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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You see wall-to-wall coverage of an invasion of the US by a caravan of poor Hondurans walking through southern Mexico, right before an election, and you see bias against Trump. It's amazing that someone who is so proud of being a free thinker is can be so oblivious to the power of the way things are framed and the recurring narratives that the media repeat.
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You're intentionally (I think) conflating intent and effect. The majority of the press is left leaning. That is not up for debate except among the ludicrous, so I'm not entertaining any silly comeback on that. A majority of these people really believe they are helping to take Trump down by reporting incessantly negative stories about him. Their intent is to harm him.
However, the effect is much different. By giving Trump so much airtime, they've created a monster that sucks up all attention 24/7, which delights, galvanizes, and possibly expands his base.
