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38. To this I add, "water is wet". nt

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Harvard Study: Mainstream Media Acted as Trumps Mouthpiece, Clintons Foe [View all] CousinIT Aug 2017 OP

Let me be among the first to say "no shit." Orrex Aug 2017 #1

Like DUH, that was a real shocker, wasn't it! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #3

Even NPR was guilty of this Orrex Aug 2017 #7

Hah! NPR hasn't been nonpartisan for a few decades. Look at who's funding them. Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #17

Yep!!! Almost anytime I turned to a media source it was Trump Trump Trump and often in RKP5637 Aug 2017 #39

Yes, MaryLouisaWillis Aug 2017 #21

Good example: Trump menacing Hillary on stage should have been immediately stopped by MSM Moderators stuffmatters Aug 2017 #92

To this I add, "water is wet". nt jrthin Aug 2017 #38

Took a Harvard study to figure this out eh? flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #45

Also, give a listen to Thom Hartmann, daily online at WCPT in Chicago 12-3 EST. Can't Doitnow Aug 2017 #100

Thom listener here too n/t oppressedproletarian Aug 2017 #109

They're finally just noticing?? Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #65

Harvard: Last Year's News, Today Orrex Aug 2017 #66

The scary thing is, it's still going on fairly often. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #67

Ain't that the truth! Orrex Aug 2017 #69

I just changed the channel at the auto dealership to catch up on the news Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #71

Yup. ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #72

Let me be among the last in this thread, Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #83

Let me be the second. Lifelong Protester Aug 2017 #94

Pretty Fucking obvious to most of us joeybee12 Aug 2017 #2

... and to a person they will react as if they were called pedophiles if this is brought up!! uponit7771 Aug 2017 #4

It's nice to have it quantified. Chemisse Aug 2017 #5

Exactly. I agree with the "no shit, sherlock" sentiment here, VWolf Aug 2017 #23

+1 studies like this are extremely important because spooky3 Aug 2017 #52

"the liberal media" Botany Aug 2017 #6

There is no liberal media! Initech Aug 2017 #8

"The liberal media" is corporate media and only concerned about money. DK504 Aug 2017 #63

The news media's overall coverage of ALL women in politics is biased. procon Aug 2017 #9

It Was Always the Misogyny dlk Aug 2017 #10

Fugging Duh! malaise Aug 2017 #11

and NBC's Matt LIAR was the worst! His lips were firmly attached MojoWrkn Aug 2017 #12

He probably lives up there. Duppers Aug 2017 #20

He was plucked from obscurity to cohost "Live at Five" on local NYC tv SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2017 #86

And his condescending interview of Hillary was repulsive bdjhawk Aug 2017 #106

It is important to remember at this point Big Blue Marble Aug 2017 #13

Both the Washington Post and NYT published excerpts from the Breitbart sponsored "Clinton Cash"... deurbano Aug 2017 #29

That Mercer funded book was debunked before it was published. But NYT had their "exclusive" emulatorloo Aug 2017 #33

Bet they don't report this truth mcar Aug 2017 #14

They could have asked us. :) Solly Mack Aug 2017 #15

But her emails, Andrea!! tavernier Aug 2017 #16

Andrea Mitchell, from my corner of the universe, has no credibility. Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #18

I still remember the night of the New Hampshire Primary, 2008. StevieM Aug 2017 #24

The constant fawning over Trump by the media was sickening. MarianJack Aug 2017 #19

I can not imagine MaryLouisaWillis Aug 2017 #26

I think that the Republicans in congress will want him gone this year. MarianJack Aug 2017 #30

You are horrifyingly correct Orrex Aug 2017 #32

Yes, Orrex, horrifying. MarianJack Aug 2017 #58

no one needs a graph if they were paying any kind of attention spanone Aug 2017 #22

If only someone had mentioned this during the election.... Liberalagogo Aug 2017 #25

Best of luck getting this through the thick skulls that adore him.... wolfie001 Aug 2017 #27

Ignoring the fact that MSM favored Trump due to his entertainment value no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #28

They gave much better coverage to Bernie MaryLouisaWillis Aug 2017 #31

So true! lunamagica Aug 2017 #74

Bernie was held to regular standards, Trump held to no standards Skittles Aug 2017 #95

