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[–] 144 points 2 years ago (6 children)

lost the ones more easily duped by soundbites of lies.

"I love the poorly educated!" -Trump, 2/2016

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    [–] 79 points 2 years ago (49 children)

    Once again, they are only looking at the people who DID vote... Those people always vote, and clearly the proportion of blue "always voters" is dwindling compared to red "always voters". Yes ignorant voters lean red, but it doesn't matter. Stop pretending like there's a huge swath of "swing" voters. There's not. Trump got basically the same votes this time. This election came down to the 10 million Biden voters who stayed home for Kamala. That's it. All the rest of this is nonsense bullshit propaganda to obscure the truth. Why didn't they come out for Kamala??

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    [+] 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago (54 children)

    No, SHE didn't.

    Corporate News Fucked Up Again.

    For some reason all the headlines about this seem to be about what the DNC or the Harris campaign should have done.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    I don't think it's fair to just dump all the blame on corporate media. The news media landscape hasn't meaningfully changed since Trump was first elected, but despite having 8 years to formulate a sound media strategy the DNC is still campaigning like it's 2015.

    Like, sure, the Democrats are running with a handicap in the current media landscape, but that isn't new, and it's the responsibility of the DNC to figure out how to overcome that disadvantage — a task that the current leadership has proven itself woefully incompetent at.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Yeah but like, it's a bit crazy that the right has: Fox News, OAN, NewsMax (or whatever it's called), Joe Rogan Experience (gateway drug/sanewashing), Benny Shaps network, X, Truth Social, Prager U, Tim's Pool, right wing radio, and lots of other smaller shops and they all seem to claim corporate media is the worst and they're all here to tell you the truth.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What's crazier is when WB bought CNN and literally said Faux News was the plan for what they wanted to do, and loads of journalists resigned from CNN over the changes...

    People still think any media organization owned by billionaires has a chance to be "on the left".

    If a billionaire (or group of billionaires) own a media company, it's only to manipulate people into blaming anyone except billionaires for the current state of affairs.

    Like, it's great you're realizing it now...

    But the merger was two years ago..

    https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column

    None of this was done in the shadows, they came right out and said it. Publicly and repeatedly.

    What you want to happen is happening. The Dems are getting their own versions of that shit.

    The problem is they're getting it for the same reason: to trick us into voting against our own interests.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The news media landscape hasn't meaningfully changed since Trump was first elected

    I think that's the heart of the issue. Yes, DNC should have figured out away around all corporate media outlets but that's an enormous, unbelievable ask.

    Yes, the DNC should be mobile, and memeable, and . . . fuck, I dunno - on 3.14chan or whatever, but at the end of the day they still have to rely on the fucking Today Show and NBC Nightly News and the motherfucking New York Times to carry their message without shitting on it - which they absolutely will. never. do.

    The right has poured hundreds of billions into this since the mid-90s. The left has no fucking clue. Despite having all the academics and content creators telling them what to do. It's time to put a fist in the face of corporate news. Sweet talking has gotten us a fascist dictator.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean... bernies doing it. Dude is like 80 and is absolutely idolised by the younger generation and regular middle and lower class people because he seems to actually practice what he preaches and is genuinely interested in what's good for people. Most politicians to me just give the impression of seeking politics to enrich themselves and clasping onto power to avoid losing that even when their senile and completely incapable of fulfilling their role.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    For some reason all the headlines about this seem to be about what the DNC or the Harris campaign should have done.

    Wait...

    You're surprised people are blaming the candidate that lost and her campaign team that was paid millions of dollars and spent over a billion and still couldn't beat trump?

    Why?

    What is the logic where the people whose literal job was to win the election, aren't at fault for losing the election?

    And I'm scared to even ask, but:

    Since you think they're blameless, does that mean you really want us to do the same shit in four years again and hope this time screaming at people will be effective?

    Cuz buddy, it's never been effective at anything besides letting some shitty republican into the Oval

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Can’t forget when I overheard someone say, “when was Biden is not running for president” as Trumps was announced he was president elect…

    Democracy dies in ignorance

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "Stupid uninformed people didn't vote."

    Oh really?

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Honestly I thought it was really stupid to hear Trump going after "low propensity voters" as if Kamala wasn't.

    To me, politically engaged people by nature will vote so why the fuck wouldn't you be trying to reach those that don't pay much attention? Like ffs if these people can't be their own advocates how could we expect them to run the damn country... Very very stupid. :(

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The problem is that ots much easier to get people enraged than it is to get them to show understanding. The reds only talk about hate, and that's very hard to combat. It's been their strategy my entire adult life, and I'm 51. It's culture war propaganda.

    What we need are Podcaster and other influences to rail against billionaires and their crimes.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    The ones that get their information from places like Fox, Threads, Facebook, Nextdoor, X, etc.

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Just in: Preacher very popular with choir.

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