His point is true beyond a shadow of a doubt and has been for a long time. It’s a neat follow-up to yesterday’s post about media gatekeeping, in fact. Partisan media aggressively filters the news it covers to shield its audience from information that might shake their faith in “the team.” But big media filters too, even when it feels obliged to pay some attention to major developments that disfavor their own side. A gunman showing up outside Sonia Sotomayor’s home would be big news, illustrating a right-wing “climate of hate.” Whereas a gunman showing up outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home is a page-20 curio about a random lunatic.
When the NY Times or other mainstream media sources cover a story like this, do they ever consider how they'd frame it if political parties were reversed? It seems not.
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While running for president, Donald Trump said this about Hillary Clinton and the Supreme Court Justices:
"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is."
This call for assassination angered you so much that you posted the next day about the failure of Obamacare, and the TV show "Mr. Robot."
Your sincere nonpartisan concern today is noted.
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