James Woods on Twitter: "Many of these Americans are descended from or have legally immigrated from countries that have experienced socialism and outright communism. It is clearly no surprise that they would support President Trump. https://t.co/u7VhwRG4vl" / Twitter
A study from a Swedish university finds that the GOP has become dramatically more illiberal in the past 18 years & now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies, such as Turkey's AKP, than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/26/republican-party-autocratic-hungary-turkey-study-trump Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study
Inside the White House’s secret, last-ditch effort to change the narrative, and the election — and the return of the media gatekeepers. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/business/media/hunter-biden-wall-street-journal-trump.html And I hope Americans relieved that the gatekeepers are reasserting themselves will also pay attention to who gets that power, and how centralized it is, and root for new voices to correct and challenge them.
华尔街日报专文批媒体:抢救大兵拜登!
文章来源: Newtalk 于 2020-10-28 12:14:54
美国民主党总统候选人拜登次子杭特“电邮门”丑闻爆发后,许多美国主流媒体,为了拜登选情竟轻描淡写。对此,《华尔街日报》继20日刊出编辑委员会署名社论加以谴责后,27日又在舆论版刊出该报编辑委员会成员、前美国总统小布希文胆麦格恩(Bill McGurn)的专文,抨击相关媒体双重标准“善待”拜登,好像帮一个3岁小孩争夺“糖果王国”。
这篇标题为《抢救拜登大兵》(Saving Private Biden)的专文,在印刷版与电子版同步刊出。文中提及,部分媒体在2016年川普竞选时就以偏颇报导对付他,但仍无法阻止他胜选,于是在今年“加料”帮川普的对手:绝对不刁难拜登。
文中点名《纽约时报》在2016年总统选战最激烈期间,头版新闻竟出如此离谱标题:“在川普时代,新闻客观是美国人承受不起的奢侈品。”(In the era of Donald Trump, press objectivity was a luxury America could not afford.)
文中提到,拜登还未作出“电邮是假”、“笔电不是杭特的”之类的辩解,因为媒体根本没有追问过他,他从来无需给出答案。
文中也批评推特和脸书等社交网站,竟把“电邮门”报导当假新闻,连同爆料的《纽约邮报》一起加以箝制,“似是担心拜登无力应付问题,也无信心美国人能够面对拜登的答案”。
麦格恩认为,从5月间前参议院职员里德(Tara Reade)指控拜登1993年性侵她开始,一些美国媒体就以“不见”、“不闻”、“不言”手法处理有关拜登的丑闻,《纽约时报》是在里德提出指控19天之后才跟进报导,但2018年川普提名出任最高法院大法官的卡瓦诺(Brett Kavanaugh),被一名叫史威尼克(Julie Swetnick)的女子指控30多年性侵她,《纽时》当天即报导。
麦格恩指出,记者的天职是追问难题,而刁难应一视同仁。他指出,本月中拜登与川普分别出席城镇会议(Town Hall Meeting)式问答会,但川普面对的是恶形恶状的国家广播公司(NBC)主播,拜登则与美国广播公司(ABC)主持人“闲谈”;拜登5月失言称黑人不支持他就不算黑人,记者没有追究,但却经常要川普谴责白人至上主义者。
该文总结说,媒体在此次美国大选立下的“新标准”,可以用资深作家海明韦(Mark Hemingway)最近一段话来形容:看到媒体处理拜登的新闻,“就好像看到某人要确保一个3岁小孩赢得糖果王国。” https://www.wsj.com/articles/saving-private-biden-11603749110
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