Do you remember the Mainstream Media (MSM)s insincere mea culpa for their biased misleading of the American people as to the 2016 presidential election winner? Then when they were predicting" 90 that Hillary Clinton would win?
We are in 2018 and MSM has been continuing to lose the publics trust ever since. For almost two years they have been in a perpetual state of denial advancing scenarios for the presidents resignation from impeachment to declaring him mentally unstable.
The last gimmick launched by yet another anti-Trump Republican (what a shocker!) and promoted at the speed of light by the delusional MSNBC channel consists in how to primary the incumbent president in 2020.
I think its safe to bet on some radical changes in the relationship between the American people and MSM. Some of them have started after November 8 2016 and some others are in progress.
Heres a set of 15 reminders that are to be considered:
(1) MSM has always presented itself as the holder of Truth. Reality has shown that MSM has been engaged for way too long in a war with Truth and MSM has lost this war.
(2) MSM has portrayed Hillary Clinton as a person exonerated from criminal responsibility for her numerous acts of corruption and illegal activities over time. Reality has indicated that she has jeopardized national security and has threaten certain individuals perceived as dangerous or compromising for her own political convenience.
(3) MSM has presented Donald Trump as an isolated exotic character separated from the worlds current major concerns (particularly in Europe but also in Asia and Africa) such as: Islamic terrorism massive immigration (particularly from Muslim countries) and the assault against Christianity. Reality has shown that Trump is indeed a true American Mr. Brexit.
(4) MSM has presented populism as a marginal trend in the American society. Reality has proven that the electorate majority of both parties Republican and Democratic consists in populist voters who gave support to anti-Establishment candidates (Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders).
(5) MSM has described narratively and statistically - more than half of the countrys population as a basket of deplorables" in sharp contrast with the majority of the American people." Reality has shown that the so-called majority - ideologically and racially consists in a cumulation of several minority groups.
(6) MSM has threatened the deplorables" with many Hollywood darlings having to move out the country if the candidate of the deplorables" were to win. Post-election reality should force those darlings of the Dream Factory City to fulfill their vocal promises (otherwise they should shut the hell up and just sing or perform!).
(7) MSM has presented as a fait accompli the idea that winning televised presidential debates organized by MSM is a solid predictor of winning the presidency. Reality has illustrated that this has become a myth (especially after episodes of Donna Brazile-type where party operatives in cahoots with the same MSM leaked information about peoples debate questions to certain preferred candidate).
(8) MSM has instilled the idea that political household names like Kennedy Clinton or Bush are invincible per se. Reality has shown that non-politicians like Trump can defeat in just one electoral cycle two powerful political-dynastic names (Bush and Clinton) who ruled the country for 20 years in a row.
(9) MSM has trained the electorate to think that temperament" is a bad thing and experience" is a good thing. Reality has proven that temperament" involves a powerful character strong values determination contempt for political correctness while experience" (if its bad) is useless (and so is low energy").
(10) MSM has accustomed the American people with a politically correct discourse. Reality has proven that new standards need to be adopted: tell it like it is" high energy" and being unpredictable" have become a must" in order to overcome the voters boredom and apathy. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the famous quote: Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see."
(11) MSM has constructed a narrative according to which certain constituents (like minorities union workers) can be regarded as plantation workers" and certain constituencies (like the Blue Wall" Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) are Democratic Holy Lands. Reality has shown that nobody and nothing can be taken for granted anymore.
(12) MSM has created the narrative that Hillary Clinton is the inevitable president who would win by a landslide (predicted with a 90 probability) and the Democrats would take the U.S. Senate too. Reality has shown that Republicans can win the presidency and both Congress houses (for the first time since November 1928!). However this does not exempt the Republicans from reforming their own party.
(13) MSM has instilled the idea that America means mainly New York The Great Lakes and Hollywood. Reality is that the core of America is exactly in-between.
(14) MSM has switched the party traditional colors to red for Conservatives and blue for Democrats (with the late Tim Russert being credited as one of the coiners). Reality is that the original colors (supported ideologically by the British and continental European tradition) used to be blue for Conservatives and red for Democrats. Time has come now for the two colors to return to their original parties.
(15) MSM has accustomed the electorate with the toxic idea that a Trump presidency will be the hell on earth." Reality has shown to liberals (and their younger fellow activists in the university campuses) that they should not moan and weep because their country has not been lost but rather saved. And it will be greater again and more prosperous than ever!
In conclusion and as a consequence of all of the above MSM has lost irremediably the right to be called mainstream." Reality imposes the fact that from now on it should be called simply: medium.
NOTE - A version of the article was published previously in AMERICAN THINKER.
