• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Itā€™s the bullshit myth of ā€œimpartialityā€ that most journalists buy into.

    They think they need to just ā€œlet the candidate speak for themselvesā€ unless itā€™s a left leaning candidate, and then they either;

    A, Ignore the candidate completely,
    B, Tear into the candidate on made up metrics like ā€œelectabilityā€ despite how popular the candidate actually is.

    More has been written on this subject, but this is a good one.

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      1 year ago

      Itā€™s cuz the people who own media companies love republican policies and candidates no matter how ā€œleft-leaningā€ they allow their outlets to present as. An actual left-wing news station would tear desantis apart but they donā€™t exist because of media concentration.