06-19-2022, 02:38 PM
(06-15-2022, 10:20 AM)hollodero Wrote: Overall, yeah "I" knew and that's why "I" left out the hearings and kept to a summary. Doesn't mean I also don't care about democracy. You paint it as though everyone not watching the hearings in length doesn't care about any of that, but that imho is a faulty conclusion.
Somewhat late, but yesterday's news drove me back to your post.
A quick note on the above:
I don't think you care less about democracy than I do.
And I suspect you agree with me that the Trump presidency was uniquely degraded and dangerous,
and that its legacy continues in "election integrity" laws and the media wars over the significance of 1/6. It's not over.
So I know you understand my concern that lack of interest in the hearings may in fact indicate lack of interest in
the current crisis of democracy. Early attempts to assess that tendency don't commit to the claim that "everyone not watching . . . doesn't care."
Last night Brian Stelter referred to polls showing that Fox ratings went DOWN when that network broadcast the hearing and ratings for MSM outlets went UP when they did. (Remember what I have said in the past about the ASYMMETRY of MSM and RWM.) So that doesn't leave me entirely hopeless.