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10 hours ago, Pancho said:

This is so trashy

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And let's not forget they're having the weigh-ins at the Lincoln Memorial. In the next 3 1/2 years, we're going to have a dystopian game show involving executions endorsed by the Justice Department. 

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11 minutes ago, scottsins said:


Your overall point is 100% on point, but, and I know you aren’t literally making claims about the named players politics, Cunningham’s family probably doesn’t fit the mold.

His dad ran for office as a democrat and with his stepmom, Aimee, have donated high six figures to Democrats candidates over the years. They were a big enough deal to host a massive fundraiser dinner in their home that was attended in person by Obama.

Your point stands though, because o think they are the outliers.

* I only learned this stuff because Aimee was at my table when I was doing volunteer lawyer stuff for the 2018 midterms on Election Day. It’s crazy to go back that place mentally and recall the sheer enthusiasm, energy and belief we all had. The rest is just a bunch of disappointment and rage really.

ETA: She was super low key. Just sitting a a table of volunteers taking calls like everyone else. I only thought to look her up when Justin Nelson, the AG candidate walked over and just casually invited her to fly with him and his crew that night to El Paso to watch the returns with Beto and his family. I was like…”this lady seems like a big deal.”

She actually declined the invite because Brock had a game that night.

that actually is a cool story bro, and informative. thanks for sharing.

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8 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I’m sure we have the same goals for making sure a certain fidelity to truth accompanies the news, I’m just trying to correct this conclusion that media consolidation is to blame.  It’s a little like blaming horse and buggy manufacturer consolidation when the internal combustion auto has become popular.  Who cares if there’s only two options for yesterday’s tech?

In large part social media is shaping popular consensus, the national agenda, and it’s where most marketing dollars are going, political and otherwise.  If you’re worried about Disney pulling Kimmel off the air and that depriving his 1.6 million viewers of his anti-Trump views, you’re missing Theo Vonn’s 4.6 million YouTube subscribers and many more listeners of his podcast.  
 

Also, the reason I’m belaboring this is because it’s probably better than 50% of the reason the Dems lost in 2024.  They have been habituated to mainstream media and that’s not where the majority of  media consumers are anymore.  

You bring up interesting points and I appreciate you taking the time.  My concern with Kimmel isn’t or wasn’t the number of viewers.  My concern is with the FCC threatening dissent in a manner similar to a mob boss.  As uh, Ted Cruz pointed out. And of course our coarse president gleefully using the government to go after his personal enemies.

The point to the media in general is they should be screaming every day about how not normal this all is.  But for the most part they won’t because that’s not what ownership wants.  

 

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Does anyone else think it is absolutely fucking insane that the President last week said that it is illegal to criticize him, and that it is not protected free speech? I mean that really happened. For the guy who ran partly on bringing back free speech, and who declared earlier that he personally had brought back free speech to America.

He didn't say it "should be" illegal, he said it "IS" illegal, and not protected speech. Not much of a news story, though. 

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Just now, Red Five said:

Does anyone else think it is absolutely fucking insane that the President last week said that it is illegal to criticize him, and that it is not protected free speech? I mean that really happened. For the guy who ran partly on bringing back free speech, and who declared earlier that he personally had brought back free speech to America.

He didn't say it "should be" illegal, he said it "IS" illegal, and not protected speech. Not much of a news story, though. 

Let me put my cynic hat on: Is it really news coming from Donald Trump?

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1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Let me put my cynic hat on: Is it really news coming from Donald Trump?

For the love of god, I would just like one reporter to ask him "If that's true, then shouldn't you be in jail for your past comments on Obama and Biden?" (I mean in addition to all of his various felonies and raping adventures)



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