My Descent Into The right-wing Media Vortex

[blueseas]

Upon Trump’s win, I consumed only right-wing media for a week, where I learned about “snowflakes,” “self-respecting Nazis,” and the future of our divided country.BY KEN STERNNOVEMBER 23, 2016 12:30 PM

One of the things you will quickly notice, if you are browsing 10 conservative outlets at any given time, is the amazing overlap in coverage, the same story told over and over again. Don’t get me wrong: mainstream media (or M.S.M. as some of the conservative sites refer to it) is plenty fond of pack journalism. But this is different. None of these outlets, with the possible exception of Fox, are news organizations in the ordinary sense. Rather, they are all thinly staffed; most of the “reporters” spend their time cherry-picking information from other sites and even repackaging their own materials. An interview on Breitbart radio, for instance, or a campus appearance by Milo Yiannopoulos gets quickly repackaged as a “news article.” I’m not sure whether this is an efficiency play or an intentional strategy, but it has exponential amplifying effect that affords any old piece of news (if it even is that) outsized importance and credibility.

On the site Townhall, Dennis Prager was making a last appeal to the Never Trumpers to come home and, if not vote for Trump, at least vote against Clinton. Prager himself was hardly a fan of Trump, but he argued that the candidate was a better bet on various conservative policies—ranging from the Supreme Court, abortion, the Second Amendment, immigration, energy, regulatory reform, and so forth—than Clinton. He didn’t display much faith in Trump’s instincts, but he refuted Clinton’s entirely. To those who still have doubts, Prager will admit only one credible argument:


“[Some people say that they] are certain Donald Trump is so psychologically imbalanced that he will jeopardize America and the world. But they have to be certain of this. If they have any doubts, they have to vote for him—because they are certain about Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. And between certitude and incertitude, one must always act on what is certain.”
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[underpants]

1. Voices in the choir

Endless repetition

[blueseas]

2. Yes but we need to keep it in the public eye

Hi

[pansypoo53219]

3. they want the left to be left behind. WHEEEEEEEeeeeeeee!

[Nitram]

4. Media vortex? Pretty dramatic title. The right wing media has been there to experience...

for anyone with the gumption and the curiosity to stomach it. When I returned from 23 years overseas in 1998, I was shocked, then intrigued, and finally sickened by what the right had created on talk radio. I still dip a toe into the filth once in a while just to keep in touch. Like before Obama won the election against Clinton, the right was convinced the whole game was rigged for Clinton to win it. Which may have helped keep attention off Obama long enough for him to get a toehold.