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Extremism scholars say TV news “normalizing” Trump’s threats (www.salon.com)
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TV news outlets increasingly ignore Trump's "dehumanizing" rhetoric at rallies despite growing threat

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[–] Fades@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They don’t care about anything but money. CBS CEO himself said it plain as day

He also said the 2016 presidential election is a "circus" and that there is a lot of "bomb throwing" — and he hopes it keeps on like that.

"It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," he said Monday at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates. ... Man, who would have expected the ride we're all having right now? ... The money's rolling in and this is fun," he added. "I've never seen anything like this, and this going to be a very good year for us. Sorry. It's a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going."

He also said that, "Donald's place in this election is a good thing."

https://theintercept.com/2016/02/29/cbs-donald-trump/

Clearly nothing has changed in that regard. I guess the billionaires that own the big media corps also would rather Donald and his tax breaks for the wealthy over any dem, so there’s that too. They are confident they can outlast the fascism they’ve been helping to usher in.

[–] iBaz@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago (1 children)

TV news is how we got stuck with this AH in the first place. All they care about is ratings.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 26 points 10 months ago

It's all about ratings. Just like how quarterly sales must always go up, rating must always go up.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Exactly the thought I had when his presidency was over! He, this, is all normal now.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

No shit.

[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

It's so depressing that we're back in the place where news cycles consist of Trump does horrible thing --> media resorts on horrible thing --> opinion media questions whether the original reporting contained a significantly outraged tone and whether not doing so is itself harmful --> Trump does new and worse horrible thing. Not to say that any of this is the wrong reaction, I just thought my days of getting sucked into these news cycles was over and it's depressing that we've got a year more of this shit again, like some shitty deja vu. At least it'll only be a year, cause either Biden will win or Trump will win and abolish the press, either way it'll be over by 2025.