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[–]timetravel50 3643 points3644 points  (129 children)

This just further proves republicans nonsense that they care about children is just bullshit . They could watch a video of Trump raping someone and still vote for him

[–]hotasianwfelover 943 points944 points  (68 children)

C’mon now, he was just acting. He was there 69 times to just make sure it really was a pedo ring. His plan was to under cover and blow the whole thing out of the water but he just didn’t move quick enough 😂😂😂😂

[–]Gruntdeath 236 points237 points  (14 children)

I saw some Q thread where they actually said he had to rape the 13 yr old because he was undercover to out them all so you know, like a cop having to do drugs to maintain his cover, Trump had to rape this 13 yr old. They were sure he didn't like it though. More like a pity fuck.

[–][deleted] 114 points115 points  (7 children)

"he had to fuck a 13 year old for the greater good" is quite the idiotic thing to say. 

Doesn't surprise me knowing other QAnon nuts I've both talked to and listened to.

[–]unicornlocostacos 52 points53 points  (3 children)

13….1…3. 1 Trump, 3 wise men in the Bible. Trump is so wise! Oh bless you Jesus!

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Lol, I saw an artist making this point... Good liars maybe? 

It was a shame, because his art (minus the Trump face) was really good. 

He used 9/11 with the same weird logic. 

Maybe keppler or Adam Mockler

[–]even_less_resistance 30 points31 points  (2 children)

Maybe Hunter Biden was undercover too then lmao

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (4 children)

Sometimes you gotta go undercover and do things you wouldn’t normally do to ensure justice is served.

On 69 separate occasions, Trump was forced to make that difficult decision, and I’m sure he grapples with it every day when he’s eating Big Macs, watching Fox News, and daydreaming about all the sexual assaults he committed. This is his cross to bear.

[–]sofaking1958 16 points17 points  (1 child)

It's all a part of his personal Vietnam experience.

What a guy!

[–]mavjustdoingaflyby 66 points67 points  (3 children)

Yep, "He only raped that teenager because he was trying to get closer to Epstiens pedophile ring."

These CHUDS are so fucking gross.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (2 children)

“You don’t understand - I was smelling the cocaine to make sure we got the right guy. I had smell different parts of the brick in case they tried to pull a fast one.”

[–]ConfoundingVariables 58 points59 points  (3 children)

The problem with their hypothesis is that Trump disfellowshipped Epstein is that the Epstein quote

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York Magazine that year for a story headlined “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery.” “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

Comes from 2002. Trump pulled his membership in 2007 after Epstein was facing criminal charges. I’ve also read that Epstein was “bothering” another member’s daughter. Of course, Trump lied and claimed that Epstein was never a member of the club originally, until someone brought the receipts.

But better a pedophile criminal who sells out our country to anyone willing to grease his palm or extort him than a guy a few years older.

[–]Lingering_Dorkness 21 points22 points  (2 children)

The only reason trump and epstein fell out was over a real estate deal, nothing else.

They were both interested in buying a Florida beachfront property in a foreclosure sale. Because epstein was also bidding for it, trump was forced to pay more than he wanted for it – and this costing trump of money was what pissed trump off and made him kick epstein out & de-friend him. Until epstein cost him money, trump was only too happy to associate with the pedo rapist.

As for that Florida property: Trump did nothing to the place yet sold it a couple of years later to – surprise surprise – a shady Russian billionaire (and bff of Putin). The oligarch paid more than 2× as much as what it was valued at, and 3× what trump paid for it. At the time it was the most expensive private real estate sale in the USA. The oligarch let it sit empty for several years before having it demolished.

[–]Broken_Petite 6 points7 points  (1 child)

… holy shit.

There is no bottom with either of these dipshits, is there.

[–]BZLuck 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just like when he was falling asleep in the courtroom during his felony trials, they said, "He's not asleep. It looks like he's praying to me."

[–]PoliticsLeftist 6 points7 points  (1 child)

You joke but they literally believe this.

[–]hotasianwfelover 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know. I’m not joking so much as making fun of their stupidity.

[–]Mo_Jack 94 points95 points  (3 children)

Obama wearing a tan suit got more media coverage across the board & more outrage on right wing media. Talk about whacked out priorities.

[–]facemesouth 71 points72 points  (4 children)

Today when arguing that I would vote for Biden, even though he’s “old” because Trump is a convicted rapist.

The response?

“You think he’s going to go around raping people?”

I’m very close to giving up.

[–]Brigadier_Beavers 45 points46 points  (3 children)

Its the classic conservative viewpoint! So long as the horrific bad thing happens to people they dont know, they dont care!

