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Originally Posted by nik-
Can we stop this canard that the media let Trump get away with the crap he said? If people are still clinging to this, they're just being purposely blind to it.
It not having an effect is not the same as it not being reported. His crap was constantly in the media. Photon was basically chain posting news articles about terrible things he did/had done constantly for weeks.
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No, we can't, because it was unprecedented in election history. Trump did and said more than enough to be disqualified from office, but the media did not do their job and hold his feet, nor the Republican Party to fire. They reported it, but did. It frame it with the same level of consternation that they did when they reported Clinton's issues. Trump was treated as a clown with little chance. They treated him as if he wasn't a serious candidate nor vetted him they way they should have. They didn't make a big enough deal about the information he failed to provide (taxes for example) nor put any significant pressure on the candidate to comply. The news divisions were outperformed by the late night shows and that speaks to the failures in the media. To me, comments like this show how desensitized we've become to lies and corruption from the powerful and think it's okay they follow their own rules. It shows how happy most are with an infotainment media rather than an informative media. This is another one of those fascinating outcomes of a very strange election cycle. Not only did the electorate select a fascist, but they are now demanding we defend his behaviors from a compliant media. Very strange indeed.