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For a long time, Trump would call the MSM fake media; I didn’t believe him. Today, I wouldn’t call them fake news, but their collective reputations are approximately two notches below tabloid journalism. All they care about is clickbait and ratings, not democracy. They don’t even pretend to care anymore: it’s not their job, according to them. I guess the fourth estate is a myth!

That said, Bash spent all her journalistic capital asking Harris questions to respond to false accusations labeled by Trump and Vance.

Please tell me how this helps America decide the next presidency? The only person it helps is Trump, by legitimatizing all his nonsense.

If the MSM wasn’t so shameless, they’d be shameful!…:)

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That's because we've become a society that gets its "information" from social media. Conventional news outlets are trying to compete by churning out clickbait and sensationalism, which is why Bash demeaned Kamala Harris by trying to make her stoop to responding to Trump's ugly rants.

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They are failing miserably.

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I don’t disagree, but MSM journalists are supposed to ethics and standards; apparently, they don’t…:)

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The Fairness Doctrine was partly responsible for that. Professionalism was the other foundational piece that no longer exists. It went away as media focused across-the-board on entertainment. No fairness. No professionalism. Valueless, like Trump, it's just another tool.

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Infotainment. One very good thing about Kamala Harris' delay in giving interviews is that she was not subjected to gossipy questions like when Dana Bash asked her what she thought about Trump's racist remarks about her. This is a historical campaign; never in US history has a woman of color been so close to winning the presidency. But instead of showing Harris respect, she's treated like she's Stormy Daniels. Let's not talk about issues, Let's get some gossip shit to offer as clickbait instead.

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