Biden actually had a pretty good week. He got the media to focus on Sinema, ramping up the pressure on her going forward. The Supreme Court volunteered to take the blame for any further COVID problems. And Trump’s legal troubles are set to climax during the midterms.
The media’s narrative about Biden having a “bad week” is based on false representations of his approval rating, the false claim that voting rights legislation is dead, the false notion that this Supreme Court ruling somehow hurts him, and nonsense about a Trump comeback.
It’s more important than ever that you all understand why the media makes up these lies: RATINGS. It’s not partisanship, it’s not personal, it’s not anything but RATINGS. Until you understand this fact, you’ll be confused by every single thing the media does.
When you watch Fox News, you’re watching fictional reporting on events that never happened.
But when you watch MSNBC or CNN (or most of the pundits on twitter), you’re watching a fictional doomsday spin on the events that happened – which isn’t that much better than Fox News.
But when you watch MSNBC or CNN (or most of the pundits on twitter), you’re watching a fictional doomsday spin on the events that happened – which isn’t that much better than Fox News.
And again, literally all of this media villainy is due to ratings. Fox News isn’t trying to get republicans elected; it’s trying to hit ratings marks by giving right wing rubes a reason to stay tuned in. And the rest of the media just says whatever will keep its audience watching
I used to do Q&A sessions on here, but I stopped because 80% of your questions were “why does / doesn’t the media do this or that” and every time my answer was “ratings” and most of you couldn’t process that answer whenever I gave it.
Major media outlets exist for ratings, and you’re the product that they sell to advertisers. Most of you don’t want that to be true, because you think of MSNBC hosts and twitter pundits as your friends. But their job is literally to hit their ratings marks, not to inform you.
The better hosts and pundits try to slip some truth in there while pushing the narratives that they (or their bosses) have determined are going to get them to the tv ratings and/ or retweets that they need in order to be viable. But their job is still literally to hit those marks
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