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The war on reality lame54 Nov 2024 #1
Flooding the news zones with bullshit until even the NYT and WaPo start repeating it. erronis Nov 2024 #2
It's bad enough, but the mainstream media we try to rely on pick up what they say and repeats it verbatim Walleye Nov 2024 #3
I disagree DaddyShark Nov 2024 #4
We in the US are ignoring this fact in our Nationalist Bubble haele Nov 2024 #11
THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! InstantGratification Nov 2024 #32
People in America didn't see the total at the grocery store and say, jimfields33 Nov 2024 #37
Sure - but how did that translate into voting for Trump? yardwork Nov 2024 #41
Voters are not always reasonable or logical. jimfields33 Nov 2024 #55
Inflation wasn't bad under Trump TheFarseer Nov 2024 #87
Inflation took off during Trump's last year. yardwork Nov 2024 #94
Inflation in 2020 was low. It was 1.4% In 2021 it was 7.0% EdmondDantes_ Nov 2024 #95
inflation poozwah Nov 2024 #102
Did people forget how many Americans died of Covid-19 because of T's BS? OMGWTF Nov 2024 #104
Trump lost in 2020. That was toward the end of KPN Nov 2024 #49
Trump lost in 2020 because he was a dumpster fire, but COVID was still affecting the US through 2022 haele Nov 2024 #63
Your last sentence is key. yardwork Nov 2024 #28
Multiple Factors Metaphorical Nov 2024 #31
Here's my frustration. yardwork Nov 2024 #33
Correct Cosmocat Nov 2024 #38
most people aren't paying attention MadameButterfly Nov 2024 #60
Voters Avalon Sparks Nov 2024 #75
In that case, there was nothing we could have done differently. yardwork Nov 2024 #78
Different Avalon Sparks Nov 2024 #80
+1 leftstreet Nov 2024 #45
Inflation certainly played a role, but in my view a lesser KPN Nov 2024 #50
I suspect many people WANT a rude, loud, blathering, large man for President. raging moderate Nov 2024 #83
Aside from the Interest Rates or flooding the nation with paper money Dan Nov 2024 #59
Yep this article sums up the Democratic Party thumper2547 Nov 2024 #66
You have some good points DaddyShark Nov 2024 #70
I completely agree with you Jk23 Nov 2024 #68
The sane-washing and the both-siderism of most media didn't help either. chowder66 Nov 2024 #5
Finally someone pointing to massive disinformation campaign as reason oldmanlynn Nov 2024 #6
It wasn't just the right wing propagandists. lees1975 Nov 2024 #7
Thank you for this Flatrat Nov 2024 #8
I agree with you 100% OnionPatch Nov 2024 #107
Probably because there's no "one" reason she lost. BannonsLiver Nov 2024 #9
It's going to takes months of research to come up with valid reasons Kaleva Nov 2024 #17
Of course there are multiple reasons, but right wing media does what it does, and it works well. Trust_Reality Nov 2024 #30
Exactly. The media is part of it Bluetus Nov 2024 #39
Blue, I basically agree with every point you bringup. slightlv Nov 2024 #96
Depressing how so few understand FDR and his genius Bluetus Nov 2024 #97
I like your term "The Great Descent" ! slightlv Nov 2024 #109
FDR was polite, but hard-hitting Bluetus Nov 2024 #110
Nope. It's still the profound stupidity of a significant percentage flvegan Nov 2024 #10
Agree Kaleva Nov 2024 #16
Yup....and their racist sexist crap of not voting for a woman...regardless of the pain it will cause PortTack Nov 2024 #23
The post-birth abortion bullshit and gender reassignment surgery at schools sealed my agreement with you. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2024 #24
They grabbed the excuses because they wanted excuses. yardwork Nov 2024 #34
Bingo! PortTack Nov 2024 #57
This is true also but the average IQ is 100 - not very high. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2024 #25
Nothing to say except K&R mountain grammy Nov 2024 #12
Fox, Joe Rogan, etc put out what people want Kaleva Nov 2024 #13
Bingo. I have quoted Terry Pratchett a number of times. love_katz Nov 2024 #62
I 100% agree. Kaleva Nov 2024 #69
It was a bad idea for Dems to go after Rogan womanofthehills Nov 2024 #93
An Interesting perspective! Kaleva Nov 2024 #99
ostrich head in sand analysis. WarGamer Nov 2024 #14
And I will continue to disagree every time. yardwork Nov 2024 #36
I agree with you BUT we have to deal with what we've got... WarGamer Nov 2024 #42
