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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by akio on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:16PM (#11718000)
It may not be intentional, but it is implied by the widely unbalanced attention given to the presidential election.
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Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by untog on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @08:22PM (#11718758)
There's a tail wagging the dog argument here - in the US, the media are still a profit generating industry, so they're driven by what people want to watch/read. And that means the Presidential candidates. And, in 2016, Trump.
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