“It was clear from day one that a Trump presidency would be authoritarian, bigoted, serially dishonest, outside the bounds of any previous modern presidency. It was clear that we shouldn’t normalize him. But we did.” @mehdirhasan calls out the media's complicity... and whiteness.

Jan 12, 2021 · 1:21 AM UTC

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Two minutes. Just give @KarenAttiah two minutes to parse the media's responsibility for the Trump catastrophe, and how many of us in the industry have misunderstood and underestimated "how white violence in this country has shaped the country as we know it."
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Fine but it’s who owns the media that is dictating editorial positions . Murdoch played a big part in getting Trump elected. I don’t see anyone. targeting him for criticism. Fox News was a propaganda tool for Trump shaping public opinion. Should Murdoch be allowed this much power
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trump's mob-brownshirt-ism, populist fascism, broadcast since day 1: "A comprehensive timeline of Trump encouraging hate groups and political violence." vox.com/21506029/trump-viole…
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👏 bravo 👍 truth
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This is tremendous & so right on I’d add that in addition to not truthfully & directly addressing Trump’s racism, media overall has utterly failed to address his cognitive decline & sadistic, malignant narcissism Women have recognized how dangerous he is No one listened
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MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY! We've been talking of this since before Trump took the 'oath' of Office. Media failed us and ARE PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR HIS "WIN" IN 2016! Drenched with Benghazi and Hillary's email coverage BS, MEDIA NEVER HELD Trump's feet to the fire!😡 @RJonesNews
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This is a must-watch segment, especially if you're in the media, or care about democracy.
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This is the reason that from the start of this nightmare, I watched @JoyAnnReid and @Lawrence. They were not afraid to say what was right before our eyes. The normalizing of this man by most of msm was insane.
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It’s $$ and ‘exceptionalism’ from white media
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And this is why I sat on the couch and cried election night 2016 but I had no idea how bad it would actually be. I have been an anxious mess since that night
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