08-02-2017, 10:27 AM
(08-02-2017, 07:26 AM)hollodero Wrote: No. The reason for that is that while I do believe the media was very critical of Trump and increasingly so, being critical of Trump does not equal being in bed with Hillary. I consider that bridge too far.
I started tuning into your media only as soon as Trump was increasingly likely to be nominated. I saw quite the reports of the Email scandal too (whcih is a scandal and should be quite disqualifying for office too, in my view, but I'm not sure if everyone agrees on that). What I also saw was a lot, and I mean a lot of Trump coverage, everytime he spoke, snored or raised his finger the cameras would show it live. The left gives MSM quite a lot of blame for the election losss because of that unproportional coverage, and I do feel they have a point there.
Personally, while MSNBC sure is left-leaning, I wouldn't consider CNN as particularly pro-Democrat. Just increasingly anti-Trump, from a journalistic standpoint I can understand that, but again those two things are not the same for me.
I also need to comment on this, because something that is ignored a lot with the talking point about the media is the amount of negative coverage Clinton got in the MSM. The coverage of Clinton was more negative than positive as well and many of the outlets did a lot to hurt her in the election.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