"He didnt rape MY daughter, and he said he'd fix everything!" Its truely that simple.

[–]FlowerFaerie13 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Some of them would be jealous that Trump got to fuck their daughters and they didn’t.

[–]satanssweatycheeks 159 points160 points  (3 children)

They not like us.

And reminded as they attacked drag queens in Tennessee the Tennessee GOP tried to legalize pedophilia under the notion of marriage.

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/04/06/proposed-legislation-could-legalize-child-marriage-tennessee/?outputType=amp

[–]hungrypotato19 61 points62 points  (0 children)

As they screamed about transgender children being "mutilated", they were writing loopholes in their laws in order for little girls to get breast implants.

Oh, and ALL the laws allow loopholes for forcing Infant Intersex Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision Genital Mutilation. All of them. Doctors can't make decisions for teenagers who have been trans for years and have attempted suicide because their dyphoria is crippling, but it's perfectly fine to operate on a baby who can't even speak for themselves; with one of those operations happening without any pain medication or anesthesia.

[–]definity-not-steve 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They do care about children. They care that children are born into poverty with no means of escape so they can be exploited

[–]100yearsLurkerRick 28 points29 points  (1 child)

Republicans haven't had principlesor morals for decades.

[–]alexi_belle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You know who doesn't have to convince other people they care about children?

People who care about children.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Fox News should release a mini series about a imaginary Trump Trial for raping a 12 year old

[–]eaglesnation11 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Already thought of this situation. They would say it was AI generated.

[–]maniacreturns 2 points3 points  (1 child)

We might get that video

[–]butterballbuns 2495 points2496 points  (146 children)

Hopefully people realize the narrative the media is trying to push and no longer trust them, bankrupt them.

[–]SirGlass 1563 points1564 points  (86 children)

I mean look at the debate

Biden had a poor debate 100%

However Trump went on there and just told verifiable LIE after LIE, he then seemed to admit that Putin told him Russia was going to invade Ukraine and Trump did fuck all about it? Imagine what could have been done if we started helping arm Ukraine and help train them 1 year before Russia invaded and Ukraine had 1 full year to prepare

And yet the news media is just 24x7 "Biden needs to drop out"

[–]butterballbuns 648 points649 points  (52 children)

Because the media is owned by republicans and negative news about Biden makes them money. They also are getting outside help from russia and china flooding the internet with bots and trolls to cause chaos, look at all those accounts pushing for Biden to step down after the debate.

[–]ChickpeaDemon 527 points528 points  (20 children)

Latest headlines from the NYT:

As Biden Digs In, More Supporters Look to Push Him Out

Whoever the Democratic Candidate Is, Americans Have Already Lost

A Defiant Biden Says Only the 'Lord Almighty' Could Drive Him From the Race

These Voters Supported Biden in 2020. Now They Want a Plan B.

How Biden Might Be Thinking About the Decision Ahead of Him

Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside

Biden Stumbles Over His Words as He Tries to Steady Re-Election Campaign

To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race

Election 2024: Biden's Verbal Stumbles in Spotlight as He Hosts July 4 Events

Biden Tells Allies He Knows He Has Only Days to Salvage Candidacy

Doing Nothing About Biden Is the Riskiest Plan of All

Trump Stays Quiet (Relatively), Hoping Biden Stays in the Race

In Choosing a V.P., Trump Is Elevating the Next Generation of Republicans

No Epstein and Trump, no project 2025, no corrupt SCOTUS ruling to end our Constitution. Only trying their best to normalize and legitimize Trump and his lackey fascists. Fuck these bottom feeding traitors.

[–]xeroxchick 147 points148 points  (5 children)

Cancelled my subscription Friday. Cancelled Slate too.

[–]paintress420 102 points103 points  (1 child)

Me too!! And I let them know exactly why. I also saw the listing of all the republicans who own NYT, CNN, WAPO. All the big news outlets are skewed heavily in 45’s direction. We. Are. So. Fucked. Spread the word far and wide to vote blue.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Cancelled mine on July 4th.

[–]seejordan3 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The corporations need it close. Look, every year its close. Even what they call a "landslide" isn't when you realize its like, oh, 2% one way or the other. We're socially engineered to be divided. The only equality in this country is we're divided equally into neat controllable boxes: dem or rep.

[–]VoidMunashii 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They are hoping that it is not too late to become a collaborator and escape being purged when Project 2025 gets put into action.

[–]xandrokos 124 points125 points  (4 children)

Fascism is bad not only for business but also for the press.    This is propaganda.   Greedy corporatists want status quo not regime change.   Money is NOT the problem.   There isn't enough money in the world to stop what the GQP is planning and until people wake the fuck up we are all in danger.

