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Maybe it already been discussed a lot, but if these facts are true one scary thing about the American election was the anti-policies bias in the news. That it’s risk turning politics into a reality show instead of a discussion how different policies affect people’s life.
It’s also increased the economic elite possibility to influence politics against the interest of ordinary people. Because people's are attention are for example instead focused on all the crazy things Donald’s Trump says and does. The same thing I think is more common here in Europe also, that it’s more and more focus on scandals and conflicts instead of policies in the media coverage.
Also I don’t know the trustworthy of this report so feel free to present your own sources either confirming or refute the findings. I just know that here in Sweden we almost every day had stories about something crazy Donald Trump said or Clintons scandals but extremly little about what they actually planned to do as president. That can be indication of your American reporting because swedish journalists usually just like to copy, paste and translate foreign news.
http://tyndallreport.com/comment/20/5778/
It’s also increased the economic elite possibility to influence politics against the interest of ordinary people. Because people's are attention are for example instead focused on all the crazy things Donald’s Trump says and does. The same thing I think is more common here in Europe also, that it’s more and more focus on scandals and conflicts instead of policies in the media coverage.
Also I don’t know the trustworthy of this report so feel free to present your own sources either confirming or refute the findings. I just know that here in Sweden we almost every day had stories about something crazy Donald Trump said or Clintons scandals but extremly little about what they actually planned to do as president. That can be indication of your American reporting because swedish journalists usually just like to copy, paste and translate foreign news.
With just two weeks to go, issues coverage this year has been virtually non-existent. Of the 32 minutes total, terrorism (17 mins) and foreign policy (7 mins) towards the Middle East (Israel-ISIS-Syria-Iraq) have attracted some attention. Gay rights, immigration and policing have been mentioned in passing.
No trade, no healthcare, no climate change, no drugs, no poverty, no guns, no infrastructure, no deficits. To the extent that these issues have been mentioned, it has been on the candidates' terms, not on the networks' initiative.
http://tyndallreport.com/comment/20/5778/
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