OpenStars , 20 days ago

This is why I worry that Republicans will win: bc they have mastered the “truth” that facts don’t matter so much as campaign commercials.

And apparently journalists also, e.g. that line "They can’t buy groceries anymore. They can’t.” - I mean… there are cheaper options that don’t involve going into debt to purchase goods on a literally weekly basis.

Even here in the Fediverse, we send them clicks and spread the message for them. E.g. when the woman says:

“I know he’s a big fat mouth,” she says of Mr Trump. “But he at least knows how to run the economy.”

Whereas in response the reporter tried to be “fair & balanced” by saying that:

Mr Biden has claimed, incorrectly, that inflation was already at 9% when he entered office. It was 1.4%.

There is no reason to give either of these statements the time or day, but instead they spread them as “newsworthy”.

I guess it’s my own fault for remaining subscribed to this community, if this is the content that regularly appears here.