It feels like Harris has to run a damn near flawless campaign just to BARELY beat this guy. Yeah you can bring up the current state of the country, but Trump mishandled COVID, there were over 200k deaths, BLM protest and was 2x impeached. And yet, Joe Biden BARELY beat him.

Trump is a convicted felon, liable sexual predator, caused an insurrection on the Capitol Hill, tried to steal the 2020 election (find me 11,000 votes), constantly kisses Russia’s ass, has more pending court cases and gets sentenced next month and overall has been the main driving factor in America’s division.

Yet, this race is STILL either 50/50 or a slight tilt (Harris leads the polling aggregate right now). Harris gets destroyed by the corporate media for almost anything, yet Trump is still lying and saying the most outlandish shit and nobody cares.

Why does it feel standards are much higher for Harris than Trump?

  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    Trump is an outrage machine, and we have a media that deals in an economy of outrage.

    Trump gets outrage. Outrage gets clicks. Clicks get money. It’s a pretty simple chain to follow.

    We need to wake up and realize that a profit-driven instantaneous news system that leverages strong emotions is not good for anybody. Truth is subjective nowadays, and all that matters is getting information (not necessarily facts) out and people consuming it (and all the ads embedded with it) there, first, and right now.

    • Impassionata@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I am shocked to see this pseudofascist apologia so highly upvoted.

      It’s not the media’s coverage of the fascism that’s the problem.

      You would rather deflect blame to the media than point the finger at the fascism. Shame on you.

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        I don’t think the fascism would exist if it wasn’t profitable to give it a platform.

        It’s like My 600lb Life.

        Trump is the bedridden 800lb lump of a human. And the news cycle that brings him hamburgers by the pallet is the enabler spouse.

        • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I don’t think the fascism would exist if it wasn’t profitable to give it a platform.

          fascism is enabled by those who delude themselves into believing they can control it. see: 1930s germany.

          they knew hitler was a nutbag. but too many people and too many industries were ready for the profits militarism brought - see krupps, ibm etc.