It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl
I've been sick to death of right wing politics, policy, and politicians for my entire adult life. Beginning with Reagan, his 'kitchen cabinet', the heritage foundation, gingrich, and many others of their ilk sincetrump wasn't the start of this crap, and his passing won't mark the end of it
I see the problem with news coverage (narrowing scope, whatever) as having more to do with failure of the business model supporting it. Of course, right wing policy wins contributed to that
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@Remittancegirl the thought that scares me a bit is that this might very well not be the last time that social media catapulted someone this unqualified to such a consequential position
@mkoek Your fear is not misplaced.
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl I am quite certain Trump will die before you do, the statistics are on your side.
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@Remittancegirl
I've been sick to death of right wing politics, policy, and politicians for my entire adult life. Beginning with Reagan, his 'kitchen cabinet', the heritage foundation, gingrich, and many others of their ilk sincetrump wasn't the start of this crap, and his passing won't mark the end of it
I see the problem with news coverage (narrowing scope, whatever) as having more to do with failure of the business model supporting it. Of course, right wing policy wins contributed to that
But just what is the failure of the media business model?
Could it be the for-profit model, typically by major corporate owners with numerous conflicting interest before the government?
Taken together, that's a powerful incentive to avoid holding power to account while also skewing content to appease your advertisers.
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
This hits especially hard for me. I got told I was being laid off in a bloodbath of an acquisition on a Monday back in 2016. Tuesday was the election. That also ended my time in Boston.
It was a very sharp discontinuity that destroyed the entire life I'd built up to that point. I landed on my feet, but it's different. Possibilities and aspirations faded out, and I know at this point they're never coming back.
I feel like I've been living in a campsite amidst ruins ever since.
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@Remittancegirl
I've been sick to death of right wing politics, policy, and politicians for my entire adult life. Beginning with Reagan, his 'kitchen cabinet', the heritage foundation, gingrich, and many others of their ilk sincetrump wasn't the start of this crap, and his passing won't mark the end of it
I see the problem with news coverage (narrowing scope, whatever) as having more to do with failure of the business model supporting it. Of course, right wing policy wins contributed to that
@davidbraze @Remittancegirl Don't forget the owners of those media outlets have been eating their own editorial slop for *decades*. They double-down on the right-wing bullshit because they're indoctrinating themselves, via their own newsrooms. Which IN TURN contributes to the failure of news as a business model. It's a series of viciously self-reinforcing failure modes.
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl absolutely agree - I am sick of hearing about him
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl @jzb I remember thinking what a relief it was, after Biden was elected, to not have to be constantly hearing about US politics for a while. (As a non-American.) It dialed back down to only a 'normal' amount of news for a while.
(and then, of course, when the multi-year presidential election process started up again, it returned to the previous ridiculous levels.)
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl Hear hear!
I am so sick of seeing photos of Trump or his name in the daily news. Why are these photos not censored like photos of other criminals in newspapers ? -
It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
I agree, the BBC are guilty of this, when Trump was elected and took office we had 100 days, covering the first 100 days of his presidency and yet despite being the BRITISH broadcasting corp, we didn't get 100 days of Starmers premiership.
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@Remittancegirl i’d have thought that it should be technically possible to filter out articles about the man so you don’t see them. I’ve been very tempted to try. Whether it would be a good idea to though…
@markno @Remittancegirl I think the world would be a better place if we created a worm that would delete every article/post about him, so no one would hear about ever again....
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl I check the Yahoo finance page every weekday to see what's going on with the markets. I dread it because I know there's a 98% chance I'll see that clown's face attached to multiple news stories.
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl sadly I think most media companies facilitated his rise (and never questioned anything he did, criminal activities included)... because in this brave new world "engagement" is king and "normal" (read: measured, traditional) politicians don't generate as many clicks or outrage or attention as that abomination. In my little corner all I can do is teach (and encourage in) my child critical thinking. le sigh.
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@GezThePez @Remittancegirl
"Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness."
- Thomas Ligotti
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@Remittancegirl sadly I think most media companies facilitated his rise (and never questioned anything he did, criminal activities included)... because in this brave new world "engagement" is king and "normal" (read: measured, traditional) politicians don't generate as many clicks or outrage or attention as that abomination. In my little corner all I can do is teach (and encourage in) my child critical thinking. le sigh.
@_elena @Remittancegirl All the wrong things being normalised fodder for herds of humans. It continues to drive me to despair to see all around me people clinging tightly to their phones with thick headphones on their ears and scant consequential regard for environment or others.
Most people turn corners without slowing down even when not on their phones as modern life is oblivious to strangers - no preempting, no sense of a shared of the public space. No care.
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl Ditto!
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It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl McDonald Trump
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@GezThePez @Remittancegirl
"Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness."
- Thomas Ligotti️ ️
#doomed #worsttimeline@clintruin @GezThePez @Remittancegirl
It's physically healthy to avoid any drug.
It's mentally a curse being consciously all the time though.
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@Remittancegirl I check the Yahoo finance page every weekday to see what's going on with the markets. I dread it because I know there's a 98% chance I'll see that clown's face attached to multiple news stories.
@DukeDuke @Remittancegirl There's a browser extension for that! Make America Kittens Again!
https://tomroyal.com/make-america-kittens-again-faq/ -
It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
@Remittancegirl What will they talk about when he's gone? They will still be talking about him for 10 more years! Your only recourse is to change the channel, and tell the network why you're doing it. Tell everyone else, too. When it starts to cost them money, they will change.
