CNN refused to broadcast President Donald Trump’s White House address on Thursday, July 16, after his “history of false statements.”
After the move, CNN was hit with a wave of backlash from viewers as many found the move to be a form of censorship. On X, one person wrote, “Unbelievable and unacceptable, no more ‘objectivity’ CNN has no credibility……all news outlets should air any President live AND LET THEIR VIEWERS DECIDE THEIR OWN OPINIONS OF LIVE PRESIDENTS NATIONAL ADDRESSES.”
But these same assholes cheer when Obama is ignored and Biden’s speech isn’t broadcast.
If the viewers had the ability to discern propaganda and fake news from legitimate information, we would not have Trump as president.
If we had a unbiased, functional 4th estate we would not have Trump as president. Treating made up bullshit as “alternate facts” is partially why we are where we are.
So much of this is just the result of turnout. And so much of turnout hinges on how efficiently the campaigns operated.
The big difference between Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Harris is who knew how to organize the machinery to get their supporters to the polls in the highest numbers and who didn’t.
After that, you’re just living in a country where 45% of the voting base consistently goes with the most naked fascist on the ballot, because they’ve been programmed to hate hate hate outsiders. And if you can’t juice enough of the remaining 55%, fascism is what you get.