Quote:I think we're reaching the peak of disillusionment with social media across the board, as it's become increasingly clearer to a large portion of the public that what we're being fed is pure unfiltered bullshit. Especially since the most notable owner of one of the major platforms has made a deliberate effort to give the most inflammatory voices - including Trump - the priority of his platform's presence.
There's never been a more stark difference between what we read in every tweet posted in here (or, if we're counting forums as social media, a lot of the regular posts in this subforum), and what's happening in reality, as evidenced by what's been reported by people who are actually talking to people in the ground level. And I'm not talking random anecdotes; multiple times during this whole ordeal, people have essentially been focus tested by random journos, reporters & networks on Biden's age & they've essentially said they don't give a shit.
Honestly, when Biden wins, I'm just gonna delete most of my social media profiles. At that point, there's zero value in any of the current options except for Reddit when I need pertinent information on something.
Crossing Eden wrote:Quote:I mean sure, that'd be cool if he proved everyone wrong, but we'll never see that happen because he's dropping out. Dem leadership isn't going to allow Biden to hold the party hostage and potentially lose the senate and house along with the presidency. We're realistically a week away from him dropping outPeople were literally saying that exact same thing a week ago. And since then he's gaining momentum, not losing it and mainly because people are starting to focus on other things. People should really come to terms with the part where he's most likely gonna be the candidate unless he falls ill.
Quote:The media deserves a comeuppance for how much they give trump and the gop a pass
Quote:Considering "the media" will be the first target of Trump if he gets re-elected, it's like they're hedging their bets that he already won.
Quote:You can't say they're just following the story when they're ignoring a nazi takeover that isn't even being hidden.Don't forget the iron dome!
Royalan wrote:The problem is, I feel like our media is in a death spiral.lmao he's still on about this
And the problem didn't start with Dems punching back (for once).
The problem started with naked levels of profit incentive and Republicans exploiting the general media's desire to be seen as fair and balanced.
While understanding that the situation is complicated, I don't fault Dems for responding to the environment we're in. The only other option seems to be Dems playing subservient mommy to Republicans' reckless daddy.