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JohnSJ

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24. It comes from the commentary within these news reports. That has been a large part of

Tue Aug 6, 2024, 09:36 AM

Aug 2024

the problem since the Communications Act of 1996. Besides the media monopolies, much of the news embeds commentary within the reporting of the news, where it because muddled what is news and what is commentary.

I saw the characterization of Walz as coming from the left from Bloomberg and MSNBC hosts.

and that characterization is not accurate

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The press in general is out there pushing that the Walz pick is a shift to the left. [View all] JohnSJ Aug 2024 OP

But we need more than the left sunnybrook Aug 2024 #1

It gives the blunt truth oxygen and allows the VP candidate to use a bully pulpit of sorts. bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #7

Most of the Haley voters were never going to vote for Harris. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #13

THIS!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2024 #28

Yup FHRRK Aug 2024 #69

There are Haley voters organizing for Harris. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #23

Try some reality Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #26

This is going to do a LOT to get younger voters to vote. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2024 #34

Prove it Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #53

The votes we need aren't between the 40 yard lines. nt Gore1FL Aug 2024 #58

Oh, horrors! Press is gonna get baked this fall too! bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #2

We already have the Haley voters. ananda Aug 2024 #3

No, they really didn't. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #15

And? So? Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #32

Feeding kids! RandySF Aug 2024 #4

Is his middle name Marx or something? hibbing Aug 2024 #88

I don't see much daylight between Walz and Biden. RandySF Aug 2024 #92

What press is that? Kaleva Aug 2024 #5

This is false Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #6

Walz is no moderate- except perhaps on guns, he's to the left of Harris Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #37

He's gotten significant Republican support for half of that Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #42

Center geographically perhaps, but not ideologically Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #52

You should make this its own OP geardaddy Aug 2024 #91

He's a perfect progressive. His issues are to the left. And that's perfect! jimfields33 Aug 2024 #61

A bit over the top dpibel Aug 2024 #108

If anything, it signals the opposite Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #8

Good grief. I hope she doesn't do that. She is a liberal candidate and must embrace it. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #65

She's already moved right on immigration Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #68

RIGHT!!! Too many allowed their Overton window to shift for ratings uponit7771 Aug 2024 #9

Who cares? TwilightZone Aug 2024 #10

Plus, there will be only one poll that matters in 2024 Wednesdays Aug 2024 #82

I looked at a few dozen headlines. Didn't see any saying this was a shift to the left. Kaleva Aug 2024 #11

On MSNBC, Bloomberg, etc. commentators are pushing that line, which is right out of the JohnSJ Aug 2024 #20

That doesn't qualify as " the press in general" Kaleva Aug 2024 #25

Really. Watch in the following days, not only on the various news outlets, but especially JohnSJ Aug 2024 #38

How about providing links to example that'd back up your claim Kaleva Aug 2024 #46

It is hystreical because Walz is a moderate obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #12

I know. That is the frustration. They are effectively embedding republican commentary JohnSJ Aug 2024 #41

Everything is relative, this is just a statement on how far right the corporate media is on the political spectrum Uncle Joe Aug 2024 #78

The corporate media is SHIT. Period. Deek1935 Aug 2024 #14

What corporate media, give an example. Just don't throw your opinion out there as fact. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #19

Do you have the bandwidth for the hundreds of examples Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #35

What the heck! NYT Editorial from 9 years ago? Fla Dem Aug 2024 #40

+1000 Celerity Aug 2024 #76

What press? Major Newspapers? Major TV Channels other than FOX News? MSNBC, CNN? Fla Dem Aug 2024 #16

It comes from the commentary within these news reports. That has been a large part of JohnSJ Aug 2024 #24

Feeding children isn't leftwing, but being opposed to it is weird ck4829 Aug 2024 #17

Shitheel Jake Tapper tried this line a few days ago Prairie Gates Aug 2024 #18

Walz shores up the youth vote. He's a Progressive. MaryMagdaline Aug 2024 #21

THIS. The party is finally waking up, yardwork Aug 2024 #50

Yes. I believe Bernie voters should be happy. MaryMagdaline Aug 2024 #62

Left is what the USA and Democracy need. Kid Berwyn Aug 2024 #22

And??? edisdead Aug 2024 #27

This country needs a shift to the left. yardwork Aug 2024 #29

Doesn't matter, he's a communicator of a sort we maybe haven't had in the party JCMach1 Aug 2024 #30

