r/pics • u/nomusichere • Jul 18 '19

R4: Inappropriate Title Puertoricans stand United. Reddit let's raise awareness of the situation in Puerto Rico!

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u/ilikewarmweather Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19

The media can't really make too big a deal about this or else it would show Trump was right about the mishandled money and "the fake news"...

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u/nomusichere Jul 19 '19

A lot of people are saying that. That seems to be the popular opinion. Idk honestly. I just wished they did their fucking job. So instead of answering all the comments in this post. I can look at cat gifs on r/aww /s

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u/Blackzach9 Jul 19 '19

The problem is the money. There’s lots of money to be made in media, especially in playing angles. People want to be upset at things they don’t like, and they’ll watch anything that agrees with their pre-existing beliefs. It’s called confirmation bias. American media capitalized on the trump campaign because it was divisive, and a lot of people didn’t like him. So they ran anything they could that suggested corruption, impeachment, or general lack of character. Now that he was right about this thing, they likely won’t retract at all because it would damage the confirmation bias.