Dan Gillmor on Nostr: Even now, after decades of completely rigged elections in dictatorships, U.S. news ...
Even now, after decades of completely rigged elections in dictatorships, U.S. news organizations continue to headline the fiction of competitive presidential elections. These theater pieces have all the suspense of "elections" in the old East Germany.
The headlines (which are the only thing many people bother to read) should always, always be clear about that, but almost never are.
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