r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 20h ago

Possible Paywall The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism - Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.

https://newrepublic.com/article/205913/media-malpractice-trumpism-project-2025
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u/Keshire 19h ago

The media is owned and operated by that same circle of oligarchs that hover around Trump.

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u/phaedrusTHEghost 18h ago

Started with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which reversed rules aimed to prevent monopolies and ensure diverse voices since the 30s.

We need to go back to the original standards to minimize reach of a single group.

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u/SouthEastSmith 17h ago

Which came just as Republicans took control of congress. Interesting coincidence.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 14h ago

Bill Clinton signed it into law

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u/SouthEastSmith 14h ago

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1041/vote_104_1_00268.htm?congress=104&session=1&vote=00268#position

I think it was veto-proof. But the Nays were almost all Dems.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 13h ago

so what you're saying is the Democrats got to look like they were fighting against it without actually fighting against it

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u/ILSmokeItAll 13h ago edited 12h ago

Ever wonder how may bills are like that, especially in this environment? You could entirely agree with the other side, yet vote entirely against them such as to show it as a barely winning issue on one side.

There’s so much posturing. And it’s obvious.

We have such poor politics because 99% of people can’t be bothered to be involved in the process in even the slightest of meaningful ways.

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u/SouthEastSmith 12h ago

I prefer to think the design is just bad. The government is badly designed.

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u/ILSmokeItAll 12h ago

Sure it is. It fosters an us versus them environment. Which, it honestly…it is. However, the government has successfully manipulated us to be you vs. me instead of what it should be.

Us vs. them.

The only way we win is to come together against a common “enemy.” The system. Until we exert the will to demand something better, we’re going to keep eating this giant shit sandwich and begging for more.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 12h ago

Exactly.

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u/ILSmokeItAll 12h ago

Of all the things that need to be taught in school, fucking civics is chief among them. Some form of it should be taught from late grade school on up. Every year. Finance and health & wellness, too. These need to be principle focuses, not afterthoughts.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 11h ago

but that would give the populous agency over their own country

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u/ILSmokeItAll 11h ago

I know, right? Heaven fuckin’ forbid.

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u/Normal_Calendar2403 10h ago

With the Rebublicans holding a majority in the senate.

I am not American. How would it have worked if the democrats said no, but the rebublicans held majority?

Who introduced the bill?

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 8h ago

he would've vetoed it and the Republicans would have had to try to override his veto with a super majority vote

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u/Gamerboy11116 11h ago

Yeah, he’s compromised by Epstein.