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How is this any different than the liberal media making Trump the voice of conservatives in the 2016? (which backfired spectacularly and led to his rise and eventual win in the election).

Before liberals downvote me. Conservative media does this too. In fact, journalism these days regardless of political views is riddled with making someone look bad to score cheap points. One of the most toxic more recent developments is taking particularly unflattering still images from high definition video to present someone as dumb, stupid, angry or any of the myriad emotions one might present in the course of existing while filmed.

Making your opponent look bad is sadly par for the course pretty much everywhere these days from politics to corporate PR to social media debates on facebook and twitter. Heck, you see it here on HN too these days. Certainly far more than in the past.

>>maland+(OP)
It is no different. All communication is biased, and everybody has an angle. It is the joy of being a thinking social animal :)

>>maland+(OP)
I seem to remember "liberal" media being quite obsessed with reporting on never-Trump and disaffected conservatives who were horrified by Trump. In so far as Trump is presented as the voice of conservatives it's because conservatives in the US have made him that by supporting him with absolutely insane approval ratings, no matter what he does.

Also complaining about downvoting usually just leads to downvotes...

>>maland+(OP)
There's a difference between the US President and a single warehouse worker, no?