2. By right wing media I mean the outlets that both made Trump what he is & generally supported him (Fox, Breitbart, Alex Jones).
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3. Fox has unprecedented power: it's not just shaping the Trump's brain, in a very real way it is Trump's brain. It's his thoughts.
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4. But as Fox etc. have unparalleled power they are now facing new scrutiny & pushback (lawsuits, boycotts)
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5. Some more thoughts on the power & vulnerability of right-wing media under Trump:https://newrepublic.com/article/148025/crisis-pro-trump-journalism …
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And heavily incentivized not to reform (if that is even possible). They've made themselves so toxic and unreliable, nobody outside that little bubble would ever hire them.
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They're not vulnerable if their viewers don't care -- unless their advertisers do, as with Laura Ingraham.
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The only reason they are more vulnerable to attack is that they are doing more bad things. Sexually harassing women. Concealing obvious conflicts of interest. If right-wing media would stop being scumbags they’d be less vulnerable.
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