The two big reveals during the election-the corruptness of the press and the hate spewed at Trump voters.
The press as we know it is history. I was a journalism major many moons ago for about a year. I respected journalists; back then the only thing I knew about anything outside my bubble was through the press. I felt they were the most powerful, influential people in the world. No mas. On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 2:02:23 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > Agreed Kam! Moreover, I don't think, at least for me, that we had a true > handle on how deep and so thoroughly infiltrated the corruption is between > the Elitist Establishment media, the lobbyists/Wall Street; and the DC > Beltway crony politicians! "I/We" knew it existed, but just not to the > level that has now been exposed! > > I also don't think that the mainstream media will ever be trusted again; > or at least until there's some attempt to correct the problem. No matter, > it's damaged and will take a while for that correction to take place, if it > ever does. > > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Kamakazee <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> You’d think that Trump’s victory – the one we all discounted too far in >> advance – would lead to a certain newfound humility in the political press. >> But of course that’s not how it works. To us, speaking broadly, our >> diagnosis was still basically correct. The demons were just stronger than >> we realized. >> >> This is all a “whitelash,” you see. Trump voters are racist and sexist, >> so there must be more racists and sexists than we realized. Tuesday night’s >> outcome was not a *logic-driven rejection of a deeply flawed candidate >> named Clinton* >> <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-privately-concedes-in-phone-call-to-donald-trump/>; >> >> no, it was a primal scream against fairness, equality, and progress. Let >> the new tantrums commence! >> That’s the fantasy, the idea that if we mock them enough, call them >> racist enough, they’ll eventually shut up and get in line. It’s similar to >> how media Twitter works, a system where people who dissent from the proper >> framing of a story are attacked by mobs of smugly incredulous pundits. >> Journalists exist primarily in a world where people can get shouted down >> and disappear, which informs our attitudes toward all disagreement. >> >> >> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-the-unbearable-smugness-of-the-press-presidential-election-2016/ >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
