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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes the media hold any responsibility...?
If Republicans fail to hold Clarence Thomas or Donald Trump accountable for their actions?
There is no doubt that if a Democrat was in either situation, that of Clarence Thomas or Donald Trump, the media would be singing a different song.
Am I wrong in thinking this?
onecaliberal
(33,051 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,869 posts)They would have a countdown, 'Day 1 of the Democratic Party's Demise.' Someone could think of better words to use, but I think that'd be the general idea. We'd be sewing gold donkeys on our clothes.
Boomerproud
(8,007 posts)RainCaster
(10,980 posts)Republicans have never bent to the social justice of the nation
Mr.Bill
(24,403 posts)does the media wield over political figures? I mean other than ignoring them.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)...and for how long?
Or to not mention it at all.
They have the power to inform.
They fucked up big time with Trump, thinking he would be the train wreck that brings the ratings. They didn't consider what a few billions of air time can do an election.
gab13by13
(21,591 posts)its right wing domestic oligarch owners want it to do.
RockRaven
(15,143 posts)Well, corporate media/MSM anyway (there are plenty of independent/niche media establishments who would be consistent and scream like their hair was on fire over both cases).
But there is no "holding Republicans accountable" for the MSM to do. That phenomenon does not exist in the real world, it's a purely theoretical construct. The Repukes don't give a shit what MSM says about them. MSM is totally impotent in that direction. Repukes just cry "fake news" and thereby rally the base.
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