• tegs_terry@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    As soon as the debate ended, CNN began post-game coverage

    This is the problem with US politics. Turn your elections into a sports match and people are gonna tribe up. Total circus.

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        10 months ago

        While the news has always been a for-profit industry, Citizens United turned election years into billion dollar windfalls for news outfits.

        I’m pretty sure that’s why USA Today owns almost all the local papers in my state. They can float the payrolls between election years, or cut a bunch of local reporters and send their own around following primaries in the state with the most campaign money each week.