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How afraid of Trump are the cable channels derided by Trump as fake news and threatened by him in vague ways (and who will not lift a finger for Assange...), but dependent on his antics for ratings particularly by serving as a vent for empty liberal outrage? At all? Or does any real threat simply fail to register, even as the channels refer to Trump as a threat to Jim Acosta or something. Maybe this should be known as "red herring gate"....

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When can we expect new content?

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Matt, I recently read The NY Times #1 nonfiction bestseller Unfreed of the Press by mark Levin. Levin, as you know doubt are aware, is conservative, however his book is well researched, footnoted and scholarly.

Despite his political stance, he arrives at the same conclusions as you on the sorry state of our media, though he believes that the media actively colluding with the democrats/progressives on the political left.

I strongly agree with the conclusion reached by each of you on the failure of our current press, but wanted to know your take on Levin’s “active collusion” hypothesis.

I would certainly like to hear comments from all substack subscribers on this question.

Full disclosure, I believe both of you are correct and that the two of you should collaborate, or “reach across the aisle” , to educate citizen news consumers with ideas for righting this sinking media ship.

Thanks.

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Matt must be on vacation?

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https://fair.org/home/comcast-owned-msnbc-in-the-tank-for-joe-bidens-presidential-run/

As if this could get any worse, Biden appears to be one of Comcast's, I mean, MSNBC's Anointed Ones.

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Falling for what?

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Not fallin' for it.

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Not to mention the brilliant "Pied Piper strategy," which almost certainly helped Trump get exposure and saturate the airwaves far beyond what his poll numbers warranted at the time.

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I was pretty disappointed you didn't make it to The Left Forum. I had your panel circled for weeks. A notice that you wouldn't be attending would have been courteous. Anyways, Disappointed Reader.

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I was pretty disappointed you didn't make it to The Left Forum. I had your panel circled for weeks. A notice that you wouldn't be attending would have been courteous. Anyways, Disappointed Reader.

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