The right wing media--talk shows, blogs, pundits--was unanimous on one point about last night's debate before last night's debate: that the "MSM" (mainstream media)--that they dismissively conflate with the People's World--that the MSM would declare President Obama the winner afterwards, regardless of what actually happened.
This is the core of cult brainwashing: to tell your cult members that they can't trust any source of info outside the cult.
Only the next day the MSM unanimously declared Governor Romney the winner of the first debate.
Which means that the RWM was dead wrong--across the board. FOX News, Rush, Savage, you name it.
But I challenge you to find a single RWM source admitting that they grossly misjudged the fairness of the MSM, coupled with a resolution to treat the MSM with more respect as a consequence.
Not a word. Too busy doing the Victory Dance over Romney's aggressive debate performance.
And the consumers of the RWM? Not a problem for them either. If you point out to them that their news sources were dead wrong about the MSM, they'll just say "Well it's because Obama did so badly they knew they couldn't get away with lying about it."
They will not admit that their preferred news sources grossly misrepresented the fairness of the media outside the right wing bubble.
Facts shmacts. When politics get reduced to tribal warfare, factuality is the first casualty.
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re: "... the MSM would declare President Obama the winner afterwards, regardless of what actually happened."
You just made that up. Next time provide a quote, maybe, just maybe, anyone who stumbles over your silly blog won't think you're full of beans and cabbage.
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