Why the News Media Normalizes Trump
The answer to the question posed here hasn’t changed since the president of one of the major news networks commented on Donald Trump shortly after the future president came onto the American political scene in 2015: “I know he’s terrible for the United States, but, given our ratings and profits, he’s terrific for us!”
If the mainstream news were non-profit, it would report on Trump the same way organizations like “Democracy Now” do, and he would have been laughed off the stage immediately. But that would have come at an unacceptable cost: no spectacle, few viewers, no extreme profits.
The people with the banner here remind me of something Socrates said 2300 years ago:
Insofar as science is a description of “what works, and how,” it makes sense to say, as physicist Michio Kaku does here, that “science is the engine of prosperity.”
The meme here came from a reader who seems to miss a very important point: Virtually every American understands that our law enforcement personnel perform functions that are vital to maintaining an organized, civilized society.
Maybe it’s the science surrounding global warming and the mitigation of climate change. Perhaps it’s the cause of and correct treatment for the pandemic. Could be the more esoteric subjects like chemtrails, 9/11, or Keynesian economics.
The owner of this car has his own ideas as to what makes the Democratic ticket attractive.
Looks like billionaire Mark Cuban isn’t a huge fan of Trump and his life’s work as a criminal conman.
Re: the meme here, a reader notes: Many are talking about them like that, but, I guarantee, not all of us!
Why even take the time to ask the prosecutor about murders in the Haitian community? Do you think there is one chance in 1000 that JD Vance is telling the truth on this or any other subject?
It seems that one David Brown is running for the mayor of Solvang, a small town in Central California.
