The Media Bias Nobody is Talking About | Robert Reich

[@BlitzkriegOmega]

"Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man. You take a step towards him, he takes a step back. "Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man. -A.R. Moxon

[@dankuchar6821]

Profound

[@discoverybg31]

I object to the description that the Democratic party is the "left". In every other country in the world, the Democrats would be conservatives. Not left leaning. Not moderate. Not center left. Full on conservative.

[@lindaolsen593]

Once or twice I vote Republican. Quit that after I got smarter and figured that out. Got tired of being lied to

[@userhome3601]

Your taken the words out of context and displaying a fallacy. BTW, most lists of the most conservative countries place the USA in the too 20 but below China. Interesting that the mighty Communist threat is from a conservative country.

[@discoverybg31]

@@userhome3601 He displayed a chart showing the Democratic donkey as the left. That's not out of context. That's what he said and meant. Second, you'd have to identify which fallacy I'm displaying in order for your comment to have any meaning. That is interesting. I'm going to have to look more into that.

[@emptyspacebluefireball]

So basically it's pretty much the opposite of what we are told then. The left are the conservatives and the right are the liberals.

[@_annoyed4692]

@@emptyspacebluefireball that doesn't make any sense. Maybe you want to read up on the meaning of political right and political left: Right: pro inequality, pro privilege, pro discrimination. The origins of the political right is the nobility defending their right to exploit the common people. Today they defend the right of the financial nomility to exploit, surprise, the common people. And yes, if you put it that way it sounds dumb. Probably because it is - for common people at least. Left: Equal chances, equal rights and duties. So since we lieve in an unjust privilege that criminalizes poverty, but supports exploitation, privilege, and let's rich people get away with everything (see the opioid-crisis) the left is *not* conservatives. But the right can very well be liberal. Not with peoples rights to be equal, like gay rights or womens suffrage, but with deregulation that lets corporations gamble harder, exploit more, and pay even less taxes. The banking crisis for example is the direct consequence of the republican deregulation of the banking sector.

[@GehresWeed]

"I fight fascism not to win. I fight fascism because it's Fascism." - Chris Hedges

[@YY4Me133]

I'd rather fight fascism to win, thank you very much.

[@Kylozi111]

@@YY4Me133 That's what the fascists said.

[@need-to-know-]

Not exactly how he says it. Which is why you got some questionable responses.

[@YY4Me133]

@Chris Pederson Sure, but you don't start out expecting to lose, or you won't really be motivated.

[@YY4Me133]

@@Kylozi111 ???

[@tylerhackner9731]

Thank you Robert. Tired of the neutrality bias and both sides centrist nonsense

[@thedebatemechannel4746]

I call out both sides, but I'm no centrist. I'm just not a propagandist so I won't do what FOX does and then call out FOX for doing what I do. I call out corruption wherever I see it. Some things the right is correct on (VERY few things) and some things the left is right on. I go with whoever is correct.

[@mtn1793]

We’d be much better off as a nation if we could immediately outlaw political parties on every front of their functions.

[@Da_Xman]

@@mtn1793 We'd be much better off if people had brains enough not to pay attention to Pied Piper horseshit.

[@robertt9342]

@@thedebatemechannel4746. Ideally you should support those in power that represents your interest. The problem is that the GOP has become so corrupt you also need to take into account all their negatives tha they are pushing. Sure you have to review the same from the democrats, but their worst they offering isn’t even comparable.

[@jeremyhennessee6604]

you should be tired of the corporate-owned mainstream media sources that cater to the establishment and war machine, politicians playing stockbrokers /getting rich off insider-trading schemes , and the overall LACK of positive leadership ANYWHERE in Washington regardless of any imagined *side*. You confuse many of the so-called Centrist arguments with neutrality when there's really little to no actual neutrality involved. It's simply that many who AREN'T brainwashed by the propaganda -pushing profiteers are sick off virtually EVERYONE in office and/or positions of authority because they all ABUSE that authority and neglect the working classed masses.

[@thierrybock3847]

extreme left ? in the USA ? nah. you have fascists, corporate goons, and center barely left

[@anffyddiaeth]

Americans have apparently never recovered from the propagandistic paranoia associated with the "red scare" campaigners.

[@j.s.connolly8579]

YES! EXACTLY on the Freakin' NUGGETS!!!

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Oui, leur centre de gravité est entre la droite conservatrice et la droite réactionnaire. Mais quand tu entends des trumpers traiter Biden de communiste, ça va plus loin qu'un problème politique. Il y a surtout un fossé entre les gens éduqués et des gens dramatiquement incultes.

[@thierrybock3847]

@@ofdrumsandchords c'est un problème d'origine politique (les conséquences de long terme du maccarthysme) qui est maintenu en vie parce qu'au final c'est utile pour conserver le statut quo

[@PinkStalin]

Exactly. There is no left. Bernie is the most left person in government. A large amount of Americans litteraly are fascists. Racial supremacy ultranationalism is the definition of fascism. Sound familiar?

[@gregoryferber3231]

The fact that at that Trump rally several people walked around with Holocaust paraphernalia without get run out or beat up says all you need to know about the current republican party.

[@montybrown5410]

@@Zach-ju5vi No, you hold hands with them while assaulting cops and screaming racist epithets.

[@chrisoneill3999]

@@Zach-ju5vi 'at least I know what it means to be a fascist' I don't think any of us ever doubted it.

[@gregoryferber3231]

@@Zach-ju5vi I hope you are good looking because your intelligence seams to be lacking.

[@gregoryferber3231]

@@Zach-ju5vi did the simple spelling error make it hard to understand. It looks like you figured it out. You may just be parroting. I am really unsure of your intelligence.

[@garyford3533]

violence is against the law, it is the left who hate the jews.

[@whendays659]

Please. Media is the PR arm of the oligarchy which needs imperialism. Both parties also advocate for it. It's class, class, class.

[@baizhanghuaihai2298]

Please do a video on Manufacturing Consent. The corporate media is WAY more biased than just presenting false equivalencies, though they certainly do that, as well!

