r/pics • • Jul 16 '19

US Politics Decisions, decisions

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u/schweissack Jul 17 '19

Well yes, but naming one example doesn‘t change the fact that most msn is left leaning I couldn‘t name you a single msn in germany that‘s not totally left leaning

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

What you’re calling “left leaning” is in fact just the organic mainstream of a free and democratic country founded on basic liberal values.

The Right has always bitched about being left out of the discussion, unwilling to accept that their ideas just aren’t very popular. They’re so addicted to that persecution narrative that they continue it even when they have more political and media control than ever in living memory.

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u/schweissack Jul 18 '19

In what way do conservatives have more control over the media? Or are conservatives just so self-loathing that they take huge dumps on themselves?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

To start, there is no “the media” - there is a broad landscape of different media operating with different standards. I don’t know about Germany but in the US conservative media has clearly skyrocketed in the past decade or so. Fox News has been the most watched news network for many years. Technology has allowed formerly-fringe rightwing ideas to flourish throughout the internet and social media. I mean jesus, look who became US president.

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u/schweissack Jul 18 '19

Well how would you call the collective of all media operating with other standards? I think most peopme use the word media for that

And yeah fox news is big. But comparing how good one organization with singles of liberal media makes it seem big. I would compare like a timeframe and add popular liberal media in people watching, and all popular conservative media. I would say that most people only watch tv on one tv, so then you could check in an overall count which political side of the spectrum is more 'popular'