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Speaking with MSNBC's Joy Reid, Reiner said that "Roseanne" — which is arguably pro-Trump but hardly a conservative "megaphone" — has "tremendous power" and could become a megaphone for the "lunatic fringe."
"You have your Fox News and Sinclair and Breitbart and Infowars — which used to be considered and thought of as the lunatic fringe — have now become the mainstream media," Reiner said.
Reiner then lamented that "truthful journalists, people who are pursuing the truth, are diminished," adding that "Democracy is really in trouble."
Reiner then compared the current political battle with the Civil War. No prizes for guessing who Reiner put on the side of the Confederacy.
"It goes back to the original sin of this country which is slavery, and we are fighting this last battle of the civil war. And those people who are the alt-right, the white supremacists are hanging on for dear life, and they’re using these propaganda tools which are not just, like I say, lunatic fringe," Reiner continued. "They’re now invading us, and you guys in the mainstream media seeking the truth are really fighting an uphill battle. This is a real battle right here for the soul of democracy."
The big fear for Reiner is that "Roseanne" will ultimately help to "normalize the President of the United States and to ennoble his base."
"I think it can help him because you have the star of the show ... trumpeting all of the things that Donald Trump stands for," Reiner said. "When you take the main character and that person is a personification of Trump’s point of view, that puts that idea forward. Now 18 million people (who watched on day one) that’s a lot of people. And when you couple that with Sinclair and Breitbart and Fox, you have a tremendous megaphone."
No one with an sense wonders why Trump lost the popular vote by a record number but was still able to slither into The White House. In fact, over the last few months several factors have been revealed and only someone living under a rock has not connected the dots, because actually the dots have been connected for us.
No one with an sense wonders why Trump lost the popular vote by a record number of but was still able to slither into The White House. In fact, over the last few months several factors have been revealed and only someone living under a rock has not connected the dots, because actually the dots have been connected for us.
yeah. Democrats with their horrible candidate and their elitism
He is talking about one show in a sea of Liberal PC shows from talk to comedy to news that bash on Trump every chance they get. I often wonder if they didn't have Trump to bash would they have anything to talk about?
One show that has premiered one episode so far is suddenly set to spark a Civil War according to this bozo?
The Trump Derangement Syndrome is strong in this Reiner guy.
By his reasoning if Trump wins this war we are going to have slaves?
What a nut.
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