Will the mainstream media ever face its failure to tell the truth about Jan. 6?

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Will the mainstream media ever face its failure to tell the truth about Jan. 6?
Media voices proclaimed that Trump was a buffoon who could never stage a coup. Now they just want us to forget

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 5, 2021 9:57AM


(Salon) Ayear or so ago, many or most of the professional smart people in the mainstream news media felt certain that Donald Trump and his allies would not attempt a coup. Those of us who warned that Trump would do anything to stay in power were described as hysterical or alarmist, and suffering from "Trump derangement syndrome."

We were told that Republicans, for all their bad behavior, were patriots who loved America, and that Trump himself was too ignorant, too disorganized and too incompetent to succeed in overturning an election.

After Jan. 6, those who denied that such a thing was imaginable were made to look like adults who believe in Santa Claus. More important, Trump's coup was not defeated. Its ringleaders and organizers are not in jail, but are walking free and overtly planning for a more successful attempt next time.

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How have many of the gatekeepers of approved public discourse in America responded to the events of Jan. 6 and the continuing attacks on American democracy? For the most part, by throwing their huge mistake down the memory hole. The boldest among them now present themselves as full-throated defenders of American democracy, claiming that they actually warned the country and the world about Trump's imminent coup attempt.

They simply hope that the public is not paying attention. To watch this public rewrite of American history in real time is something like seeing a TV series recast a prominent character with a new actor in the middle of a season, while pretending that nothing has changed. Given the limited attention span of the American people at large, this ploy may work. ..........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/10/05/will-the-mainstream-media-ever-face-its-failure-to-tell-the-truth-about-jan-6/

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Mainstream/corporate means NBC, CBS, ABC, AP, Reuters to me.

When did they report accurately or fairly when the TFFG and company lied through their teeth about the Iraq WMDs? Lied and lied and lied America into a fake war, for personal glory…and control of oil reserves? Corporation helping corporation.

Still waiting for their reporting on their own false and purposeful warmongering propaganda.

Isn’t obvious by now? The enemies are all , they are all domestic, plus Russia?

[Botany]

2. "Its ringleaders and organizers are not in jail, but are walking free planning for a more ....

... attempt next time."

Yup! lock 'em up. Trump, Bannon, Jenny Thomas, Stephen Miller, Mo Brooks, and so on.

[jimfields33]

3. They control the message so never!

[Scrivener7]

4. Short answer: No.

[Jim__]

5. If Trump gets back into power, the media will pay.

Last time he threatened the media with censorship. If he gets back in, he will definitely censor the media.