Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

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6 hours ago, romad1 said:

context.  The stands were not filled and the crowds did not match expectations.  America knew this was a Trump birthday party and a show of force by the regime which appropriated US troops and cost $45m.  Meanwhile, much more sizable crowds turned out to protest Trump in all 50 states.   

I guess context must be it, because as I read through the tweet:

• Planes roared over D.C.: check
• Tanks rolled along the national mall: check
• Brass bands resounded: check
• Thousands of soldiers marched past cheering crowds: check and check
• Largest show of military might in the capital in more than three decades: check

Seems as though the story hit all the points truthfully, so I didn't see the problem, especially since a substantial part of the story itself was devoted to the protests, starting with paragraph #2.

If the problem is that they reported on it with taking a clear and firm position against it, or that they reported on it at all, then that's a discussion of a different stripe. Speaking only for myself, I don't hold mainstream media to that standard.

 

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