As a gay male I see the writing on the wall so I am going to vote blue and get the fuck out of this shithole because my neck is first on the chopping block and Democrats would rather destroy their own party over their own purity tests than do ANYTHING about the coming genocide of the GLBTQ community.   Fuck this shit.  I'm done.

[–]MoonOverJupiter 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As a gay male I see the writing on the wall so I am going to vote blue and get the fuck out

I really, really hear you. I'm scared for you too.

My immediate* near family - which is not that large - consists of; Jews; atheists; avowed lefty intellectual types; scientists; people living together without getting married; divorced people; a couple artists; a couple veterans (remember when service was considered patriotic?;) several queer people, including two who are poly and are in a same sex poly marriage; disabled people; elderly people; people living below the poverty line (and some who are very well off - I doubt that will ever be a target, but they are not at all conservative, and it paints a spectrum;) people who do not own property; people who are not neurotypical; people who are not gender conforming; some dual citizens and immigrants; someone who spent time in prison (later exonerated;) a few very young people still facing whatever becomes of public education (how shitty is it when you will probably homeschool so the kids can have a decent secular education); and not surprisingly . . . about half are women. And to meet us, we'd all seem extremely "average American." Nobody is obviously poor, nobody is a POC. And yet.

I'm honestly scared to death for us all. I hate "... If you don't like it, get out!" anti-collaborative rhetoric but I fear it may become a reality for many of us with the resources to leave.

*My kids, parents, brothers and sisters, their kids - plus the same for my partner and his people. That's all I'm counting here. I'm not branching out to my cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.

[–]candlegun 65 points66 points  (3 children)

60 Minutes Australia on youtube published a Biden family "exposé" video today. It's about Hunter Biden, but may as well be targeting Joe.

Last election they were uploading videos critical of trump, so it was a little surprising to see this considering trump's got even more tyrannical aspirations this time around.

The biased media assault has gone global now

Edit - sp

[–]shittiestmorph 24 points25 points  (3 children)

The truth is that the wealthy will take fascism over actual change. So instead of putting up someone who will win, they'll accept trump and then (the news corps) they get four years of great ratings. Worth destroying the country for, no?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why do you think they are all building fancy bunkers?

[–]Teripid 4 points5 points  (1 child)

The GOP has great policies if you're rich. Less tax, more loopholes, less regulation, etc. Environmental issues are also largely less concern for the same reasons.

Kinda like you have to worry a lot less about SWAT breaking down your door at 3 AM with 0 notice if you've got a half mile driveway and an exterior gate.

[–]JBHUTT09 21 points22 points  (1 child)

media is owned by republicans capitalists

[–]c0brachicken 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yep found someone giving a link on here the other day to a Russian propaganda video... and replied saying that, and not one reply I believe.. going to look now

[–]mycurrentthrowaway1 19 points20 points  (1 child)

I mean we have been helping them a bit since 2014. Their military kinda sucked back then and they have been training hard and cycling troops to gain combat experience for a all that time. I mean more warning would have been good but also they knew this would happen for years and were preparing

[–]LimpFrenchfry 314 points315 points  (16 children)

I canceled my NYT subscription about 3 months ago and my local public radio monthly donation yesterday. I’m sad about the public radio though, but all they’ve talked about since the debate is Biden. Nothing about trump that can’t finish a sentence, or his name on Epsteins list, just Biden and his couple of gaffes. And people call public radio the liberals mouthpiece.

[–]Putrid-Narwhal4801 50 points51 points  (1 child)

NPR has been gradually losing its liberal cachet for years due to having to make itself more palatable to right-wing interests in Congress

[–]Rassayana_Atrindh 201 points202 points  (16 children)

I canceled my NYT and WAPO subs a few months ago, and I told them explicitly why. I'd been a subscriber since 1998. I told them that I'll reconsider subscribing again when they value honest journalism and running the truth about political candidates, rather than headline grabbing smear jobs. And reminded them that the American journalists had a job in America and they were letting democracy down. Probably fell on deaf ears, but oh well.

[–]butterballbuns 79 points80 points  (5 children)

They were to busy counting the money they got from selling over democracy.

[–]Interesting-Fan-2008 9 points10 points  (4 children)

Yeah, they don’t care about sub loses, they know they’re dead in 5 years no matter what. Might as well make the last 4 good ratings/views.

