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senseandsensibility

(20,392 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:26 PM Oct 4

I think I've figured it out

The corporate media doesn't seem to be able to stay with a story for very long. They seem to drop even extremely important and timely stories with serious implications almost immediately. There doesn't seem to be any effort to prioritize the most newsworthy stories (as I learned in my college journalism classes) and pursue them from all angles.

Hence, the bombshell story of Jack Smith's report is already old news. With an election coming up, it should be front page every day and the cheato campaign should be hounded daily about it. No one can argue that this story is not the most important story in politics as we near the election.

Then I remembered that there are certain stories that the corporate media does pursue and investigate tirelessly. The issue of Biden's age and "fitness" for one.

Hmm....curious, isn't it?

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I think I've figured it out (Original Post) senseandsensibility Oct 4 OP
Has a story of this magnitude really vanished senseandsensibility Oct 5 #1
Trump has intimidated all the media with threats of no access, taking licenses away, and even jail. Sogo Oct 5 #2
I have noticed that the media as a whole senseandsensibility Oct 5 #3

Sogo

(5,840 posts)
2. Trump has intimidated all the media with threats of no access, taking licenses away, and even jail.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 01:23 PM
Oct 5

He is a dictator now; not waiting for his "day one" (which he will never again have).

senseandsensibility

(20,392 posts)
3. I have noticed that the media as a whole
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 01:32 PM
Oct 5

seems more cowed by him than when he was in office and had all the power of the Presidency. That is really incomprehensible to me.

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