Reply #5: For one thing, the Democrats could go after the media Monopolies [View All]

One way the Democrats could counter the media spin and apathy is to go on the warpath against the MSM, bot in front of the cameras, and by addressing the policies that have made the media so awful today.

For too many years, the Democrats were accomplises in the Monopolization of the Media by a handful of corporate giants. With a few noble exceptions, the Democrats failed to challenge the continuing deregulation of media ownership that put the media into so few hands. They failed to challenge the core lies that were spread, suchg as "allowing fewer owners will result in more diversity of ownership."

So in that sense, the democrats are also to blame for the mess they are in today, as far as the media goes. It pissed me off in the 80's and 90's, and yet the Dems are still basically apathetic and silent as this process of consolidation and monopolization continues.

Alsom in front of the cameras, how about encouraging a more diverse array of Democrats to get on the talk shows -- AND pressuring the media to allow a more diverse array of Democrats to appear. Why is it always the same old, same grey faces saying grey things on the panel shows? Why is Joe Biden -- with his muddled non-message -- always the "spokesman" for the left half of the spectrum, while people with real fire and passion and new ideas arte nowhere to be seen.

In short, there's a LOT the Democratsd could do to addrtess this problem. But they still keep making the same-old, same-old mistakes and miss the same opportunities they've been missing for 30 years.