[@leovolont]

Well, we are past the Age of being able to 'manufacture consent'. Back when Consent could be manufactured there was limited bandwidth for TV and and all three Networks were based in New York and so the entire country got One Viewpoint on nearly everything. Hollywood Movies were about equally Monolithic in Viewpoint. But now with Thousand Channel Cable and the Social Media being DESIGNED to chase individual Consumers down their own idiosyncratic 'Rabbit Holes' of personal tastes and interests, well, there is no such thing as CONSENT without some kind of a quorum... some kind of critical mass of the public, which is exactly what we have lost. It would be great if we could return to the Old Days where we all agreed, right? It might have been the case that we all believed in a manufactured delusion but at least we weren't on the verge of a friggin Civil War that comes when nobody is consenting.

[@TD-np6ze]

What Mr. Reich fails to address is that as the Right claims, Most News channels owned by Neo-Libs So then, WHY is Neo-Lib News Attacking YOUNG Progressives as if as Dangerous as Far Right Fascists??? Because the Equivalency is Neo-Libs PROFIT from Exploiting Working People!! Dividing & Destroying America Desperately Need NEW Young Leadership to Fix 21st Century Issues!!

[@leovolont]

@@TD-np6ze T.D. you really need to dial it down. We live in a Democracy. the Neo-Libs are playing by the rules. If the Progressives were up against Fascists then their offices would be getting burned out at night, and their staff members would be getting roughed up to make them quit. Do you know anything about Fascism... it is Organized Crime Tactics moving into Politics. We do not have that hear. The closest thing we have to violent intimidation is coming from the Left with its "Peaceful Protests" that are just using he leverage of Shutting Down Business Districts and making Stores board up because half the time your Peaceful Protests break out into Riots... yeah, that are never the Progressives fault because they say "Antifa doesn't exist". T.D. if the Progressive only worked towards EVERYBODY Interests such as Global Warming, then fine, but they don't. It is a Special Interest that wants to Redistribute Wealth... diverting Wealth from One Class to prop up Another. We live in a Democracy and so Classes under Attack are allowed to fight back as long as they follow the Rules and the Neo-Libs are following the Rules.

[@TD-np6ze]

@@leovolont THE GRABBING HANDS GRAB ALL THEY CAN!!! NEO-LIBS are the CAUSE of the Extremism that has Led to Divided America -- they TALK Pretty while Exploiting Working People BOTH Roosevelt's, as ELITIST as they were would be thoroughly DISGUSTED with Your/ THEIR ILK!!#! SHAME, SHAME On YOU!!!

[@sangode]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWWveIN_jduIa68 - Manufacturing Consent the 5 Filers.....hope you spread it on .

[@ToyKeeper]

Any time someone says "both sides" or "equally bad", it's a sign that they're probably lying. Because almost nothing is _ever_ equally bad. The chance of blame landing exactly 50/50 between two parties is virtually zero. It's like saying "you hit my face with your fist" and "you hit my fist with your face" are "equally bad", which makes it easier for an abusive person to get away with hurting people, by shoving half the blame onto their victims.

[@billmoss2877]

Quote of the: Decade. R vs. L 'Equating them is both troubling and dangerous.' This presentation is the essence of critical thinking. Than you Dr. Reich.

[@mtn1793]

A total ban on parties and partisan politics might clear up things for you.

[@Mythraen]

I don't believe he's a doctor. His Wikipedia page mentions nothing about a doctorate.

[@Mythraen]

@@mtn1793 That doesn't make any sense. The only way that could possibly come close to being a functional action is by having a one-party state, and that's not remotely a solution.

[@mtn1793]

@@Mythraen Not a one party state. A zero party state. Every representative and senator standing independent, responsible to their constituents and to We the People of this nation.

[@Mythraen]

@@mtn1793 And then they would have to work together to pass any bills, and in so doing, they would form factions... and those would effectively be parties. Like I said, this is not remotely feasible. You can't remove politics from politics, or you would have nothing left.

[@janesmith1008]

Omg, Robert. I'm so glad you exist on this planet.

[@janesmith1008]

@@Zach-ju5vi go troll somewhere else, man. Also you might want to see a therapist for your anger issues. You're projecting like crazy right now. :( :(

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

@@Zach-ju5vi Hey Zach, can you name just one of his lies please. Just one lie

[@FletchforFreedom]

@@NebraskaGonvilleJones Zach has just scratched the surface. There are so very many more. That he allows people to believe he is an economist (or has any grasp of the subject) is a lie of omission. His five myths about the minimum wage are not myths in the slightest and each of his supposed rebuttals are all lies. How many times has he repeated the outright lie that workers pay has "stagnated" when, in fact, workers have never been better compensated in history, making half again more than they did in the 1970s and it increased in every decade (likely all the way back to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution)? How many times has he argued that unions were responsible for higher pay, better working conditions, the shorter work week, reduced discrimination, the end of child labor, etc.? Every last one of those claims is factually wrong. Look at his last three shorts. In just 38 seconds he repeats the medical bankruptcy myth, the long disproved notion that billionaires pay less taxes than school teachers (or secretaries), the anti-scientific notion that the planet is "burning" (twice) or that "scientists" call for drastic action to "avert total climate catastrophe", the myth that minimum wage laws lift people out of poverty, that Exxon "buried their own science about climates change" (the cherry-picked documents that were supposedly the smoking gun were publicly available - so it's a lie even if you find InsideClimate News to be an unbiased and credible source). One can dismiss objective reality as being "anger" but then maybe it's not anger issues that are the problem but aggressive ignorance and blindness to the bald-faced liar that is Robert Reich.

[@iwanaknowe2380]

@@Zach-ju5vi I just love how the GOP claims voter nullification is based on voter ID while ignoring the realities of fewer access to polls, allowing ANY one to question any voter’s legitimacy [how often do you think this will occur for white voters], or allowing random “observers” to crowd up to those actively voting. The continual lies have destroyed the Nation, and the Media are going along with it.

