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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
Have you been to the Canadian Federal Politics thread? It's literally the exact opposite. I always find it amusing on how different the two threads string along.
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Originally Posted by Illuminaughty
No I haven't actually. This thread offers so much entertainment. The whole triggered by Trump community is comedy gold.
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Soooo... the
Forum isn't left leaning after all? This
thread skews left solely because of the crazy stuff that Trump does... its bizarre how Trump made hay with his base with catchy phrases like "Lying Ted" and "Crooked Hillary" and yet he is the biggest Liar and is clearly going to line his pockets via conflict of interest and major tax cuts that he's going to enact....
I sort of had some sympathy for Trump supporters for getting duped... but they're like a dog with a bone: they can't admit that he's screwed them over... so i am hoping that Trump does enact everything that he promised as I feel that's the only way to reset the system...Maybe a Trump Kleptocracy will finally slap the GOP base in the face...
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Originally Posted by Illuminaughty
Because her track record in government has been pretty terrible. She's a horrible person and shouldn't be anywhere near a position of power. Same with Trump for what it's worth.
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I'd like to know specifics on why Hillary is a horrible person? What exactly has she done to make you feel this way? Same for Bill Clinton... as far as I can tell one of the country's most prosperous periods occurred under his watch...but boy, do the GOP base hiss and wail at him? Its like he's their political anti-christ
Now as far as media bias goes, here's a article from WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.7ab1dde2baee
and before you dismiss it because its WaPo, Forbes (who i don't think one can label as "left wing media" also reviewed the study...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bretted.../#25a27c6d3202
Finally here's the study from Harvard that the article was based on:
https://shorensteincenter.org/pre-pr...inton-sanders/
this was pre-primary... the full, post election study is here:
https://shorensteincenter.org/news-c...uding_Thoughts
cole's notes version:
In fact, the study argues, “[t]he real bias of the press is not that it’s liberal. Its bias is a decided preference for the negative…. The mainstream press highlights what’s wrong with politics without also telling us what’s right.... Civility and sound proposals are no longer the stuff of headlined.”
This negative bias inadvertently benefits Republicans. “[T]he media’s persistent criticism of government reinforces the right wing’s anti-government message.” By highlighting what goes wrong in government, journalists “create[] a seedbed of public anger, misperception, and anxiety” which savvy politicians like Donald Trump can exploit. For 30 years, stories criticizing politicians have soured the public’s view of government. “It’s gotten to the point,” says Joe Klein, “where the toughest story for a … reporter to write about a politician is a positive story.”
I'd certainly welcome any scholarly studies that provide a basis for the "left wing media bias" that the Right always cite... Unless of course you write this off as a "left wing academic bias"...
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