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Bettie

(19,277 posts)
50. I put a lot of this squarely on the press
Sun Oct 31, 2021, 05:52 PM
Oct 2021

When TFG was in office, they did the best they could to spin his chaos into him being somehow, not as awful as he actually was.

The thing was, the chaos was good for ratings and for the people who own the media.

Now, there's no chaos, no drama, so they spin the lack of chaos and drama into failure. His appointees aren't stealing everything that isn't nailed down, they are generally speaking, working, without fanfare on fixing a lot of shit that was broken by the previous group.

So, the press just makes everything a crisis.

Manchin and Sinema and their quest to make everything suck aren't helping, but the coverage has been really, really slanted.

Where a moment of coherence made them say that TFG was great, they can't go a minute without saying that Biden sucks, as they try to create the chaos they crave.

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The agenda was sold when he won the election. And the vast majority support it ColinC Oct 2021 #1
"The gutting of significant measures is the part that is hard to sell." sop Oct 2021 #3
I disagree. Even if the original 6.5 trillion bill was intact, the press really has no motivation JohnSJ Oct 2021 #13
Exactly mountain grammy Oct 2021 #19
Every time the press covers the ongoing sausage-making, we find out something else has been sop Oct 2021 #48
So true! Rebl2 Oct 2021 #54
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2021 #5
Well said. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #6
How can something that has never existed before be "gutted"? Just because it doesn't have..... George II Oct 2021 #16
The most popular provisions like paid family leave, prescription drug pricing, child ColinC Oct 2021 #18
Those programs absolutely were gutted during the "negotiations" bluewater Oct 2021 #29
And my point of course is that Biden's agenda is incredibly popular ColinC Oct 2021 #40
Exactly, Manchin and Sinema have taken an axe to several of the most popular Democratic proposals bluewater Oct 2021 #41
Yeah ColinC Oct 2021 #52
you are attempting to rewrite history and lay out faulty revisionist narratives Celerity Nov 2021 #58
SAD & DISGUSTING how Manchin & Sinema got away with this 👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Nov 2021 #61
If we fail to pass a bill that will actually help voters quakerboy Nov 2021 #64
it really doesn't matter what biden/dems do as long as we let 1500 coordinated radio stations pumel certainot Oct 2021 #20
Agreed malletgirl02 Oct 2021 #36
and dems let 87 universities support 260+ xlimbaugh stations while they attack school boards! certainot Oct 2021 #39
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Nov 2021 #62
The big picture is what got sold melm00se Oct 2021 #28
Democrats have to get better at messaging. Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #2
I think Democrats are not given much airtime for it. At the same time I think Jaime Harrison JohnSJ Oct 2021 #15
The only emails I get from Harrison are just to ask for money. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #32
Exactly. Same thing here JohnSJ Oct 2021 #33
Absolutely..They seem to be getting a little better whathehell Oct 2021 #22
Sanders and others have been "selling" it, FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #4
Yes, they do! I had been wondering if Biden should to a 15 min or so segment on RKP5637 Oct 2021 #7
The problem was Manchin and Sinema kept hacking away at the agenda bluewater Oct 2021 #31
I guess the media has nothing better to do then push the "Democrats in disarray" crap JohnSJ Oct 2021 #8
This! Sick of it PortTack Oct 2021 #24
Sure doesn't jive with the 70% to 80% support the bills. Hope knowledge improves. Hoyt Oct 2021 #9
Sure is a contradiction, isn't it. Also when this polls says 69% know little about these bills, JohnSJ Oct 2021 #17
Oh stop the Democratic and Biden don't control what the MSM will promote. They have been promoting ShazamIam Oct 2021 #10
Exactly. No one knows what good this bill will do because no one has been told. LiberalLovinLug Nov 2021 #63
same old shit for us.... bahboo Oct 2021 #11
You know who would be good at selling it? cilla4progress Oct 2021 #12
No! No! They have to "pay their dues" and obey the great "moderates" Mysterian Oct 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author cilla4progress Oct 2021 #37
Aren't u missing this? cilla4progress Oct 2021 #38
Earlier today I saw this, which belies the tone of ABC's poll results: George II Oct 2021 #14
Wrong Conclusion DallasNE Oct 2021 #21
The media is great at telling us what's not in the bill. rickford66 Oct 2021 #42
The silver lining is that Democrats still have a lot of untapped upside potential with these bills Tom Rinaldo Oct 2021 #23
Such nonsense! They don't support President Biden, don't know what's in the bill?? PortTack Oct 2021 #26
And now they will vote for republicans because of obstruction by two conservative Democrats kimbutgar Oct 2021 #27
I don't believe any of the current polls jcmaine72 Oct 2021 #30
Democrats have no ability to deliver their message Orrex Oct 2021 #34
The problem is messaging the "Culture War" works better than messaging issues. bluewater Oct 2021 #35
In other news, Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #43
the terrible 2 are in the way. sienna and manchuin. AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #44
A Few Administrations Ago DallasNE Oct 2021 #45
That's a good idea. Straight talk. No questions from the media Raven123 Oct 2021 #47
President Joe's the best marieo1 Oct 2021 #46
Better headline: RW Media prevent Biden from selling a great agenda! ananda Oct 2021 #49
I put a lot of this squarely on the press Bettie Oct 2021 #50
Would you like them to do a soft shoe and a free ShamWow for ya? JHC America. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #51
Hard to sell if the vessel that delivers it kacekwl Oct 2021 #53
I do not trust MSM for polls, at all. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2021 #55
It is difficult to sell and agenda you can not agree on randr Nov 2021 #56
Corporate media at war with Democratic Party & leadership put out polls when media are losing. ancianita Nov 2021 #57
Our messaging. The Jungle 1 Nov 2021 #59
Media like ABC worked really hard to sell TFGstax cut but barely mention the benefits to the people ShazamIam Nov 2021 #60
He's doing a number of speeches, but they are 2 or 3 or 4 Deminpenn Nov 2021 #65
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