Is blame shifting to the media a fool’s errand? Does it beg the question or several of them? To be sure, Trump’s daily fire hose of falsehoods (lies) and fascism is so ubiquitous, so saturating, so “old”news in the daily that even Trump himself, realizing this, often ups the ante of outrageousness just to stay in the curl of the wave. We…
Is blame shifting to the media a fool’s errand? Does it beg the question or several of them? To be sure, Trump’s daily fire hose of falsehoods (lies) and fascism is so ubiquitous, so saturating, so “old”news in the daily that even Trump himself, realizing this, often ups the ante of outrageousness just to stay in the curl of the wave. Welcome to populism 24/7. The carnie barker gets more attention than the guy with a plan and a program. Who knew?
The playing field is what it is, is it not? If it can be reasonably argued that communication is maybe more than half the game, more than half of what a president’s job is….to communicate clearly and convincingly to citizens about what they are about, what they have done, and propose to do on a daily basis, then what level of “blame” belongs to Joe Biden and his “handlers”? Well before the 90 minutes on the evening of June 27, a whispering, teleprompter bound, press conference-less, Joe demonstrated that he fell way short of maximizing the power of the bully pulpit.
As true as Thom’s insightful lament about the media is, time is short. Arguing that the weather is hurting Joe Biden’s numbers will not change those numbers. Without a media filter, 48 million Americans watched some or all of the spectacle of their president almost literally come to pieces on national television, live and in real time. Tens of millions of those people do not read sub tack blogs, or any other media outlet as part of their daily lives. 70% before and 74% of voters polled after the debate believe Joe Biden is too old to be running for re-election to the presidency for FOUR more years.
The sports maxim “keep your eye on the ball” may be helpful here. For starters, the BALL ain’t the media.
You make a good point, Biden is not an effective communicator, but a competent facilitator of b iparisanship, but he is simply the avatar of the Democratic National Committee.
Biden is, in case, we forget, the race horse that they led by the bridle from the paddock to the starting gate in 2020, because they had nothing else, no one else, and he won the race because the other one was hobbled.
Any race horse could have beat the RNC stable's favorite in 2020, were that true today, were it true had not the race horse that won in 2020 not suffered from self inflicted wounds and flaws.
Do men become president because they won, or because the other side lost?
I maintain that in 2020 Trump lost, anyone could have beat Trump that election, that wasn't outright scary.
2024 is not 2020, this time the theocrats are totally organized and prepared, Republican legislatures have enacted laws, armed poll watchers have been recruited and trained, I would be surprised to see them wearing uniforms and arm bands.
Right Wing lawyers have prepared and refined briefs to be filed if the election doesn't go their way and will be waiting on court house steps.. Bannon even admitted it before going to jail, for a four month vacation.
And the Democratic party is caught up in circular firing squad, and it is all about ego's and careers with no concern, as far as I can see, for the future of the country, the party, the constituency.
In 2020 Biden won because 8 million people turned up to turn Trump out of office., but it was the Swing states that did the job, red states like Arizona , Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia that turned purple for one election.
That advantage is gone, thanks to voter suppression laws and planned actions.
We can only hope that the Muslims and black voters of MN, MI, PA, WN who have threatened to sit out the election or vote third party, were talking out the side of their mouths and have a come to Jesus or Allah moment,on Nov 5th, suddenly realizing that if they follow through, they are building loading ramps to their own cattle cars. This is no time to bitch about the past, because the only thing that really counts is the future.
As a person older than dirt, I lived during the time when the Fairness Doctrine was in practice… So if you will imagine sitting in front of a grainy B&W 16” screen on a Sunday Morning at 7:30AM while a guy in a suit reads a boring statement for about 3 minutes… That was the heyday of that policy.
The genuine beginning of the End of Democracy was the SCOTUS decision of “Citizens” United - that made money equivalent to speech
Exactly! So, new solutions must be found. We are hanging on by a thread, visa vice ill informed about equal informed electorate. Where and why did you and I learn, at least for the most part, the difference between shite and shinola?
Before Reagan, the news division was a loss leader, anyone who even mentioned a sponsor was fired.
Not news is part of the Infotainment division, and is a source of revenue, and the last thing anyone who wants to keep their paycheck and have a career wants to do is shit in their own messkit, by pissing off the egg laying goose.