I have watched CNN for a total of maybe five minutes in the past year Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #31

He is a shift to the left - which shores up the base. Safe pick, and a good one. nt TBF Aug 2024 #33

Thing is, Walz looks like most of the white wingers I've known in my life. Might be hard to tag him with "leftist." Silent Type Aug 2024 #36

The vp generally doesn't have much of a say in policy unblock Aug 2024 #39

Bernie and the progressive caucus support him. Emile Aug 2024 #43

You need every vote you can get, especially with the electoral college JohnSJ Aug 2024 #44

After moderates killed the public option for Emile Aug 2024 #45

Not if you want to win the general election. You realize this will probably be a very close JohnSJ Aug 2024 #47

Yea, they said Joe Biden was a moderate too. Thats Emile Aug 2024 #48

2020 was a very close election if you look at the numbers in those critical swing states. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #49

TFG runs hard extreme 100% of the time, I don't see this lore being applicable any longer uponit7771 Aug 2024 #57

I know. I just think we need every vote we can get because of the way the electoral college JohnSJ Aug 2024 #64

If you want more votes you run as a progressive. Emile Aug 2024 #73

The country is mostly center left, center right. It depends what you mean by progressive. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #80

This party is not conservative, we're progressives who would have liked a public option when Emile Aug 2024 #81

No it isn't, but it isn't left either. It is more left center, and so is the country. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #83

RIGHT !!! Trumps not running as a moderate of anything uponit7771 Aug 2024 #55

Bernie and the progressive caucus were going to support the nominee, regardless. TwilightZone Aug 2024 #74

Uh huh. . . Emile Aug 2024 #75

You really think they would not have supported any VP candidate on the Harris ticket? JohnSJ Aug 2024 #84

To the Press: Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #51

Finally some GOOD news from the for-profit media! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #54

How 20th century of them. yellowcanine Aug 2024 #56

Oh no! How horrible! Mysterian Aug 2024 #59

When the whole GOP is now an authoritarian cult, any Democrat looks like a shift to the left. Doodley Aug 2024 #60

Left of Trump and Vance Freethinker65 Aug 2024 #63

Morning Joe was back on his Republican ways this morning, and Kornacki was a wet towel too. dem4decades Aug 2024 #66

Our corrupt media needs to keep the race close for their own profit -misanthroptimist Aug 2024 #67

Not what I'm seeing on CNN. They seem to be pretty happy about him being basically center Dem. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #70

Good. You are probably hearing it right. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #71

That would be the thrust no matter who was picked. The difference is Nanjeanne Aug 2024 #72

Fuck 'em -- Diarrhea Donny's was a pick to the right Blue Owl Aug 2024 #77

Good of them to notice FullySupportDems Aug 2024 #79

Well said & amen! Corporate media hype push "to the left" while coalition ignores it. It's what they do. Then we win. ancianita Aug 2024 #85

And if it had been Shapiro, they would be saying "this is a controversial pick that divides Democrats." Sky Jewels Aug 2024 #86

Both protected ACA when in House & Senate bmichaelh Aug 2024 #87

The fascist press can fuck off. onecaliberal Aug 2024 #89

Where were they in calling Vance a shift to full-blown fascism? JCMach1 Aug 2024 #90

All Harris/Walz have to say is We give 4th graders free lunch -- They force 4th graders to give birth. Nanjeanne Aug 2024 #93

Typical pro repug media! GoreWon2000 Aug 2024 #94

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Hi. Plan on staying long? I wouldn't. GP6971 Aug 2024 #96

lol. ismnotwasm Aug 2024 #97

Pete Multon, what kinda pizza you like? irisblue Aug 2024 #98

Sounds serious. Empty assertions require citation. Torchlight Aug 2024 #99

from under a bridge? irisblue Aug 2024 #100

The amount of things I don't realize until after the fact is absurdly high Torchlight Aug 2024 #107

Well, as long as WE are in the headlines, and not some piece of trash, we are winning....... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #101

Oh heck, they were going to say that about whoever was selected Raven123 Aug 2024 #102

They don't know what to do. Klarkashton Aug 2024 #103

If you've ever heard Warren Buffett speak, he and Tim Walz have spooky3 Aug 2024 #104

"When did. . . pat_k Aug 2024 #105

I think he's going to blow that out of the water once he's asked. ms liberty Aug 2024 #106

Basic physics. Eventually a pendulam has to swing the other way Attilatheblond Aug 2024 #109