Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his first national town hall with NewsNation, as the media grapples with another conspiratorial candidate. “There’s a difference between giving him a town hall and just covering his candidacy,” one network executive says.

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Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his first national town hall with NewsNation, as the media grapples with another conspiratorial candidate. “There’s a difference between giving him a town hall and just covering his candidacy,” one network executive says.

  • CarrierLost@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Distraction is the purpose. Modern media has gone all in on clickbait and sensationalism leading to the rise of film and TV “star” candidates.

    It’s awful.

    • ATGM 🚀@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s frankly been the trend of all privately-owned media to be like this, since the inception of Capitalism.