I couldn't help but notice that while he was an active candidate for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's homosexuality and same-sex marriage was barely mentioned by the mainstream media, at least as represented by what I saw as I watched the nightly news and as pewster spouse watched the morning shows.
But as soon as Buttigieg dropped out of the race, our television screens were flooded with images of him and his "husband" embracing and kissing, and commentators came out of the closet with words of praise for his "brave", "heroic", and "historic" run to be the first openly homosexual President of the United States of America.
It appears that the mainstream media was intentionally downplaying Mayor Pete's homosexuality, and I suspect this was done because to have played it up could have offended some of the voting public and diminished his chances of getting the nod in the primaries.
No one can deny that images of Mayor Pete and his "husband" exhibiting public displays of affection would have raised in many minds the specter of an endless cascade of similar or worse things to come if he were to be elected President.
Talk about trying to influence an election!
Thankfully, fewer and fewer people watch the network news these days, but my observations indicate that the American mainstream news media may be a far greater threat to our electoral process than the Chinese, Russians, and North Koreans combined.
But as soon as Buttigieg dropped out of the race, our television screens were flooded with images of him and his "husband" embracing and kissing, and commentators came out of the closet with words of praise for his "brave", "heroic", and "historic" run to be the first openly homosexual President of the United States of America.
It appears that the mainstream media was intentionally downplaying Mayor Pete's homosexuality, and I suspect this was done because to have played it up could have offended some of the voting public and diminished his chances of getting the nod in the primaries.
No one can deny that images of Mayor Pete and his "husband" exhibiting public displays of affection would have raised in many minds the specter of an endless cascade of similar or worse things to come if he were to be elected President.
Talk about trying to influence an election!
Thankfully, fewer and fewer people watch the network news these days, but my observations indicate that the American mainstream news media may be a far greater threat to our electoral process than the Chinese, Russians, and North Koreans combined.
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Well, of course they hid it. They are no longer "news" organizations. They are leftist advocacy groups. They will suppress whatever they think will hurt the cause, and emphasize anything, true or not, which will hurt the opposition.
ReplyDeleteAnd now they are suppressing any gaffs by Joe Biden.
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