I’m not a big fan of Nick Gillespe, but he wiped the floor with RFK Jr. here.

  • LetMeEatCake@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People click on things that are at least vaguely familiar to them. RFK Jr. is propped up by the “K” part of his name. He’d get 1/20 as much coverage and attention if his name was Robert Francis Smith.

    That’s 95% of it right there. His last name. For the rest, there’s an inherent desire in the media to create a horse race even if it makes no sense: competitive-ish elections get eyeballs, eyeballs get advertisers, advertisers give money. Pretending that he’s anything other than a pointless loudmouth lets them get more money.