Posted by laramiebob on 9/28/2020 3:46:00 PM (view original):
"But the media doesn't really lean left, right? That's just right-wing conspiracy theory."
You don't think the long hidden Trump "tax returns" is legitimate News??
You don't think that many of those return "details" would (and SHOULD) outrage honest American citizen, tax payers, and VOTERS?
You THINK that has something to do with left vs. right and ignore the FACT that we have ONE major Network (the ONLY such compromised Network in my view!!) totally devoted to the Republican Party and the Crook in the White House???
And yet you imply some sort of left wing media bias. Ever heard of left wing talk radio?? Not so much from my angle.
I actually THINK you just revealed a very biased analysis of a significant NEW News item; TRUMP's long awaited Tax returns.
Gives the rest of us posters some perspective when trying to weigh the validity of your opinion.
Why would ANYONE try and spin this NEWS as a left leaning media plot vs. Trump!!
Quite the take IMO.
The point is that some people - particularly tang and UofA - are consistently pushing back against the (I believe entirely accurate) perception that most of the mainstream media in the United States lean left (within the US political window). Dino, however, is suggesting that new stories will come out RIGHT BEFORE EACH DEBATE. It's very clear that if something like that is true, the media is far from unbiased. I don't actually think this timing was planned, but if it was, it's kind of dirty.
If you give one candidate firepower on a new scandal, real or not, before the other candidate has any time to defend himself in advance of the debate you can virtually guarantee that this is going to be a big part of the context of the debate. This is problematic to me because - and stay with me here - Trump's taxes have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with any important policy positions of the candidates, vision for America's future, etc. I'd much rather see them debate the things that will actually impact the futures of the American people instead of Trump's taxes. Of course, Trump never answers the questions they ask anyway, but I'd at least hope he'd get every chance to do so...