One day, I hope to live in a country where presidential debates are held on public television and organized by subject because we need to hear the issues.
I'm reminded that Walter Cronkite said the final words he really wanted to say on his newscasts were not, "And that's the way it is," but instead, "We just gave you 22 minutes of headlines. Read your morning newspaper to find out a lot more." The network was not amused. How far we have declined.
Yeah, funny how much more urgently and passionately people respond to substance over a PR gimmicks clown show, which is all Republicans have. It was never about the people’s short attention span and need to be entertained, and always about the media’s decision to treat us like shallow idiots who want entertainment over substance. Now the American people know Democrats are the party of substance and action, and so does the media. We just have to win the Senate to accomplish any of it.
I’m just so freaking happy Joe Biden won, and we have the first woman Vice President, and hopefully woman President in the next cycle. Please, sweet baby Jesus, let us win the Senate in January.
I still don't give the media a good grade just because of the way this was handled. I'm happy things turned out the way they did with Biden/Harris. But for the last 4 years the written word and TV and S.M. have done the country an injustice. It will take more than this to make Americans believe in them again. I subscribe to your newsletter because of truth in your written word.
I am glad to hear that the network news broadcasts focused more on policy but I bet not one of them ever accurately explained the healthcare debate. Since 2016 the media has given the impression that the only way other developed nations have reached universal, quality, affordable health care has been by adopting single payer systems. Many people believe that the moderate Democratic candidates who didn’t support single payer also didn’t support universal coverage, falsely believing that single payer is the only way to achieve that. I never heard any discussion about the fact that several countries with excellent universal care rely mainly on private insurance. Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan all use a multiple private payer approach and they all have highly rated universal healthcare. I am not sure why the moderates didn’t make their case, but that doesn’t excuse the media for allowing voters to be so badly misinformed on this critical issue. I would bet most journalists have never bothered to get the facts on this critical issue. I love Ali Velshi but he has repeatedly made the false claim that all other advanced countries are single payer.
As a result Democratic Party has been divided over a false impression that moderates oppose universal coverage. What should have been a discussion over the best means to get to that shared goal has been an acrimonious debate based on a false impression. When Bernie said he would get rid of all private health insurance no one in the media that I saw pointed out that no country has done that. Canadians routinely buy private supplemental health insurance as do many, if not most, US Medicare recipients. My nephew enrolled in the NHS when he lived in England but he also bought supplemental insurance.
I have asked many people I know who pay attention to politics what they think other countries use for health care and all of them said single payer/Medicare. When voters are so misinformed on such an important issue the media has failed badly.
With all of the grumbling we usually do here about media news coverage, it feels good to have some good news on that front. The pressure of living with Trump is being slowly released in us.
That is good news and their continued debunking of Trump's ridiculous attempt to claim he's won and to take it to the courts is also good news. There is no rest for the weary as Trump will continue to be a toddler through the transition process. How Trump's base can't understand that Trump's behavior is threatening the security of this nation speaks volumes about their ability to fully grasp what's going on. Hopefully the media will continue to cover this process appropriately and hopefully Fox News will join in. Fox has actually have been more responsible than I would have imagined. I know, too little too late but it's still be a welcome change.
Hi there. I don't want to hi-jack your thread but don't know how else to contact you. I cannot subscribe but would like to make a one-time donation to PressRun. Is there a way to do that? Thanks for your reporting. I have so enjoyed it.
One day, I hope to live in a country where presidential debates are held on public television and organized by subject because we need to hear the issues.
Soundbite culture is terrible for democracy.
I'm reminded that Walter Cronkite said the final words he really wanted to say on his newscasts were not, "And that's the way it is," but instead, "We just gave you 22 minutes of headlines. Read your morning newspaper to find out a lot more." The network was not amused. How far we have declined.
Yeah, funny how much more urgently and passionately people respond to substance over a PR gimmicks clown show, which is all Republicans have. It was never about the people’s short attention span and need to be entertained, and always about the media’s decision to treat us like shallow idiots who want entertainment over substance. Now the American people know Democrats are the party of substance and action, and so does the media. We just have to win the Senate to accomplish any of it.
I’m just so freaking happy Joe Biden won, and we have the first woman Vice President, and hopefully woman President in the next cycle. Please, sweet baby Jesus, let us win the Senate in January.
I still don't give the media a good grade just because of the way this was handled. I'm happy things turned out the way they did with Biden/Harris. But for the last 4 years the written word and TV and S.M. have done the country an injustice. It will take more than this to make Americans believe in them again. I subscribe to your newsletter because of truth in your written word.
I am glad to hear that the network news broadcasts focused more on policy but I bet not one of them ever accurately explained the healthcare debate. Since 2016 the media has given the impression that the only way other developed nations have reached universal, quality, affordable health care has been by adopting single payer systems. Many people believe that the moderate Democratic candidates who didn’t support single payer also didn’t support universal coverage, falsely believing that single payer is the only way to achieve that. I never heard any discussion about the fact that several countries with excellent universal care rely mainly on private insurance. Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan all use a multiple private payer approach and they all have highly rated universal healthcare. I am not sure why the moderates didn’t make their case, but that doesn’t excuse the media for allowing voters to be so badly misinformed on this critical issue. I would bet most journalists have never bothered to get the facts on this critical issue. I love Ali Velshi but he has repeatedly made the false claim that all other advanced countries are single payer.
As a result Democratic Party has been divided over a false impression that moderates oppose universal coverage. What should have been a discussion over the best means to get to that shared goal has been an acrimonious debate based on a false impression. When Bernie said he would get rid of all private health insurance no one in the media that I saw pointed out that no country has done that. Canadians routinely buy private supplemental health insurance as do many, if not most, US Medicare recipients. My nephew enrolled in the NHS when he lived in England but he also bought supplemental insurance.
I have asked many people I know who pay attention to politics what they think other countries use for health care and all of them said single payer/Medicare. When voters are so misinformed on such an important issue the media has failed badly.
With all of the grumbling we usually do here about media news coverage, it feels good to have some good news on that front. The pressure of living with Trump is being slowly released in us.
That is good news and their continued debunking of Trump's ridiculous attempt to claim he's won and to take it to the courts is also good news. There is no rest for the weary as Trump will continue to be a toddler through the transition process. How Trump's base can't understand that Trump's behavior is threatening the security of this nation speaks volumes about their ability to fully grasp what's going on. Hopefully the media will continue to cover this process appropriately and hopefully Fox News will join in. Fox has actually have been more responsible than I would have imagined. I know, too little too late but it's still be a welcome change.
Hi there. I don't want to hi-jack your thread but don't know how else to contact you. I cannot subscribe but would like to make a one-time donation to PressRun. Is there a way to do that? Thanks for your reporting. I have so enjoyed it.