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« on: July 02, 2022, 04:47:44 PM »

Nobody would even know.  The media wouldn't cover any of the bills we pass.  It would be just week after week of both-sides-ing in the media about the "Democratic Party's undermining of democracy."

Remember how much the media criticized the Republicans after they abolished the filibuster to shove Gorsuch through?  Yeah that's right, zero, nada, zilch, not at all.  But you bet your ass if the Democrats did anything similar we'd be f---ing crucified by the "liberal media" all week long.

This.


It seems to me that the mass media are creatures of the status quo. Much of the Democratic agent (the parts that have the most trouble getting passed...) are transformative. Whether change is good or bad, the mass media will always try to direct the narrative back to an unchanging (in terms of economics, governance, and power) statist position. (I'm trying to avoid saying "centrist" because that carries of lot of baggage that I think is inaccurate in this context.)
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