I think I agree with Greenwald on this. It seems like bias that let to a misperception of reality on the part of these journalists. In the worst cases, they maybe overdid it on purpose to please their audience. I don't think it was done to purposefully manipulate public opinion. But who knows. Everyone certainly was in lockstep on this. Across the whole Western media landscape, too.
Of course there are many journalists, and what you said might apply to some or most of them.
But I might be too much of a conspiracy theorist, and I tend to assume hidden agendas,.
I feel that a narrative is being built and as the saying goes: Never let a good crisis go to waste. And I might also add: If there's no crisis, create one!
What would the goal be, though? As far as I can see, nobody benefited from this. Not even those journalists. They lost a lot of trust by people who actually paid some attention, I think.
From my point of view, the Jan 6 story is being used to as a witch-hunt to keep dissenting opinions in check, and to make sure that Trump will not get back.
I'm assuming that when you say piss-pour that they failed to accurately report facts.
For me the question is different: is this intentional (be someone)? And to what degree it succeeded in getting some people to believe it.
I can see where you're coming from. But I still don't think it's an intentional setup. I am also not sure who would organise such a thing.
I was mostly referring to journalists doing a bad job in that they report what they'd like to see happening instead of what is actually happening. Which means they aren't doing their job.
"...because corporate media outlets did such a biased, piss-poor job for months in reporting on it."
Is it really piss-poor job? Or successful manipulation of perception?
I think I agree with Greenwald on this. It seems like bias that let to a misperception of reality on the part of these journalists. In the worst cases, they maybe overdid it on purpose to please their audience. I don't think it was done to purposefully manipulate public opinion. But who knows. Everyone certainly was in lockstep on this. Across the whole Western media landscape, too.
Of course there are many journalists, and what you said might apply to some or most of them.
But I might be too much of a conspiracy theorist, and I tend to assume hidden agendas,.
I feel that a narrative is being built and as the saying goes: Never let a good crisis go to waste. And I might also add: If there's no crisis, create one!
What would the goal be, though? As far as I can see, nobody benefited from this. Not even those journalists. They lost a lot of trust by people who actually paid some attention, I think.
From my point of view, the Jan 6 story is being used to as a witch-hunt to keep dissenting opinions in check, and to make sure that Trump will not get back.
I'm assuming that when you say piss-pour that they failed to accurately report facts.
For me the question is different: is this intentional (be someone)? And to what degree it succeeded in getting some people to believe it.
I can see where you're coming from. But I still don't think it's an intentional setup. I am also not sure who would organise such a thing.
I was mostly referring to journalists doing a bad job in that they report what they'd like to see happening instead of what is actually happening. Which means they aren't doing their job.