Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC: Three days after the debate every Sunday news shows invited an avowed election-denying fascist on the air in an overt effort to legitimize them as good-faith commentators The news media is openly pro-fascist

Three days after the debate every Sunday news shows invited an avowed election-denying fascist on the air in an overt effort to legitimize them as good-faith commentators The news media is openly pro-fascist

Genuinely what is the point of having Steve Bannon on your show. He's a podcast host on his way to jail who hasn't been in government for, what, seven years at this point? Absolute horseshit.

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Who wants to watch *that* face on their TVs???

Racists, and apparently there's enough money in that demographic to run an ad based economy (because they are dupes who also buy the products in the ads)

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There is no left-wing media, really. Matter of fact, it's all crap.

When “conservatives” say “well, NPR said” I’m like let me stop you right there

Jesus, the medial is All Assholes All of the Time

So Bannon has both NBC & ABC eating out of his hand?

Fucking vile, isn't it

Bannon has all the media eating out of his hand

I can't believe they all keep falling for his transparent bullshit. I was a reporter in Los Angeles on the Hollywood beat when he was supposedly a big name there (2005-2008) and never once heard of him. He's been full of shit this whole time!

Yep. But he knows how to play the media. Feed them information under the table and they won’t care how much you call for them to be murdered.

The thing is, that's the oldest trick in the book. Monsters have used that to curry favor with the press as long as there's been the press. They're in on this because they want to be.

Networks realize Bannon is going to be a key player in the campaign, because he's going to jail tomorrow, and won't be released until election day.

jesus fucking christ, lindsey graham looks like the tapeworm that operates mitch mcconnell is migrating to a new host

And he gets killed near the end !

Not the point and you’re right to call this out, but I wonder how many people look/listen to Bannon and say “know what, that’s my guy after all!”

probably none. but the effect of putting him on mainstream news outlets is that it tells all fascists they can try to overturn the election and there won't be consequences for them. they will still be invited onto every news platform they want to spread any lie. they have nothing to fear by lying

Yup total agreement.

J D Vance is practically an insightful constitutional expert these days.

The rapist vance?

More likely “Bannon is a shady asshole, but, he has a point there,” especially if the host says “I can’t argue with you there.” Repeatedly putting assholes on legitimizes slightly lesser assholes when they come on, moving the Overton window right.

No disagreement here, just my naive disbelief that anyone can look at that pile of expired lunchmeat and say "I'm on board".

Rehab takes very little. Look how many jumped on the Liz Cheney bandwagon. She voted as Trump ordered her to, 93.5% of the time. Defended his birtherism. Miscalculated finally and ONCE voted like EVERY other Democrat. "Fearless patriot!" Cohen is practically a hero on the left.

Cohen is definitely not a hero, but at least he's decided to start telling facts . I don't give a damn what his reasons are. He went to jail for Trump and has received death threats from the trump org and magat fascists so I guess he saw that trumps not worth the loyalty.

Bannon is friends with Dugin ...ffs!!! Have you heard Bannon speaking to the "evangelicals "? It's all war and violence ! Stochastic terrorism.

And ABC stupidly, obsequiously, goes to Bannon's place rather than having him come to their studio. That just gives him further credibility.

NBC did it too, also at Bannon's place. So ridiculous.

Is he allowed to travel?

Not after today! but as far as I know, you're free to move around until you're not. Full disclosure: I've never been sentenced to jail.

Wait, ABC, interviewed a convicted felon on the day before he meets his new cellie?

So the zines I read back in the 90s were right all along?!?

Yes. I'm sorry.

My current mood

On the plus side, Lindsey Graham does not look well.

Lady G

He's just drunk again.

And to be fair he's flip-flopped on Trump so many times it's possible whoever booked him couldn't keep track of whether he's currently pro-fascism.

Isn't this a pattern at this point? Like they legitimized trump the same way last time.

And they shit canned Bernie the same way when he suddenly became antisemitic and a sexist.

We’re fucked.

Just validates my boycott of television “news.” These are not news shows, they are entertainment masquerading as something serious.

5 corporations own 90% of the media, of course they are

Mainstream media has a problem. More and more people will be turning them off.

Bannon? BANNON?

They're pro-money. They don't care where it comes from.

You can’t have only people you agree with on. That would put you in a bubble, like Fox

True, we tend to disagree with people who want to subjugate and/or kill us, but it behoves us to find out *why* we disagree.

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