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U.S. journalism and punditry completely ignores the fact that the U.S. electorate belief system --including their belief of what Democrats stand for -- is shaped predominately by a massive right wing propaganda network across AM radio, broadcast TV, cable news, and the internet.

you can't talk about US politics and polling honestly without having a conversation about how the American news and information diet is comprised of infotainment sewage and agitprop. Yet you could pluck literally any news story from the feed and find ZERO mention of Republican propaganda successes.

not only do you have a vast right wing propaganda network that's growing all the time (NY Post, Fox News, Sinclair, AM Radio, now CBS, probably soon TikTok), you have a corporate press that's been fecklessly bullied for a generation to be soft on Republicans lest they be accused of "liberal bias"

on one end you have this massive right wing propaganda bullhorn lying about what Democrats stand for bolstered by a corporate press that's routinely gamed by Republicans to validate and amplify these lies then you have pundits wondering why the electorate so often votes against its best interests

just play along with me at home: any time you read journalism on U.S. politics, polling, or electorate's beliefs, see if it makes ANY mention of the U.S. public's news and information diet, or that ANYTHING AT ALL might be a bit rotten in the way the U.S. public gets informed on the issues

yes, it is 4AM Pacific time and this is the sort of stuff I wake up pissed off about

Thank you for this! I was just debating this with an incredibly obtuse journalist earlier this week—media absolutely shapes perception. Denying that is wildly unrealistic and seeing this in print is reassuring for some reason! Also up at 6 AM Mountain for the same reason!

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