I don’t disagree that Murdoch and other media moguls are a major part of the problem but it was the long years of mainstream “liberal” media sanewashing and burying the underlying fascism and theocratic strains of the Republican Party that normalized the extremism for millions of Americans.
I don’t disagree that Murdoch and other media moguls are a major part of the problem but it was the long years of mainstream “liberal” media sanewashing and burying the underlying fascism and theocratic strains of the Republican Party that normalized the extremism for millions of Americans.
As Dana Milbank documented so well in his book “The Destructionists” Republicans first officially let their freak flag fly when the Republicans in the House replaced their long time highly respected, kind leader Bob Michel with the openly nasty, divisive, dishonest Newt Gingrich. Even when Newt played along with the insane, vicious, cruel slander that the Clintons had murdered their close friend Vince Foster and allowed a bonkers house investigation of that unforgivable lie the media kept treating this blatant extremism and the people behind it as normal politics.
As Steve Bannon told Joshua Green, author of “Devil’s Bargain” it’s the mainstream media that does the real damage to Democrats. Bannon has opnely bragged about hacking the mainstream media. For example he and his partner at Breitbart and the deceptively-named Government Accountability Institute managed to get the NY Times and WaPo to sign exclusive agreements so they could publish excerpts from Schweitzer’s dishonest 2015 book/hit job on the Clinton Foundation “Clinton Cash” before publication. The most damaging accusation — that Hillary had gotten our government to approve the sale of the Uranium One mining company to Russia was blatantly untrue and easily debunked. The Times and WaPo printed the accusations anyway. Hillary’s strong approval ratings tanked and never fully recovered and the foundation for the “Crooked Hillary meme” got its start. The mainstream media playing along with these right wing pseudo-scandals — emails for example — is a major reason the public had unwarranted doubts about her honesty.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
I don’t disagree that Murdoch and other media moguls are a major part of the problem but it was the long years of mainstream “liberal” media sanewashing and burying the underlying fascism and theocratic strains of the Republican Party that normalized the extremism for millions of Americans.
As Dana Milbank documented so well in his book “The Destructionists” Republicans first officially let their freak flag fly when the Republicans in the House replaced their long time highly respected, kind leader Bob Michel with the openly nasty, divisive, dishonest Newt Gingrich. Even when Newt played along with the insane, vicious, cruel slander that the Clintons had murdered their close friend Vince Foster and allowed a bonkers house investigation of that unforgivable lie the media kept treating this blatant extremism and the people behind it as normal politics.
As Steve Bannon told Joshua Green, author of “Devil’s Bargain” it’s the mainstream media that does the real damage to Democrats. Bannon has opnely bragged about hacking the mainstream media. For example he and his partner at Breitbart and the deceptively-named Government Accountability Institute managed to get the NY Times and WaPo to sign exclusive agreements so they could publish excerpts from Schweitzer’s dishonest 2015 book/hit job on the Clinton Foundation “Clinton Cash” before publication. The most damaging accusation — that Hillary had gotten our government to approve the sale of the Uranium One mining company to Russia was blatantly untrue and easily debunked. The Times and WaPo printed the accusations anyway. Hillary’s strong approval ratings tanked and never fully recovered and the foundation for the “Crooked Hillary meme” got its start. The mainstream media playing along with these right wing pseudo-scandals — emails for example — is a major reason the public had unwarranted doubts about her honesty.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media
A new report documents how he weaponized the story about the Clinton Foundation and created the ‘Crooked Hillary’ meme.
“How Steve Bannon Played the Mainstream Media.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/08/21/how-steve-bannon-played-the-mainstream-media/