And Obama or PAC's used the exact same tactics in 2012 it has been shown, but nobody cared then because the home team was doing the doping and nobody knew about them yet.
e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-obama-campai...
The military or police don't really play a large role in deciding who's going to be elected though.
That's something very different vs the media. If you break it down to "they can influence somebody", then well, kindergarten teachers have influence over elections.
> so it's mostly moot to complain of the bias of one without mentioning the bias of the others
As soon as the military starts a coup and takes power, you'll be absolutely right. Until then, they don't decide domestic elections.