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Friday, March 18th, 2016

The dirty secret of conservative journalism is that little of it constitutes journalism

Author:     Eric Boehlert
Source:     Salon
Publication Date:     Thursday, Mar 17, 2016 01:45 AM PDT
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Stephan:   I have been thinking a lot over the past months about the role of the media in this election. What got me started was the obvious corporate decision to not cover Bernie Sanders -- it was so blatant one had to be pretty dim not to notice it. In the same vein we are all experiencing the outrageous over-coverage of Donald Trump. That led me to think about the parallel universes that have grown up in the country, the Republicans and everyone else, and the differences in their very separate medias, one more or less fact based and the other essentially a kind of a reality show in a fanstasy world. This is not a partisan statement. On the basis of data Republican media is less factual and as a result those who consume it are notably ignorant or misinformed. This report discusses some of these issues.
Conservative pseudo-journalists

Conservative pseudo-journalists

Two data points from early in the week: President Obama currently enjoys some of the highest approval ratings of his second term, while the conservative media shit show surrounding Donald Trump descends into a Hunger Games-like round of final elimination.

And yes, there’s something deeply poetic about that contrast.

It’s ironic because when Obama was first elected, the conservative media, including key outposts such as Breitbart, hoped they were going to check his every move. They were going to break his presidency. Instead, the only thing broken these days is the spirit of most of the conservative press as Trump stands poised to run away with the Republican nomination and conservative commentators form a circular firing squad lamenting the party’s future, as well as Trump’s potential November loss.

The recent breakdown at Breitbart News is just the latest dumpster fire drawing attention. The site continues to implode in public view after feverishly pro-Trump editors failed to adequately defend reporter Michelle Fields when she was reportedly grabbed by Trump’s campaign manager while […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Friday, March 18, 2016 at 7:29 pm

    It is not just the news media outlets; it is the DNC that is afraid of Bernie Sanders. They do not want him because they want Hillary who is more controllable; to do their bidding, whereas Sanders is not. I thought, as many others did that Hillary’s husband was more like a republican than a democrat, and I fear that she will be even worse for our economy and the poor. Bernie Sanders is the only one who even mentions the plight of the poor.