2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Media Are Now Officially On Trial
We all know how they will whip a dead horse of a story if it reflects poorly on a D. We also know how they love to feed the frenzy when there is no story there, as they have done post the FBI exoneration of Hillary.
Now, we get to see how they handle a real story, starting with Melania's blatant plagarism of Michelle's speech and her LYING to Matt Lauer that she wrote the speech.
We'll also be watching to see how they handle the Cleveland hatefest and the myriad lies that have already been spewed for all to hear.
My hopes are not high, but it would help if every D guest these networks deign to put on the air during this convention hold the feet of their media colleagues to the fire, forcefully and relentlessly pressing them to cover these lies with the same vehemence with which they cover the lies told about Hillary Clinton.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)campaign. Why would the take his wife to task over this?
The excuse making has already started. Purported "liberal" Chris Matthews is claiming that it's an "assault" that has been perpetrated on the Trump family by an unscrupulous speech writer.
http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/matthews-plagiarism-assault-on-trump-fam-727570499642
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)We'll see what happens.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Promethean
(468 posts)Its dying. Youtube news and politics commentators are getting more views than prime time tv pols. More people watch Secular Talk than CNN. Ring of Fire. Humanist Report. Why get shit reporting from boring personalities when there are so many good shows on the internet? Even my right wing family members say they watch Milo and Watson over Fox. Mainstream media is losing to the competition. Apparently capitalism does occasionally work.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)It's been going on for 40 years, maybe by the year 2200 people will have wised up enough to really do something?
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)You and I are here with our kindred spirits, mdbl.
You're right that it takes time but we're watching an historic event: the demise of a political party. That's something that hasn't happened in a long time.
Enjoy the show.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Cheers!