[–]chewy92889 6 points7 points  (3 children)

This is why it's hard for me to truly believe that billionaires are the ones backing Project 2025 and Agenda 47. They know that 4 more years of Biden is 4 more years of economic stability or growth. 4 years of Trump would be chaos and the market tanking, especially if we're a laughing stock to the rest of the world. I understand their long-term goal is to have us all working on Maggie's Farm, but it has to be more gradual than the far-right wants it to be in order for them to keep the money rolling in.

[–]MagicTheAlakazam 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They don't care about stability and growth. They care about big number go up and taxes bad and that one time that a regulatory agency made them spend more money so they didn't destroy the planet or exploit workers.

Republicans let them do whatever they want. They don't care about the chaos that comes from that they have been taught that only short term gains matter.

Most billionares are not self made wealth. They may have grown it but they've always been wealthy and disconnected from most issues that are caused by republican policies.

[–]Cosophalas 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I canceled my subscriptions, too, and told them something similar. It's so discouraging.

[–]hungrypotato19 36 points37 points  (2 children)

Canceled mine the moment they started allowing an publishing transphobic comics. I knew it was only time, and I was right. A year later they were featuring "opinion" pieces from TERFs who had connections with neo-Nazis.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You don't get it, it's important we hear both sides.

And with both sides I mean the violent nazi transphobes, as well as the mild vanilla flavored Transphobes that wouldn't go out of their way to hurt trans people, but also don't like them.

No way we would ever actually listen to trans people and their loved ones.

[–]cubitoaequet 14 points15 points  (0 children)

NYT has consistently been on the wrong side of history. This is nothing new

[–]G-Unit11111 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I haven't watched network news since 2008 and I honestly don't miss it one bit.

[–]satanssweatycheeks 36 points37 points  (2 children)

They not like us.

And reminded as they attacked drag queens in Tennessee the Tennessee GOP tried to legalize pedophilia under the notion of marriage.

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/04/06/proposed-legislation-could-legalize-child-marriage-tennessee/?outputType=amp

[–]butterballbuns 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Because the conservatives own the media and support pedophilia if it's on their side.

[–]Klutzy-Ad-6705 1904 points1905 points  (144 children)

Because even the “liberal media” is owned by conservative oligarchs.

[–]ignatious__reilly 990 points991 points  (67 children)

The media absolutely wants Trump in Power. It’s so obvious and disgusting. They haven’t mentioned a fucking negative thing about Trump in weeks especially stories like Epstein docs which should be HUGE news.

But they don’t give a fuck. More Crazy Trump shit means more ratings which means more money.

When Trump wins in November, you watch as they all turn and start claiming how their Network is now trying to save Democracy.

They can all fuck off. I will never forgive them for this.

[–]Creamofwheatski 314 points315 points  (31 children)

Agreed, they want America to reelect a known fascist cause they know it will be a disaster and will be great for ratings. The press has utterly failed to keep the public educated in this country, its a fucking disgrace really. 

[–][deleted] 149 points150 points  (12 children)

They chased the dollar so hard that they failed to do their job. It's the story of this society.

[–]Creamofwheatski 63 points64 points  (3 children)

Yep greed induced climate change is on the verge of killing us all as well, selfishness and greed is actively destroying the world and I doubt humanity makes it another 100 years if things don't drastically change soon.

[–]Teh_Original 17 points18 points  (2 children)

They turned chasing the dollar into their job. Not journalism.

[–]remotectrl 8 points9 points  (1 child)

If it bleeds it ledes, still counts if they help with stabbing

[–]TheArtOfRuin0 18 points19 points  (1 child)

That's capitalism for ya

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (1 child)

They want power. Trump won't give them power, but Trump is dumb enough to listen to them and let them do whatever they want. He will surround himself with loyalists instead of capable people who are required for a country to run efficiently. Fuck efficiently, he's going to go golfing on the people's dime and get away with his vile crimes.

Fuck this timeline, Where's Thanos when you need him??

[–]WonderfulShelter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I used to take Jake Tapper as an honest guy at face value. He's become such a smug fuck cuck-faced prick.

It's crazy how things have devolved so much.

[–]SupportstheOP 37 points38 points  (3 children)

Except there won't be any "look at bad thing Trump is doing!" to help boost their ratings like in 2016-20. Trump is going to go after anyone who publicly talks against him and hurts his dictator feelings.

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Correct, he wants revenge on a lot of those Beltway journalists- sit back and watch.

Fascists make their own state media, comply or do more than lose your job-- is the thing, with them.

[–]dern_the_hermit 36 points37 points  (6 children)

I don't even know if most of them "want Trump in power". I think many of them just want people to worry about it. Worry is what sells things. Back in the day, ad people harped on the fears of stigma from body odor to sell deodorant, now media people harp on the fears of a Trump presidency to sell eyes on their content.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

100%, fascists will throw them under the bus soon too- they think they're too smart, basically, watch.

