Tactical ad breaks and lies: rightwing coverage of DNC is exactly as expected

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/oann-fox-news-dnc-harris-obama-biden

Democratic national convention 2024
Analysis

Tactical ad breaks and lies: rightwing coverage of DNC is exactly as expected

Adam Gabbatt

Hard-right hosts resurrect racist Obama birther conspiracy theory and lament Democrats’ treatment of Joe Biden

Sat 24 Aug 2024 11.00 EDT

As the Democratic party enjoys the afterglow of an exuberant national convention, the rightwing media has settled on consistent counter-programming: complaining about “joy”, hyping up pro-Palestinian protests and expressing a newfound concern for the treatment of Joe Biden.

The coverage, which has at times avoided the more pointed Democratic criticisms of Trump by cutting to ad breaks, has also including the criticism of women both for smiling too much and not smiling enough, and the coining of a new name for Barack Obama: “Barack-Stabber”.

There has also been the bizarre revival of the racist Obama birther conspiracy theory by a Fox News host, as well as the straight-faced claim by a Republican-supporting news host that it is “all vengeance at this year’s DNC [Democratic national convention]”.

In short, it’s been days of coverage that will be unfamiliar to anyone lucky enough to be outside the rightwing media bubble, and depressingly recognizable to those who dip into conservative coverage.

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[love_katz]

1. Every accusation they make is a confession.

With that said:

Bwhahahaha! Sux to be you, frightwing media.

[NBachers]

2. They're all in the hopper of the meat grinder, getting closer and closer to the feed worm and frantically clawing over

each other to escape their inevitable grisly fate.