Danishfurniturelover
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There were presidents who deserved to be picked on, like Bush. Yet they got relatively little compared to what Obama got from the right wing media.
There were presidents who deserved to be picked on, like Bush. Yet they got relatively little compared to what Obama got from the right wing media.
i liked obama but the left wing media let him off scott free on unmanned drone missiles and middle eastern issues compared with bush.
i liked obama but the left wing media let him off scott free on unmanned drone missiles and middle eastern issues compared with bush.
Nor are they required to in the US since the fairness doctrine was abolished. From what I have read it had its flaws but enforced some element of balance for publishers. It's abolition has accelerated the polarisation in media reporting to the point where we are at now.You are right, but so is @braineclipse.
Maybe part of the problem is the fact that the majority of the population need a 'team to support', and therefore can't look at things objectively. And subsequently thats what we are being fed more and more by the media
Absolutely in agreement there.You are right, but so is @braineclipse.
Maybe part of the problem is the fact that the majority of the population need a 'team to support', and therefore can't look at things objectively. And subsequently thats what we are being fed more and more by the media
You are right, but so is @braineclipse.
Maybe part of the problem is the fact that the majority of the population need a 'team to support', and therefore can't look at things objectively. And subsequently thats what we are being fed more and more by the media
This is such an important issue. Him being eloquent and a democrat really did get liberals pretending he wasn't a war mongering bastard. I despise Trump but my parents home country of Pakistan is a lot less fudged under him than it was under Obama when innocents were being droned to death on a regular. Also see Libya and Somalia. And guess what, less western intervention gives the death cult less ammo to radicalise idiots to harm innocents over here.
Another biggie is that social media is where a significant portion of people get their news from. They promote themselves as platforms rather than publishers which allow them to mostly abdicate their responsibility on content. Facebook do moderate some content but how this is done, where the line is, etc is a complicated topic and can be abused easily. I think the whole thing needs a fresh look as these companies have too much power over the horde mind.
There were presidents who deserved to be picked on, like Bush. Yet they got relatively little compared to what Obama got from the right wing media.
I think he was the best person to be US President in a long time. I don't think he was as good a president.Exactly. I really think he was the best president in recent history but he was far from perfect and made some huge mistakes.
He wasn't allowed to be a good president, as the reps had both the Congress and the Senate, and blocked EVERYTHING he tried to do, even bills that the reps actually supported. But they where adamant that they'd fudge it up for Obama.I think he was the best person to be US President in a long time. I don't think he was as good a president.
Good presidents bridge that divide.He wasn't allowed to be a good president, as the reps had both the Congress and the Senate, and blocked EVERYTHING he tried to do, even bills that the reps actually supported. But they where adamant that they'd fudge it up for Obama.
McConnell was actively working against him from the off. As was all of the dark money cabal - De Vos, Koch's,etc.He wasn't allowed to be a good president, as the reps had both the Congress and the Senate, and blocked EVERYTHING he tried to do, even bills that the reps actually supported. But they where adamant that they'd fudge it up for Obama.
That's just how politics works. The opposition has to be won over.McConnell was actively working against him from the off. As was all of the dark money cabal - De Vos, Poch's,etc.
In saying that Trump seems to roll back some Obama policy every week, so it would appear that he got more done than people remember.
There is no working together across the aisle on anything nontrivial now, in the US at least. Those days ended with Gingrich. It has been one side fudging the other for decades.That's just how politics works. The opposition has to be won over.
Same happened over here when Corbyn was in charge.
That's just how politics works. The opposition has to be won over.
Same happened over here when Corbyn was in charge.
He wasn't allowed to be a good president, as the reps had both the Congress and the Senate, and blocked EVERYTHING he tried to do, even bills that the reps actually supported. But they where adamant that they'd fudge it up for Obama.
Illegal? The president of the United States just called the speech of an American company illegal.