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2016 Postmortem

TwilightZone

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1. And the media that he's belonged to for decades had a lot to do with that.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 09:22 PM

Nov 2016

He mentioned the media, almost in passing, but they deserve much more blame for the tone of the campaign than he seems willing to acknowledge. They also gave Trump a couple billion in free advertising.

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Veteran news anchor Bob Schieffer: Presidential election was a 'stain on everything and everyone' [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

And the media that he's belonged to for decades had a lot to do with that. TwilightZone Nov 2016 #1

Yeah, sure Bob. You tell 'em. pangaia Nov 2016 #2

Agreed! Even "liberal" MSNBC interupted Bernie speeches frequently for the facist RiverStone Nov 2016 #4

And gave Trump a frequest, often daily, platform on Dead Intern Joe's show TwilightZone Nov 2016 #5

Gee, maybe if someone connected with the media Retrograde Nov 2016 #3

uhhh, bob? 3 billion dollars worth of free coverage for der drumpfenfuhrer, and WHO was responsible niyad Nov 2016 #6