Fox News brings Trump to his knees

The American television media spends too much time reporting poll results that are questionable or misleading, press releases of flawed studies, and social media trends which are not relevant or real. For several years my wife and I have turned away from almost all of their news and opinion broadcasts, as well as their useless trivia and posturing. It used to be the overtalk and shouting that was off putting. Then we realized that most of what they reported was misleading, one-sided, emotionally manipulative, or just useless noise.

I think we stop relying on the networks and demand improved election information collection and reporting from our secretaries of state. The RNC should collate and present election results. The networks ability to call or forecast elections should be “defanged.” It has become (if it was not always) an effort to suppress the votes of conservatives and booster the liberal and establishment RINO positions. Candidates should begin to ignore media predictions and disregard any network “calling” any election. (Can you believe an adult recently asked me how votes could be recounted after a state had been “called” for Biden!)
I think a candidate conceding before the counting has ended is showing disrespect to their voters. Maybe the concession should not be made until the election has been certified. Let the process finish, then act accordingly. Forget this pretend civility and good sportsmanship.

I was in San Diego the night Carter conceded before polls on the West Coast closed. His supporters were distraught and disgusted and I thought he really treated them badly (but he is an arrogant ass.) I seem to recall one of the networks had violated their rule against making an early call but it has been a while and I might be misremembering. My point however is that candidates should not surrender before they loose and elections should not be determined or called by media jackals.

In Donald Trump we finally have someone who knows the importance of winning and that you don't win if you surrender just because some announcer decides to predict or “call” the outcome before election is finished.

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