Shut out of mass media, leader of the opposition party that lost most people to Ankara blast takes to YouTube...https://twitter.com/Alexblx/status/653191570137739265 …
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Replying to @zeynep
Horrific Ankara blast killed 100+ & wounded 500+. And Turkey's mass media again ranged from government mouthpiece to sycophants. Tragic.
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Replying to @zeynep
When I point out how Turkey shuts out political party leader with 13% vote from mass media, I'm asked "are you fan"? Irrelevant question.
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Replying to @zeynep
Not like rest of opposition gets balanced mass media access. It's so scandalously bankrupt that people wouldn't recognize normal politics.
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Replying to @zeynep
Gov't media accuse opposition partly leader at length. "Dissident" media ponder if opposition party leader out of line. No response allowed.
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Replying to @zeynep
When I say you can't accuse leader of party with 13% vote all day on TV with no right to response, I'm asked if I defend everything he says.
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Replying to @zeynep
Many in Turkey so internalized that only those aligned with official views can be on mass media, they're confused about right to respond.
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Replying to @zeynep
Consequence of mass media bankruptcy in Turkey is politics is misaligned and people lacking representation get angrier & more polarized.
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No effective opposition means gov't party also loses sense of politics. Lacking course correction, things spiral downwards. Turkey today.
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Replying to @zeynep
Turkey never had a perfect democracy or great media but had a chance to make it better. Now with region in turmoil, this all more worrisome.
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