• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s the bullshit myth of “impartiality” that most journalists buy into.

    They think they need to just “let the candidate speak for themselves” unless it’s a left leaning candidate, and then they either;

    A, Ignore the candidate completely,
    B, Tear into the candidate on made up metrics like “electability” despite how popular the candidate actually is.

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

    • dessimbelackis@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s cuz the people who own media companies love republican policies and candidates no matter how “left-leaning” they allow their outlets to present as. An actual left-wing news station would tear desantis apart but they don’t exist because of media concentration.