Here's a message I'm attempting to send to the ABC (the Australian Public Broadcaster) about their US election coverage - which has never been very good regardless of the program. They can't seem to figure out that Hillary is an out-and-out crook and they misunderstand why people are still voting for Trump on the Republican side regardless of whatever outrageous social gaffe he makes. Plus I have not heard them talk about the vote fraud that is clearly afoot.
Dear News Radio,
When it comes to the US election you can't interview establishment hacks from Fox News, or academics that support such 'analysis', and call it journalism.
Sanders is not simply beating Hillary because of demographics. In the age of the Internet, and info-sharing smart phones that are tied to the Internet, many people are rapidly waking up to the fact that Hillary is a dishonest politician who is backed by elite interests. Sanders on the other hand is making the same, if not bigger, promises that Obama made when he ran for office (although Obama hired the lobbyists he said he would keep at bay.)
When it comes to the Republicans, there are similar issues. The media talks about demographics and the celebrity of Trump but they fail to point out that beyond his loose rhetoric he addresses REAL problems with the US economy, and he does offer real solutions (solutions that are ridiculed by special-interest/establishment supporters in the media). The people's support for Trump is about jobs, and also the fact that he is relatively anti-war. He wants to role back US involvement overseas.
In relation to Trump's main opponent, Ted Cruz, the man is an unpopular establishment insider. One of the main reasons he has won a large number of delegates is due to Trump's own missteps, Cruz Campaign dirty tricks, and, most importantly, vote fraud (the same kind of fraud that sunk the populist Ron Paul campaign). More on this last point later.
You need to examine what the independent media has to say about these elections. The issues about Hillary's general dishonestly and the recent email scandal, where she disclosed a ton of classified information, are easy to pick up. When it comes to analysis of Trump campaign issues I recommend the ongoing video series by conservative film-maker Bill Still, who made the 1996 film The Money Masters.
Bill's interest is the economy and all the troubles associated with the current system (market rigging, interest rate rigging, trade laws, taxation, general cronyism etc). He sees Trump as the wild card candidate that could make the necessary changes to help make the country a better place - by not pandering to special interest (Wall Street) groups.
In the recent Wisconsin primary Bill pointed to polling in the days before the election that showed Trump had narrowed the gap and then overtook Ted Cruz, who had previously held the lead:
Then, when the election was underway, Bill Still showed that Trump was winning in the exit polling:
Then there were reports of vote fraud where voting machines were flipping votes away from Trump:
In this situation (as was the case in the Ron Paul campaign), you have to ask yourself the question, how can Trump be losing in these primaries by landslide numbers when the exit polls show him leading, when pre-election polling show him close to Cruz, if not ahead, and when he has rallies of many thousands of people compared to minuscule turnouts for the other candidates?
Whether or not you agree with Trump's plans (which have convinced a great number of voters) there is clearly a heavy media and (GOP) establishment bias against him that obscures or ridicules his core message.
You must be fair in your reports about the election, concerning both Sanders and Trump, and explain the fact that the election is still about a revolt against the establishment. The outcome of these primaries is not about simple demographics. There is skullduggery afoot (vote fraud, media bias, and superdelegates) to undermine the campaigns of the 'maverick' candidates.
In the interests of balance you need to search out people from the alternative media who are supporting Trump and Sanders and take a look at their analysis of events, their harsh criticism, that you can juxtapose to your current mainstream sources (that are not fully aware of what is occurring at all levels).
Please share this message to all those at the ABC covering the election.
