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The former president spent the weekend spewing dangerous nonsense at a rally. The press spent its weekend polishing it into palatability.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Any news organization that sane-washes this nonsense is not centrist.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

They are corporations that make money from news entertainment AND he's all about giving them MORE power and MORE money.

He's their golden goose and their wet dream all rolled into one.

Follow the money.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any news organization that sane-washes this is not a "news" organization. They are a fascist's plaything.

Do better, media.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Narrator: They didn't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

corporations have incentives to be right wing. why would they be centrist?

also news organizations should be fair and accurate, not centrist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But MBFC is telling me they're all centre-left, so that must be true

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

From observing MBFC I can conclude it is far right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

They never really were. The Bircher types have always whined that the corporate media is "the liberal media". This was and is complete nonsense, of course. Of course, to compensate for this constant whining, they have internalized this silliness and constantly steer into goofy practices like being "objective" and giving equal times to "both sides" - this only enables the pathological lying that is the norm for the right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

News organizations are not supposed to be centrist, they are supposed to be neutral.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I completely agree with you