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Quiet Em

(1,523 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:37 AM Jan 23

It's pretty easy for Authoritarians to take hold when the media willingly goes along with them.

And that's happening right now.

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It's pretty easy for Authoritarians to take hold when the media willingly goes along with them. (Original Post) Quiet Em Jan 23 OP

Because it's good for ratings Diraven Jan 23 #1

Trump cultivates relationships with billionaires; the people who own all the major outlets in the US. patphil Jan 23 #2

The media is dropping like flies. WTF. Initech Jan 23 #3

Our "media" has been dead for over 3 decades. Basso8vb Jan 23 #4

I stopped watching CNN AverageJoe Jan 23 #5

Because they are... 2naSalit Jan 23 #6

Exactly Blue_Tires Jan 23 #7

Diraven

(1,202 posts)

1. Because it's good for ratings

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:38 AM

Jan 23

And profits. Truth and justice are money losers.

patphil

(7,339 posts)

2. Trump cultivates relationships with billionaires; the people who own all the major outlets in the US.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:42 AM

Jan 23

They will support him as long as it's financially beneficial for them to do so.

Initech

(103,300 posts)

3. The media is dropping like flies. WTF.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:45 AM

Jan 23

Basso8vb

(640 posts)

4. Our "media" has been dead for over 3 decades.

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Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:52 AM

Jan 23

AverageJoe

(2,366 posts)

5. I stopped watching CNN

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Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:15 PM

Jan 23

after they failed to report that W. assumed power as the result of a soft coup d'état perpetrated by the SCOTUS. Never went back. MSNBC has been my lifeline in recent years, but the Morning Joe debacle, compounded by the fact that the show is still being broadcast, has made it hard for me to the network seriously anymore. This sucks and we are in trouble.

2naSalit

(94,915 posts)

6. Because they are...

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:41 PM

Jan 23

Owned by the oligarchs, what did you expect?

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)

7. Exactly

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 01:18 PM

Jan 23

That's why the normalization of Donnie was the beginning of the end for all of us

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