• monsterlynn@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    @YoBuckStopsHere There’s nothing picayune about the deep concerns reputable journalists are voicing.

    That word comes in play with regard to how so many of us have just turned our eyes away from the threat Trump and his supporters pose because we have to deal with navigating daily life being entwined with these people that in the end are our closest family and friends.

    Personally, I put a lot of blame for the US sitting on the fascist precipice as it is on the for-profit media that was so enamored of his f-list celebrity status that they couldn’t help themselves but divert actual political coverage in 2015 to covering this idiot.

    In following the spectacle of a candidate like Trump because it gets ratings, they elevated him to legitimacy in the eyes of the public, and gave a platform to the truly evil ideas he espouses.

    Sure, a lot of it is drunk Thanksgiving uncle bloviating - - but there aren’t any major “news” outlets covering uncle Bill’s every move and having panel discussions on what he has to say.

    It’s all on the media for helping create then elevate this monster, and articles like this trying to exculpate them from what they’ve done are at the bottom line infuriating and insulting.

    The media are absolutely incapable of taking responsibility for creating this mess.

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      Trump is the fruition of a 40+ year plan by the right to claw back power in the aftermath of the civil rights movement, sexual revolution, Roe v Wade, Stonewall Riots, and Watergate, along with neoliberal policies that enable regulatory capture and led to more political power for the rich than ever and massive collapses (dot com and 2008) leaving many people desperate and bitter and open to a populist authoritarian. The decades of attacks on education haven’t helped either.

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        The decades of attacks on education haven’t helped either.

        That’s also part of the plan. The proles can’t effectively participate in democracy or criticize established interests (the wealthy, the party, the church) if they’re not equipped with an education.

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      The media are absolutely incapable of taking responsibility for creating this mess.

      I fully believe that if the Japanese balloon bombing happened today, modern media outlets would ignore the government’s request to keep it quiet and put people’s lives at risk just to boost engagement.