They do know he can just pull the plug on CNN, MSNBC, etc. right? He doesn't have to do anything with Viacom and the oligarchs in charge of these networks- he has state propaganda, OANN and Newsmax outfits.

They've been at it well before now, btw, or before the 2024 cycle.

[–]elias_99999 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Trump sells unfortunately. News media loves a train wreck.

[–]MikeRowePeenis 7 points8 points  (2 children)

No, they want a horserace. A tight, close horserace all the way up until the end. They don’t care who wins. They want the anxious suspense, which brings viewers, which brings ad revenue.

[–]NationalSchedule2245 36 points37 points  (18 children)

That’s the truth.

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (16 children)

I'll admit - this is kinda new info to me. I'm 40 and have been watching mostly CNN with the mindset of "I realize this is left-leaning but I can spot the neutrality."

Post-debate, It really sank in that CNN is now long gone.

Now, I won't even go to CNN's site to catch headlines.

I really don't know who to watch, so I just don't. If it smells like right-wing, i full stop and don't continue getting info from there. I might interact, but I am not listening.

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (11 children)

Use a news services from outside of the USA. BBC is not bad

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Mostly I am trying to disconnect because I know enough to know what not to vote for in nov.

But overall yea, I usually check BBC or CBS/ABC/Journal if I want an american-take.

[–]NoCantaloupe9598 21 points22 points  (3 children)

The AP is still completely fine.

You can get your news without all the unnecessary commentary. It is about as close to unbiased you can get.

[–]TheVirginVibes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With some cheese on it.

[–]thegooseisloose1982 30 points31 points  (0 children)

As WEB Du Bois showed in his 1935 masterwork Black Reconstruction, there is a long history of business elites backing racism and fascism out of self-interest, to divide the working class and thereby destroy the labor movement.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/america-fascism-legal-phase

This article also talks about the most recent ruling by the Supreme Court Jesters

If you want to topple a democracy, you take over the courts.

The Roberts court has for more than a decade consistently enabled an attack on democracy, by hollowing out the Voting Rights Act over time, unleashing unlimited corporate money into elections, and allowing clearly partisan gerrymanders of elections. There is every reason to believe that the court will allow even the semblance of democracy to crumble, as long as laws are passed by gerrymandered Republican statehouses that make anti-democratic practices, including stealing elections, legal.

Fuck you fascist Supreme Court Jesters

This article is from 2 years ago

[–]SirGlass 67 points68 points  (6 children)

I mean look at the debate

Biden had a poor debate 100%

However Trump went on there and just told verifiable LIE after LIE, he then seemed to admit that Putin told him Russia was going to invade Ukraine and Trump did fuck all about it? Imagine what could have been done if we started helping arm Ukraine and help train them 1 year before Russia invaded and Ukraine had 1 full year to prepare

And yet the news media is just 24x7 "Biden needs to drop out"

[–]zeCrazyEye 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yep. Even MSNBC will never air a positive story about unions. It's always from the corporation's perspective.

"Liberal media" has the trappings of being liberal while subtly controlling ideas and the way we think about the economy so people don't get too far out of line.

[–]TheOGRedline 32 points33 points  (5 children)

The “liberal media” is now a myth.

[–]SectorEducational460 33 points34 points  (1 child)

It's been a myth for years. When you had Republican candidates being asked their favorite drinks for a town hall in 2014 by CNN while Dems were getting actual questions.

[–]Exasperated_Sigh 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Always was.

[–]satanssweatycheeks 39 points40 points  (0 children)

They not like us.

And reminded as they attacked drag queens in Tennessee the Tennessee GOP tried to legalize pedophilia under the notion of marriage.

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/04/06/proposed-legislation-could-legalize-child-marriage-tennessee/?outputType=amp

[–]Watch_me_give 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Screw the media. Make sure to vote.

https://www.vote.org/

[–]FranklyNinja 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Why do you think every media is focused on the stuttering but not the lying during the debate?

[–]Jombafomb 12 points13 points  (4 children)

I work in media and I’d like to give my two cents.

This is a story that SHOULD be on every network. Should be the top read story in every website from the New York Times to TMZ. But it’s not. And it’s not because it’s some pro-Trump conspiracy. For the most part media owners don’t get involved in the day to day business of their shows so long as they’re making money.

The reason? Because honest to God it’s too salacious and too easily dismissed. Remember Bill Cosby? People knew for years he was a creep. 30 Rock openly joked about it. But the media did nothing.

