CNN Shows Nazis Marching, Then Asks Democrat if His Party Has an Antisemitism Problem
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Cable news does not exist to inform the populace, and if you still believe that, then I implore you to throw your TV out the window before your cable news-induced brain worms become terminal. Cable news exists for two main reasons: to reinforce the imperial story emanating from the Beltway no matter what, and to utilize self-serving narratives to buttress their bottom lines. If journalism gets in the way of either, they will not hesitate to let their preferred narratives overrule objective reality. Given that the last century has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that capital will ally with fascism before it even thinks about sympathizing with the ideologies opposing it, when you see cable news running interference for the Republican Party, know that is an explicit part of why it exists.
But the predominant consumer of mainstream news are out of touch liberals by a wide margin, and all cable news narratives are designed to keep this shrinking audience engaged so as to fatten their own bottom line. “Democrats in disarray” is a common and proven refrain they rely on to keep liberals watching to satiate the rage and stress centers in their brain, and this is one of the greatest examples I have seen of how willing cable news is to force that narrative on its viewers even in defiance of all objective reality.