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In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with our 'messaging'? [View all]Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)The horrific dumpster fire of Trumpism has been normalized, while any misstep by Democrats (or difficulties in getting past Republican obstructionism) is trumpeted in the MSM as evidence that we are the party that is in disarray.
The "messaging" is being filtered by media corporations that long ago abandoned responsible journalism for shareholder profits, chasing after clicks with shallow sensationalism. The public is in dire need of being informed about the real threats to their well being and their children's future -- and that's the message our Democratic leadership is constantly trying to get across -- but that's not the story the MSM wants to tell.
It's not easy to govern when nearly half the country is insane and far too many in "the middle" don't want to hear inconvenient truths or make any perceived sacrifices in taking necessary action to prevent environmental, economic, and public health calamities.
Perhaps there are better ways to break through the obstacles cited above, but we will not succeed by turning into the other side with lies and vile propaganda. Democrats are held to a different set of rules, and the sane course of action will never be implemented from inside that asylum.