there is no stronger political myth than that of the ‘‘liberal media’’
story after story, book after book has been written on the subject. one of the best was Mark Hertsgaard’s On Bended Knee, about the supine, enabling media response to one of the most corrupt regimes in US history.
obviously there are large numbers of ill-informed news consumers who disagree with this pov, but here’s a particularly egregious, and current, example of the insanely uneven coverage given to the Hillary faux scandals, vs. the past and current Trump malfeasance that gives rise to the notion that those who think that the media are in her corner are living in a benighted, alternate reality:
How Much Did Cable News Cover Trump’s ‘Pay to Play’ vs. Clinton Foundation Story?
CNN, MSNBC, FOX: 644 mentions in a transcript search of Clinton Foundation scandals
the same network coverage of Trump’s coincidental donation to Florida AG Bondi, and her subsequent dropping of the Trump U investigation: 11, including guess how many mentions on Fox
this disparity has been going on for decades, despite constant statistical evidence that shows the megacorp owned mainstream media has always covered the republicans in a much more favorable light, including the duration of the Iran Contra scandal. Just ask Dan Bonner or Robert Parry.
But I digress. If it turns your stomach to see the likes of Boris Epshteyn, or Trump himself, whine and piss themselves about the ‘‘slanted’’ coverage they get, when the truth of the matter is more than clear to anyone who lives outside the Oort Cloud of right wing propaganda, here’s a simple way to help the media realize that there are those who appreciate equal coverage of all aspects of the political circus, currently disguised as the sequel to the Donald Trump ‘Reality’ Adventure:
the site title above says it all…just go there and click the links provided. you don’t even have to read any of the stories. the act of clicking the link tells the “news” providers all they need to know…that somebody is out there, consuming their product. that’s all it boils down to anymore