In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent asks why the media is obsessing over Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke while largely ignoring allegations of Trump’s sexual assaults. Plus: Republicans prepare to cry election fraud.
Incorrect. It’s big media’s job is to support the system, to generally keep the status quo. Any time they move beyond this, it’s on purpose to line up with current regime or the desires of the owners. They also will move away from status quo when people are getting riled up and need to be calmed down through superficial actions made to make you think something is being done.
Cue the obligatory unending lede story about an immigrant/black/trans person committing a crime. It’s like spinning the wheel on the price is right. A suspected criminal doesn’t even need to fit the category— they’ll shoe-horn it in for you.
Racism and bigotry are useful any time the Epstein chatter increases online, or a school shooting happens, or republicans start a war, or rich white boys are caught raping again…etc.
Because the media’s job is to support a right wing regime.
Incorrect. It’s big media’s job is to support the system, to generally keep the status quo. Any time they move beyond this, it’s on purpose to line up with current regime or the desires of the owners. They also will move away from status quo when people are getting riled up and need to be calmed down through superficial actions made to make you think something is being done.
Cue the obligatory unending lede story about an immigrant/black/trans person committing a crime. It’s like spinning the wheel on the price is right. A suspected criminal doesn’t even need to fit the category— they’ll shoe-horn it in for you.
Racism and bigotry are useful any time the Epstein chatter increases online, or a school shooting happens, or republicans start a war, or rich white boys are caught raping again…etc.