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@W32 said in US Politics:
@Winger said in US Politics:
@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
Apparently
Apparently according to whom.
Maybe for once the media has been accurate and professional with their reporting. As unlikely as this is/
It seems when it suits your viewpoint, the media is to be trusted. It always amazes me that people are willing to believe an obscure youtube channel, but wont listen to "the mainstream media" Perhaps better to use/discard all media to form an informed opinion. "Mainstream media" is just like any other media
This false equivalence drives part of the problem I think. For all the faults of mainstream media, all the things they get wrong, and all the biases the various outlets show, they are not the same as some fuckwit with a youtube channel. They have news, and they have opinion pieces (dressed up as analysis). They can be sued when they make shit up, and they even make retractions from time to time when they have spouted provable bullshit.
The shit catering to conspiracy theorists has no such limits, and johnny conspiracy theorist can't tell the difference. It's the RT model - make the concept of truth malleable, everything can be doubted, and people can choose what they want to believe. They do this via google etc, and the algorithms are self-reinforcing. Then the people who are dissatisfied with their lives, and feel a lack of control over their world will gravitate to conspiracy via their desire to have someone to blame - the elites who control everything - while championing those who do anything (up to and including starting a war) which goes against the status quo/institutions. It doesn't even matter that their very heroes are the epitome of controlling elite.
it's fucking bizarre frankly, but then i guess so is the popularity of soccer and shit pop music. -
Interesting. Polls showing a substantial number of Republican voters will back Biden over Orange Donald.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/23/trump-moderate-republicans-problem-00137112
"It’s an issue that became starkly apparent in polling ahead of the Iowa caucuses, when an NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of voters in that state found that fully 43 percent of Nikki Haley supporters said they would back President Joe Biden over Trump."
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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
Interesting. Polls showing a substantial number of Republican voters will back Biden over Orange Donald.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/23/trump-moderate-republicans-problem-00137112
"It’s an issue that became starkly apparent in polling ahead of the Iowa caucuses, when an NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of voters in that state found that fully 43 percent of Nikki Haley supporters said they would back President Joe Biden over Trump."
A counter theory is that the vast majority of the Nikki Hayley supports are democrats that have always voted democrat who have jumped on the primary's and voted for Nikki to make sure that "Trump doesn't run for president".
It's like a while lot of labor supports joining NZfirst so they can vote Winnie off as leader (if you follow NZ politics).
How true either theory is I guess we'll find out come the elections.
However to think that 40% of republican's are going to vote for a president with the lowest approval rating of all time does seem rather fanciful.
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Only $175 million.
How can NY survive when criminals are running the show? And are being so open about it. If you value your house at, say 1 million and the bank reduces the valuation to 800,00. Then you might be fined $500 million. So, the criminal running NY can steal your property and flog it off on the cheap to their mates.
Or have I misunderstood somehow.
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