re: #247 ObserverArt

I still think the big media is driven by dollar bills and they go for the easiest way to get them. That seems to be by not choosing a side and hyping the conflict between them.

Trump was way more controversial than Clinton. Even everyone saying they were covering him too much was probably seen by media as a good thing. In a way I think they see a ton of negative comments about Trump as fertile ground to be mined. If millions are complaining well then they much be watching.

I think the last two weeks were a great example. Democrats created a fairly big stir over Kavanaugh so we got to see and hear a lot about the Democrats.

Now that Kavanaugh is elected, we are back seeing the Republicans again. They are the winners and they pissed off the Democrats. Controversy.

In other words, things are all out of whack, but that is what the media apparently wants to focus on.

Dollar making doesn’t appear to be about being right or doing the right thing for the big media. That probably doesn’t get the eyes they need.

But that’s the thing: they do consistently choose sides. They continue to keep doing so, they continue to give GOP far more facetime and ink, and continually give them the benefit of the doubt, time and time again, and when they do report on their misdeeds, they memoryhole them a week after if not days after. Dems almost never get space except to slam them for what liars they have to be and how much Real America hates them, and any misdeeds reported dog those Dems even months beyond when they bow out of politics because of course Dems would be the only ones to pay a political price for ever screwing up, ever.

It’s gone beyond simple dollars at this point: they continue to privilege conservatives and Republicans because they’ve internalized the ‘liberal media’ bullshit and feel they must do extra hippie-punching to make up for their original sins.

Even focus on Dems during Kavanaugh was almost wholly negative and treating Dems with disdain and suspicion for daring to question a nominee like it was the first time a SC nom was politicized ever.