I’ve read three articles today parsing out every sentence Harris uttered in her CNN interview while TFG lies every single day and no one points out his prevarications. Plus, now he’s gone and blamed gold star families for his Arlington cemetery fiasco.
Just ranting.
@evamarie I don’t wish to make more or less of the issue than need be, but rump has been a cash cow of sorts even for left-leaning media. Whatever side of the political spectrum peoples’ beliefs may fall, whatever any given owner’s or editor’s values, it’s in news outlets’ *financial* interest to extend the chaos surrounding him as long as they can. *Fear* of a potential, perceived crisis *sells* more than actually resolving it. No rump—no clicks on links (or a lot less, anyway).
@chaddus2_0 @evamarie 👆Maybe, they need a new “crisis”, but they don’t seem to fathom the continual jeapordy in which they place even themselves while they deliberate between informing responsibly and selling the drama. Some of that falls on the consumers of such media, but the firms in question don’t help a whole lot.
Back in the pre-cable news days, the three channels broadcasting news made it clear that their news divisions were never to make money. It was too important a public function to do anything but present the news impartially.
Sadly, those days are long gone.
@chaddus2_0 @evamarie 🤔 I don’t know why, but for some reason I always tend associate the fairness doctrine with Johnson and I’m probably confusing things. Anyway…
@chaddus2_0 @evamarie …apparently some significant decisions were made regarding the doctrine during his presidency—maybe that’s it (neither here not there, really). Okay… moving on. 😎👉
@evamarie I agree. Wouldn’t it be nice if Harris pulled an LBJ on cable entertainment… I mean, cable “news” (cough)?