IDCFFSGTFO t1_isxafvt wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:40 AM

Reply to comment by ericthelutheran in Restoring ‘our Christian foundational values’ is the pitch from Mass. GOP gubernatorial nominee by lurker_registered

I agree it's a catch-22 situation deciding whether a vile campaign message should be exposed or quietly ignored by traditional media. What they can't do is totally ignore the race entirely (again, because we are so sure of Healey's inevitability) and leave it to the Facebook commentariat brigade (or Reddit for that matter) to inform the public about the "issues". Which is of course what has been happening.

ericthelutheran t1_isxb40h wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:47 AM

I’m not positive it needs to be ignored per se — but I totally see where your comment comes related to mine. I just think it should be more like, “…and in other news, Whitey McStraighterson, who said we should euthanize tacos made with tofu in last night’s debate, has this to say about inflation…”