(11-24-2020, 08:24 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(11-24-2020, 07:59 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: I hear you, but you're using a far right-wing source with questionable facts to make that argument:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/media-res...enter-mrc/

I would agree that 40% of the people will vote Republican and 40% of people will vote Democrat no matter what real facts are presented; its the moderate 20% that matter.  Its the discerning, educated voter who actually tries to evaluate each issue independently before choosing their candidate that campaigns need to be really targeting to make an election successful.  And those people typically fall in the middle.  I believe that is why Trump got thrashed... not extreme political ideology per se, but his extreme personality and character flaws.  The next election, Republicans need to find an intelligent moderate and not get caught up in the anti-intellectual nature of Trumpism, imo.

Part of what characterized Trump's polarization was his willingness to push back against the biased MSM. The next Republican candidate needs to do the same but with more tact. Trump did not choose his battles wisely. However, sometimes the gloves will have to come off with the future candidate. Barring a change in the media, which is unlikely, that will forever more be part and parcel of any effective Republican campaign because Trump showed it can be done.

Is Fox News MSM?  By MSM do you mean "popular" or "left-leaning"?  I think everyone should call out falsehoods or bias in the media.  However, the "fake news" is happening much more on the right than the left at this moment, particularly with all the "election fraud" non-sense with no facts that gets pushed by the right-leaning news channels and Trump himself.  But BS should be called out and pushed back on whatever side its sitting.  Though Trump isn't exactly the best guy to be calling out BS.

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