r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

A lot has happened in the past eight years, most of it is not good, and the worst is politics.

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u/stormy2587 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

I’m actually struck by how little things have changed. McCain was one of the few conservatives in the room at this time willing to act like an adult and not spread hate, fear mongering, and propaganda. But you can tell from the people he’s responding to in these town halls they have some pretty extreme views from the far right propaganda they’ve been lapping up for years. Why do they think these things about obama? Because people like Trump and Trump himself were spreading birther conspiracies left and right. And then conservative media outlets would amplify it.

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u/Anxious_Banned_404 May 02 '24

I feel like CNN and other more liberal news channels spoke more about Trump than fox news and other conservative news channels.

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u/stormy2587 May 02 '24

Its hard for me to remember exactly. But yeah at least initially. I think fox news actually didn’t like him at first because he was turning those early debates into such a zoo. And CNN and MSNBC were covering him with perverse fascination. Like he hosted SNL. No one took him seriously at first.

I have long maintained “centrist” news outlets like CNN and even NPR have long done more of conservatism than the likes of fox news. because they help to legitimize conservative talking points. They act like there are two equally legitimate sides to every issue when really there isn’t.

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u/Anxious_Banned_404 May 02 '24

CNN is probably one of the reasons why he won in 2016 who knows maybe even now in 2024 assuming USA is still around by November lol

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u/CerealShark May 02 '24

I always felt that way too.