Vance is utterly depraved in ways that I think repulse voters rather than fascinate them, like Trump might have early on. It explains his horrific approval numbers
What I heard was JD Vance bragging about how easily he manipulates the mainstream “liberal” media — something Republicans have been doing for decades with little or no pushback from the media. Republican propagandists have known at least since the 90s how to get the media echo chamber to help them amplify their lies. Remember the completely bogus Whitewater, Chinagate, Travelgate, Filegate “scandals”? The mainstream media fell hook line and sinker for those right wing slanders. Even after Ken Starr had spent millions on that insanity — not to mention the “murder” of Vince Foster and had all the resources of the FBI to help he came up with nada but an affair between two consenting adults the media refused to learn from their epic fail. Instead they allowed themselves to be played by the Bush administration’s WMD lies. Next they portrayed the astroturf, Koch-funded Tea Party movement as a bottom up grassroots movement made up of ordinary Americans who eat in diners.
At the moment I am watching MSNBC to see if they cover this horrifying story:
“ Ohio sheriff tells residents to "write down the addresses" of Harris-Walz supporters
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski urged residents of an Ohio county to report neighbors with Harris-Walz signs”
I agree it's important to focus on Vance and Trump and the fact that they're lying. However, I still think the most important story here is that, whether the claims are true or not, they're trying to "other" persons of color for personal political gain by fomenting racism and hate. I wish I saw more writing that centered that.
Vance is utterly depraved in ways that I think repulse voters rather than fascinate them, like Trump might have early on. It explains his horrific approval numbers
What I heard was JD Vance bragging about how easily he manipulates the mainstream “liberal” media — something Republicans have been doing for decades with little or no pushback from the media. Republican propagandists have known at least since the 90s how to get the media echo chamber to help them amplify their lies. Remember the completely bogus Whitewater, Chinagate, Travelgate, Filegate “scandals”? The mainstream media fell hook line and sinker for those right wing slanders. Even after Ken Starr had spent millions on that insanity — not to mention the “murder” of Vince Foster and had all the resources of the FBI to help he came up with nada but an affair between two consenting adults the media refused to learn from their epic fail. Instead they allowed themselves to be played by the Bush administration’s WMD lies. Next they portrayed the astroturf, Koch-funded Tea Party movement as a bottom up grassroots movement made up of ordinary Americans who eat in diners.
At the moment I am watching MSNBC to see if they cover this horrifying story:
“ Ohio sheriff tells residents to "write down the addresses" of Harris-Walz supporters
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski urged residents of an Ohio county to report neighbors with Harris-Walz signs”
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/ohio-sheriff-tells-residents-to-write-down-the-addresses-of-harris-walz-supporters/?in_brief=true
Instead they are talking about Trump hating Taylor Swift, a story I would bet their viewers know all about.
I agree it's important to focus on Vance and Trump and the fact that they're lying. However, I still think the most important story here is that, whether the claims are true or not, they're trying to "other" persons of color for personal political gain by fomenting racism and hate. I wish I saw more writing that centered that.