Tiberiu Dianu has published several books and a host of articles in law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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Do you remember the Mainstream Media (MSM)s insincere mea culpa for their biased misleading of the American people as to the 2016 presidential election winner? Then when they were predicting" 90 that Hillary Clinton would win?
We are in 2018 and MSM has been continuing to lose the publics trust ever since. For almost two years they have been in a perpetual state of denial advancing scenarios for the presidents resignation from impeachment to declaring him mentally unstable.
The last gimmick launched by yet another anti-Trump Republican (what a shocker!) and promoted at the speed of light by the delusional MSNBC channel consists in how to primary the incumbent president in 2020.
I think its safe to bet on some radical changes in the relationship between the American people and MSM. Some of them have started after November 8 2016 and some others are in progress.
Heres a set of 15 reminders that are to be considered:
(1) MSM has always presented itself as the holder of Truth. Reality has shown that MSM has been engaged for way too long in a war with Truth and MSM has lost this war.
(2) MSM has portrayed Hillary Clinton as a person exonerated from criminal responsibility for her numerous acts of corruption and illegal activities over time. Reality has indicated that she has jeopardized national security and has threaten certain individuals perceived as dangerous or compromising for her own political convenience.
(3) MSM has presented Donald Trump as an isolated exotic character separated from the worlds current major concerns (particularly in Europe but also in Asia and Africa) such as: Islamic terrorism massive immigration (particularly from Muslim countries) and the assault against Christianity. Reality has shown that Trump is indeed a true American Mr. Brexit.
(4) MSM has presented populism as a marginal trend in the American society. Reality has proven that the electorate majority of both parties Republican and Democratic consists in populist voters who gave support to anti-Establishment candidates (Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders).
(5) MSM has described narratively and statistically - more than half of the countrys population as a basket of deplorables" in sharp contrast with the majority of the American people." Reality has shown that the so-called majority - ideologically and racially consists in a cumulation of several minority groups.
(6) MSM has threatened the deplorables" with many Hollywood darlings having to move out the country if the candidate of the deplorables" were to win. Post-election reality should force those darlings of the Dream Factory City to fulfill their vocal promises (otherwise they should shut the hell up and just sing or perform!).
(7) MSM has presented as a fait accompli the idea that winning televised presidential debates organized by MSM is a solid predictor of winning the presidency. Reality has illustrated that this has become a myth (especially after episodes of Donna Brazile-type where party operatives in cahoots with the same MSM leaked information about peoples debate questions to certain preferred candidate).
(8) MSM has instilled the idea that political household names like Kennedy Clinton or Bush are invincible per se. Reality has shown that non-politicians like Trump can defeat in just one electoral cycle two powerful political-dynastic names (Bush and Clinton) who ruled the country for 20 years in a row.
(9) MSM has trained the electorate to think that temperament" is a bad thing and experience" is a good thing. Reality has proven that temperament" involves a powerful character strong values determination contempt for political correctness while experience" (if its bad) is useless (and so is low energy").
(10) MSM has accustomed the American people with a politically correct discourse. Reality has proven that new standards need to be adopted: tell it like it is" high energy" and being unpredictable" have become a must" in order to overcome the voters boredom and apathy. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the famous quote: Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see."
(11) MSM has constructed a narrative according to which certain constituents (like minorities union workers) can be regarded as plantation workers" and certain constituencies (like the Blue Wall" Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) are Democratic Holy Lands. Reality has shown that nobody and nothing can be taken for granted anymore.
(12) MSM has created the narrative that Hillary Clinton is the inevitable president who would win by a landslide (predicted with a 90 probability) and the Democrats would take the U.S. Senate too. Reality has shown that Republicans can win the presidency and both Congress houses (for the first time since November 1928!). However this does not exempt the Republicans from reforming their own party.
(13) MSM has instilled the idea that America means mainly New York The Great Lakes and Hollywood. Reality is that the core of America is exactly in-between.
(14) MSM has switched the party traditional colors to red for Conservatives and blue for Democrats (with the late Tim Russert being credited as one of the coiners). Reality is that the original colors (supported ideologically by the British and continental European tradition) used to be blue for Conservatives and red for Democrats. Time has come now for the two colors to return to their original parties.
(15) MSM has accustomed the electorate with the toxic idea that a Trump presidency will be the hell on earth." Reality has shown to liberals (and their younger fellow activists in the university campuses) that they should not moan and weep because their country has not been lost but rather saved. And it will be greater again and more prosperous than ever!
In conclusion and as a consequence of all of the above MSM has lost irremediably the right to be called mainstream." Reality imposes the fact that from now on it should be called simply: medium.
NOTE - A version of the article was published previously in AMERICAN THINKER.
Tiberiu Dianu has published several books and a host of articles in law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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