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Trump could have eased election tensions - instead he enflamed them: OPINION
ABC "News" / Disney ^ | November 21, 2020 | By Matthew Dowd

Posted on 11/22/2020 5:14:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

... Before Election Day I warned many people that polling showed a majority of Donald Trump's supporters believed he would win by a landslide. They thought this primarily because these voters consumed information in a closed ecosystem that wasn't giving them facts or an accurate assessment of the current political situation. The closed ecosystem included some conservative media they spent a lot of time watching and listening to, as well as a homogenous social media enclave that affirmed these biases.

So, in aftermath of Election Day, many Trump supporters were confronted with a reality much different from what they thought was going to happen.

Trump, and other leaders in politics and some conservative media, are doing incredible damage to our democracy and the bonds we share as Americans by pushing conspiracy theories instead of overcoming biases.

Trump is playing on the biases and fears of his supporters, not speaking truth about the election outcome and helping destructive conspiracies root ever deeper in our country. By doing so, he is undermining our Republic and its democratic institutions.

Yes, we will get through this moment, but we have much work to do in reforming and rebuilding the infrastructure of democracy and in choosing leaders at all levels and on all platforms who help people see their biases and help them overcome their prejudices. We can do this through hard work and healing.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; bs; election2020; journalism; matthewdowd; media; nosignofkraken
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1 posted on 11/22/2020 5:14:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

the reform needed is the removal of FCC licenses
from lying, seditious, treasous, networks like NBC,
and an arrest and jailing of ABC anchors and the like
who defend child trafficking and murder like this POS.


2 posted on 11/22/2020 5:18:51 AM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, what about Al Gore, you hypocritical bastards?

Or, what would you be doing if you thought that Trump cheated? Never mind, I know that answer - 4 years of bogus “inquiries “ and investigations, including a completely BS impeachment. You asshats want to talk about “tensions?” - you f’ing CREATED the concept. GFY, we’re not going away. ESAD!


3 posted on 11/22/2020 5:18:56 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. )
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That’s rich. Democraps could have eased election tensions but, instead, spent four years enflaming them.

Wiener.


4 posted on 11/22/2020 5:19:23 AM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: Diogenesis

Once again, just to be accurate, the FCC does NOT license networks, they license individual stations. The FCC has no control over network content (except for airing adult films etc) it is the public who watches them and buys the sponsor’s products..


5 posted on 11/22/2020 5:21:40 AM PST by Shady (It is the rule of law vs tyranny, plain and simple, and it is the fight of our lives...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ABC NEWS IS A MICKEY MOUSE OPERATION


6 posted on 11/22/2020 5:21:52 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump ended the run of the Bush cabal, and he did so very publicly. That’s why you have remnants of the cabal flailing about for relevance unable to accept that the party is gone from their grasp, possibly for good.


7 posted on 11/22/2020 5:23:27 AM PST by libh8er
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8 posted on 11/22/2020 5:24:33 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Wrong, the press could ease election tension by demanding signature verified re-counts with observers! If Trump is wrong, prove it!

They known for decades that big cities cheat and turned a blind eye.


9 posted on 11/22/2020 5:25:03 AM PST by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

#Resist


10 posted on 11/22/2020 5:26:23 AM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Diogenesis
Here is a novel idea: Don't watch them!

There are plenty of other places on TV, talk radio and the internet where you can find the truth

11 posted on 11/22/2020 5:27:41 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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To: Diogenesis

Quit talking in paraphrases and tell us what you really think!!!!


12 posted on 11/22/2020 5:30:44 AM PST by ontap
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"Yes, we will get through this moment, but we have much work to do in reforming and rebuilding the infrastructure of democracy and in choosing leaders at all levels and on all platforms who help people see their biases and help them overcome their prejudices.

By Matthew Dowd... How about you go pound salt Matthew.. :(

13 posted on 11/22/2020 5:30:57 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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Dowd is an insidious snake who claims to be the token Republican on ABC political team.


14 posted on 11/22/2020 5:33:47 AM PST by Golden Eagle (List of Cable News Alternatives ----> http://freerepublic.com/~goldeneagle/ <----)
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15 posted on 11/22/2020 5:34:25 AM PST by KeyLargo
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"Yes, we will get through this moment, but we have much work to do in reforming and rebuilding the infrastructure of democracy and in choosing leaders at all levels and on all platforms who help people see their biases and help them overcome their prejudices.

By Matthew Dowd... How about you go pound salt Matthew.. :(

16 posted on 11/22/2020 5:34:56 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: Ancesthntr

You can bet they would be screaming at the top of there lungs if they thought Trump cheated. And I will bet you when the evidence comes out they cheated that they will be screaming Trump stole the election. There will be riots in the streets again. Notice how it all stopped after biden fake won. There tears will be so sweet when these democrats get caught in the act. Powell said when people see the evidence it will shake the world. He got over 80 million votes. She wouldn’t say it if she didn’t have proof. And I hope he passes some kind of executive order to take away protections from these social media and media in general. I don’t watch any of them and don’t go on face book or twitter.


17 posted on 11/22/2020 5:35:14 AM PST by glimmerman70
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More gaslighting. The polls convinced the Left that Biden would win in a landslide, with swing states as much as 17% (WI) in Biden’s favor. Biden leads by just 45,000 probably fraudulent votes in 3 states, including Wisconsin.


18 posted on 11/22/2020 5:36:07 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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Sorry, partner, but once your great hillary denounced me, for not swallowing her snake oil, there is no resolution here.


19 posted on 11/22/2020 5:37:52 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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What’s so irritating about a story like this is that ABC News could have “eased tensions” over the last four years by reporting the truth instead of promoting that phony Russia collusion hoax, among many other lies and half-truths.


20 posted on 11/22/2020 5:40:07 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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