Oops, They Did It Again: The Mainstream Media Buries Trump’s Outrage

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Oops, They Did It Again: The Mainstream Media Buries Trump’s Outrage

> The former president spent the weekend spewing dangerous nonsense at a rally. The press spent its weekend polishing it into palatability.

They analyzed how it would affect their numbers and determined it would turn off too many MAGA viewers and not attract enough other viewers to make up the difference. News for profit was always a bad idea.
Using the propaganda model… news businesses favoring profit over the public interest succeed, whilst those favoring reportorial accuracy over profits fail — and are relegated to the margins of their markets (low sales and ratings).
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