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In reply to the discussion: let's all give a big, rousing FUCK YOU to the media!! [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,172 posts)Plus, "the media", much like "Congress" can't be considered monolithic, so I tend to shy away from blanket condemnations of the entire industry.
The effect of Congress being in Republican hands angers me immensely. But my local Democratic representative? I'm fine with him. No need to throw him out.
I despise outfits like Fox and Breitbart, and I hate that even amongst other media organizations Donald Trump was given a free platform to grow into the monster that he is today as opposed as to the single-digit joke candidate he should have been considered from the get-go.
But I can't fault the entire "media" for that. I see people like David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post who are doing incredible work. I see stories being published in the Post or New York Times that are doing a great job exposing the lies and fraud of the Trump administration. Even in the seemingly light cable news fluff of CNN you see some individuals in there who are not taking this President for granted and are calling him out.
Plus, when you see Trump himself lash out at the media as a whole (sparing the sycophantic outfits that do praise him), it doesn't seem right to glom on in that battle.
We need to pick our fights, and right now, "the media" isn't enemy number one right now, if it is even an enemy at all.