2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)This is how the US television media outlets stifle the truth about Donald Trump & anything else [View all]
It's very simple. They stifle the truth by giving equal time to liars. They blatantly allow liars an equal opportunity platform with which to overshadow the truth.
In 5 easy steps, here is what they do numerous times per day on their so-called news shows:
Example:
1) CNN anchor tells the viewing audience that someone said Trump committed an atrocity ... and then turns it over to the panelists, 1 Democrat and 1 Republican.
2) The Democrat panelist proceeds to prove that Trump is indeed guilty of the atrocity by using facts to prove his or her point.
3) The Republican panelist explains how Trump didn't commit any such atrocity by lying through his or her teeth.
4) The two panelists argue back and forth for a minute or two while the news anchor sits there twiddling his or her thumbs.
5) The news anchor eventually interrupts them, thanks them both for their time, and cuts away to a commercial.
The viewers are left sitting at home with the notion that Trump may or may not be guilty of any wrongdoing, just by virtue of the media giving liars an equal amount of time to stifle the truth with lies.
This is not only WRONG, it is extremely dangerous.