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No one is trying to take away free speech or expression,
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Insert Trump tweets about flag burning, shows being cancelled, and berating journalists.
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I'd like to know why you think you know who should be mocked and lampooned and who should not.
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Everyone can be mocked...that's the point
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In fact if SNL and Hollywood in general (not to mention 90% of the press) had taken a balanced approach to Bernie, Hillary and Trump the election very well might have turned out very different. But instead Trump was relentlessly attacked Hillary was treated like a saint in comparison. Hillary was THE chosen candidate, there was no way she could lose. This permeated nearly every form of media sans a few voices in the wilderness.
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Well...Trumps behaviour was all kinds of outrageous...
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This alienated many voters because human nature says people don't like to be told they are horrible people if they don't like Hillary Clinton. People don't like to be told they are racist scum because they agree with Trump's "America first" speeches.
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I totally agree with you here...blanketing people with traits (e.g. racism) because they disagree with your choice of candidate...is bigotry, counter-productive and stupid
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The very media you are defending to this day are a big reason Trump won. But for some reason you want the likes of SNL to continue on, why?
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I'm not defending the media's performance...they stank and because of the sensationalism that sells ads they dropped their role in a liberal democracy.
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Also, somehow it has been forgotten that the job of the media is to report the news not shape it.
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Agreed