Well... Yeah, it is Or at least it historically is, maybe it shouldn't be but the very nature of democracy is people getting mad and taking sides
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Maybe we can agree it is part of "democracy" but certainly not a "normal" democracy? If people want to make a case that the media played a role in helping to elect Trump, media also played a role in helping to nominate Biden. Neither should be an acceptable state of things
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"Normal" as in typical for how democracy has always worked, yes
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Marketing___Fan and
In any case, while I think the media did a lot of things I disagree with in 2020 and 2016 I think it's kind of disingenuous to claim that this is about wanting the media to take some kind of objective meritocratic view from nowhere (there's no such thing)
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Sure, but I think there is a difference between a "completely objective view" and "I will be lined up and shot by communists if Bernie wins"/"Lets analyze Bernie's sexist body language". One shouldn't need a copy of Manufactured Consent to understand what is happening right?
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Biden led before any of that.
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Yeah Biden was the favorite back in early 2019 and then there was a lot of deck chair rearranging to obscure that fact but it never really changed
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat and
Maybe my attitude would be different if I were an enthusiastic Bernie supporter but the "Bernie blackout" narrative does not seem true to me, individual cases of people being really anti-Bernie notwithstanding
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I think "blackout" might be a bit hyperbolic but a concerted effort to downplay Bernie's wins - or outright attack him in a disproportionate manner (again, "brownshirts", etc) - is not really in dispute to anyone who was watching CNN, MSNBC at the time.
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No, not really, it's kind of the opposite Statistically Biden's eventual victory is not a shock at all, by the numbers it was the most likely outcome, but the media deliberately obscured this because it wasn't a dramatic narrative, they *emphasized* Bernie leading the horse race
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I say this as a Warren supporter, they made Warren look like she had much more of a chance than she actually did too
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yeah, the main media bias is in favor of conflict and excitement.
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Replying to @nberlat @arthur_affect and
I don't super get it either, but a lot of people really like Joe Biden. Right through - and often, not the ones who are most urgent followers of Twitter drama and cable news michegoss.
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