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How White Media Is Repeating The Crimes of Election 2016
It’s hard to fathom that we are merely months away from electing the next president of a country that’s sadly worse for wear after being mercilessly attacked by what was supposed to be a hopeful start to a brand new decade.
President Trump’s campaign theme for his reelection was going to center on the “booming economy,” which he and his henchmen spent the weeks after the new year touting on every major news outlet that would have them.
Conservative and liberal media created a united front when it came to parading evidence of impressive job numbers and all the structured data that supported this administrations imminent victory lap in November 2020.
Overexposed talking heads dominating roundtables at rival venues, CNN and Fox News, couldn’t wait to give Trump his due. And the matching narratives were laced with threats of how “the best economy ever” could very well give Trump the upper-hand, based on his ability to give the people what they want, even when they hate him for it.
But the devastating effects of a global pandemic that has so far killed over 90,000 Americans, and counting, has levied tsunami-sized currents that have violently swept away Trump’s golden ticket back to the House, and once-illustrious station that he has irrevocably defaced beyond recognition.
