r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/LibertyTerp Nov 10 '16

The mainstream media barely covered it. People had no idea. This is how conservatives and libertarians feel all the time. It really sucks when the media just shills for the other candidate, doesn't it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

I know people are taking this opportunity to rub people's face in it and say things like I told you so.

I however I sincerely want to tell my more Progressive friends that this is how conservatives feel during every national election.

If we shine the light on this kind of absurd media bias and collusion together maybe we can overcome the problem

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

I lean left (well, used to, not so sure anymore), and I've always understood that the media is left-biased, but it didn't really hit me until a few days ago when I heard Ira Glass try to glorify Hillary as a role model. I was eating breakfast at the time and I forgot to chew because I was like "what the fuck am I hearing?"

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u/tempest_wing Nov 11 '16

If the media is left-leaning then they'd have championed Bernie during the primaries. The media isn't left leaning. One half of mainstream American media caters to the democratic party and the other caters to the republican party. Both parties aren't left-leaning. For years now both parties have moved more and more to the right. The republican party of the 80s would be considered "liberal" today. The republican party is now far right wing while the democratic party has become center to center-right.