Speaking of Bernie----During the primaries he was TOTALLY ignored as his Doitnow Aug 2017 #101

I saw him plenty, and he was talking about the issues (all too often sounding exactly the same) Skittles Aug 2017 #107

The nightly ratings were flagging so they had to Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #34

+1 leftstreet Aug 2017 #36

Still are Bear Creek Aug 2017 #35

Ratings to sell advertising. Don't give them your time , views or $$$ lunasun Aug 2017 #37

Behind every facade there are the economic interests that shape the ideology bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #40

gee. as if. lies and more lies. AllaN01Bear Aug 2017 #41

Horrible Maureen Dowd is a perfect example. lark Aug 2017 #42

+1 The media was a conned by Drumph as much of Murica, they should be better than that flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #49

Mika and Joe .... LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #56

This was obvious to me. Nice that someone documenred it. SunSeeker Aug 2017 #43

This wasn't about Hillary or Trump, anymore than pimping Palin in 2008 was about Palin Snake Plissken Aug 2017 #44

Is the mainstream media reflecting on this? No news here, but... LAS14 Aug 2017 #46

ok, why would they be reflecting on this? If this becomes something that damages their image, sure. JCanete Aug 2017 #82

Agreed to No Shit...Bring back the Fairness Doctrine with teeth - jail terms and fines. c-rational Aug 2017 #47

Yet There Will Still Be Some On Here Me. Aug 2017 #48

I had a friend who just emailed me ... LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #59

I Especially Hold The Triumvirate Me. Aug 2017 #64

HA Goodman NewJeffCT Aug 2017 #80

That's The Very, Vile, One Me. Aug 2017 #84

Steve Kornacki did a similar thing just now on MSNBC spooky3 Aug 2017 #98

In the immortal words of a few DUers: HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #50

No shit, Sherlock, as has... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #51

The media was used to makign a lazy buck DonCoquixote Aug 2017 #53

The Media helped to elect trump Gothmog Aug 2017 #54

The Media helped to elect trump. LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #60

Exactly. The entertainment value of his outrageous rantings brought in ratings. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #68

And they're still doing it. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #70

IF/WHEN another Dem is ever elected president .... LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #75

MSM during the election. workinclasszero Aug 2017 #55

We all watched it happening. herding cats Aug 2017 #57

If they included Fox News in this overall analysis. . . Stargleamer Aug 2017 #61

Without the media amplifier - his Tweets would be irrelevant... hexola Aug 2017 #62

Quelle surprise rock Aug 2017 #73

No kidding! lunamagica Aug 2017 #76

Yep tiredtoo Aug 2017 #77

It was ALL TRUMP all day during the campaign LittleGirl Aug 2017 #78

It was ALL TRUMP all day during the campaign. LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #102

I think I remember that LittleGirl Aug 2017 #110

It's good that they actually neasured the media focus Progressive dog Aug 2017 #79

Yes, it's the great irony that Republicans get to pretend that the media has a liberal bias and that JCanete Aug 2017 #81

REALLY???? SergeStorms Aug 2017 #85

My problem with this conclusion is that Trump's Immigration policies were a scandal. Nitram Aug 2017 #87

Hillary is largely to blame for that. Here's why LittleBlue Aug 2017 #88

K&R betsuni Aug 2017 #89

MSM sabotaged Hillary, esp cringeworthy: Kristin Welker Andrea Mitchell alway closed with email jab stuffmatters Aug 2017 #90

They gave Trump 3 billion dollars worth of free publicity. LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #103

Exactly stuffmatters Aug 2017 #105

In other shocking news... Doug the Dem Aug 2017 #91

Corporate media is heavy on the corporate. McCamy Taylor Aug 2017 #93

Shocked, I tells ya, shocked Lifelong Protester Aug 2017 #96

Sure damn did. zentrum Aug 2017 #97

I also noticed today that the sky was blue. n/t Beartracks Aug 2017 #99

It's up to DNC to organize and relentlessly contact the MSM nationally & in every media market stuffmatters Aug 2017 #104

I am tweeting - asking media to publish this story CozyMystery Aug 2017 #108

Glaring punchline to this story is "Dems let it happen." Time for us to fight back. stuffmatters Aug 2017 #111