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They do, he's good for clicks.

Normal government is boring, and you don't get cartoon vilianry to publish daily.

They don’t care. They just want clicks and ad money.

I wish people would stop perpetuating that phrase. They know exactly what he is and how dangerous he is. But while his antics generate revenue and while his platform aligns with their corporate overlords, they will play ignorant.

Consciousness of guilt, they don't wanna have to explain that they gladly took the money when he said all along what he is and what he intends to do

The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump

Lmmfao, why the fuck would it? 🤦‍♀️
They literally exist to serve and uphold the existing power structures and/or anyone who will potentially make things even better for the rich who own it.

For most, Their business is not to uphold the constitution, protect freedoms or inform the electorate, it's to make profits. A free and inquisitive press is critical to these funxtions---which is why the major corps are controlled by a very few rich and powerful orgs. If you want to shape narrative you need uniform messaging.

For profit News media are just businesses like any other, don't expect any more social or national goodwill for them than you would Lockheed Martin. For profits will operate under Saddam Hussein or mother Theresa. Money is all their structure values, and so cannot hold onto things like democracy.

Fuck these articles, they absolutely do. These shitbags want the front seat to the goddamn train wreck.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In December, when his Fox News lackey, Sean Hannity, gave him an opportunity to dispel fears that he wanted dictatorial power, Trump instead offered a rare truth.

American journalists initially viewed Hitler as little more than a German version of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, who they saw as a blustering demagogue, yet also a leader who had helped save Italy from the economic chaos of the post-World War I era.

When Hitler first burst into German political life, the American press sought to downplay his importance by treating him as a joke; the Smithsonian notes how Newsweek called him a “nonsensical” screecher of “wild words” and that his appearance suggested “Charlie Chaplin.”

After years of losing to social media companies in the fight for advertising and attention and fending off a constant barrage of attacks from right-wing critics who seek to discredit their journalism, major news organizations have become increasingly insular.

A sudden surge in readership and viewership during the Trump administration has waned, while a drive to make newsrooms more diverse by hiring a wave of young progressive journalists has left older white editors embittered that the new generation has dared to challenge the status quo.

These efforts to build protective bubbles around their organizations at a time of unprecedented volatility in the news business seem to be at the heart of the refusal by the mainstream press to get out in front of the voters and take a stand on Trump.

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