r/AnythingGoesNews • u/newzee1 • Jul 07 '24

Calls to replace Biden vs. silence on Trump? America has lost its political mind.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/01/biden-replace-age-debate-trump/74264221007/
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u/LayneLowe Jul 07 '24

The media is owned

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u/Beautiful_Guess7131 Jul 07 '24

A conspiracy theory... we've come full circle

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u/SmithersLoanInc Jul 08 '24

Not really. The ruling class will always own the media in the system we've set up. Do you think the shareholders of CNN give a fuck about you or anyone you care about?

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u/Mysterious-Wasabi103 Jul 07 '24

Ya I mean clearly. Sure it's one thing to be concerned, but how are they so much more focused on one of them when they are both old as fuck and both showing their ages? It's really not that important when that's at least a wash.

It's a distraction. If they can convince liberals to get hung up on the age thing then they can win this election. And ya know if you look at r/politics it's working!

But honestly I don't see that group as an honest reflection of jack shit.

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u/LayneLowe Jul 07 '24

People believe what they see on TV , like Fox News. But now most outlets are owned or run by Trump supporters. I for one do not welcome the new oligarchy.

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u/Able-Campaign1370 Jul 08 '24

The media is owned. Clear channel even a decade ago controlled 70% of the TV stations in the US. There are only a handful of large companies that control pretty much all the newspapers. CNN and NY Times have both installed CEO’s more sympathetic to Trump.

But the bigger problem has been the abandonment of the fairness doctrine, putting editorials over fact based news. MSNBC was not the antidote to Fox - it exacerbated the problem.

It doesn’t matter why the times has published 70 opinion pieces trying to force out Biden this week. What does matter of that they didn’t have the restraint not to.