Remember: the over-educated, under-intelligent, otherwise-unemployable low achievers of the upper middle class who work in the failing “legacy media” are desperate to keep their jobs when the intergalactic widgetmakers who now own them want them to return to “profitability” (defined by Jeff Zucker the Fucker as “Donald Trump brings high ratings!”) so they can sell them off.
And thus we get the media coverage of last night at the Democratic National Convention.
Cross posted from Scott Dworkin’s Substack:
Mainstream Media Coverage of Dem Convention is Horrific
For a very brief moment, coverage of Day 1 from the Democratic Convention was up to par—complete with live reporting of the facts and stunning visuals.
Then, overnight, coverage of the evening shifted to a much darker narrative. The Press began to stir up imagined controversies, skewed the facts, and attempted to sow division. All to appease their corporate overlords and further the mainstream media’s pro-Trump agenda.
The NY Times continued pushing Trump’s unhinged lie that Kamala Harris’s nomination is somehow a coup, and printed a headline calling Biden’s legendary oration “The Speech President Biden Never Wanted to Give.”
CNN spun their own web of lies to suggest that Democrats intentionally pushed Biden’s speech out of prime time, when in reality the delay was caused by longer speeches and the crowd’s numerous standing ovations.
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Mainstream Media Coverage of Dem Convention is Horrific
They just can’t help themselves
Aug 20
For a very brief moment, coverage of Day 1 from the Democratic Convention was up to par—complete with live reporting of the facts and stunning visuals.
Then, overnight, coverage of the evening shifted to a much darker narrative. The Press began to stir up imagined controversies, skewed the facts, and attempted to sow division. All to appease their corporate overlords and further the mainstream media’s pro-Trump agenda.
The NY Times continued pushing Trump’s unhinged lie that Kamala Harris’s nomination is somehow a coup, and printed a headline calling Biden’s legendary oration “The Speech President Biden Never Wanted to Give.”
CNN spun their own web of lies to suggest that Democrats intentionally pushed Biden’s speech out of prime time, when in reality the delay was caused by longer speeches and the crowd’s numerous standing ovations.
USA Today ran a ridiculous “story” asking, “Why are there so many empty seats at the DNC?” Showing clips from the very start of the evening, they failed to mention in the headline it was eventually a packed house. So once again, they’re being disingenuous.
The NY Post ran more garbage with titles attacking what they called Biden’s “mangled words.” The Wall Street Journal focused on baseless criticisms of Kamala’s game-changing plan to fight price-gouging, followed by reporting on the Convention.
And then there was this terrible Fox “News” headline: “President Biden goes off script and throws a lifeline to terror supporters during the DNC speech.”
So here’s a few facts we need to put out there: the speech was amazing, the protestors were far away, and there were no “terror-supporters.” There were a lot of protesters at the Republican convention, but of course Fox “News” would never cover that fairly.
These, and so many more hit pieces that came out, are nothing but opinion masked as news. Instead of covering any of the stellar speeches from a rockstar cast and the constant massive crowd energy, we saw the Press use this as an opportunity to land one more low blow on Biden. And it’s nothing but pathetic malpractice.
As we enter day 2 of the Democratic Convention, I fully expect to see a lot more trash coming from the Press. But we won’t let them get away with it.
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The New York Times, the Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, USA Today and the rest of them are now The Enemy and should be treated as such.
That’s Another Fine Mess is a lot more truthful than the Sulzberger Sniper or the Bezos Bugle. And cheaper! Only $7/month or $70/year.
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One of my best friends is a Delegate. Due to security (protesters blocking roads) it took the huge caravan of delegate busses a couple of hours to get everyone delivered. I was getting her real-time updates.
Last night was incredible. And it's only day 1. The MSM can jump off the Chicago Pier.
In addition, PBS Newshour ran a report over the weekend and again on Monday about the 1968 convention and how this one isn’t “likely” to be a violent repeat. Funny, they didn’t dredge up the ‘68 convention in 2020, or 2016, or 2012, or—well, you get the point. I still watch PBS out of “best of a bad lot” despair but my level of trust is significantly lower than it was a few years ago.