This Trump raid is all about politics. You can tell that by the words being used in the media. Do these people really think that they are the epitome of reason?
The media is playing this to draw an audience. The more emotional it is, the more viewers it draws. When they do that, then turn around and complain about the partisanship of others, they have no credibility.
Credibility should be the name of the game in journalism. Otherwise, it is only propaganda. Complaining about anyone else's "propaganda" is absurd.
What IS propaganda? By its nature, propaganda is partial to one point of view ONLY. Are these people really going to convince anybody that they are partial to Trump???? Even Fox doesn't do THAT. But to present any Trump-friendly viewpoints is denounced as "propaganda".
Anyone in the media that claims that Fox is propaganda should show why that theirs isn't propaganda. Otherwise, it is propaganda itself. It is the pot calling the kettle black.
Presenting both sides of the question is NOT what the media does these days. If it weren't so, Fox wouldn't exist. I'm not defending Fox, mind you. I don't even watch Fox. I don't watch ANY of them on a regular basis. Just snippets here and there on the web. The reason I DON'T watch media is that they are biased, and have been biased forever. Well over 90% of those in the media are LIBERAL. But you'll never hear that. You WILL hear denials of that.
It is good that Fox exists. There are those, in particular one guy named Obama, who said he didn't consider Fox a news source. You need alternate viewpoints. It is natural to follow what you tend to agree with, but you don't learn anything new that way. This is one way to avoid groupthink. Groupthink can lead to some very bad outcomes.
For the longest time, I haven't trusted the media. The things I have seen since this raid on Trump only confirms the worst of what I've seen in them. It is really rich to hear them complain about Fox. Fox isn't particularly conservative, in my opinion. They say that they would prefer not to even put Trump on the news, just like the rest of media. But they lie. ( A charged word that.) By the way, I would prefer to avoid using that word, but in this case I think it is fair. Bashing Trump brings in the ratings. To say otherwise is the lie.
The truth is that Biden needs to get his approval ratings up because the election is near. In the end, this is all about politics. Rule of law my eye. The greatest impediment to justice these days is the justice system. The greatest impediment to truth are those who claim to be offended by the dishonesty out there. We might have a better chance if people actually practiced what they preached.
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