The political commentary industrial complex has never been particularly good at describing the world as it is, instead usually preferring to describe the world as they imagine their friends would like to hear it described. But it's rarely felt as detached from actual circumstances as at the present
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We need to appeal to the moderate liberal voter; it looks like a horse, but it has a horn protruding from its forehead and it often has a rainbow tail.
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My theory is they’re being falsely emboldened by social media data in a dead internet.
They don’t realize their own bots and PR teams have poisoned the set and that internet points on sites like Twitter have become meaningless.
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That is just fabulously clear and well expressed. Great post
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...there's a "narrative" that requires much effort to create this thing called "the US"...however, these pesky things called "history", "facts" & "real news" keep intruding on the story...now people have to either confront the ugliness or participate in "patriotic spinning" - i.e.., support the myth
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Which is why msnbc is no better than fox. Propaganda is propaganda.
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You genuinely know less informed about political affairs if you listen to political pundits. The median voter has a better grasp of what’s going on.
