REPUBLICANS TO CHANGE NEBRASKA VOTING RULES

From its appearance, this will be the third straight US election that will see significant interference from the domestic corporate media.

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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: HOW MUCH DO THEY MATTER?

Presidential debates have a long history in US politics. How ever, there is very little evidence to suggest that these televised debates significantly impact citizens’ voting choices. Moreover, they have lost charm and credibility over the years.

There has been a general decline in the viewership of traditional cable TV news over the past few years. Long-form podcasts and interviews on independent media have gained considerable ground within the last few years, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic.

People looking for informed and alternative viewpoints have turned away from the legacy media as they find these outlets to be a propaganda arm of the US government, the progressive left, and the Democrat Party. Several eminent journalists—Bari Weiss and Glenn Greenwald, for example—have left the corporate media and found considerable success in the alternative media landscape.

Judging by how little the voters knew about VP Kamala Harris and her presidential platform, a glaring contradiction in what she has said and done in the past about policies, and the manner in which Democrat elites installed her as their candidate, there was a great deal of anticipation going into the 10 September presidential debate.

This was the second presidential debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle for Mr Trump. On the other hand, it was the first presidential debate for Ms Harris as the Democrats replaced Mr Biden after his devastating performance in the first one. However, most debate-watchers came out empty-handed from the Harris-Trump debate. The New York Times headline unambiguously described this mood: “Pundits Said Harris Won the Debate. Undecided Voters Weren’t So Sure.”