[@FletchforFreedom]

@@iwanaknowe2380 Zach has actually understated the matter. Calling your narrative a lie is tame. It is such egregious bovine fecal matter you have utterly obliterated any possible claim to credibility you might ever wish to make. It can be argued that "[t]he continual lies have [undermined] the Nation, and the media are going along with it" put that hardly excuses you doing nothing less. No one can seriously claim that anyone is incapable of getting a valid ID (which is why solid majorities *of each race* support voter ID laws! - it's actually quite insulting to presume anyone can't get one). Under the Texas law (now considered the end of the world) IDs can include a drivers license, an Election Identification Certificate, a Personal Identification Card, a handgun license, a Military Identity Card, a US Citizenship Certificate or a US Passport (any of which can be up to 4 years out of date) and, if you can't produce any of those, you can provide an affidavit as to why you could not accompanied by a copy or original of a) a government document that shows the voter’s name and an address, including the voter’s voter registration certificate; b) a current utility bill; c) a bank statement; d) a government check; e) a paycheck; or f) a certified domestic birth certificate. Voter nullification?!?!?! Anyone too incompetent to obtain any of these won't be able to find their own house, let alone a polling place. Lesser access to polls? How stupid does someone have to be to even pretend that isn't obvious drivel?!?! Texas so wants to restrict voting that they were the first state to adopt early voting after 222 years with no state having any such thing without the Republic collapsing. The new law *expands* voting hours from previous law (from 7am-7pm to 6am-10pm and mandates weekend hours be available as part of the continued early voting policy. And poll watchers of *ANY* party are permitted free access. It does *NOT* permit them to interfere (and if you don't think leftist poll watchers wouldn't challenge white voters if such interference were possible, that last brain cell does long before you got anywhere near here. Either you are so unimaginably stupid you actually believe the odiferous mounds you're shoveling or you are lying your ass off. The only remaining alternative is: both. If you take Reich, Seder, Dore, Olbermann, Uygur, Noah, Maher, Pakman or Wolff serious, that last option is a certainty. Choose.

[@ToyKeeper]

Being halfway between sane and evil doesn't make someone neutral... it just makes them half-evil. Media shouldn't try to be _neutral..._ it should aim to be _accurate._

[@gummyberryjoos1693]

This is what I call 'laundering' dangerous right-wing and white supremacist talking points.

[@DavidAdkins78]

Oh? What was the four years of "Russia Russia Russia!!!"? Even after a full investigation Reich wouldn't stop. Now Democrats won't even allow any audits of election results.

[@RichardASalisbury1]

@@DavidAdkins78 You mean the four years of tRump colluding with Putin and the Russian plutocrats he represents? The Russian government are not our friends, but neither are they demons; or perhaps, we're demonic too.

[@DavidAdkins78]

@@RichardASalisbury1 , is that sarcasm? Trump's "drill baby drill" energy policy was the worst thing he could do to Putin's economy. Trump actually bombed hundreds of Russians in Syria. Trump sanctioned the Russian pipeline to Germany, Biden reversed that.

[@RichardASalisbury1]

@@DavidAdkins78 All the states for which audits were sought were audited--chiefly by Republican vote counters, who felt that falsifying the tallies was a step too far in following Trump's lead. And though the Republicans have trying for decades, too successfully IMO, to right-load our courts, still, all lawsuits brought by Trump and his supporters were thrown out as frivolous or voted down by the judges.

[@GenerationX1984]

@@DavidAdkins78 Why is Putin's economy important? It's irrelevant and a nonissue. Capitalism itself needs to be replaced by something more sustainable and less wasteful. As scary as you might think that sounds.

[@jaynerdrum3546]

Thank you, again, for bringing this topic back into the conversation. We need more people like you, Professor Reich, to continue to speak out about the real truth.

[@johnd6389]

Fake account

[@jaynerdrum3546]

@@johnd6389 Excuse me?!

[@johnd6389]

@@jaynerdrum3546 Fake account, you would have to be an idiot to think reiche is honest.

[@ChronoStrife]

@@jaynerdrum3546 Fake accounts calling out fake accounts. What a world we live in..

[@wesk.2924]

Thank you! I've been explaining this to students and congregants for years. And isn't it really about corporate ownership of over 90% of all media in this country. It's a market share approach to journalism.

[@carolmiller5713]

That’s why I watch independent and valid international news.

[@wesk.2924]

@Stuart Beatty It's so unfortunate that those who are not part of a faith community don't see their own ignorance or lack of understanding while castigating others for the same reasons. You don't know me or what my theology is, yet you make derogatory judgments. Progressives and progressivism doesn't need the kind of small-mindedness you bring.

[@wesk.2924]

@Stuart Beatty I actually teach Comparative Religions and Religion in America at the College Level. Again, you should strongly consider not doing things that reveal your lack of intelligence publicly, like trolling people you don't know.

[@wesk.2924]

@Stuart Beatty You don't even understand Buddhism!

[@wesk.2924]

@Stuart Beatty If you're referring to the 4th Noble truth, the "path" and the cessation of suffering, then you failed to discredit me. However, it is incorrect to refer to Buddhism as non-theistc. You should review your cosmology. There is much space in Buddhism in God's, titans, etc. Now, please stop harassing me. You're doing well listening to Dr. Reich. Perhaps that's the path upon which you should remain and stay in your lane rather than behave like trumpers do by harassing people they don't know. Also, you should look up the definition of a "strawman fallacy." You have that wrong, too.

[@jermainemyrn19]

EXACTLY! HOW CAN SOME OF US SEE IT AND OTHERS DON'T

[@shoresean1237]

Picture a protection racket in which your shop is regularly busted up despite full on-time payments to the thugs and mobsters. That is what some in the press are contracted to with this false equivalency.

[@dan_hitchman007]

A-men, Robert, a-men.

[@splehcar]

Yep. A-fuckin'-men.

[@seanmcfarland5083]

The bill nye of economics

[@misscarrol8652]

You know it baby!

[@FletchforFreedom]

@@seanmcfarland5083 I guess it's appropriate to compare a clueless non-scientist who endlessly gets the science wrong to a clueless non-economist who endlessly gets the economics wrong.

[@FletchforFreedom]

Perfect cult-member response.

[@ultradaves]

Brilliant. Keep it coming, you shine light into the darkness.

[@leovolont]

Bob is using Radical Extremist Recruitment tactics to mobilize Anger. Ask yourself why? Can the Left win the Civil War that Bob is pushing to start? No. The Right owns all the Guns. So ask yourself who is paying Bob, who used to be a Policy Wonk, to suddenly be some Left Wing Hippy Power to the People Radical?

[@montybrown5410]

@@leovolont Dude, you're full of $h!t. The only people talking about a civil war are on the right. And FYI yes, we would win.

