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[–] Antipodes ago
As for the suggestion that he didn't answer the question about media bias: exactly what response would you have preferred? "As President I will personally haul the Presidents of NBC, ABC, CNN, and Fox into the Oval Office, behead them, and piss on their bleeding, twitching corpses?" Trump is dead-on right: new media is a great way to get the truth out.
One thing people are missing about this election cycle is that the real losers are the mainstream media. At this point, no matter who wins, they will be tagged forever as being utterly corrupt, bodies that cannot be trusted, bodies that demonstrably can be influenced with the right story or the right incentive. Trump doesn't need to do much about media corruption because the media is falling over itself to tear itself to pieces.
As to how he plans to make sure the election isn't stolen by voter fraud: any answer he gives here other than what he did would have been used against him. If he says he'll install security teams to make sure vote counts are made properly, he's accused of voter intimidation. If he spells out any covert means he has in mind to make sure votes don't disappear, letting people know what those measures are is as stupid as phoning Bin Laden ahead of the SEAL team to say they're coming. And when it gets down to it, he can't do much proactive to stop voter fraud: if it happens he has to apply through the judicial system for relief.
[–] piratse [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
He's deflecting, don't be an idiot. I can't tell him what to say. But I would like to hear something along the lines of "I will work with congress to make sure that political parties are not allowed to offer anything to journalist or the owners of said companies. Their job is to remain impartial."
Yes HE DOES. IF he is going to be president, he needs to stop corruption at the source. In 4 years everyone will forget this election cycle, just like every other time.
He could have easily said "I don't have the answer just yet, but me and my team are working on it." OR "I am hiring lawyers to look into and fight any evidence of voter fraud." Instead, he gives a shit answer. He can have ANSWERS AND PLANS, if not, he's the same as the other side, just saying shit without a plan or backing it up. He may be a LITTLE different than most candidates, but he's avoiding answers to real questions from American voters, that is a problem already.