It feels like we also have a broken media system. I’m a golfer so I know many people who are Trump supporters & right-wing media consumers. Personally, I left a 12 year relationship last year because over time my otherwise smart partner had become a Fox (+Fox Business + Newsmax + Real America’s Voice) addict. This audience is not open to information that doesn’t conform to their Fox worldview. It is a hermetically sealed system comprised of national & local (Sinclair)TV, talk-radio, bro podcasts & social media.
Journalists at the NYT (home paper) & others I follow do not ask folks they interview where they get their news. How much discontent is actually driven by Fox talking points? Why is a propaganda outfit like Fox given a WH press pass?
In 100 days Harris & Walz ran a good campaign. Trump’s was almost embarrassing yet the right-wing audience only heard positive news about Trump and negative news about Harris.
Do Democrats understand the enormity of this media system? What can they do to get messages to penetrate? The rw media has played the refs along time and it won this election.
I have seen several write ups addressing this issue, it is a big one. We have a broken media and information ecosystem, and a democracy can not survive with this condition. We need the ability to have reliable, trusted sources of objective information, vs disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda 24x7, focused on limbic hijacking of individuals, tailored to feed them this for maximum profit and emotional response.
It was suggested that a mega-wealthy donor(s) would have to take this on to develop new platforms, but a challenge is that many wealthy do not want to invest in platforms that challenge the mechanisms for their wealth creation and capture, thus a challenge.
“giving thanks for the rule of law, free and fair elections, fundamental rights, and the Constitution, all of which we still have —“
Some of us have lost way more of these things than others for sure. If we had a just justice system 45 would have been incarcerated for his crimes. If our Constitution was being honored, the insurrectionist, 45, would not be able to be a candidate for the highest office in the land, and women have lost agency over their own bodies, a fundamental right.
When a political party can run political ads 24/7 that are blatant and egregious lies about their opponent without any repercussions how is an election fair?
These are the county canvas final dates. Voters have 5 days after final county numbers to have 3 voters file a recount request in their election precinct. That means many of the challenge windows will close THIS WEEKEND. Others early next week.
Thanks for the great big reading list. As a small blue dot in a big red county, I find it worthwhile to learn all I can. Sooner or later conversations are going to start and I want to have a strong foundation to explain what’s happening.
It feels like we also have a broken media system. I’m a golfer so I know many people who are Trump supporters & right-wing media consumers. Personally, I left a 12 year relationship last year because over time my otherwise smart partner had become a Fox (+Fox Business + Newsmax + Real America’s Voice) addict. This audience is not open to information that doesn’t conform to their Fox worldview. It is a hermetically sealed system comprised of national & local (Sinclair)TV, talk-radio, bro podcasts & social media.
Journalists at the NYT (home paper) & others I follow do not ask folks they interview where they get their news. How much discontent is actually driven by Fox talking points? Why is a propaganda outfit like Fox given a WH press pass?
In 100 days Harris & Walz ran a good campaign. Trump’s was almost embarrassing yet the right-wing audience only heard positive news about Trump and negative news about Harris.
Do Democrats understand the enormity of this media system? What can they do to get messages to penetrate? The rw media has played the refs along time and it won this election.
I have seen several write ups addressing this issue, it is a big one. We have a broken media and information ecosystem, and a democracy can not survive with this condition. We need the ability to have reliable, trusted sources of objective information, vs disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda 24x7, focused on limbic hijacking of individuals, tailored to feed them this for maximum profit and emotional response.
It was suggested that a mega-wealthy donor(s) would have to take this on to develop new platforms, but a challenge is that many wealthy do not want to invest in platforms that challenge the mechanisms for their wealth creation and capture, thus a challenge.
Very on point. Harris & Walz lost the blue wall states. What was the message from trump that we missed?
I'm pretty sure the extremely slim margin of loss wasn't due to what Trump was doing or saying, or not doing, it was because of misogynoir.
“giving thanks for the rule of law, free and fair elections, fundamental rights, and the Constitution, all of which we still have —“
Some of us have lost way more of these things than others for sure. If we had a just justice system 45 would have been incarcerated for his crimes. If our Constitution was being honored, the insurrectionist, 45, would not be able to be a candidate for the highest office in the land, and women have lost agency over their own bodies, a fundamental right.
When a political party can run political ads 24/7 that are blatant and egregious lies about their opponent without any repercussions how is an election fair?
I would add to your excellent reading list:
https://open.substack.com/pub/bltbanjo/p/how-the-election-was-stolen-in-plain?r=2xpfg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://www.mind-war.com/p/you-cannot-win-psy-war-by-voting?r=2xpfg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I would add to the list Rachel Maddow’s Prequel
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
Another recommended read: "How to Stand up to a Dictator", Maria Ressa (2021 Nobel Peace Prize recipient)
PA VOTER RECOUNT REQUESTS
These are the county canvas final dates. Voters have 5 days after final county numbers to have 3 voters file a recount request in their election precinct. That means many of the challenge windows will close THIS WEEKEND. Others early next week.
https://open.substack.com/pub/spoonamore/p/pa-citizen-instructions-for-hand?r=2xpfg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks for the great big reading list. As a small blue dot in a big red county, I find it worthwhile to learn all I can. Sooner or later conversations are going to start and I want to have a strong foundation to explain what’s happening.