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(927 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:18 AM Mar 17

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As Rome burns, the Fourth Estate Smiles [View all]

Great blog post from The Establishment Bar:

If the past decade has taught us anything, it's that our media failed us when we needed them most. When the most dangerous man ever to run for higher office enter the scene in 2015, the media had countless opportunities to bury him before he ever got started. The housing discrimination lawsuit. The use of undocumented labor. The six bankruptcies. Stiffing hundreds of contractors. Trump University. The two dozen rape and sexual assault allegations. A single one of these would have completely derailed a major party presidential candidate in previous election cycles. Hell, we lost Howard Dean because of an akward scream in 2004. But with Trump it was different. With Trump there was so much there that our media not only chose to ignore a single thing, they chose to ignore it all.

https://establishmentbar.blogspot.com/2026/03/as-rome-burns-fourth-estate-smiles.html

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As Rome burns, the Fourth Estate Smiles [View all] New Breed Leader Mar 17 OP

Yep, Americans fell for the scam. It's their fault not all the media. Walleye Mar 17 #1

Perfect Title for book about the last 45+ years: popsdenver Mar 17 #20

Which of those things was not known? NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 #2

The media polished his turds UpInArms Mar 17 #3

I agree. CozyMystery Mar 17 #4

The media wanted a crazy reality show broadcast live from the White House. OGBuzz Mar 17 #5

The media has been failing us for many years. ananda Mar 17 #6

I remember when Biden voted to confirm Thomas. Katinfl Mar 17 #32

Biden did NOT vote to confirm Mr. Ginni Thomas: MLWR Mar 17 #34

I stand corrected. Katinfl Mar 17 #40

They Don't Even Have The Decency modrepub Mar 17 #7

Do you really expect honor among thieves? BattleRow Mar 17 #11

Nice modrepub Mar 17 #28

For that, the Fourth Estate is dying RainCaster Mar 17 #8

This young boomer doesn't watch any of those. mwmisses4289 Mar 17 #30

This old boomer does exactly the same as you do. llmart Mar 17 #44

This older boomer too! As Curly of Moe, Larry, Curly would say, KPN Mar 18 #46

What/who is Bellingcat? Katinfl Mar 17 #33

Bellingcat is an investigative journalism group founded by bloggers in 2011 irisblue Mar 18 #47

Trump is the personification Horse with no Name Mar 18 #48

Only to be replaced with the 4th Estate 2.1 Torchlight Mar 17 #36

It was the failure of the Supremes Farmer-Rick Mar 17 #9

The media does whatever it takes to sell advertising-commercials. tRump is controversial, i.e. a goldmine for them. ffr Mar 17 #10

Supplying drug du jour..daily Fox fix,et al. BattleRow Mar 17 #13

The corproate media Johnny2X2X Mar 17 #12

It's even more controlled by Oligarchs now with the Ellison family owning nearly everything. OMGWTF Mar 17 #22

PBS Mr.Bee Mar 17 #14

Coup d'tat for Dummies, chapter 1... GiqueCee Mar 17 #15

The media glommed on to Trump for the same Hey Joe Mar 17 #16

Lest We Forget... Mr.Bee Mar 17 #18

Let us NEVER EVER forget! calimary Mar 18 #49

Thom Hartmann wanted the Party to buy 1,000 radio stations Gum Logger Mar 17 #17

That would have been absolutely STELLAR! calimary Mar 17 #37

Perhaps a testament to how fucking stupid a whole lot of the population has become???????????? NoMoreRepugs Mar 17 #19

The media have abdicated their crucial role in our democracy. OMGWTF Mar 17 #21

My personal opinion is that the media considered (and still considers) him as one of their own Scalded Nun Mar 17 #23

Our nation is now controlled by shareholder value... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 17 #24

"Past decade"? Past 3 decades, at least. CaptainTruth Mar 17 #25

This is a great read as well underpants Mar 17 #26

the "media" is a business which sells audiences to advertisers GreatGazoo Mar 17 #27

ok New Breed Leader Mar 17 #29

Exception: MSNBC, now known as MSNOW. pacalo Mar 17 #31

The writer overestimates the power of the MSM maxsolomon Mar 17 #35

The media didn't see him as "dangerous" back in 2015 and 2016 FakeNoose Mar 17 #38

And says, "How hot?" Nasruddin Mar 17 #39

So very right 4bonhoffer Mar 17 #41

I'm not a " smart" persons per se but I knew back in the 80's he was a joke and was thought it was a joke when he ran kimbutgar Mar 17 #42

Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 17 #43

The end of the Fairness Doctrine marked Buzz cook Mar 17 #45

Yep. calimary Mar 18 #50