THREAD: The @chucktodd piece on journalists "fighting back" against Trump misses trees 4 the forrest. It also has so many statements lacking self-awareness & consistency I don't even know where to begin. Let's start w/ this... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/its-time-for-the-press-to-stop-complainingand-to-start-fighting-back/569224/ …
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has NOTHING 2 do w. t/em. Being in the field in 2016, I met just as many voters on the LEFT who abhor the media because folks like
@chucktodd don't cover real issues and real community struggles. Instead they cover the neverending Trump circus 24/7 and the horse race, largely...pic.twitter.com/hMjoFSL5aG
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ignoring issues of income inequality, water contamination, economic oppression toward minorities, police brutality, corrupt state and local politicians, attacks on indigenous people. I can go on forever on this list...
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3) Todd continues to harp on Roger Ailes and Fox as the main reason for 2da's unprecedented press hate, saying they put commentary before reporting (it is actually propaganda they do, not commentary). But how is NBC News/MSNBC/CNN different. You all essentially report...
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as breaking news SPIN that government officials/U.S. officials tell you as FACT and then flood your airwaves with pundits detached from what real Americans are going through to do....endless COMMENTARY (more so uncritical speculation)pic.twitter.com/M8zYcIu3ye
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4) This was the worst of this holier than now exercise by
@chucktodd. "Letting folks know that a movement is afoot, and documenting its successes or failures, is a job." YES it is! One u exercise ONLY if the movement is 2 you/ur parent companies liking...so when@BernieSanders...pic.twitter.com/GGUlL6tw5x
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was getting crowds of 30,000, rising at historic rate in polls, breaking records for small-dollar donations and revolutionizing the ways campaigns work...Todd nor his colleagues covered
@BernieSanders campaign...@brianstelter said it was one of his main regrets of 2016 coverage..Show this thread -
instead
@NBC@msnbc@cnn@nytimes@washingtonpost and the rest gave endless, exhaustive coverage to Trump's "movement." Why? RATINGS AND PROFIT!! Why else would 24/7 news outlets cover 1 story non stop for 3 years rather than anything else?Show this thread -
5) Todd talks about bias as if predominately a
@foxnews thing w/OUT understanding his own bias based on CLASS/GEOGRAPHY...Todd is interested in covering the horse race not bc that's what the American people want or need to know but because THAT'S WHAT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES GET..Show this thread -
Adrenaline rushes over and live to dissect. Frankly, the majority of segments and news stories are not based on NEWS VALUE but what anchors, reporters, and producers are PERSONALLY INTERESTED IN. This has led to substanceless and the TMZ-ificiation of American press.pic.twitter.com/0vmr98juhh
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Finally...
@chucktodd doesn't even realize what a lousy messenger on media bias and attacks he is. This is a guy that literally hosted a birthday party for@HillaryClinton's communications director at his house during the 2016 Democratic Primary. C'mon Chuck!Show this thread
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