Is blame shifting to the media a fool’s errand? Does it beg the question or several of them? To be sure, Trump’s daily fire hose of falsehoods (lies) and fascism is so ubiquitous, so saturating, so “old”news in the daily that even Trump himself, realizing this, often ups the ante of outrageousness just to stay in the curl of the wave. Welcome to populism 24/7. The carnie barker gets more attention than the guy with a plan and a program. Who knew?
The playing field is what it is, is it not? If it can be reasonably argued that communication is maybe more than half the game, more than half of what a president’s job is….to communicate clearly and convincingly to citizens about what they are about, what they have done, and propose to do on a daily basis, then what level of “blame” belongs to Joe Biden and his “handlers”? Well before the 90 minutes on the evening of June 27, a whispering, teleprompter bound, press conference-less, Joe demonstrated that he fell way short of maximizing the power of the bully pulpit.
As true as Thom’s insightful lament about the media is, time is short. Arguing that the weather is hurting Joe Biden’s numbers will not change those numbers. Without a media filter, 48 million Americans watched some or all of the spectacle of their president almost literally come to pieces on national television, live and in real time. Tens of millions of those people do not read sub tack blogs, or any other media outlet as part of their daily lives. 70% before and 74% of voters polled after the debate believe Joe Biden is too old to be running for re-election to the presidency for FOUR more years.
The sports maxim “keep your eye on the ball” may be helpful here. For starters, the BALL ain’t the media.
You make a good point, Biden is not an effective communicator, but a competent facilitator of b iparisanship, but he is simply the avatar of the Democratic National Committee.
Biden is, in case, we forget, the race horse that they led by the bridle from the paddock to the starting gate in 2020, because they had nothing else, no one else, and he won the race because the other one was hobbled.
Any race horse could have beat the RNC stable's favorite in 2020, were that true today, were it true had not the race horse that won in 2020 not suffered from self inflicted wounds and flaws.
Do men become president because they won, or because the other side lost?
I maintain that in 2020 Trump lost, anyone could have beat Trump that election, that wasn't outright scary.
2024 is not 2020, this time the theocrats are totally organized and prepared, Republican legislatures have enacted laws, armed poll watchers have been recruited and trained, I would be surprised to see them wearing uniforms and arm bands.
Right Wing lawyers have prepared and refined briefs to be filed if the election doesn't go their way and will be waiting on court house steps.. Bannon even admitted it before going to jail, for a four month vacation.
And the Democratic party is caught up in circular firing squad, and it is all about ego's and careers with no concern, as far as I can see, for the future of the country, the party, the constituency.
In 2020 Biden won because 8 million people turned up to turn Trump out of office., but it was the Swing states that did the job, red states like Arizona , Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia that turned purple for one election.
That advantage is gone, thanks to voter suppression laws and planned actions.
We can only hope that the Muslims and black voters of MN, MI, PA, WN who have threatened to sit out the election or vote third party, were talking out the side of their mouths and have a come to Jesus or Allah moment,on Nov 5th, suddenly realizing that if they follow through, they are building loading ramps to their own cattle cars. This is no time to bitch about the past, because the only thing that really counts is the future.
Scotty, substance, Biden's story, is not getting out.
And where does that buck stop?
If we don't bring back the Fairness Doctrine, and fast, is there any hope?
As a person older than dirt, I lived during the time when the Fairness Doctrine was in practice… So if you will imagine sitting in front of a grainy B&W 16” screen on a Sunday Morning at 7:30AM while a guy in a suit reads a boring statement for about 3 minutes… That was the heyday of that policy.
The genuine beginning of the End of Democracy was the SCOTUS decision of “Citizens” United - that made money equivalent to speech
The fairness doctrine is a good start, but it only applied to broadcast. Many more people get their opinions online these days.
Exactly! So, new solutions must be found. We are hanging on by a thread, visa vice ill informed about equal informed electorate. Where and why did you and I learn, at least for the most part, the difference between shite and shinola?
There are no problems, only solutions! From the guy who wrote the song "imagine", John Lennon
No, And chance of it coming back are near zero.
Before Reagan, the news division was a loss leader, anyone who even mentioned a sponsor was fired.
Not news is part of the Infotainment division, and is a source of revenue, and the last thing anyone who wants to keep their paycheck and have a career wants to do is shit in their own messkit, by pissing off the egg laying goose.
Both works for me!