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I reject the premise that I have to speak about politics like a politician. I don't care how something polls or how it fits the message. I'm a person with a personal POV.
"how is this helping?" is a phrase i hear a lot from people at even the mildest criticism of democrats and honestly im tired of it. that's not my job. if the left can't handle my tweet it can't handle republicans. let people just be people instead of political consultants.
people have this tendency to act as if a single tweet or even 1,000 tweets will reelect trump. social media has turned our collective brains into mushed up soup.
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the mainstream media is going to get worse, not better. they didn't learn anything from wmd and iraq or hillary and email. it's going to get worse and worse. there is no bottom.
in many ways i am where the right was regarding the media in the 70s and 80s. the msm is a lost cause and the only way out is to elevate progressive outlets. the right got there w rw radio, washington times, and fox. the right has to be out-shouted, the msm won't referee.
the entire liberal model is based on the supposedly neutral media saying something is out of bounds, a lie, or the like. the mainstream media will *not* do those things because they're attached at the hip to the right. so they have to be out-shouted.
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Oliver Willis
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He isn't wrong though. Journalists are paid based on ability to bring in readers and engagement, I don’t understand saying otherwise.
Well that was quick. The NY Times strikes again.
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this decade i lost 3 of my closest relatives, a dog, and had something like 6 surgeries after a lifetime of zero. worst decade ever, can't wait to see it diaf.
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