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No, that's mostly a right wing myth.
No, it's not a right wing myth...it's something that's been happening for quite some time with media outlets on both sides.
The Fox's and CNN's of the world have spent the last 2 decades choosing to zero in only on the stories that either A) make their "side" look good, or B) the "other side" look bad...or just deliberately resorting to dishonest tactics like spinning outright false info.
A person can't honestly/objectively watch either of those networks, and not see that both are trying to steer people toward one political faction or the other.
None of our major networks get a very good score card when reviewed by independent fact-checkers.
So you have Fox:
You have MSNBC:
And you have CNN:
It's not a good look when "the most accurate" American media outlet has a scorecard like that.
...but as I noted, CNN takes a different angle, which is selective reporting and manufacturing selective outrage.
For instance, it's 100% factually accurate to say that when Trump got back from the hospital after covid, he said something like "the medications they have are great, I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"... However, having a 20 minute round table discussion with 4 pundits talking about "I think this is a slap in the face of the people who can't afford those treatments", and then "Let's interview this person who's husband was a rare statistical outlier and died from covid at age 33 with no preexisting conditions" may not move the "Truth-o-meter" needle on politifact, but it's certainly aimed at steering public opinion rather than merely informing.
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