[@leovolont]

@@montybrown5410 Hi Monty, God, really... you say "The only people who are talking of Civil War are on the Right". Duh! The Right has all the Guns! They also cleaned up all the Military Surplus Ammo. Have you ever been to a Gun Fair? There used to be truck loads of Military Ammo by the pallet... it's all gone now. Saying that it is only the Right that talks about Civil War is like saying in 1860 that it was only Southerners that talked about Civil War. Monty, it only takes ONE SIDE to start a Civil War. Also, NOBODY wins. The USA has already lost credibility because it had the WORST Pandemic Response of any developed nation. What do you think a Genocide of some Major Urban Black Center would do to the Stock Market? The Dollar would Collapse. Europe would find it suddenly necessary to have a Heart To Heart talk with Red China. Also, they have their own "Information". Nobody in the Federal Government is calling their First Amendment Bluff and they can say and pass along anything they like and call it "the God's Honest Truth". Yeah, the Federal Government pressured Private Social Media Companies to do the censorship that the Government couldn't but FOX is privately owned as is AON and Newmax that would tell the FEDS to fuk themselves. SO if FOX and AON and Newsmax want a Civil War then they can figure out what to tell their audience in order to get a Civil War. It wouldn't take much... they are all delusionally crazy, right? Are you betting that those Gun Nuts will suddenly become Sane at the last moment before they roll into Fullerton County Georgia with guns blazing?

[@ErichHans]

@@Zach-ju5vi No he is saying you can't compromise with people who literally are flirting with fascism and civil war. He is arguing that you can't equate AOC with MTG when AOC is fighting for universal healthcare and MTG is making comments about "spilling blood". He never once said that it is wrong to be a centrist. Did you even watch the same video?

[@IamBrixTM]

I first discovered Robert Reich when I was a baby liberal, discovering him on Bill Maher. And as I moved left, I never stopped listening to Robert. Bro has his thumb on the pulse and has really sharp political instincts. always talking about what’s most relevant and important. You rock Robert!

[@garyford3533]

he knows nothing.

[@eatmorenachos]

The both sides approach in 1939: "Some say Germany has gone too far by invading Poland, while others say Hitler should be allowed to take over the world. Is there room for compromise, between these two extremes? Coming up on Meet the Press....."

[@lindaanderson7507]

Perhaps the better comparison is moral versus immoral, compassionate versus hateful, and logical versus insane. Aren't we supposed to help each other and make the world a better place for every living thing?

[@supercommie]

Thank you. I have been feeling that this has been happening for years, finally a public person said it like it is.

[@solidstate2b]

Well said! In a discriminatory status quo, The reference point of objectiveness breeds sociopathic justifications. There is no system that can sustain itself while servicing sociopathic incentives without self-destructive modes of extraction, misinformation, and bias being treated as legitimate.

[@leovolont]

Okay, so both Bob and you are what? Are you just being cynical and hanging your heads and wringing your hands that we are all doomed because with Freedom of Press and Freedom of Speech there is nothing we can do about Media Outlets that use Emotional and Aesthetic Appeals. Really, the only active policy prescription would be for the Public Take Over of the Media, China Style. Okay? But we would need a new Constitutional Convention, right? But Bob isn't talking about that, is he? Bob sounds like a Radical Extremist Recruiter who wants to mobilize Anger... Bob is stirring us towards Violence. And we can't win with Violence. Do you know how few guns the Left has? Do you know how little military training the Left has. The Draft ended in 1974 (or somewhere around then) and that was the last time a Leftist got any Military Training... well, among Whites... a great many Blacks have enlisted and became Commissioned Officers just to get the work but look around Leftist Circles and see how many Black Veterans are Honored and Respected and Acknowledged Community Leaders... I can't think of one, can you? So Bob's push for VIOLENCE... what else can it be? Is just Suicidal. Picking a Fight we are sure to lose. And Bob used to be a Policy Wonk. Why this new Extremism? Who the hell is paying Bob and what is their Objective?

[@solidstate2b]

@@leovolont your spiral is not coherent. You would be the only one injecting the context of violence. In fact, your response is pretty patternistic of trolling or disinformation campaigning. You're over simplistic fixation on the tactics of violence is pretty damning.

[@leovolont]

@@solidstate2b My "spiral"... you meant "spiel" right? I re-read what I wrote. It is coherent enough if you READ it. I can't vouch for your ability to understand what I am saying. People who do crappy on Reading Comprehension Tests obviously do not find reading materials in general to be comprehensible, do they? What you mean, if you DID understand (and so I was coherent..) was that you just disagree with me but you are not really adapt at how to express yourself. No I am not allowed to have a Coherent Opinion but I must be Stupid, right? Now look at what you said: "your spiral is not coherent. You would only one injecting the context of violence. In fact, your response is pretty patternistic of controlling or disinformation campaigning. You're over simplistic fixation on the tactics of violence is pretty damning." Is any of that supposed to be anything but an assertion of your DISCOMFORT with my argument. Why not just say that you disagree... you certainly didn't counter with any argument of your own. You don't like my bringing up Violence but what else could be the resullt of Bob's Mobilization of Anger. Bob used to be a Policy Wonk. There is no Policy here. this is standardized Radical Extremist Recruiting. Appeals to Aesthetics and Emotions and for what end other than mobilizing anger and stirring up hatred? But why talk to you? You know only what you want to agree with but you don't have the capacity to put any of your ideas into a COHERENT argument. Yeah, you know so much about "coherency" will lets see you try to present some.

[@solidstate2b]

@@leovolont I definitely meant to use the word spiral. And I respectfully disagree. I did go back and fix a few typos and stuff in my response if it helps.

[@leovolont]

@@solidstate2b So I talked in a "spiral". And you MEANT to say that. And you say that I am incoherent. Are you being POETIC. How does talking in a SPIRAL supposed to mean anything in terms of narrative communication? You meant to talk like a idiot! Well, if that is your objective then you are accomplishing it.

[@sgt.doughnut5918]

Been talking about this for years, but nobody listens to me because I dont have the reach needed to be respected on this subject, hopefully you do.

[@helengarrett6378]

Sgt Doughnut, anyone has reach in this electronic age. Use the internet to speak your mind. Consolidate the ordinary working people into a force for change and decency. Anyone can make phone calls for a cause they believe in. I just write to encourage people like me, plain people, not fancy people, who together demand big changes. You have a point of view. Find an organization and work at home on the phone or writing postcards and getting signatures on them, then mailing them to our Senators urging change.

