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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' by criley2 on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:57PM (#12726810)
>A central theme of the leaks so far is that large segments of the media have been overly cooperative with the Clinton campaign in spite of feigned objectivity.

This is a nice bit of propaganda you've put forth here.

Here's a Harvard study into the majority of the 2016 election coverage including primaries which shows a demonstrably strong bias in the media pro-Trump and anti-Clinton and demonstrates that Clinton has received a FAR more harsh relationship with the major press.

http://shorensteincenter.org/pre-primary-news-coverage-2016-...

http://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/figu...

It demonstrates that coverage of Clinton was on average negative about her for the entirety of 2015.

It demonstrates that Trump enjoyed a very positive and cushy relationship with newsmedia who combined to give him hundreds of millions USD of free exposure.

I would argue that Clinton has had mostly negative coverage up until the end of September 2016.

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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' by xwoudm on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:43PM (#12727269)
Yes, it's almost as if Trump's positive media attention in late 2015 was coordinated somehow. Like they were instructed to take him seriously or something...

Hrm: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/785615427913199616

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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' by criley2 on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:16PM (#12728344)
#conspiracy

I hope you are rational enough to see the hilarious doublespeak being engaged in here:

* Positive coverage of hillary is due to Hillary's cozy relationship with media

* Positive coverage of her opponent, is due to Hillary's cozy relationship with media

Come on man. I hope readers of this particular site are rational enough to apply occam's razor and think critically.

I also find it extremely telling that Donald Trump, Mr Reality TV and the "hyper-successful" media and real estate man isn't responsible for his own success, but rather it's his opponent which is apparently so powerful that every single event occurring is by her design...?

How feckless Trump appears in your "everything good or bad happening to both candidates was preordained in a conspiracy" viewpoint!

Not everything is a conspiracy, I hope you're capable of rational thought.

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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' by xwoudm on Monday October 17, 2016 @04:57PM (#12729670)
There's a dimension/axis of time involved in the pattern. At least some (substantial?) positive coverage of Trump before Republican nomination is due to Hillary's cozy relationship with media.

I, for one, am also comfortable blaming the Republican electorate for allowing the three pied pipers, including Trump, to have been elevated.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-press-buries-hillary-clinton...

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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' by favorited on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:09PM (#12728255)
Wait, so because a political opponent identified him (and 2 others) as the weakest and most unpalatable candidates, that means media outlets were "instructed" to prop him up?
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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' by xwoudm on Monday October 17, 2016 @04:18PM (#12729262)
The last line of the attachment to the tweet:

"tell the press to [take] them seriously"

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