The Washington Post refused to endorse Harris during the Presidential race, fearing retribution if Trump ended up winning.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski made a trip to Mar-A-Lago to bend the knee to Trump out of fear of retribution for their coverage of Trump during his political career.
ABC just opted to cough up $15 million and forced George Stephonopolous to apologize to Trump for simply reporting a judge’s statements that Trump had raped E. Jean Carroll, out of fear of having to battle through a rigged court system and concerns over political and legislative retribution. Let that sink in.
Numerous independent media sources have become significantly more Trump-friendly since Trump became President-elect, largely out of being made an example of, and fear of being caught in a legal battle they don’t have the resources to fight through even if they system wasn’t rigged in Trump’s favor.
The “truth” is now whatever Trump says it is. He has already forced ABC into submission and has threatened investigations and criminal charges against others, which he absolutely has the power to follow through with. Emboldened by the ABC settlement, he has already filed lawsuits and threatened criminal investigations and charges against others. Do you honestly think that any other media outlet is going to report objective truth under those conditions, knowing the risks of angering Trump and knowing he has the ability to follow through on his threats?
I’m not sure which independent outlets you’re referring to, so I’ll ignore that part. The rest of your comment is about the behavior of corporate media. They have always sucked off whoever’s in power. That’s what they’re there for.
We already have. Those who get their news from mainstream tv networks and corporate owned newspapers are already consuming corporate propaganda. Social networks are also compromised by foreign entities, bots, and billionaires and have become echo chambers.
So fascism it is. The first step is always to control the media and propagandize the whole population and cement their control over the narrative.
Right. It’s harder now, because we see it coming and have other outlets… but will we just let it happen? I’m thinking probably.
Not for long we don’t.
The Washington Post refused to endorse Harris during the Presidential race, fearing retribution if Trump ended up winning.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski made a trip to Mar-A-Lago to bend the knee to Trump out of fear of retribution for their coverage of Trump during his political career.
ABC just opted to cough up $15 million and forced George Stephonopolous to apologize to Trump for simply reporting a judge’s statements that Trump had raped E. Jean Carroll, out of fear of having to battle through a rigged court system and concerns over political and legislative retribution. Let that sink in.
Numerous independent media sources have become significantly more Trump-friendly since Trump became President-elect, largely out of being made an example of, and fear of being caught in a legal battle they don’t have the resources to fight through even if they system wasn’t rigged in Trump’s favor.
The “truth” is now whatever Trump says it is. He has already forced ABC into submission and has threatened investigations and criminal charges against others, which he absolutely has the power to follow through with. Emboldened by the ABC settlement, he has already filed lawsuits and threatened criminal investigations and charges against others. Do you honestly think that any other media outlet is going to report objective truth under those conditions, knowing the risks of angering Trump and knowing he has the ability to follow through on his threats?
I’m not sure which independent outlets you’re referring to, so I’ll ignore that part. The rest of your comment is about the behavior of corporate media. They have always sucked off whoever’s in power. That’s what they’re there for.
Outlets…. As in ways to share info.
We already have. Those who get their news from mainstream tv networks and corporate owned newspapers are already consuming corporate propaganda. Social networks are also compromised by foreign entities, bots, and billionaires and have become echo chambers.
What else is left?
Those suicide booths look amazingly comfortable. I wonder if they have a color option that would go well with my couch.
Talking to other people?
Whoa there!