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Bill USA

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Tue Aug 30, 2016, 07:43 PM Aug 2016

OPEN LETTER TO THE MEDIA: In the Name of Decency, Stop Tipping the Scale for Trump

http://bluenationreview.com/in-the-name-of-decency-stop-tipping-the-scale-for-trump/


Several independent studies have confirmed what is intuitively obvious, and frankly, staggering: Donald Trump receives more favorable national media coverage than Hillary Clinton. Just ask Mark Halperin, the quintessential media insider, who recently conceded: “There’s a deep well of anti-Clinton sentiment in the press.” The national media are stumped by Trump, seeking false “balance” (and clicks) out of deference to his voters. Yet somehow, that deference is absent in Hillary’s case; she and her voters are maligned and marginalized at every turn. This open letter proposes a solution to the imbalanced coverage.

To the National Media:

I write this letter as a concerned American, a father who fears for his children in the event of a Trump presidency. And I write it as the CEO of a political media company with a community of over one million people whose engagement rates rival the largest media platforms in the U.S.

On the one hand, I know most of you understand that Donald is a menace to America and that Hillary is the only plausible president in the race. On the other hand, I recognize these facts:

a) You’re chasing clicks and you want a contest.

b) You face relentless (and ridiculous) accusations from the right that you have a “liberal bias.”

c) You feel compelled to appear even-handed in a misguided quest for “balanced” reporting.

d) The price of entry into the elite media club is open disdain for Hillary Clinton.

And so you twist yourselves into rhetorical pretzels trying to legitimize Trump’s unhinged behavior.

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OPEN LETTER TO THE MEDIA: In the Name of Decency, Stop Tipping the Scale for Trump (Original Post) Bill USA Aug 2016 OP
$$$$ RATINGS $ $$$$$$$ democracy? fuck that. $$$$$$$ pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #1
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