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hw's avatar

I'll be even more blunt...the WH and more than a few anchors will shoulder more than a small portion of the blame for the slow-moving horror show that is overtaking our country. Had they vetted Trump before the primaries, he never would have risen to the presidency. Had they put the same level of diligence into Trump's tax returns as Hillary's emails, we never would have reached the point of impeachment. Had they covered the Mueller report as it was written (vs as interpreted by Barr), there would have been far more support far earlier for impeachment. Had they continued to question why Jared Kushner had an instant messaging relationship with MBS, we might understand the danger that this soulless puppet has wrought over the past 3.5 years. Had they forced Trump to answer questions about the dangers posed by the looming pandemic instead of allowing contradictory and ignorant answers and deflections to stand, 100,000 lives or more would not be in jeopardy. Had they forced answers to the absence of PPE, we wouldn't have doctors falling ill and dying. History will rightfully harshly judge those who had the opportunity to act as the final rail of democracy, protecting the vulnerable from an administration that, with reckless negligence or deliberate malice, are allowing tens of thousands to die. My hope is that a fearless writer will document, naming names, those in the media who so shamefully abdicated their fundamental role in our society, and ignored empathy for access.

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YubNub25's avatar

We need a "Fire Joe Morgan" for political coverage.

Tired: "Jared Kushner, the President's son in law, is handling covid 19 response for federal government despite his lack of qualifications. Damn this nepotism!"

Wired: "Jared Kushner is handling covid 19 response for federal government despite his lack of necessary qualifications. Per X, an expert on organized crime who worked for Y for Z years, Kushner's unlikely role reflects the notion that cooperation between fathers and sons or sons-in-law is a common organized criminal relationship."

This is how you move the conversation forward instead repeating the same thing for 3 years and avoid a pandemic that kills 200,000 people.

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