Agreed. How do we compete? yardwork Nov 2024 #44
What did Obama do? WarGamer Nov 2024 #47
I hope you're right. A lot has changed in 10 years, though. yardwork Nov 2024 #67
Most of the media Katcat Nov 2024 #15
I fully agree.. Escape Nov 2024 #18
People live for conspiracy theories. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2024 #26
Most of the voters know exactly who and what Trump is. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #19
I've been saying this since the day after the election. The right wing media's lies, disinformation, and misinformation Martin68 Nov 2024 #20
Precisely. It's an epidemic. Mr. Mustard 2023 Nov 2024 #21
Bingo Sugarcoated Nov 2024 #22
Media is a lesser portion - Nigrum Cattus Nov 2024 #27
Agreed, and the MSM, Cable, press etc. are/were complicit as they didn't clearly... brush Nov 2024 #29
This take is dated. The difference maker was social media manipulation JCMach1 Nov 2024 #35
Dems will never truly win as long as the reich-wing noise machine exists hurple Nov 2024 #40
Yep -- THIS is the BIGGEST REASON Martin Eden Nov 2024 #43
Well, poor messaging has been screamed since 2015 to no avail. NT. SayItLoud Nov 2024 #46
MAGA has a better amplification network and they spent 20 years developing it, it doesn't matter if Trump wears a narrow uponit7771 Nov 2024 #52
Trump didn't win. Harris lost leftstreet Nov 2024 #48
No doubt Tweedy Nov 2024 #51
Exactly! Tesha Nov 2024 #53
Just nowforever Nov 2024 #54
All for the money Quanto Magnus Nov 2024 #56
There's also an unspoken war on education. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2024 #58
Look at that crazy psycho fuckhead in Oklahoma. Initech Nov 2024 #73
I'm afraid we're not up to the fight needed against the SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2024 #84
We'd better. The fate of the world is at stake. Initech Nov 2024 #89
I'm old enough to remember when Karl Rove said. "We create our own reality." But I'm not sure our path should include,, surfered Nov 2024 #61
Democracy Drowns in Disinformation IronLionZion Nov 2024 #64
We need our own media ecosystem, and we need to *support* it. Until then... keep_left Nov 2024 #65
Left talk radio / alternative media won't work because Democrats don't believe there is a grand conspiracy to hide the.. Fish700 Nov 2024 #77
It has worked, and continues to work at MSNBC, Mike Malloy, Democracy Now, KTNF in MN, etc. keep_left Nov 2024 #79
To get people to fucking listen, will need to be entertaining FIRST. Few will tune in to hear someone read the newspaper SoFlaBro Nov 2024 #98
Well, Air America had some pretty entertaining shows, but they went bankrupt anyway. keep_left Nov 2024 #105
Fuckstain Rush Limpdong was on multiple AM stations in the same fucking market with a couple hundred listeners. SoFlaBro Nov 2024 #106
Yep. Ask Randi Rhodes. Her #1 show was cancelled by the network for Limbaugh's. keep_left Nov 2024 #108
Yeah we just need to start telling the truth. Initech Nov 2024 #90
The working class is not the same as the working poor. One of those is never talked about. Autumn Nov 2024 #71
Important. elleng Nov 2024 #92
The real answer: IT WAS SPITE. And malice. Initech Nov 2024 #72
Economy Avalon Sparks Nov 2024 #74
It's everything discussed here, and more LilElf70 Nov 2024 #76
Nexus: a book to recommend Godot51 Nov 2024 #81
yup krkaufman Nov 2024 #82
ALSO roomtomove Nov 2024 #85
Yes, conservative control of news and successful voter suppression. Voter suppression isn't mentioned in the, why ShazamIam Nov 2024 #86
Exactly. Rs weren't brainwashed in a vacuum, it was years of Fox and rw media pounding propaganda into their heads. Pepsidog Nov 2024 #88
by Michael John Tomasky elleng Nov 2024 #91
We understand. Dem leadership does not. GregGilman Nov 2024 #100
Yes. And the task escalated from defeating a candidate to defeating Russian, Chinese, Iranian and far right disinfo mahina Nov 2024 #101
Propaganda works. Propaganda applied intensely REALLY works. SupportSanity Nov 2024 #103
The question would then be: why do so many Americans choose to consume crappy right wing media? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2024 #111
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