I’ve been a registered democrat for almost 30 years, but with a more progressive mindset.
I graduated to the more liberal side after Daddy Bush finished his presidency in 1993.
Back in the 90’s, I drove for a living doing courier work in the NYC area while listening to Rush Limbaugh, Bob Grant, and Sean Hannity, and succumbed to their weekly brainwashing.
Yeah, poor me.
Later on, listening to alternative media enlightened my naive mind to understand the core differences between both parties, and thus I’ve been a supporter of what I used to think of the “more ethical party”, although it now looks like the lessor evil is going for “even-stevens” with the right. More on that in a future post.
Fast forward to Trump’s presidency, and it was extremely “covfefe” for quite some time, in other words extremely entertaining, and the press had a field day for the whole term, either the left ripping Trump to shreds every minute, and, the right embarrassingly defending him every minute no matter how bizarre the subject matter was.
Now, with Biden and his platter of faux pas, in addition to presenting many scenarios where he is mindless, and stumbling for words that are assembled incorrectly in sentences, the liberal media is defending every bizarre moment, including not finding his way offstage to reading what he’s not supposed to on the TelePrompTer.
This is comedic, but terrifying when you realize this person is running the country.
My question is, why the hardcore iron clad allegiance of the liberal media as far as not pointing out mistakes and obvious concerns?
It’s the same level of intelligence of the Trump supporting media when Trump made his plethora of faux pas - everything was defended ad nauseam.
This goes on to show the hardcore division in politics - exactly the same as sports, as if we have just 2 teams, you pick a team, and then stand by that team no matter what.
This leads to the modern day problem in politics - the 2 party system, as it cultivates a tenacious grip on voters - total allegiance to the party line all the way through the executive, legislative, and judicial levels of federal government, and continuing throughout the state, county, and local levels.
Neutral Media?
Where can one go to get an authentic take on all political leaders?
Real alternative media, like Glenn Greenwald, Abby Martin, , The Corbett Report, and Jimmy Dore to name a few.
Keep in mind that there is plenty of “fake” alternative media - just look for an obvious bias towards a political party.
What makes the real alternative media figures different? No party allegiance.
You will frequently find them calling out both the left and the right, and if anyone has done something noble, then you will find an applause for that action.
Unfortunately, most will probably continue to tune into CNN, MSNBC, Fox and the like for confirmation bias depending on what team you are on.