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[–] kevindqc@lemmy.world 187 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

This guy is toe-to-toe with Kamala in polls. How fucking insane.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 93 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

He has said the sickest shit I've ever heard from a presidential candidate, yet, the reporting is easy beyond belief with Trump and media tries to reframe any Harris positive with passive language until it sounds like a problem.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They (media) are probably afraid that if Harris is elected, the news will become mundane and boring, unlike Trump, and their readership (and thus revenue) will drop.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If only it were so simple. The problem is so multifaceted, that there are probably more than two handfuls of contributors to the problem.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I bet it all links back to a handful of people though...

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Rupert the walking angry corpse Murdock sits at that table

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The media has been beat up for decades as too liberal. Now, simply reporting the truth will make the accusations of bias stick even harder in conservative minds.

Pretty fucking mess we're in, isn't it?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago

They will make those accusation no matter what and they will stick just the same regardless. In fact, giving conservative politicians an easier go just makes it more likely for regular people to get caught up in the bullshit. Media that uses kid gloves for extreme right politicians actually does it because they are also on the right.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Vanessa Guillen’s sister still voted for Trump. That’s how insane they are

[–] ape_arms@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody who is undecided or voting for Trump reads the Atlantic. It's like screaming into the void.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

The morons pay taxes and have to be represented as well... It just sucks, that, apparently, it's ~50% of the US.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

There are a lot of racists in this country. They never went away, really... They just got shamed into (mostly) silence. Trump makes them feel brave again, because he's just like them.