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Originally Posted by hi_im_god
i disagree with the entire paradigm of a "main stream media". it's a mythical creation of the right for any outlet that fact checks before it publishes or broadcasts.
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I agree, I do, too.
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it would be a problem if donald trump didn't get media attention for his deliberate attention grabbing incendiary speech.
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And that's what I think Obama was saying by releasing this. "Journalistic quality" no longer seems defined by the quality of well-written editorials from educated and thoughtful news editors, or Pulitzer Prizes won, or respect nationally within the profession; it seems to be defined by ad revenue as determined by internet page click rates. Of course the media - all media - goes right to Donald Trump being an idiot, and Sarah Palin screeching about something stupid, when page clicks therefor ad revenue is what defines media success nowadays.
Obama said it plainly to Chuck Todd today: you don't notice all the major news outlets breaking into programming to televise live Obama's five-minute comments on finance. But they sure did for the birth certificate thing this morning. What kind of priority is that?
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and today is no different than any one of the last thousands days. the birther movement had no factual basis three years ago. it was always a wild conspiracy theory that ignored facts and was only believed by gullible dupes.
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True. So I do understand why some don't think it should have been addressed any further than it already has.