Big difference. We KNOW what Hillary would do if elected- she even tells us openly. With Trump, at least he opposes what we know is a crooked establishment. He doesnt have to run for president, given the facts he has a business, a great family, and more money than he can possibly spend. I think that he is really running to try and help the country and its people. Hillary is running for personal power only.

Running for president, and in fact BEING president is a terrible job in todays culture. You are under the gun 100% of the time. You turn right and you are denigrated. You turn left and you are denigrated. You go straight and you are accused of doing nothing. I feel for Trump- he really doesnt have to do this. He has little to gain personally. Hillary has everything to gain personally- just power.

The media has always been corrupt. The difference is that now the media has a single propaganda narrative.

But only in a blessed for the function Porta Potty towed behind the Popemobile.
Me dino can just see the Swiss Guard also in the woods ringed around it listening to a pious poot.

Depends on the person who reads/watches the media. Media today transmits emotion, not facts. Facts are selected and used to support their pre-arranged agendas. Those people who are swayed by emotional arguments are convinced by the media. Those people who are objective and tune out emotion are NOT swayed by the media.

Absolutely. If all the masses hear is about how bad Trump is, they will sway the ignorant ones with their emotional messages. Its propaganda, pure and simple.

"It's the P word stupid." When a reporter believes the job is to influence rather than inform they have abandoned journalism and have become propagandists. The so called "Main Stream Media" is no longer an objective source of information (assuming that it ever was). It has become (and maybe has been for a long time) the propaganda arm of the liberal-progressive movement. As a result there should be no hesitation in calling them out for what they are. Propagandists in the same sense that Gobbels was for the third Reich. The use the same techniques of misinformation and slanted reporting with the intent to sway the electorate which results in democracy being nothing more than a carefully crafted illusion. When the sheep patiently wait in line to be shorn, or worse yet slaughtered, the tyrant has achieved his goal. Propaganda plays an essential role in establishing this kind of unwitting compliance.

Insofar as people listen to and believe them, yes. With more and more people turning to online news sources, the traditional news outlets which rely primarily on television are seeing their influence lessen dramatically.

What I am more concerned about, however, is their ongoing reporting bias in favor of progressive political agenda. The Founders always saw a free Press as the single biggest factor in helping the People act as a check on government. A corrupted Press is just as dangerous to a free society as a corrupted government.

Are the Kennedy's gun shy?

I must admit that I have ventured recently outside of my Fox and other conservative/libertarian bubbles (been in there for over 8 years), balanced by reading newspapers (most of whom use as their sources the MSM (AP, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, NYT, WP, etc.).
I am astounded (yet not surprised) at the two totally different worlds in which each side resides. It is as if I had landed on another planet, different languages, cultural assumptions, etc., yet all using a common language. I see it in my local smaller community all the time, which is moving from the center (whatever that is0 to the left very rapidly, with almost no comprehension on the part of citizens that this is happening.
Whatever happens, we are in for a very difficult period in the future, and it's not hard to notice that others are also preparing for it.
And this was such a good country, warts and all.

LOL...

Does the Pope s%*t in the woods?

Yes

Two sides to this: the classical media seems to be arrogantly oblivious to the impact of online social media influence. The MSM has been a powerful propaganda tool for progressive politicians, with growing influence, and have become confident they can essentially decree who shall be elected. It's evident some in the MSM community have become aware, and some even alarmed that their monolithic hold on the public consciousness is slipping, due to the flow of information over the internet outside of their control.

Absolutely. What do you think they've been doing for YEARS?

Yes.

The function of the media is to make it LOOK like their chosen candidate actually won the election so that the majority of people think that there was an actual election and that their vote counted.

Agree. but the press doesn't address what she has done or what she says. For example the statement she made to West Virginia coal miners about shutting down the mines and puting them out of work.

Yes.

Hello LibertyPen,
Yes. They have been doing so for a long time. They may not always be successful, but they always keep trying. Only in the fictional world of the Fountainhead does the newsman come to the realization that his ink is futile... and change course.
“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.” Mark Twain
Respectfully,
O.A.

The problems with Trump revolve around what he has said. The problems with Hillary revolve around what she has done. Big difference.

The Main stream media (or as some say, The lame stream media) are certainly trying to do so. Hillary can do no wrong and Trump can do no right according to them. for example, CNN blasts trump for :Fat Shaming Miss Universe when they did the same thing.
They don't point out it was not just a second e-mail account, it was a total server package when Hillary makes that statement
They jump on the 20 yr old tax return as evidence of wrong doing when Trump too a $900M loss (perfectly leagal BTW). Accounting firms can't properly Audit the Clinton foundation because the cross links and other actors cannot be properly followed (according o some reports).
The list is endless (almost
I not saying there are no problems with Trump but the main stream media would have you believe there are no major problems with Hillary which is clearly not true.