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In reply to the discussion: I cannot get this NYT article out of my mind. It's everything that's wrong with the media today. [View all]popsdenver
(2,792 posts)15. Seriously..........
Does anyone on DU actually think for a New York second, that ANY MAGAot Trumphumper watches anything on ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.
They all have nothing on their TV's except FOX NEWS, 24/7/365 for over 20? years now........Oh, and of course RW Radio saturating the air waves across the entire, vastness of Rural America...........
And all these MAGAot voters either can't read at all, or won't read anything in print........
Rush Limbaugh is smiling and laughing hysterically from his grave.......
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I cannot get this NYT article out of my mind. It's everything that's wrong with the media today. [View all]
Scrivener7
22 hrs ago
OP
I agree. But I'm beginning to think it is going to backfire on them. They're doing it to
Scrivener7
21 hrs ago
#5
Yes, but to what end? What is the advantage to them of making the media too stupid to pay any attention to?
Scrivener7
18 hrs ago
#27
I watch ABC Nightly News ( which has lately become the ABC Nightly Weather Channel for some reason)
Ray Bruns
21 hrs ago
#7
There is a flip side here. Trump is an attention hog. By not talking about him you undermine his relevancy.
flashman13
21 hrs ago
#10
I agree that there is a paradox here, but I think there is a work around. What needs to happen is to focus
flashman13
19 hrs ago
#23
Yes. Why any outlet pays a White House correspondent under this regime is beyond me.
Scrivener7
18 hrs ago
#28
My husband and I predict the lead story: Tornadoes/weather, airplanes falling out of sky/colliding, shootings, Trump.
betsuni
20 hrs ago
#11
I hear you. And thank you for taking the time. But I'm still going to disagree.
Scrivener7
16 hrs ago
#32
One could argue that the NYT is already useless and basically preaching to the choir.
maxsolomon
20 hrs ago
#14
Sorry, but people vastly overestimate the number of people who watch Fox News
Wiz Imp
19 hrs ago
#22
"which went into his cronies' pockets,"...And most probably into his, or his family's pockets.
Escurumbele
19 hrs ago
#16
The tragedy that people need to understand is the fact that to cover his grift and stupity,
Escurumbele
19 hrs ago
#19
They probably couldn't afford to send a real reporter so they paid Maggie to write something that would not cause Trump
3Hotdogs
13 hrs ago
#39
For many years, I used to believe that journalism should present facts and let the reader decide.
SouthBayDem
7 hrs ago
#42