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Even for the non-right-wing-owned media companies, Trump represents something they desperately want: ratings, clicks, money.
Trump, narcissistic power-mad entertainer that he is, kept people glued to the news nonstop from 2016 to today. Oh sure he wants to jail journalist and execute reporters, but those are news workers. The owners of the news companies won't suffer, and Trump will make them tons of money. They can just hire interns to do the reporting.
When Biden isn't in the news its because the modern media doesn't run feel good stories about the president doing good things.
They want Trump, they want endless controversy and fear and anger driving millions to their phones to click on news stories and look at ads. And they do not care about the consequences and side effects.
Corporate media shouldn't have the same protections as a "free press." They aren't doing the job that such protections were meant for.
If their only goal is profit at all costs, then they aren't important enough to protect anymore.
And in my opinion, opinion shows shouldn't be allowed on the same networks as actual news with actual journalists. Fucking scum like fox news and MSNBC abuse the shit out of that and put opinion shows up that ~~lie~~ speak as fact, hiding behind the opinion designation which allows them to be as dishonest as they please.
That's absolutely it. In my mind, regardless of stance, all of the main stream media wants trump to win. It's best for shareholders, and that's all corporations care about. (In fact it's illegal for them not to)