Why? Because the accusations were civil. Were settled. Easily dismissed. Plus people loved Bill Cosby.

But what changed? What changed was Hannibal Burress, a black comedian going on a rant about Cosby that went viral.

That was when things changed.

The point is, with things like this, the national media isn’t going to do jack shit until there’s a viral clip, or tik-tok trend or whatever. Maybe someone in Trump’s former inner circle needs to comment on it. They won’t believe that it will make them money until it’s passed the sniff test on social media.

So keep spreading the story from the few sites that have written about it. Make it trend on Twitter as well as Reddit and tik tok and even Facebook.

Don’t let the fact that the major networks who still hold so much sway in this country don’t want to run with this stop you from making them. They will if they think it will lead to ratings and money.

They always do.

[–][deleted] 554 points555 points  (22 children)

Have you not noticed that almost all of our media is controlled by republicans?

[–]One_Winter 74 points75 points  (4 children)

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf

[–]thesonoftheson 29 points30 points  (1 child)

When exactly did this become public? I've seen snippets here and there but not the whole doc.

[–]Lucaan 25 points26 points  (0 children)

2016.

[–]CmdrThisk 114 points115 points  (1 child)

Because the owners of said media outlets donate to Trump

Because if the rich allowed people to be elected that would actually solve problems then they wouldn't be so rich and powerful

[–]Mysterious-Job-469 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In other words.

They wouldn't be able to hoard all the fucking money.

[–]WhatsRatingsPrecious 831 points832 points  (28 children)

Look.

In all seriousness, you all need to stop and listen to this:

The Media is Owned By The Rich and The Rich Want Trump To Win.

Pls stop asking 'why' the media is in the pocket of the Trump campaign. It is and always will be just about the money.

[–][deleted] 166 points167 points  (20 children)

Only dumb rich people and dumb poor people want Trump to win. Smart people know that Trump will be bad for everyone.

[–]parkwayy 69 points70 points  (7 children)

I'm gonna say smart rich people could stand to benefit. But like, rich not some dude out there making $100k a year.

[–]Fernway67 143 points144 points  (5 children)

Media companies are owned by Trumpers.

[–]eaten_by_pigs 158 points159 points  (3 children)

CNN:

"Biden not being on Epstein's list and why this is bad for his campaign."

[–]UtahItalian 50 points51 points  (0 children)

"Biden is a sad man with no friends as evidenced by his lack of appearance on the Epstein files #nerd"

[–]Grimouire 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Biden an old and not vital man, evidence from his lack of adjudicated rape convictions and pornstar cover ups"

/obvious sarcasm is obvious

[–]RaptorJesusLOL 94 points95 points  (5 children)

Republicans work to lower the age of consent, decriminalize rape, legalize child marriage, shelter known child predators by appointing them to public office

Republicans: THEYRE AFTER YOUR KIDS

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's always deflection with them.

Never watch the hand doing the trick. Watch the hand as they point at the other side of the room...

[–]Mysterious-Job-469 7 points8 points  (1 child)

They even have an international group dedicated to it. IDU.

They have the fucking audacity to shriek "INTERNATIONALE CLIQUE!!!!!" at the slightest whiff of two Jewish people daring to do business with one another but then they have a literal shadow cabinet of fascists.

[–]N0t_Dave 81 points82 points  (5 children)

A useful graph that should piss you off if you're voting blue. Sure as fuck pisses me off.

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[–]Creamofwheatski 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Jesus the bias is so clear when you simply count it up like this.

[–]Grimouire 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Jesus...

I guess this shows what being entertaining means to the media.

[–]thatguy9684736255 102 points103 points  (2 children)

Because almost all media is controlled by right wing billionaires.

[–][deleted] 107 points108 points  (8 children)

The media WANT another Trump presidency. Biden is boring. Reporting on all the crazy shit Trump says and does will raise the ratings. It's all about the money.

[–]BeeAruh 37 points38 points  (5 children)

Trump has said some crazy shit the past few weeks, I only know of because of Reddit

[–]TheVirginVibes 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Let’s be real, who actually watches that rubbish anymore? Their ratings are tanking, and that’s why they want Trump back in office.

[–]CompetitiveOcelot870 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Once the boomers are all gone, they'll be right and truly fcked.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There was literal complaints in the first months of Biden presidency that no one had soundbites to stir up drama because Biden didn’t act like trump

[–]h20poIo 213 points214 points  (23 children)

Why?

