CNN media analyst Oliver Darcy has been monitoring the rantings in the right-wing media bubble as their cult leader faces increasing legal peril. Some excerpts:
"Millions of Americans are immersed in a twisted world where language used to describe autocrats is being applied to America’s democratic institutions.
The draconian rhetoric, once reserved for the likes of tyrants and dictators, has become commonplace in right-wing media when referring to President Joe Biden and the elected government he leads. The dark and sinister language, normalized on mainstream conservative platforms such as Fox News, has been on full display this week during coverage of Donald Trump’s third indictment.
The Biden White House is referred to as the 'Biden regime.' Federal law enforcement are referred to as the 'Gestapo' and Biden’s 'personal police force.' Institutions such as the Department of Justice are referred to as “the Department of Injustice.” The indictments against Trump are referred to as 'political war crimes' and an 'assassination.' [snip]
It’s all part of a larger trend that has dramatically disfigured the conservative media since Trump ascended to power. With the aim of portraying progressives as an evil force in America, right-wing media’s most popular figures and outlets have casually appended despotic terms to Biden and his administration.
The extreme vernacular often flies under the radar, drawing eye rolls from those outside this alternate universe and receiving little media attention. But it shouldn’t. Language carries with it serious consequences. And repeatedly conveying to millions of people that their democratically elected leader is a tyrant out to nefariously use the force of government to target and imprison his political opposition carries with it great risk." (our emphasis)
Now that the Malignant Loser's former VP Mike Pence is cooperating with the Special Counsel, he's being given the extreme rhetoric treatment by them, too.
The spiral into darkness is of their own making, as they carved out the far-right demographic and fed them what they wanted to hear. As the ratings climbed, so did the extreme rhetoric and escape into an alternate reality. Now, they're dependent on the right-wing mob that they cultivated, not daring to let reality enter lest their ratings suffer. In addition to the Malignant Loser himself, it's the most dangerous threat to our democracy, even if the mainstream media chooses to ignore it.
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