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The jury might still be deliberating, but Donald Trump’s media allies have already delivered a verdict to their audiences.

Throughout the duration of the Manhattan hush-money trial, Fox News and the rest of MAGA Media have set the stage to absolve Trump in the historic case. Day after day, week after week, popular personalities such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Steve Bannon have lampooned the judicial system, portraying Trump as an innocent victim of political persecution.

Inside this alternate media universe, the actual facts of the case never penetrate the bubble that shields its audiences from detrimental developments for Trump. Instead, alternate dishonest storylines are disseminated as the gospel truth.

Not only is Trump entirely innocent of any and allwrongdoing in the MAGA Media world, but President Joe Biden is guilty of nefariously weaponizing government to wage “lawfare” on his political opponent. Audiences are told that Biden cannot win a fair fight with Trump, so he has resorted to illegal “election interference” by rigging the judicial system against Trump.

  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
    28·
    1 month ago

    What aggravates me about all of Trump and his allies going on and on about how this is a rigged trial, is that if the jury finds him not guilty then their tune will suddenly change. And none is his base will care about the inconsistency there.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      132·
      1 month ago

      Same as other cults…

      If the world doesn’t end, it’s not because you’re wrong, it’s because you triumphed over evil due to your loyalty being tested.

      But only for a while, here’s the new apocalypse date and youre gonna have to be even more loyal for the next test.

      Same with asking a group to ignore little things like a bj from an intern, than 30 years later they’ve got you defending the funding of a genocide. Both because the other team does something worse.

      Everytime it happens, the cult members excuse more and more. When the only two options in town are both doing it, everything constantly gets worse. It doesn’t take long till voters refuse to hold the person they voted accountable for absolutely anything.

      We’re already more than halfway there…