Conservative complaints about bias miss the point.
  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    82·
    4 months ago

    The media is mainly sensationalist driven and Trump is… well he’s very not normal.

    Unless we fix media funding and restore something like the fairness act loud assholes will always have an advantage.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        4 months ago

        stupid thing he says. I doesn’t matter if he things drinking bleach is a good idea. What matters is

        It wasn’t perfect, but it was WAY better than what we have now. They just lie openly about anything they want with zero oversight.

        • commandar@lemmy.world
          7·
          4 months ago

          The Fairness Doctrine is a red herring in the conversation either way. Even if it hadn’t been rescinded, it would have eventually become irrelevant.

          The Fairness Doctrine only ever applied to radio and TV broadcasters, i.e., broadcasters operating using the limited, publicly owned radio spectrum. It was only Constitutionally enforceable because it was intended to ensure equal access to what was essentially a public space.

          Cable TV and the Internet turned that completely on its head. Attempting to regulate speech over a privately owned medium is a very, very different legal hill to climb. The most problematic sources of misinformation and bias today tend not to be AM radio but things like NewsMax or Libsoftiktok.

          It’s a huge problem, but it’s not one the Fairness Doctrine would solve.

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
    33·
    4 months ago

    The Billionaire owners of the media HATE paying taxes

    Trump’s tax plan ensures they pay zero taxes while crushing the working class.

  • GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
    27·
    4 months ago

    From a different post but I think it works here too:

    I think the error is calling these people journalist. They are not. They are content creators.

    Their job isn’t to get to the truth, it’s to drive clicks and comments. It’s to enrich them and their employer.

    There are good journalist still out there but since they don’t play to the almighty ALGORITHM they get drowned out.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    4 months ago

    The NYT is going to be interviewing the last living Trump supporters in their final hours, fervently insisting they are the bellweathers of the 2048 election season.

  • Bone@lemmy.world
    16·
    4 months ago

    They treat him as if he’s fucking normal. He’s not! He’s beyond weird.