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stopbush

(24,396 posts)
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 02:24 AM Nov 2016

Bottom line: the media cost Hillary the election. Period.

Who didn't cover Trump like a normal candidate?

Who didn't give a shit about policy discussions?

Who elevated every insignificant Hillary "scandal" to the level of covering a mass murderer?

Who blew up Comey's letter into a fever-pitched orgy of innuendo and suspicion?

Who cared exclusively about personality and not positions?

Let's face it, the media decides who and what gets covered when. No matter what story came out about Trump, the coverage quickly moved on to the next Trump stupidity and the narrative became that nothing stuck to him. That happens when you don't stay with a story.

The media treated Hillary like a convicted criminal who couldn't say "hello" without the media characterizing her greeting as being calculated and insincere. Every little thing she did was characterized as a "scandal."

The media hates the Clintons and they really hate Hillary. She never got a fair shake this entire election cycle. The media made sure of that.

And, they refused to ever treat this election as they have every other election in the past. They never asked Trump about his policies. In fact, they never really asked Hillary, either. It was all about how both of them reacted to whatever "scandal" the media had latched onto.

It can all be laid at their pathetic feet.

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Bottom line: the media cost Hillary the election. Period. (Original Post) stopbush Nov 2016 OP
I agree MFM008 Nov 2016 #1
On the bright side Kilgore Nov 2016 #2
The MSM plus the fake stories on the Internet. pnwmom Nov 2016 #3
absolutely. We also need to give credit to the FBI and comey still_one Nov 2016 #6
The media pushed the non-story. The media wanted Trump, period. duffyduff Nov 2016 #16
no question about it duffy still_one Nov 2016 #17
... Lucinda Nov 2016 #4
You forgot the constant talk of "landslide" making people figure they needn't bother to vote.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #5
With 2O-2O hindsight I wish Hillary would have shown some anger and called the asshole a liar, world wide wally Nov 2016 #7
they would have called her a shrill, hysterical woman Skittles Nov 2016 #21
The L.A. Times is guilty...still guilty...of treating him like a normal candidate. C Moon Nov 2016 #8
K and R oasis Nov 2016 #9
Thanks a lot, Ted Turner. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #10
Exactly.... FrenchieCat Nov 2016 #11
Repost away! stopbush Nov 2016 #14
I couldn't agree with you more. Paladin Nov 2016 #12
She was "Gored" scarletlib Nov 2016 #13
Yep gulliver Nov 2016 #22
The entire blame for this fiasco belongs to CNN president Jeff Zucker duffyduff Nov 2016 #15
The irony is that when it came to political ads on CNN, stopbush Nov 2016 #19
This is so true. n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Nov 2016 #18
There were a lot of factors. Glassunion Nov 2016 #23
The media are afraid of Republicans gulliver Nov 2016 #24

still_one

(92,192 posts)
6. absolutely. We also need to give credit to the FBI and comey
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 03:47 AM
Nov 2016

and even with all that, she still won the popular vote and it is still growing. Right now she is ahead by 2%

 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
16. The media pushed the non-story. The media wanted Trump, period.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 11:14 AM
Nov 2016

He was and is great for their bottom line. HRC wasn't.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
5. You forgot the constant talk of "landslide" making people figure they needn't bother to vote....
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 03:44 AM
Nov 2016

After all, she was a sure thing so why stand in line for hours like the media kept showing on TV?

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
7. With 2O-2O hindsight I wish Hillary would have shown some anger and called the asshole a liar,
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 04:26 AM
Nov 2016

a fraud, a thief, a cheat, a con man, and a threat to our way of life in the same tone he accused of her all that bullshit. I know it was not in her nature because she is a decent human being. But maybe then the fucking media would have reacted like human beings themselves or something other than ass kissers to an orange false god at a bank taking your money. I totally agree that they were a huge factor along with Russia, the FBI, and Wikileaks not to mention the R's which at least was normal.
The irony may very well be that they have killed the goose that laid the golden eggs when they took down our country with the economy to soon follow.

FCN! {Fuck Cable News}… Just don't watch

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
21. they would have called her a shrill, hysterical woman
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 06:44 PM
Nov 2016

just like Obama would be the angry black man if he did the same

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,854 posts)
10. Thanks a lot, Ted Turner.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 08:01 AM
Nov 2016

I don't think Trump could've won in the old days when people got most of their news from newspapers and relatively brief TV coverage. Look at how few newspapers endorsed Trump, even among the strongly Republican ones.

Oh, and now we have the internet full of crap information too.

Paladin

(28,261 posts)
12. I couldn't agree with you more.
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 09:31 AM
Nov 2016

A responsible mainstream media didn't show up for this election. Unforgivable.

 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
15. The entire blame for this fiasco belongs to CNN president Jeff Zucker
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 11:10 AM
Nov 2016

He is the one who created this monster, giving him non-stop coverage for ratings and ad revenue from the beginning when Trump announced. The other news outlets soon followed suit.

HRC had to be defeated simply because she wasn't good for ratings and ad revenue. It's that simple.

Zucker belongs in prison for treason.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
19. The irony is that when it came to political ads on CNN,
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 11:25 AM
Nov 2016

Hillary spent tens of millions while Trump spent next to nothing.

In effect, she got to pay for the very news "coverage" that was digging her political grave.

Response to stopbush (Original post)

gulliver

(13,181 posts)
24. The media are afraid of Republicans
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 07:43 PM
Nov 2016

It's like Star Wars. The media let the wookies win because they don't want their arms to get torn off.

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