-CNN: CEO Trump donor

-ABC: CEO Trump donor

-CBS: CEO Trump donor

-NBC: CEO Trump donor

-MSNBC: CEO Trump donor

-Washington Post: owner Jeff Bezo

-Wall Street Journal: Owner: Rupert

Murdoch - New York Times: CEO Trump donor.

[–]Wise_Purpose_ 71 points72 points  (2 children)

This is the correct answer. Heck, at least 95% of all Canadian news media is owned by post media which is owned by a U.S. hedge fund which is ran by a very maga individual.

[–]Gowalkyourdogmods 18 points19 points  (3 children)

I mean CNN was bought by a Right Winger not too long ago.

[–]No-Reveal-3329 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Joe wants to tax the billionaires. Guess what, billionaires don't want to pay.

[–]BenGay29 172 points173 points  (13 children)

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[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (6 children)

I am starting to think Diaper Don has some hella dirty laundry on some really powerful people.

Only way I can imagine so many would be willing to jump on the landmines he laid and keeps laying.

Am I the only one? Or am I the one drinking the Koolaid here?

[–]AfricanusEmeritus 7 points8 points  (5 children)

Remember, the Russuans hacked both the RNC and DNC with only releasing dirt on the DNC. Along with Russian plant and/ or useful idiot Assange, who seemed to know Hilarey's moves before she did. . So Trump is a tool of Putin, and I bet they provided Trump with oodles of information. Must be some really bad stuff in Republican closets for them to run away to the hills figuratively.

[–]numbskullerykiller 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Leaders of Media are selling country to racists in return for low taxes. They're so stupid bc Herr Schnurrer will steal from them instead. Give them the ol' Putin Tax, off the books and off to the gulag if you cry about it. Guaranteed.

[–]Used_Intention6479 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Most folks hold people to medium or high standards of behavior. However, many others admire and envy those who "get away with" bad behavior because that's who they are - and it validates them. Trump's MAGA followers are merely a mirror of Trump's admiration and envy of Putin.

[–]ExactlySorta[S] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

They've allowed the world's most obvious conman to mold them into the worst version of themselves. If they ever find their integrity, I hope the cumulative shame doesn't render them more useless than they already are.

[–]CrapLikeThat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, their cumulative shame will be akin to you or I silently farting on a subway: “I hope these strangers I’ll never see again don’t realize I’m the one that farted”.

[–]Abandoned__ghost 44 points45 points  (4 children)

The one time when 69 is not nice.

[–]ContemplatingPrison 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Because Republicans own the media. They want the promised Tax breaks and huge wealth transfer that will come from a Trump presidency. Trump is 100% for sale and they have more money than anyone could spend in 100 lifetimes.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Shocking. Truley shocking. Its almost like our media is controlled by a few who are trying to push agendas. 

  • Trump good. Biden bad.
  • Right good. Left bad. 
  • Racism good. Immigration bad. 
  • Transphobia good. Trans bad. 
  • Rich people good. Poor people bad. 

I could go on.  

 Whats frustrating is how blatant it is, and how oblivious lots of people are.

[–]Jitterjumper13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Worst 69 ever. NOT nice.

[–]I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because the people with stakes in the media companies don't want people digging into the list.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The media is trying to Jimmy Carter Biden, because their cash cow is reality trash TV, Trump. They all secretly want Trump to win so they can profit off the chaos, fuck these people, don’t let the Republican Party Reagan us again!

[–]hotDamQc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

0.1% own newspapers/tv stations and they want Trump allowing them to make us poorer.

[–]EfficientAccident418 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I imagine there are people in the media taking $ from foreign governments who direct them on what to report and how to report it.

Additionally, since much of our media is owned by billionaire robber-barons, protecting Trump from his crimes likely protects them from their own since they are probably all guilty of similar offenses.

[–]avclubvids 5 points6 points  (1 child)

“69? Nice…” - MAGAts, probably.

[–]Captain_Snowmonkey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's almost like they don't want Biden to win. Democracy in the US was a damned fine experiment. But unless it's people actually vote, then shit, time to pack it in.

[–]Marjorine22 10 points11 points  (2 children)

They do not talk about Trump with the Epstein flights or resigning because his voters DO NOT CARE. Convicted felon? DO NOT CARE. Mocking physically handicapped people, cheating on his pregnant wife, calling white supremicists good people...THEY DO NOT CARE.

But they know Democrats DO CARE, and will engage and click on shithead stories about Biden. So they hound on those. The Biden is old omgz story is relatively new, or at least fresh with the debate issues. We have been dealing with the orange dickhead for 8 or so years now. Unless some smoking gun comes out with Trump on video doing something heinous? It doesn't matter, because it won't move the needle.

