Thursday, August 29, 2019

Dan Burns writes at Left.mn. It is nice when someone does the work, and one only needs to post a link.

Here. Read it. It is not a post that will become a reported focus at Strib. At least Alpha News has no false pretense of fairness. Otherwise, Alpha news is garbage and online, i.e., not fit for the birdcage.

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It is nice when RollingStone says the equivalent, albeit more gently.

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Salon. Readers, please note that the update links differ from Dan's item, with each touching upon a media critique originating from Sen. Sanders. Dan apparently remains publicly uncommitted as to any Dem party candidacies, scrupulously so, with that pre-primary neutrality deserving express notice. Such caution takes discipline.

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Few Anglo items have focused on the Hispanic Mainstream outlets. Check here and here. With Saban on the board and a former NBC corporate official running the operation, will Ilhan Omar get fair coverage among Hispanic voters? Henry Cisneros on the Univision governing policy-setting board, was a former Clinton cabinet member, which tells you something too. As much a progressive as Pelosi in all likelihood. Not knowing of Spanlish language alternate media, and lacking any proficiency in the language, I and others may be grateful that most Hispanic-Americans are bilingual. That proficiency in English enables Hispanic-Americans to read and judge English language alternate websites. That is a blessing, given the inescapable corporate thumb on the main outlets'scales. And bless having AOC raising Hispanic awareness of progressive options to what, in effect, is the same old corporate same old. AOC, that way, is very important.

FURTHER: The third Dem debate will again be a corporate media event:

At midnight on August 28, 10 candidates qualified for the third 2020 Democratic primary debate. [...]

[...] Hosted by ABC, with Univision as a partner, the third debate will take place in Houston, Texas, on September 12.

[...] The qualifying Democratic presidential candidates are Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, Julián Castro, and Andrew Yang.

[...] The debate will be moderated by George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, Linsey Davis, and Jorge Ramos. According to ABC News, “the presidential hopefuls will have one minute and 15 seconds for direct response to questions from the moderators and 45 seconds to respond to follow-up questions and rebuttals.” YahooNews