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2016 Postmortem

Madam45for2923

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29. In America the Media is a problem!

Reply to AgadorSparticus (Reply #28)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 11:24 AM

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Fake news is a convenient scapegoat, but the big 2016 problem was the real news [View all] kentuck Dec 2016 OP

i'd file the email, benghazi, and clinton foundation stories under fake news as well. unblock Dec 2016 #1

And, of course, they have to tell "both sides." Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #9

I agree with the fact that the MSM failed, but with the numbers so close Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #2

But it was the "real news" that got it close to begin with... kentuck Dec 2016 #3

Again, I agree. I just think we also need to consider and try to combat Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #5

Absolutely! kentuck Dec 2016 #7

This is the problem with Dems. I can't tell you the number of BS chain emails Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #8

They have little regard for other people's feelings. kentuck Dec 2016 #14

That doesn't correlate with the election results though. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #13

Airtime was the single biggest factor underpants Dec 2016 #4

exactly. interesting that she had big leads in the polls after the conventions and debates. unblock Dec 2016 #10

The. TV Media Made a God out of Trump McKim Dec 2016 #25

there were many things that went wrong. one is 8 year incumbency of one party La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #6

the gnewz trying to make their failure to expose RUMP + FELLATING him instead pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #11

Nonsense it all boils down to not enough dems voting Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #12

The media affects voter turn-out. The media affects American opinion on voter suppression and JCanete Dec 2016 #16

Well it's easy ignore the conservative media and vote for the Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #17

still focusing on symptoms. If that's where you want to spend your energy, fine, but people aren't JCanete Dec 2016 #19

It seems that you see lack of voting as a symptom Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #22

but registered democrats come in a range of packages...a wide fucking range of packages. The media JCanete Dec 2016 #23

Well the dems have been using this model of the voting Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #24

YES! The only thing is that we keep thinking the media is shitty just because. Or maybe because JCanete Dec 2016 #15

They spent 3 time the number of hours on email than all other issues... fuck the M$M uponit7771 Dec 2016 #18

Its nice to be on the same page once in a while. Don't you think its time though, that we say JCanete Dec 2016 #20

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #21

I think they didn't know they were playing with fire. BayouBengal07 Dec 2016 #26

While fake news may not have been responsible for the result... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #27

I have been saying this repeatedly that it is a news problem. AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #28

In America the Media is a problem! Madam45for2923 Dec 2016 #29

Years ago, I traveled oversees and was shocked to see the difference in news content AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #30

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