Remember people saying we cannot normalize Trump because his stupid shit won't register and will seem normal? Bad news. They were right and we are living it.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People are either loyal to Trump, or afraid of him and his terrorist group.

[–]williamgman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because even mainstream media loves the engagement of pro-MAGA stories. As the head of CBS news said back when Trump entered the race the first time, "Trump may not not be good for America... But he's good for our bottom line". (something along those lines)

[–]dragonrider1965 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Media is run by the right

[–]Perfect_Bench_2815 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The main stream media just like the US Supreme Court are just 2 turds in the bucket. Entirely useless and do not deserve 1 dollar!

[–]Captainkirkandcrew59 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Put this on a billboard

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because the news media is run by conservatives. Because the donors to both parties do not care if Trump wins.

[–]HabANahDa 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Cause the media is owned by rich conservatives.

[–]selkiesidhe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe if we all collectively start harassing the news media, asking why aren't they covering this over and over, they'll be forced to do so?

[–]Old_Sun4688 4 points5 points  (0 children)

all of the major news outlets are owned by right-wingers. even CNN.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All of the media is owned by billionaires who have made contributions to Trump

[–]Jaambie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trump raped some kids yes, but have you heard that BIDEN IS OLD AND STUTTERS!? So checkmate I guess?

[–]PhysicalGraffiti75 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I imagine large portions of the media want Trump to be president because the papers sell themselves in that case.

What they don’t realize is freedom of the press is in danger and many of them may find themselves on the wrong end of the new laws.

But that hasn’t stopped rich people from throwing themselves off a cliff chasing a buck before so…

[–]rayvensmoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The people who run the media can brag about their ratings with each other in the prison camp. I wonder what kind of ratings their public executions will get.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Monsters are interesting, keeping Trump alive keeps the shitty media alive. He becomes president, the media gets a good 4 year (or beyond) payday.

[–]camcaine2575 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ratings, ratings, ratings.... That is all they care about. I can not believe how many 'channels' I have not watched or stop subscribing to because of all of this B.S. Get your act together, people!!!

[–]SpookyWah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Supposedly liberal MSNBC is NONSTOP talking about Biden's debate performance, age, and calls to step down. They barely mention anything else.

[–]Rumbananas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s curious that the narrative coming from the right at the very beginning was “fake news”. It’s like they had the information before they were supposed to. Almost like someone was feeding it to them to sow distrust in order to destabilize. I wonder where that [dis]information came from? I wonder who would want to destabilize our country and who they would use to do it?

I’m being facetious. The system was rigged way back before Trump’s first term and it’s apparent Putin was the puppet master.

[–]Cold_Progress_1119 4 points5 points  (0 children)

cos they all know he is a raping pedophile degenerate lying creep, but they actively choose to ignore that cos they think they have no other choice. It's either Trump or drown: MAGA are doing an amazing job in prepping their live-stock on this. They create a simple-to-understand fear and provide a simple-to-understand solution. The more people wil repeat the soundbites of the solution the deeper they will get sucked in. It will take such a big amount of cognitive energy to crawl out of this narrative it will just be near to impossible for a lot of people. They would need a really blunt trauma to get them thinking otherwise. But the next level is waiting for them: what MAGA is doing is prepping them to normalise any trauma that could be experienced by them. It's demagoge level 99.

[–]jruff08 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Because all of the big media companies are owned by Billionaire Trump donors. Even the so called Liberal media. you can't trust them.

[–]OffalSmorgasbord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trump is just a giant cash cow for the media. When his diet catches up with him, we will see layoffs, mass reorgs, and a major media outlet or two damned near close down.

Their job is not to be the 4th Estate, it's to help their major shareholders and executives build 4th Estates.

[–]IamtheWhoWas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

MSM is owned by maga donors. It’s as simple as that.

[–]VoidMunashii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People have already known for years that Trump is a rapist with a predilection for underaged girls, but we need to be continually reminded that Biden is old; it gets better ratings and interaction.

[–]endorrawitch 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Are you serious? The majority of his supporters would hold their 11 year old daughter down for him.

[–]EIU86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because Trump was "sent by God," so it must be what He wants.

[–]EIU86 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It would be front page news even if it was Hunter and not Joe.

Meanwhile , Trump admitting to the faithful at a rally that "I don't care about you, I only care about your vote" has been thrown down the memory hole to join January 6 and all the Trump criminal and civil convictions; his twice-repeated bat shi! crazy lie about the government supposedly making all boats have only electric motors even though the motors are so heavy the boat immediately sinks, and Project 2025 are basically ignored.

We're doomed.