[@briant9764]

i love watch Robert talk. hes so right.His message with never be heard on fox new.

[@buicklincoln]

His message won't be heard on CNN either.

[@garyford3533]

hes so wrong, he just wants to decieve you.

[@cthoadmin7458]

An objective media is one that is as faithful as it can be to the facts, not one that tries to see all points of view. One side can simply be wrong.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

That needs to be said again, and again, and again, and again. The truth isn't always in the center. "One side can simply be wrong."

[@cthoadmin7458]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 I heard it put like this: If one person argues it’s raining and another that it isn’t, it’s the journalists job to stick his head out of the window and see whether it’s fucking raining!

[@EmmittBrownBTTF1]

A solid argument that is worthy of the Gravel Institute.

[@Blake-Urizen]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It is high time that we recognize the impossibility of "balance" when giving equal attention to authoritarian ultra-wrong populism versus democratic socialist attempts to help the populace.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

This is incredibly simplified and explained but who the hell would've thought we'd have to explain common sense and false equivalences to adults? Robert Reich is a powerful voice of reason for millions of us

[@sniffiejoe9370]

he,s a snake just like his followers

[@JahRandom]

Gosh, this man is...well...the man! Speaks so much sense it's honestly hard to believe he was once such a high ranking government official.

[@garyford3533]

hes is full of lies, your being decieved.

[@yhtomitreddar9654]

Man this guy gets it. More people need to see this

[@garyford3533]

no he does not he is just trying to con you.

[@Alturvexs]

This is the exact reason i stopped watching main stream media 2 decades ago. Well that and everything has turned to crap on TV. Mmm Plus too many adds started ruining what i loved watching.

[@iluomobravo]

Started the video and paused after 10 seconds to comment. I reject the very premise of this video. When has the media EVER tried to be center? In the 50’s?

[@hodaka1000]

drumpf supporters can't count the number of toes they have on both hands

[@Dynasty725]

Spoken like a former member of the Clinton administration

[@voytekmiller4275]

When the Black supremist ran over the people in a Christmas parade the mainstream media simply said: "the SUV that killed those people".

[@garyford3533]

well said.

[@DancerGirl-24]

Whether you swing "right" or swing "left" we should all know what is just plain wrong: like the domestic terrorism of January 6th, like a safe election, like climate change being real, like covid being real, etc. etc.

[@Mythraen]

You used a colon, then you made a list. There's nothing wrong with that in theory. However, in practice, you just identified "safe election" and "climate change being real" and "covid being real" as "just plain wrong." You should pay attention to how your words interact. The domestic terrorism of the 6th was wrong, morally. Safe elections are a good thing. That we had one in 2020 is a fact. Climate change and COVID being real are certainly bad things, but they're current situations about which we need to act.

[@garyford3533]

and the riots by the black lives movement.

[@andrewjohnson204]

Ironically this video itself holds bias generalization and ignores discrimination disguised as defence.

[@pattyayers]

SO GLAD to hear someone saying this!!

[@brianpaulsen1796]

This should be played on all cable news networks. During the commentary shows. No questions asked!

[@angeldetierra3855]

► Very well explained Bob --- Thank you! ♥

[@VEGTheAgingHippie]

@@Zach-ju5vi No he didn't. Fascism is not conservatism. Every first world country has a conservative party. In America, that party is the Democratic party. The GOP has morphed into a fascist party. If you studied political science you would recognize that fact.

[@angeldetierra3855]

@@Zach-ju5vi ► No. You're wrong. He didn't' say that ---- Try again troll !

[@harryseaword]

@@angeldetierra3855 Yes, Zach is all over this page trolling a

[@angeldetierra3855]

@@harryseaword ► We need to hit back!

[@angeldetierra3855]

@@Zach-ju5vi ► Stop trolling & Grow up!

[@pamil1923]

Thank you Mr. Reich!👍🏼☮️

[@spongeintheshoe]

Honestly, I do think that the middle is the correct stance on most issues. …I just don't think that the Democrats and Republicans are equidistant from the middle.

[@berndb3141]

The establishment of both partys are pretty far right from my (a European's) perspective. The Overton Window shifted a lot to the right in my lifetime.

[@carolmiller5713]

Not to mention, the country is so far to the right at this point, that Abe Lincoln would be embarrassed.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@carolmiller5713 Especially given that it's basically been the opposite of what he knew it as ever since they implemented the Southern Strategy.

[@antoniowillz4847]

Yes uncle Robert's preach because you are perfectly right on point 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@TheZebra2004]

Can you say it again louder for the people in the back?

[@Blake-Urizen]

You mean the obstinately deaf-to-reason individuals who base everything on outraged feelings?

[@robertstevens1537]

Comparing AOC and Ilhan to Greene and Bobert is like comparing Gandhi to Hitler

[@Frostfly]

The middle point between Democracy and Fascism, is fascism. You can't negotiate with the Hard right in this country, They will just force you to move to their position.

[@yeoldegaymer1906]

Thank you for the video. I have tried many times to explain this to my friends that lump all politicians together.

[@myscienceblueprint]

One thing you have successfully done is to pick out the bad side of the right and the good sude of the left. Your argument itself is biased, because the examples that you're using make the left look entirely good and the right entirely bad.

[@johnbigelson7471]

He and his fans won't care though, because their goal isn't one of building bridges or finding common ground. It's all ideological purity.

[@beckitibaldi9654]

Thank you for speaking truth. Again and again and again. Honesty, integrity, and information. Please keep truth forthcoming.

[@anthonydavis4829]

Robert, I love you for trying to educate the masses. The GOP now and to come wants to return the country to the year 1863. The current GOP may not get us there but future GOP members will.

[@harryseaword]

Troll ALERT! Zach we know what you are.

[@dylanschmidt9056]

@@harryseaword I mean, it doesn't really need much of an alert, he's pretty obvious.

[@garyford3533]

you mean brainwashing the masses.

[@MrBRRuzicka]

I see this every day, particularly in local media. So frustrating!

[@ZoneBTD]

The main point is that Joe Biden would be considered conservative in Europe. The US political system has been heavily skewed to the right ever since and because of the Cold War. Conservatives in Europe are sometimes more progressive than AOC

[@maryanngarcia3080]

Bravo Robert Reich!

[@dlognave]

I’m really getting closer and closer to moving to Canada. The political parties are more similar there. This comment is mostly a joke, so please don't take this seriously.

