Sunday, October 23, 2016
Constants and variables 51
A brief comment from WikiLeaks:
If WikiLeaks had obtained Clinton emails earlier, US voters could have chosen Sanders v Trump. So do it. Do it now.
Sounds good at first, but shows a misunderstanding of US media. Thinking about this misunderstanding helped me to step back and find the real constant.
WL clearly assumes that US media would have been bothered by the rigging of the primary, and would have helped Bernie. Nope. That wouldn't happen and DIDN'T happen. The rigging was perfectly open and obvious even before WL came along. Media silenced and tinfoiled all reports of rigging.
But wait. Aren't the media leftist? Wouldn't they prefer a consistent leftist like Bernie?
Are they antiwar? No. When Bush was making war in Iraq, media fought him. When Hillary was making war everywhere, media cheered her.
Are they antibank? No. When Bush bailed out the banks, media fought him. When Hillary defended TARP, media cheered her. When Bernie disagreed with Hillary on banks, media fought Bernie and defended Hillary.
Here's the constant. US media are not anythingist. They do not have an ideology.
It's simple. No ideology, no party. Purely family. Medieval dynastic warfare. The Clinton dynasty is good. All other dynasties are bad, even when they agree with the Clinton dynasty. Non-Clintons are not allowed to agree with Clintons because non-Clintons profane and sully the [momentary] Correct Line. When Clinton changes the Correct Line, the NEW line is Correct, even though it was formerly the Trump line, because now it's the Clinton line.
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