all]Scrivener7
(59,589 posts)even lower than Republicans. Like, in the teens. That's ridiculous when we are the party that actually does things for people.
We need to figure out a better way. We have been saying, "That's because they own the media" for 40 years. That's true, but 40 years should have been enough time for us to figure out how to get our message through.
Obama figured it out and we dominated on social media for a while. But then they surpassed us in that.
I keep going back to the fact that something like 80% of the misinformation in the 2016 campaign was spread by 80 accounts and a bot farm.
We need a bot farm to tell the truth. We need a good PR firm to come up with original ways to spread the message. We need a plan to overcome this problem we have had for 40 years.
It's way past time.