Post AVaF2l5aJbPd34FrV2 by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AVaF2gfuj6V9MIDIvo by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:08:26Z
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Turning the purely ratings-driven platforming of a spectacle that only helps the far-right demagogue who once before tried to abolish democracy and constitutional government as a necessary civic service to get Libs and Lefties to leave their echo chambers is utterly cynical and insulting. 1/https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1656813612491501568?s=46&t=1xecvNVImNo8TKt3oEvqnA
(DIR) Post #AVaF2hiQrE6saOOpUm by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:11:35Z
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The claim itself is laughable. No one learned anything new from the Trump town hall. We are about eight years into the Trump-as-leader-of-the-Right experience - there is no journalistic justification for what CNN did. Forget the “exposing him” nonsense: If that actually worked, we wouldn’t be here. 2/
(DIR) Post #AVaF2jOId3C5mWzmOO by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:19:17Z
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This whole affair should serve as a reminder that the mainstream media will not change its approach. It’s futile to keep shouting “Have they learned nothing?!” They evidently haven’t - or, more precisely: They reject the lessons the (small-d) democratic camp wants them to learn. 3/
(DIR) Post #AVaF2l5aJbPd34FrV2 by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:19:37Z
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The mainstream media is not coming to the rescue of American democracy. The struggle against both Trump the person and Trumpism the political formation will have to be won in spite of a media environment that provides fertile ground for this kind of rightwing extremism. 4/
(DIR) Post #AVaF2mrphhbIYzpuLI by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:19:54Z
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The cynical “You need to get out if your silo” spin is also indicative of how pervasive narratives of liberal “echo chambers” and “tribalism” on #BothSides - highly misleading dogmas that do not hold up empirically - are being weaponized in order to justify pseudo-journalism. 5/
(DIR) Post #AVaF2oVZbQz1eXR9vM by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:20:11Z
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Let’s remember this every time we come across an “expert” or pundit who belongs to the sprawling industry that thrives on obscuring rather than clarifying the conflict with such “tribalism” nonsense and prescribes nothing but vacuous “reaching out” gospel. It’s actively harmful. 6/
(DIR) Post #AVaF2q6peONgcNsQdc by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:20:27Z
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The argument is not that the established media should ignore Trump, that he and the forces that have fueled his rise would vanish if we only pretended they didn’t exist. But this wasn’t critical coverage - it was a spectacle staged in accordance with the demagogue’s preferences. 7/
(DIR) Post #AVaF2rh1lIvbWvoqh6 by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T13:20:45Z
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But, again, we have been having this exact debate for many years. At this point, we are looking at a complete inability and/or unwillingness to “learn” - because financial incentives, ideological preferences, and the dogmas of neutrality-theater journalism all point in the same direction. /end
(DIR) Post #AVb3T2fEacjEnGejmC by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-05-12T16:52:46Z
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@tzimmer_history Anderson Cooper telling folks that they MUST listen to both sides is classic CNN bothsidism.By this twisted logic, we are mandated, by a false sense of "fairness", to listen to the manifestos of mass shooters, consider the "good parts" of slavery, and weigh the pros & cons of an anti-democracy movement. Hard pass.Life is short, don't waste it listening to the ravings of a conman funded by Republican billionaire donors.
(DIR) Post #AVb3T3Obrv1b3zsyVE by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-05-12T20:04:40Z
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@Npars01 @tzimmer_history I wonder what Anderson's net worth is. Don't tell me the mainstream press isn't owned.
(DIR) Post #AVb3b53DbDogVrhvIe by dibi58@this.mouse.rocks
2023-05-13T01:22:22Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @tzimmer_history is the son of gloria vanderbilt, so my guess is "a lot"
(DIR) Post #AVbgS0A0JFBQx2Xjlo by Hey_Beth@sfba.social
2023-05-13T03:28:25Z
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@Npars01 @tzimmer_history Yes! And the fact he came right out and said that we must listen because we just don't understand the threat. WTF? We don't understand the threat? Somehow we are so ridiculous that we just forgot about how horrible he is? He's a jackass.
(DIR) Post #AVbgS1EIKmD4GdYg64 by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-05-13T05:43:08Z
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@Hey_Beth @tzimmer_history As Nicolle Wallace said on Deadline White House today, it is typical Republican gaslighting. Shifting the blame to CNN's viewers and not CNN.The American voter needs to break up with its abusive boyfriend, the GOP.
(DIR) Post #AVbgSrCf65njSdC6ls by thepoliticalcat@mstdn.social
2023-05-13T06:03:14Z
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@Hey_Beth @Npars01 @tzimmer_history We, especially the marginalized among us, were warning about the threat in 2015, while our Fourth Estate was yammering about our "paranoia." Just because Anderson lives in a bubble, he mustn't assume the rest of us do. When the shit hits the fan it flies at us first. We KNOW.
(DIR) Post #AVbgTROcX6l1i94APQ by jimpalimpa@mastodon.nu
2023-05-12T19:49:11Z
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@Npars01 @tzimmer_history i agree with you. However, did he actually say that? I heard him say that we can choose to only listen to pls that agree with us/that we agree with or listen to other side, not necessary Trump. But Trump will most certain be GOP president candidate.
(DIR) Post #AVbgTS59ywmjq4y8iO by Hey_Beth@sfba.social
2023-05-13T03:42:33Z
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@jimpalimpa @Npars01 @tzimmer_history In the clip I saw, he said we could go ahead and never watch CNN again, but we needed to understand that about half the country supports Trump, and just because we may want Trump.to go away,we can't stay in silos. Paternalistic crap. They only did this for us because we can't see the threat at hand. 😜
(DIR) Post #AVbgTShRgbPTkosiOG by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-05-13T05:29:00Z
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@Hey_Beth @jimpalimpa @tzimmer_history Anderson Cooper is lying about "half the country voted for Trump"In 2016, Trump only won by 70,000 votes in three states by having Russia microtarget certain counties with disinformation. Trump lost in 2020 by over 7 million votes, this, despite a flawed census and redistricting that turned Democrat counties red through gerrymandering & voter suppression.The percentage of Americans who vote Republican is expected to continue to shrink. 1/2
(DIR) Post #AVbgTTGtYnlZWlT1e4 by DemocracySpot@mstdn.social
2023-05-13T05:38:24Z
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@Npars01 @Hey_Beth @jimpalimpa @tzimmer_history No one talks any more about Paul Manafort passing internal campaign data to Russia via via via for the 3 states Trump won with a combined margin of 70K votes.
(DIR) Post #AVbgTUF9wjyKXff9Zw by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-05-13T05:31:00Z
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2/2Republican voters died in droves during covid because of Trump's incompetence. Women voters & young voters vote Democrat in increasing numbers. Ditto independents.The GOP has to engage in ever escalating intimidation & violence to "win" elections. Republican billionaires spent nearly $900 million on the 2022 midterms & only eked out a 5 seat margin in the House & lost the Senate. "Half of Americans" do not vote for Trump, Anderson Cooper.https://www.cfr.org/blog/2020-election-numbers