[@leovolont]

Hi Evan, Yeah, but what if the USA is just first on the same Curve. Yeah, American Democracy is distinctively dysfunction by design but Democracy in general is Win Lose Government and so it is inherently divisive. Inequality of Wealth in a Global Economy is no longer isolated within borders and the Power of Wealth will chaff under democratic restrictions of any Nation. Yeah, do we really think that billionaires will surrender their wealth and power because a lot of idiot predatory parasitic Poor People VOTE in their little stupid Democratic "Club Houses and Tree Forts" to rape and pillage the Estates of the Rich? Not very likely. Remember that Democracy was CREATED by the Business Classes... Democracy was THEIR Revolution and they have been able to control the results up till now, mostly... Democracies conveniently ignore their Civil Wars instead of recognizing them as Constitutional Crises ... it is like Civil War is part of Democratic Process. but when Democracy no longer works for those who created it in the first place, they will find New Government that will.

[@golnarfadee5877]

Thank you for calling out the manipulation! The idea of 50-50 on each side is the most maddening BS! This is a exactly what happens in personal relationships too..when one side is a narcissist and the other an empath or a healthy personality!

[@actuallypaulstanley]

We have experienced many false equivalence discussion on the BBC, such as when Conservative MP Ian D Smith tried to tell Pacal Lamy how the World Trade Organisation operated. Pascal Lamy was the WTO Director General. Pascal Lamy was. Invited onto another 'balanced' discussion program with another vote leave conservative MP Andrea Leadsom; this clown of a politician attempted to tell Pascal Lamy how free trade agreements worked. For clarity, Pascal Lamy was the WTO Director General, so knows a thing or two about trade negotiations...

[@ditchgator1]

True... It's NOT right vs. left. It's right vs. wrong

[@ditchgator1]

@@Zach-ju5vi Were your parent fascists when they taught you the difference between right from wrong? Or... Did they skip that part of important child development? Perhaps this could be the reason you've made such an observation?

[@ditchgator1]

@@Zach-ju5vi You've totally missed the point I was making... Don't know if it's because you don't understand what I was trying to say, or... You're just another troll...? Later dude... 😎👍

[@ditchgator1]

@@Zach-ju5vi No trap.. Just wanted to know if you knew the difference between right and wrong. Think I have my answer...

[@ditchgator1]

@@Zach-ju5vi Wrong again. You don't understand what I am talking about. And that's my failure... Because taking the time and effort to try again would prove fruitless, as I believe you're just a troll.

[@ditchgator1]

@@Zach-ju5vi You're a troll

[@thomasridley8675]

The words you use matters. And you should be able too see the bias by the words they use. They only feed us what we want too hear. And we only hear what we already believe.

[@Kylozi111]

It makes very little room for nuance. B(y) d(es)ign?

[@thomasridley8675]

@@Zach-ju5vi 😎

[@thomasridley8675]

@@Kylozi111 👍

[@gweegoop7781]

AOC is one of the few rational people in American politics.

[@jenns2074]

Thank you for having logic all the time!!!

[@joshlouie]

Mainstream media should know this. Mr. Robert is telling the TRUTH!

[@randomthings1293]

Video must be recommended

[@garyford3533]

never full of lies.

[@billramsey8934]

Robert Reich, as is most often the case, is spot on. False equivalency dominates today’s media reporting.

[@annsanse2935]

Thank you, Mr. Reich. You always bring clarity, and lord this topic sure needs it.

[@AdamWestish]

Been saying this and have been ignored for years. Thanks for saying it

[@lindathomas730]

Totally agree Dr. Reich! You are amazing and your advocacy is appreciated!

[@metalone2055]

Americans need to hear this constantly with more information that will help them understand it better so that the Democracy is always protected.

[@gikar1948]

You brought up so many good points, so many important distinctions between the left and right (aka wrong).

[@myleslong5584]

That’s why I usually put the word “right” in quotation marks when referring to that wing of political parties. They’re DEFINITELY not correct about much,at all.

[@growthandunderstanding]

Thank you, Secretary Reich, for guiding us regarding the dangers we face as a nation that tear at our social fabric and political values.

[@SomethingVISCID]

"...divided and compliant..." The establishment needs both sides to continue to exist, in order for the big American lie to continue.

[@leovolont]

Well, think about it. What was the Establishment when Democracy was create by the Business Classes. The Establishment's voice was the Newspapers and, yes, Leftist Pamphlets could exist, like the "Communist Manifesto" but the VOICE of Democracy was always found in the Daily Newspapers... friggin Morning and Evening Editions of Acceptable Group Think. But the Internet and Social Media have largely exploded that effective Ideological UNITY. Who benefits from that? We can look at China that really does care about THEIR Economy and Society and so they put a huge clampdown on Social Media. If it was somehow good for "both sides to continue to exist" well, China can do whatever it likes and it certainly didn't do that, did it?

[@leovolont]

@@Zach-ju5vi How can you say that Trump is irrelevant. He is a Cult Leader with about 30 Million Folllowers and they probably own about 10 million assault rifles between them. Also, the GOP is having a Civil War and it looks like the Trump Faction has hold of the Party going into the 22 Elections. The reason the Country isn't over the Pandemic is because the Trump Cult is foot dragging and obstructing Health Programs. Really, the Entire Establishment is crossing their fingers and walking on eggshells just hoping that Trump finally keels over from Old Age and residual COVID issues (he was hit harder than he lets on) and so far there doesn't seem to be an Heir to his Cult. Really, this is the Reason why the Left really needs to back off now. The Trumpist Right is NOW so active that everything we on the Left do simply results in a BIGGER Reaction. What everybody is praying for is that Trump dies naturally and such that the Conspiracy Nuts can't say it was poisoned, and that the Pandemic finally ends and that the Infrastructure Bill pours money and jobs into the economy and an Economic Boom makes everybody forget about Trump and Civil War. But the LEFT keep reminding them of why they hate us so much. We only seem to care about Virtue Signalling and winning Political Purity Contests among each other and don't realize how THREATENING that is to all those GUN NUTS. Yeah, I wish OUT Media would do some investigative journalism an point how how generally common it is for a typical gun nut to have enough military style weapons in his own possession to arm a platoon and has enough ammo in his basement, stored on pallets, to sustain a six month intensive military campaign. A lot of those guys are Military Vets... that is how I know them. We really need this Time of Crisis and Tension to Blow Over. But for right now, Trump is not only NOT irrelevant but he is friggin CENTRAL. Yeah, it is difficult to have any hope. Fox News, AON, and Newsmax have Constitutional Protection and their Audience is locked in. They only know what that Agenda Driven Right Wing Media tells them. They need to be shut down. In World War One there were the Anti-Sedition Laws... all under the Same Constitution as we have today. Fox, AON, and Newmax need to get shut down, but, yeah, it would be a Constitutional Crisis... but look where we are because LYING is Constitutionally Protected Speech.

