2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumInternet Portals Are In Full Pro-GOP Mode
Has anyone taken a look at supposedly neutral portals like Yahoo or even supposedly liberal leaning sites like MSNBC. In the month leading to the election, Republicans are largely ignored unless they are attacking Democrats and the leads are primarily focused on pumping up the GOP. For example, today Yahoo has:
1. Kashkari aims to rebrand GOP in gubernatorial bid.
2. What the GOP Will Do If It Wins Congress
3. A Republican wave
4. Poll: Voters say they would most like to kick California out of the U.S.
5. The Real Reason Your Doctor Dislikes Obamacare
6. Obama Offers Amnesty And Evasions To Latino Caucus
The links to these stories? The New York Post, Examiner, Wochit?
Even MSNBC tends to simply parrot back memes pushed by more overtly right wing sites and no longer featuring stories talking about the huge amounts of outside money flowing into battleground states like Alaska and Kentucky in corporate America's bid to buy back the Senate.
At one time, the internet offered an alternative to corporate media narratives, but now with the growth of sponsored content, real news has fallen victim to thinly disguised corporate propaganda.
abbeyco
(1,555 posts)on voting day, I'll be laughing my ass off at all of 'em. I honestly do not think that there's a snowball's chance in hell that the republics will be gaining ground.
I could be wrong but I think the 'major' news outlets have to be buttering their own bread on this one.
mojowork_n
(2,354 posts)Not just the web. News on NPR has really deteriorated, too.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)and the secret black box vote "counters" deliver the expected results
(DEMS lose).