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In reply to the discussion: One of the first mistakes by the media... [View all]CBHagman
(16,984 posts)36. And though reporters did cover Trump's very public decades-long record of racism...
...the fact that Trump had been made a celebrity on several levels thanks both to media coverage and reality TV shows that racism wasn't a deal-breaker. Money, maleness, and making a name for nothing other than flashiness and fame seem to have carried him through.
And to this day the media is still to a large degree struggling over its coverage of him.
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Now imagine a major advertiser like BP or McDonalds telling Moonface they don't want certain
Dustlawyer
Dec 2020
#35
Excellent point although he was forced out - they all work for corporate interests and profits
malaise
Dec 2020
#38
Like institutional racism, there is so much else in our society that favors affluent white men.
thucythucy
Dec 2020
#11
K&R, when the media in the US hyper focused on an issue and kept talking about it for weeks Red Don
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#12
The OP and others want cheerleaders who put their thumb down on their side of the scale.
BannonsLiver
Dec 2020
#46
And though reporters did cover Trump's very public decades-long record of racism...
CBHagman
Dec 2020
#36
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Nearly every conversation I have with a MAZI the fact Red Don is a failed
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#45
The divisive language was one of the things that made their stories about tRump so popular.
NoRoadUntravelled
Dec 2020
#43