11th September 2016, 12:59 AM
I don't know why you deleted that post, Weltall, but on a note related to the point you made, Trump's greatest genius this campaign has been the realization that the press has no interest in truth or facts, only ratings and creating a close race. So, they attack Hillary mercilessly for minor or invented faults, while giving Trump much more of a pass for far worse transgressions, in the name of "equal coverage" for both. You can't seem to be too anti-Trump, after all, it'd look bad! So just ignore half or more of the horrendous things he says and does instead while ripping Hillary for basically nothing, it's the only way to be fair.
A recent perfect example of this was how the press reported things after Hillary's big speech on how strongly racist right-wingers support the Trump campaign. For anyone who missed it, she gave a detailed, fact-based speech loaded with examples and proof of how racists love the Trump campaign and how he courts them. In response, Trump made an unsupported comment about how "Hillary is a bigot" based on basically nothing whatsoever.
So, how did most of the press report it? "Hillary and Trump trade claims the other is racist", essentially, was the headline in most places. Instead of accurately reporting on the actual statements, the press invents a false equivalence between the two that drags down Hillary while propping up Trump, making his latest stupid lie sound equal to a detailed and well-researched presentation. When you have a candidate facing such a hostile press, it's no wonder that some in the public are confused and her poll numbers slipped recently! More truthful reporting would be much harsher on Trump and might have kept this race the laugher it should be, but with this media it'll take all the effort we can put together to overcome the massive amounts of sexism (also see: Matt Lauer's horribly sexist treatment of Hillary in the recent candidate forum), repetition of Republican lies and decades of anti-Clinton spin, and false equivalence and actually win this election. It's sad stuff, but fortunately the polls seem to be stabilizing, so I don't think Trump is still gaining. He should be doing much worse than he is, but we're still on track for a solid win, and it hopefully still will end up as the big win it should be. That's still much more likely than a Trump win is, thankfully.
And I need not even say how the media would react if any Democrat ever had said anything about a foreign rival as Trump has with his the mountains of adoring praise for Vladimir Putin... but Trump knows that when you say enough terrible things people stop paying attention or hitting you for those statements as hard as they should, so he gets something of a pass for his sometimes anti-American statements against the US military and in praise of Russia because "that's just Trump being Trump and saying crazy things again". And that there is the worst thing about this race. Yes, he has an unending list of crazy things he has said, but every time he says something horrendous it should get a strong reaction, instead of something of a pass because he keeps saying terrible things! When he gets even a partial pass for saying a horrible or crazy thing he, and in cases like NBC's candidate forum Putin as well, wins.
A recent perfect example of this was how the press reported things after Hillary's big speech on how strongly racist right-wingers support the Trump campaign. For anyone who missed it, she gave a detailed, fact-based speech loaded with examples and proof of how racists love the Trump campaign and how he courts them. In response, Trump made an unsupported comment about how "Hillary is a bigot" based on basically nothing whatsoever.
So, how did most of the press report it? "Hillary and Trump trade claims the other is racist", essentially, was the headline in most places. Instead of accurately reporting on the actual statements, the press invents a false equivalence between the two that drags down Hillary while propping up Trump, making his latest stupid lie sound equal to a detailed and well-researched presentation. When you have a candidate facing such a hostile press, it's no wonder that some in the public are confused and her poll numbers slipped recently! More truthful reporting would be much harsher on Trump and might have kept this race the laugher it should be, but with this media it'll take all the effort we can put together to overcome the massive amounts of sexism (also see: Matt Lauer's horribly sexist treatment of Hillary in the recent candidate forum), repetition of Republican lies and decades of anti-Clinton spin, and false equivalence and actually win this election. It's sad stuff, but fortunately the polls seem to be stabilizing, so I don't think Trump is still gaining. He should be doing much worse than he is, but we're still on track for a solid win, and it hopefully still will end up as the big win it should be. That's still much more likely than a Trump win is, thankfully.
And I need not even say how the media would react if any Democrat ever had said anything about a foreign rival as Trump has with his the mountains of adoring praise for Vladimir Putin... but Trump knows that when you say enough terrible things people stop paying attention or hitting you for those statements as hard as they should, so he gets something of a pass for his sometimes anti-American statements against the US military and in praise of Russia because "that's just Trump being Trump and saying crazy things again". And that there is the worst thing about this race. Yes, he has an unending list of crazy things he has said, but every time he says something horrendous it should get a strong reaction, instead of something of a pass because he keeps saying terrible things! When he gets even a partial pass for saying a horrible or crazy thing he, and in cases like NBC's candidate forum Putin as well, wins.