The media can lie by publishing falsehoods. But mostly, they achieve the same effect of subterfuge by omission.
It’s popular to lament our fragmented media ecosystem & its self-reinforcing information silos. But without the right-wing media, who would interview Tony Bobulinski?
It’s popular to lament our fragmented media ecosystem & its self-reinforcing information silos. But without the right-wing media, who would interview Tony Bobulinski?
Who would be asking salient questions about a presidential candidate two weeks from the election?
I warned that of all the Dem candidates this year, Joe Biden seemed to have been vetted the least. Everyone else went through the gauntlet with harsh (sometimes unfair) hit pieces.
I warned that of all the Dem candidates this year, Joe Biden seemed to have been vetted the least. Everyone else went through the gauntlet with harsh (sometimes unfair) hit pieces.
In the old world of media where everyone was constrained by the same few channels, what chance did the truth have of coming out?
A major story got sidelined and the reasons given were hilariously arbitrary. So the @NYPost & independent journalists pick up the story, and it gets
A major story got sidelined and the reasons given were hilariously arbitrary. So the @NYPost & independent journalists pick up the story, and it gets
airtime on Fox, giving CNN the ammunition to call it a "right-wing offensive" and completely dismiss it.
This smear is effective because the subtext is: if you cover this, you're participating in the right-wing offensive. See the criticisms lobbied at @ggreenwald and @mtaibbi.
This smear is effective because the subtext is: if you cover this, you're participating in the right-wing offensive. See the criticisms lobbied at @ggreenwald and @mtaibbi.
Corruption should be covered no matter who does it.
The real story here is how much the press will go to bat for one side, while holding the other side’s feet to the fire so close that occasionally it burns up.
The real story here is how much the press will go to bat for one side, while holding the other side’s feet to the fire so close that occasionally it burns up.
The other real story is how someone is able to run on a platform of Decency and “Not Trump” but turns out that oops, he’s potentially not that decent (lies about his knowledge of Hunter’s dealings) and is just as corrupt after all.
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