[@leovolont]

@@Zach-ju5vi Hi Zach, well it is a CULT exactly BECAUSE they somehow believe that Trump is somehow fighting for their interests. People NOT IN THE CULT see Trump for who he is and who he's always been: a shady self-promoting con-man. What do you Rural Bumpkins know about Trump. Trump is from New York City and haven't any of you Heyseeds bothered to ask any of Trumps Old Friends and Neighbors about the generally accepted character of Donald Trump? You pathetic deplorable naive gullible boneheads!

[@leovolont]

@@Zach-ju5vi Hi Zach, Okay, that was interesting and informative. Yeah, you convinced me that there must be a great many of you who are NOT Trump Cultists. But, NOW, I can't understand why you don't renounce him as a liability... a albatross tied around your necks. Well, is he your Leader by a kind of default? You Guys don't have anybody else to be your Front Man, do you? In a way you Guys remind me of the Leftist Anarchists that RENOUCE the idea of Leadership and so that makes it impossible for them to organize and consolidate their strength... they can't allow anybody to be in charge of anything, and if somebody talks to forcibly in Committee they are tossed out for 'trying to take over leadership'. So, do you ... what do I call you that you would construe as an insult? ... do you Conspiracy Guys trust each other or are you all paralyzed by paranoia? You know, it would naturally occur to you that your own ranks are Infiltrated, right? But anyway, THIS is why I can't go along with your Conspiracy Theory... the Big Picture. Zach, if there was some Secret Organization running things, then why is it fukking up so badly. Why is our Government paralyzed? Why is it that the Federal Reserve has had to hold up the Economy with super low interest rates which has created a vulnerable bubble for a Stock Market while the FED Chairman has been begging the Government to create substantial programs. Look at the Pandemic Response! the USA is last in the World. If somebody was in Charge and had Real Power than why that huge Cluster Fukk? Nobodies In Charge. This is a lot of random chaos. And nobody is getting killed. Who has dropped out of the Media. Has there been any Government Officials having accidents, or Generals accidentally falling out of windows? Nope. yeah, the Established Media does hold the line, but that is just Corporate Culture and Group Think. They work with each other from 9 to 5 and then congregate together again at cocktail parties with their wives in tow. What do you think is going to happen. If you are an up and coming Anchor for CBS and the President of the Company gives you some 'little hint' over drinks then you would take it heart, right? Heck, you'd tattoo it to your arm! Nobody needs to hold a gun to the head of somebody who makes 500 Thousand Dollars a year saying "Yes Sir". You know what i mean. MONEY IS POWER. You Conspiracy People are making it much too complicated. But, yeah, Zach, you really did give me some new insights... thanks for taking the time to inform me. yeah, we aren't Buds but that is especially why I need to thank you... most people would have thought it wasted time... On the Left everybody is about Radical Extremist Recruiting... everybody is not really talking but just repeating the Party Line and all the damn Political Purity Contests. Being a Leftist used to be more fun... it was an Intellectual thing. But now the Ignorant Masses have taken over want to take over from the Elitists and it is supposed to be Politically Correct for the Elitists to step aside. Well, they can go fukk themselves! It is really what screwed Bernie Sander's Campaign... all those idiot Bernie Bros (now THEY are a Cult!) telling all the Democrat Centrists that they weren't good enough to vote for Bernie and insulting everybody... what did they expect would happen. Everybody HATED them! Look at the Inauguration where Bernie had to sit alone. Well, that is some insight for you about the Left... share and share alike. but, yeah, thanks again, Zach.

[@leovolont]

@@Zach-ju5vi Yeah, Zack, Schitt! Even your explanation of the "Deep State" sounds less crazy coming from you... but why not call it "the Professional Civil Service". But, yeah, I just checked your channel and you don't have content. You really should. You would probably have the same problem I have and that is that EXPLAINERS go way past the kind of Party Line Bumper Sticker Talk that the most popular channels engage in. But, your audience might be small but you will be Speaking to SOMEBODY out there. The only thing you need to make videos, from my experience, is a condenser mic for the lapel), the kind you can plug into your laptop to power it up (passive microphones suck, and the embedded mics are too far away. Figuring out how to enable the damn things is a trick... unless you are 14 year old girl. I usually write a script and then take WEEKS to do Editorial Rewrites to get it into good language and then I do a lot of reading rehearsals so I don't slur and so the Sing Song is just right, but a lot of Channels just, well, the talk just comes out. But, you're a THINKER and so I would guess that you could put it in Writing and kick it into better shape then off the top of your head bullschitt. Yeah, Zach, write my name on a corner of a piece of paper and if you develop your own channel then go to my channel and leave a comment on the latest video or somewhere and tell me your Channel is up and I'll take a look. ... and leave Nasty Troll Comments!!!! just kidding... but there would be dialogue... Oh! don't use "Zach" there are probably a million channels named Zach. You know where "Leo Volont" came from? "volont' is the french word for 'steering wheel" and NOBODY is named "Steering Wheel", right, but in English it doesn't sound stupid, and so it is guaranteed to be unique. So, yeah,. find a Name that ISN'T a name and then copyright the thing and buy the domain... If you can't find the website for doing that, let me know.

[@yiply42]

This folks, is why politics is so vile today, absolutely no considering the positions other side. Just slander, lies, namecalling, and idiocy.

[@hodaka1000]

Strike a nerve did he ? drumpf supporters can't count the number of toes they have on both hands

[@yiply42]

Think I might've struck your nerve. Ignoring a civilized conversation in lieu of even more namecalling

[@hodaka1000]

@@yiply42 Count your toes MAGAT

[@yiply42]

@@hodaka1000 I think you're a bit confused, I'm not even a trump voter. I'm a Liberitarian lmao

[@DC-rm3wq]

Its hilarious the bias on this video

[@robertmchugh4639]

Finally, I'm hearing some one speaking abut this . Finally!

