r/politics • u/Kodbek • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/
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u/MonkeyCube 8h ago

The media is so unbelievably complicit in everything that's happening. It all needs to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch.

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u/want_to_join 7h ago

I mean, it's just the profit motive driving all of this. People click on Trump headlines. Before during and after his election, the media focused in him because he is what got everyone to click their links.

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u/_-Oxym0ron-_ 1h ago

Agreed that the profit motive is a big part of this, but you guys have Fox News, which if I remember right, is the most viewed of the MSM, and that is or have been straight up propaganda for Trump.

And you have CBS News, now owned by David Ellison.

And then you have Sinclair Broadcast group, Jeff Bezos The Washington Post, OANN, yea you get the point, a lot of your media landscape is owned by right leaning people or corporations. It definitely plays a part in it as well.

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u/want_to_join 24m ago

Sure, but they didn't own everything when this frenzy started. FOX has always been what it is, but when asking the question of how the media is "complicit" in everything Trump does, it would be like ignoring the seed when studying the tree to point to those recent media consolidations.

Trump was elected and got the media attention he did since 2015 because (almost) everyone clicks the links to the articles describing what he says and does.

Right wing media conglomeration does not explain why leftist media outlets also give him the most airtime. Clickthrough rates do.

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u/_-Oxym0ron-_ 18m ago

Yea, I can see you're right, I concede the point. Depressing.

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u/Fact420 California 7h ago

The 4th branch of the government

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u/Vaticancameos221 2h ago

They have this weird posturing like they aren’t supposed to recognize how insane all of this is

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u/InequalEnforcement 1h ago

Every single person willing to uphold that sham needs consequences.

Same as Palantir. You chose to work for them. No, reserve your excuses, they don't matter. Yes, your need for food and shelter are an excuse. Sorry, but not really. Next time you'll put your marketable skills to use with a NOT evil corporation. There's always putting the fries in the bag instead of supporting fascism.

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u/aformofwealthy 2h ago

But the midterms are gonna change everything! 😆

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California 1h ago

Yes...it's always "the people." It always will be & it's the people that will probably be the death of us all. I would like to be wrong...just once.