There's also a broader political point about the way TV shapes the respective bases. Dem punditry is mostly the establishment lecturing the grassroots, while Fox is the inverse -- its biggest voices reflect the grassroots and lecture the establishment
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That, plus the *content* of what’s being lectured about. Dem establishment warns against being too vocal about Rep efforts to make Amer white again while Rep base demands ever more pro-white policy and politics
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I call it the Morning Show Gap. “Morning Joe” tells Dems that the base can’t win, “Fox and Friends” tells Republicans... something else
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Is kind of a microcosm of the party philosophies, yesno? D's broadly put trust in leaders to provide for the people they represent; R's broadly put trust in the people to provide for themselves
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power in both parties lie in their right wing, pulling the discourse further right, even as a majority of citizens prefer left-leaning policy
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Interesting. We must also recognize that Morning Joe tends to be the most establishment and the most conservative on MSNBC. Chris Hayes, in the converse, hosts people like on his show.
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Fox News was in lockstep with the GOP establishment until Trump had essentially wrapped up the 2016 nomination.
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Radical Right-Wing punditry and Fox Noose fabricate much of the fakery that then is dispensed to the 'grassroots' via their propaganda machine. That is TOP-DOWN, and to be effective, it must be dispensed to those what have surrendered their intellect to the comfort of propaganda.
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And yet another info graphic not containing the 2nd leading nominee for the democrats.
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I actually feel more informed since I cut down on cable news and just started watching live streams of press conferences, congressional hearings and following ppl directly. It's hard to actually get informed with cable news.
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Yup.
Man alive, am I ever glad 's finally deconstructing --and doing it in exactly the way I'd hoped.
Elizabeth Warren Draws Sharp Contrasts With Rivals in New Hampshire Speech nyti.ms/2E8ItQI
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