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If Biden had hung a giant banner of himself at the DOJ. Fox would have exploded and PBS along with NPR would have multiple lengthy segments on how disastrous this is for our democracy. t gets crickets. WTF !
dalton99a
(93,185 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,196 posts)The Dumpster gets a shrug or a pass on all his demented behavior from our illustrious media.
William Seger
(12,333 posts)whathehell
(30,414 posts)If Trump was "normalized" we wouldn't be seeing the MASSIVE pushback from virtually every corner of this country we now see daily..
As for the idea that "America NEVER be the same again", you have to look at it America was 'never the same again' after a number of historic events -- The Assassination, of JFK, the Civil Rights movement, 9/11 etc. There's no need to assume the country will be completely destroyed by it, or even defined by it..
Xipe Totec
(44,528 posts)William Seger
(12,333 posts)That's now a world-wide perception that won't change when #rump is gone, and it'll take more than one generation to erase that perception. That's something that's shaken me like none of those things you mentioned, because it casts doubt on the fundamental health of our democracy and the soundness of the supposed guardrails, and therefore doubts about it's future. Yes, one way or another, I believe we'll survive, but the next wannabe fascist dictator might not be as incompetent as this one.
drmeow
(5,978 posts)has gotten a pass in the press in this country since Reagan. They would be perfectly happy with a 100% fascist takeover of this country but they were also smart enough to know that they needed to let the Dems be in charge every once in a while to fix and keep the economy from completely tanking and potentially reducing even their riches. Enough of them have reached the point where they believe that they are immune to economic downturns/collapses that they no longer care. After Miller and McConnell, who should be 1 and 2, I want Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Ellison, and every other tech billionaire to at the front of the guillotine line!
oldmanlynn
(806 posts)If they get 10000s of thousands of complaints, maybe they change. The other option is put them out of business but I dont know that we can put ABC CBS NBC out of business.
popsdenver
(2,010 posts)they would all just laugh at us being upset at being a sign that they are making great progress in controlling all the rhetoric in the U.S.
KPN
(17,260 posts)the point where it might actually have an impact. Maybe someone who makes the leap of faith that enough Americans actually give enough of a rats ass to participate and make it happen.
IronLionZion
(51,057 posts)Defense Secretary Austin got hospital treatment without notifying the public.
I miss those types of scandals. I can tolerate temporary high egg prices or whatever they claimed Trump was going to fix.
Harker
(17,635 posts)stage left
(3,260 posts)wore a tan suit and preferred Grey Poupon.
Martin Eden
(15,502 posts)When he pardoned all the violent insurrectionists who threatened the Vice President and members of Congress, desecrated our nation's capitol, and put more than 100 police officers in the hospital.
peppertree
(23,214 posts)
D_Master81
(2,434 posts)40 years of being labeled the liberal media and theyve finally fallen in line with the right wing of this country. Its not just that but what if Biden had been named tens of thousands of times in a child sex traffiking dossier? I mean we had months of reporting on a blow job the president received from a staffer. I mean it comical to think about it now.
hay rick
(9,513 posts)Additional incidents are just confirmation of the same sad story. There is no element of surprise. A lot of it just looks like bait being thrown out to own the libtards. Reacting to every fresh outrage feels like giving in to being owned by a vindictive bully.
Beartracks
(14,497 posts)Skittles
(170,504 posts)and try to imagine if a WOMAN / POC did that
BigmanPigman
(54,898 posts)and why their decision to be on the tRump payroll will cost them viewers and $$$$$$$$$.
I will dance on the graves of the networks who will go bankrupt.
Man, they are dumber than dirt! My former 1st grade students could predict this it's so obvious. Americans have already turned off MSM. We have learned long ago that they are shills for team tRump. So viewers nave boycotted and switched to podcasts for actual news not filter through Stephen Miller's bony fingers of death.
When Kimmel and Colbert were attacked that was the last straw. Viewers have chosen to get objective news from different sources and they will NOT be returning. Do you hear that, you greedy MSM companies?!?
This has been proven by the protests and riots that have been forming without any info from MSM. The mass No Kings protests and anti-immigration protests are happening without the MSM. This is a very, very important shift that the corporate media companies missed the boat on.
Go bankrupt!!! Fuck the MCM and fuck Bari Weiss especially.
pat_k
(12,901 posts)MAKE
1984
FICTION
AGAIN