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Beat the press: Trump's contempt for media is calculated (more MSM kabuki theater alert)
AP ^ | June 15, 2015 | Nancy Benac and Jonathan Lemire

Posted on 06/15/2016 5:08:09 AM PDT by Zakeet

Donald Trump's favorite nickname for the news media is the "dishonest press." He swaps in "disgusting press" from time to time.

And sometimes, he puts it all together: "disgusting, dishonest human beings."

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has a whole menu of takedowns for individual reporters and news organizations. In recent weeks, he's used his microphone and his tweets to label them "third-rate," ''not nice," "disgraceful," "phony," "low-life," "very unprofessional" and "bad people." Or, for extra emphasis in a tweet, "BAD."

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Trump seems to be perpetually mad at the press, but there's a method to his madness.

He sees little downside to bashing the media - and plenty of potential benefits.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; mediabias; msm; newyork; trump
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We're having a pity party ... cause the Bad Old Donald is taking the beating on us poor Newsers to a whole new level!

1 posted on 06/15/2016 5:08:10 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Method? Maybe he just hates their ideology and tactics.

Plenty of us do.


2 posted on 06/15/2016 5:13:27 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: Zakeet

They are not journalists, merely propagandists.


3 posted on 06/15/2016 5:14:48 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Zakeet
Beat the press: Trump's contempt for media is calculated earned.
4 posted on 06/15/2016 5:17:08 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Apparently, most people are fine with what Obama is doing, while he ignores our problems.)
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To: Zakeet

This appears to be a propaganda piece defending propagandists.


5 posted on 06/15/2016 5:18:46 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Apparently, most people are fine with what Obama is doing, while he ignores our problems.)
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To: Zakeet

Yeah - calculated Truth......


6 posted on 06/15/2016 5:19:19 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Zakeet

Trumps statements only work, because people believe them to be true.

Don’t blame Trump, blame the members of the press who brought us to this point. The point where most Americans believe the press is dishonest.


7 posted on 06/15/2016 5:22:07 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Hillary Clinton stood next to the coffin of an American soldier and lied to his parents' face)
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To: Zakeet

What Trump is doing is exactly what all GOP worth anything should’ve been doing for a long time. Instead we have House and Senator “leaders” who run out to magnify msm and leftwing false narratives. I’d like to see Trump start hitting the failed GOP leadership.


8 posted on 06/15/2016 5:23:08 AM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has a whole menu of takedowns for individual reporters and news organizations. In recent weeks, he's used his microphone and his tweets to label them "third-rate," ''not nice," "disgraceful," "phony," "low-life," "very unprofessional" and "bad people." Or, for extra emphasis in a tweet, "BAD."

Is complaining about alleged "takedowns" the solution? Every single time Donald Trump calls out the reporters he has an mountain of evidence to support his assertion.

But the press demonstrates its incompetence by complaining about his microphone and tweets.

The press has no substance, and, to make it worse, just complains. To them, the end is all important; their dishonest means matter not. They are not being paid to be honest and forthright.

9 posted on 06/15/2016 5:27:13 AM PDT by olezip
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To: Brookhaven

Thirty years of experience watching the press lie on a daily basis might have something to do with the impression most of us have.


10 posted on 06/15/2016 5:27:24 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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And the media’s contempt for him ISN’T????

The difference is, a presidential candidate, by his very nature, is supposed to be partisan. Journalists are not.


11 posted on 06/15/2016 5:27:58 AM PDT by IronJack
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They just can’t face the fact that most people distrust and hate them because the are paid liars - prostitutes. They are given their stories before they leave the office and they just go out and cherry pick (or simply invent) “facts” that support the story. So to feel better here clown is pretending that Trump’s contempt for them is just a ploy and he really doesn’t mean it. Pathetic. But then all criminals invent fantasies to justify themselves.


12 posted on 06/15/2016 5:38:26 AM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
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Jim has set the bar for what he allows to appear here from various news organizations. Why not ban articles from the NYTimes, CNN, and WaPo?


13 posted on 06/15/2016 6:00:45 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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Jim is doing OK. I totally avoid CNN, PMSNBC, the Times, the WaPO, and the entire MSM. This keeps my blood pressure under control. The selected articles that show up here, keep me up to date with current LEFT WING garbage.
Dr, Goebbels does seem to control the MSM, but allows them to spew their nonsense, each in their own way, giving the illusion of “independent thought”.


14 posted on 06/15/2016 6:20:11 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (New York Times: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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To: Neoliberalnot

Some of us enjoy the wailing an gnashing of teeth.

I went and read the entire article, watching a helpless foe twist in the wind is a great way to start a day.


15 posted on 06/15/2016 6:32:55 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Zakeet

Oh...the words, the words, they hurt the presstitutes so much. (Would they rather see pitchforks, tar and feathers?)


16 posted on 06/15/2016 7:01:18 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner: with Cloward Piven for Dessert)
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To: Zakeet

There is no downside for a Republican candidate. No matter what the MSM will be bashing you.


17 posted on 06/15/2016 7:52:13 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Of course, your assumption is that they are printing the truth. And that, is the problem.


18 posted on 06/15/2016 8:12:44 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: Neoliberalnot

So how are Ryan and Mitch NOT aligning themselves with the Dems?


19 posted on 06/15/2016 6:27:06 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

All republicans voted against the most massive increase in welfare, marketed as Obamacare, that the country has seen in 50 years—this was the most grievous theft of taxpayer money of BO’s admin. We will see if they stand firm on stopping the SCOTUS appointments.


20 posted on 06/16/2016 5:52:04 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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