The Hidden Presidency

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-hidden-presidency.html

"The mainstream media gave Trump a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week free commercial from January 20,2021 to November 5, 2024."

But his achievements and accomplishments have largely been muted. After Jen Psaki left as his press secretary, unfortunately so did the ability of his administration to express its achievements and accomplishments to the media. Biden called few press conferences, and his administration didn't seem to make much of an effort to get itself and its accomplishments in front of a media they knew wasn't necessarily friendly to them. But that's what Presidents do. After seeing Pete Buttigieg serving as a surrogate to the Harris campaign, almost exclusively with Fox News, I have to wonder if he was misplaced in the Department of Transportation. He should have been in the role of spokesperson for the Biden administration and headed up their publicity efforts.

But I have to wonder, after these past four years, if there was anything they could have done to get more attention focused on his achievements.

I am certain that if an audit was made to determine how many days Trump got more media coverage than President Biden, since January 20, 2021, that number would be 1,389 days. Because that's how many days there are on the calendar since then, up until today, November 9, 2024. Even MSNBC covers him, even if it is in a negative light. Lawrence O'Donnell has one of the best grasps of just how evil and corrupt Trump is, but I'd be happy if someone paid me a dollar for every time his program started out with the words, "Donald Trump."

The corporately owned media in the United States is no longer part of the free press that is a necessary element for the protection of America's constitutional democracy. When one of the extremists on the FCC board whined about Kamala Harris' appearance on Saturday Night Live being a violation of its free and equal time policy, I laughted out loud. Every network, every television station and radio station in America that is owned by one of the big corporations or media conglomerates, has blatantly violated "free and equal time" in giving Trump a 24 hour a day, four year long free commercial.

So when you look at the election results, it's really pretty remarkable that Harris did as well as she did. The media helped elect Trump in a big way, by giving him center stage, and by keeping Americans in the dark about the most accomplished President since the 1960's.

[J_William_Ryan]

1. Perhaps.

But even if the corporate media daily documented the accomplishments and successes of the Biden Administration, it would likely make little impact on the average voter unimpressed by, or ignorant of, President Biden’s responsible governance and sound public policy – competence and experience are dull and boring compared to the bread and circuses buffoonery of a grifter such as Trump.

[lees1975]

2. Well, this country is tragically short of critical thinking skills.

But where else will these people get their infornation? Social media. If Democrats don't make the effort to at least try and get their message out there, we lose by default.