[@Ruderalis43]

Preach! Thank you for representing the truth as it becomes an increasingly rare thing to witness. I fear media titans are quickly learning methods to supplant their agenda in the minds of people. Small nudges over time. I still can't convince my anxiety-ridden mother to stop watching local news. Even after learning about Sinclair, she struggles to reconcile her distorted view of reality with her media consumption. She's voted democrat consistently, to be clear. But people should recognize the forces (Sinclair, Murdoch) at work here have subverted traditional party lines and expectations to covertly further their goals.

[@Tatefootball83]

The media has, over the past few decades, replaced "moderate" with "corporate." To CORPORATE media, affordable healthcare IS as scary as fascism... maybe even more so. We have just 5 giant companies that control 90% of media. They get advertising money from both sides and the so-called center. They are PAID to keep us focused on culture war issues that only affect a small group but outrage most of us. This DISTRACTS us from focusing on things that we ALL want. This way they maintain the status quo and rake in the money doing so.

[@spiritofgoldfish]

The problem with economics as it is understood in America, is that there is no distinction between wealth production and wealth extraction. Production of goods and services speaks for itself, but monopolies and the banks (FIRE, finance, insurance, and real estate) extract what is called economic rent. The free market Adam Smith talked about is free FROM economic rent, not free FOR economic rent.

[@comet1954]

Thank you, Mr. Reich, for being here to help us to sort this and so much else out!

[@granudisimo]

The perfect definition of fairness and balance (CR TM) is to cut you one arm as a perfect unbiasedness, moderate middle between cutting both your arms and cutting none.

[@donnasmith3520]

Even if you don't believe in any god, you can still embrace a life of kindness and humanity. There is no greater calling.

[@td2555]

100% TRUTH! Well said Mr. Reich!! WELL SAID!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@garyford3533]

bollocks.

[@murraymadness4674]

Indeed. You've described all the problems leading to this, but in some ways, the 'outrage' media kept crying wolf about insignificant things, and when we got Trump the real outrageous things could not be called out any more forcefully than all the little crap being outraged about in the past.

[@mightymadzak]

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Reich on this one. Most people today think news reporters are supposed to merely give us the facts, then we can make our decisions based on the facts. That is not what good news reporters should do. They should tell the truth. If a politician tells an obvious lie they should call it out as a lie. They should not rely on the audience to discern it for a like because the audience may not have seen the or read the info that proves the politician is lying. Today we consider Edward R. Murrow as the epitome of excellence in reporting. Murrow did not just give us the facts. He gave us the truth. He told us when people were lying or when someone is trying to fool us. Reporters should follow in his footsteps.

[@blakem.92]

If there are more on the far left and right, maybe the center is failing and the status quote won't cut it anymore.

[@b991228]

The problem with the political debates or town halls is that an interviewer trying to question a candidate with questions directed from the partisan center is impossible. Where is partisan center between truths and lies? Alternate truths sounds good but are just not the answer.

[@tgypoi]

You hurt my feelings when you told me to stop being racist, so you're the real oppressor.

[@digitaldystopiaVR]

I find "Democracy NOW" to be a good source of news.

[@brutal4341]

Really? Because it's heavily biased, but yea probably you are not looking for neutrality

[@randomthings1293]

STOP the "both sides" BS

[@harryseaword]

Facts vs alternative "facts".

[@adam346]

The overton window in the US is so far right it's not even funny... by most standards Bernie Sanders is considered centrist by like... everyone else on the planet. The moderate centrist in the US is Bernie Sanders.

[@hodaka1000]

Correct 😃👍

[@ronkirk5099]

Robert hits the nail right on the head again. Yet another great video. Our far left is what most other western countries consider just liberal Democracy or socially responsible Democracy.

[@MegaSnail1]

As always Robert is absolutely right. The reality is we must all go beyond understanding the issues. We must take decisive action to help people understand that we are all in this together. These divisive labels do nothing to address the fact that we are giving our power away when we don't realize this capitalistic system relies on our buying into it. United we stand divided we fall.

[@sniffiejoe9370]

Robert Reich works for the far left It is that simple, Biden has no walls mass Miss murderers rapists thugs are coming all over from the world without no background check,, Biden has high inflation, Biden 200,000 die every year on drugs coming over the border, Biden's highest crime defund the police, biden 160,000 kids missing over the border, Biden war in Ukraine, and Israel, Biden cuts all our resources, Biden is indoctrinating little kids to have sex changes are you for real, Abortion is allowed all the way up to childbirth, this is what you voted Biden for,We are losing more Americans under Biden than Ukraine and Israel combine

[@talimn]

THANK YOU GOOD SIR.

[@bchandruu]

I dont see any wrong asking voter id or citizenship if when voting. All countries do that. In my own as well. Second, white supremacy is a boogeyman. I have seen black supremacy, hate for Asian and people get free pass just because of they has non-white skin during my studies in US

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Incredible observation. There is so much to learn from you.

[@harryseaword]

Zach is a professional troll.

[@sandollor]

Great video as usual Robert. I really enjoyed this one; keep up the good work friend.

[@mymovies9172]

👍

[@umoabasute9424]

It's time to remove bias from news media. As journalists, it's crucial to deliver honest news to the American 🇺🇸 people without batting for any political party. Let's stop 🛑 being activists and start being true journalists. #Biases #HonestNews #Journalism

[@robertsalvia4406]

One of the most important things to note about the political divide is that the rich are just getting richer. The more polarized the politics the bigger the gap between the haves and the have nots. The haves decrease and their rage and blame as to who took it are fueled by the privileged, who are taking from the have nots. Political inequality is also financial inequality. Nothing exists in a void. These things are interconnected

[@jamesl9371]

In the USA wanting everyone to have good health care and affordable housing and education is “Radical “. In Scandinavian countries those things are normal and highly valued

[@garyford3533]

and do you have that after 4 years of biden, i do not think so.

[@jamesl9371]

@@garyford3533 because the Republicans block all efforts to help the people. But they love to help the billionaires and corporations

[@jbartnik1918]

Thank you Robert!

[@jacobbockover1628]

Pretty much. Its democracy against facism

[@hodaka1000]

😃👍