Posted on 05/21/2017 9:20:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
"Never let them get control of your mind."
I've used that phrase my whole life. It means think critically, don't let emotion cloud your intellect. The media today, doesn't subscribe to that philosophy. They don't control their own minds. Donald Trump does.
Mainstream media laughed off his candidacy. There was a belief he wasn't serious. YouTube videos abound with entertainers, pundits and politicians saying, "Donald Trump will never become president."
The majority of pollsters, operating in a "used to be" reality used old methods to canvass a new world.
"Popular culture," unaware they are neither popular, nor culture, made it socially unacceptable to publicly support Trump. Violent "antifa" thugs provided muscle to enforce that. The Democrat Party, listening to themselves, sabotaged Bernie Sanders and coronated Hillary for the cakewalk to the presidency.
Except, Trump won. The media empire: New York Times (and clones), AP, network and cable news, Hollywood, and the polling industry got embarrassed. Self-proclaimed experts, a full year of their lives was shown to be a total mistake. Embarrassment turned to rage.
Rather than adjust to a new reality, they decided to recreate the old one. They became the hell spawn of chicken little crossed with the boy who cried wolf. Everything Trump does isn't only wrong but dangerous. Press briefings have become "gotcha" contests. Rumors, which once would have been deemed implausible, now are reported as fact. Judges make rulings based on Trump, disregarding the law. Late night hosts have thrown away decency to smear Trump and his family. College students threaten riots against speakers they disagree with.
Democrat leaders decided that with cover from the media, they cannot only obstruct Trump, but destroy him. Investigations, prosecutors and impeachment fill their dreams. They throw these terms around like candy at a parade. Vulgarities have become a staple of their discourse. It's trickled down to the average Democrat. Chanting, "not my president," reminiscent of those shouting "no rain" at Woodstock. It rained.
The precedents set in the area of media bias, coupled with the trend toward restricting "unpopular" speech is unsettling. The AP, google and Facebook declare themselves fact checkers and censors.
I believe there are many in the media with unclouded minds. They must be appalled by the state of their industry. Today's financial realities force local outlets to depend on the AP for national stories. They expect real journalistic standards from their local reporters, but have little control at higher levels.
Partisans do not care if we abandon principles of truth and fairness in reporting. They view Trump as a danger to their world view, or more likely, the gravy train the current system provides. "By whatever means necessary" is their motto. It's shortsighted. Pendulums always swing back. Those who lie, distort and smear inevitably become targets of the same. Half the population considers them "fake news." Can the other half be far behind? A liar's seldom believed, even when telling the truth. I'm not sure the "powers that be" see it coming through the rage controlling their minds.
What seems to be lost in this are the nearly 63 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump. The elites didn't see them before the election, and don't see them now. Voters were exposed to a year of unfavorable press and a campaign full of questions about Trump's fitness. They elected him anyway. They expect him to fulfill his promises, and see him trying. With clear minds, they see what's being done to Trump, and by extension themselves. They're not happy.
Journalists reporting real news would allow debate on the merits of a Trump presidency. That's not happening now. We may be nearing the point where it won't matter.
Then why are they still blabbering?
Because they are ruled by emotion and cannot handle the reality that they were wrong.
Like he said pollsters using old methods to canvas a new world.
The media is using old methods(they think they are controlling the narrative) to manipulate a completely brand new American political environment. It might seem like they are winning but Trump will come out ahead in the end, just like the election.
There’s a study out that media people have the brains of Dodo birds.
The media’s 90s playbook is obsolete. All they are doing is creating new enemies (the YouTube crowd) by trying to censor. At the rate they are going, they will be fully ignored by most people by the time Trump runs for reelection.
Then why are they still blabbering?
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Trump is controlling their MINDS, not their cranial-anal sphincters.
good one
I don’t know if he’s controlling their minds, but he sure is living rent-free in their heads.
The 63 million President Trump voters plus new converts will render a verdict on the establishment in the midterms that will be epic.
You don't understand.
Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where the #FakeStreamMedia had Trump. He laughed at #FakeNews, tweeted and made jokes but #FakeNews proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to Comey's memos DID exist, and #FakeNews would have produced that key if they hadn't of fired Comey. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some treasonous Trumpkins...
...”There’s a study out that media people have the brains of Dodo birds.”...
Or, could it be that the drug and alcohol culture have found kindred souls in the media for their products? Could it be that destruction of the frontal lobes is something they like and pursue because that is the only way most people can feel “God-like.”
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