Political Polls/ Main Stream Media

[Jeff]

I don't necessarily disagree, but by whom?

By the people/companies that own them.
Most of them are all owned by the same 2-3 companies or people.

[mowens]

I have noticed, with the exception of the stolen valor articles, almost everything I see about Walz is positive and everything about Vance is negative.

Personally, I know nothing about Vance. I also didn't know who Walz was; I just knew that whoever was in charge during the George Floyd riots was incompetent. It wasn't until recently that I found out it was him.

[Del.]

I don't necessarily disagree, but by whom? We've all heard the claim that there is some all-powerful puppet master, but nobody can pinpoint exactly who/what is pulling the strings.

And as far as talking points go, remember that other message board I mentioned? The one where I'm a "lefty?" I could go there and cut and paste some of those posts, and they would be the exact talking points we see here. Word for word.

Nobody is original, sadly.

The vast majority of the writers of mainstream media has graduated from Liberal universities. Not likely they write the news supporting right wing opinions. I don't know if there are any right wing universities other than the religious ones perhaps.

[neurosis]

Trump is capable of speaking at length and off-script on any issue

Try to imagine the media reaction if Trump gave the same canned word-for-word campaign speech more than once.

Well, I mean, to be fair, all he does is say "I'm better at <enter something here>"  "Nobody is better at <enter something here>" "There is nobody better than I am at <enter something here>"    

[beej]

Well, I mean, to be fair, all he does is say "I'm better at <enter something here>"  "Nobody is better at <enter something here>" "There is nobody better than I am at <enter something here>"    

that's not all he says, that just all you hear.

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[Del.]

Well, I mean, to be fair, all he does is say "I'm better at <enter something here>"  "Nobody is better at <enter something here>" "There is nobody better than I am at <enter something here>"   

That's a personality trait not a policy trait.

[Jeff]

all he does is say

Taken literally, that statement proves that you haven't actually taken the time to listen to him talk.

[neurosis]

that's not all he says, that just all you hear.

[neurosis]

Taken literally, that statement proves that you haven't actually taken the time to listen to him talk.

Yes, I have. More than once.  lol.  It's mind numbing.

[Del.]

Yes, I have. More than once.  lol.  It's mind numbing.

He does say that a lot. " I know more about weapons than anyone " 😂

[beej]

I don't have to watch that, I can already picture it.  If you google Trump's plans for first 100 days in office, you might not like what the articles say but there are a lot of them, mostly put out by leftwing groups trying to scare us. But if you google Kamala Harris plans for first hundred days in office. All of the articles are from 2021. So there is that.

[Del.]

Trump quote. " I'm an excellent driver "

[Jim at Gentex]

One primary ingredient to being a good leader is self-confidence.

Trump's over-the-top self-confidence is probably one of his most annoying personality traits, but I personally would rather that than a leader who is too timid to speak his or her own mind for fear of being criticized. 

And let's face the facts, the left and the media are going to criticize Trump NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS, so he may as well say it with confidence! 

[Bucky Cornstarch]

By the people/companies that own them.
Most of them are all owned by the same 2-3 companies or people.

Mainstream corporate media. This is a trend that has been happening for 50 years at least.

The vast majority of the writers of mainstream media has graduated from Liberal universities. Not likely they write the news supporting right wing opinions. I don't know if there are any right wing universities other than the religious ones perhaps.

The vast majority of writers at legitimate news organizations actually graduate from universities with accredited journalism programs. My experience was that instructors in those classes were interested in teaching things such as story structure, how to research a subject, and how to keep bias out of a story. I don't recall one trying to influence me politically; in fact, that is the exact opposite of what a journalism professor is supposed to do.

Perhaps we need to define what makes a journalist, and what makes an opinion writer or columnist. If you read crap like Gateway Pundit or Huffpost, you most likely are not reading true journalism.