jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat the assassination attempt on President Reagan reveals about the Trump shootingwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down110
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoThe desire for the media to have a horse race for attention may spell the end of the republic. What a shitty way to go.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoIt’s just… it’s so blatant, and that’s infuriating. It’s not that hard to figure out that that’s the game being played here. But it fucking works on EVERYONE ELSE. It’s so dismaying. It’s one of the reasons I’m so misanthropic.
The desire for the media to have a horse race for attention may spell the end of the republic.
What a shitty way to go.
It’s just… it’s so blatant, and that’s infuriating. It’s not that hard to figure out that that’s the game being played here. But it fucking works on EVERYONE ELSE. It’s so dismaying. It’s one of the reasons I’m so misanthropic.