> The duopoly learned their proverbial lesson in 1992 when they allowed Perot to participate in the presidential debates. They excluded Perot in 1996, and since then, the duopoly-controlled Commission on Presidential Debates established rules for participation specifically designed to exclude potential third party and independent challengers.
@caekislove and just in case someone said literally, we have legal precedent protecting our figurative use of the word while blurring the line between opinion and fact.
@thatguyoverthere >No reasonable viewer could conclude that Maddow implied an assertion of objective fact.
The people watching Maddow are far from "reasonable". Most STILL believe that 2016 was "hacked by Russia" and that Trump was some sort of secret agent.