Posted on 01/22/2017 6:46:29 PM PST by Kaslin
CNN’s resident anti-Donald Trump alarmist Brian Stelter took to his show, “Reliable Sources,” Sunday and issued his arguably most dire/bonkers warning about the president yet. “Do citizens in dictatorships recognize what's happening right here right now,” he sneered, “Are they looking at the first two days of the Trump administration and saying, ‘Oh, that's what my leader does?’” Stelter’s cries of despot were triggered by Trump doing what all politicians do, exaggerate their own performance.
Stelter showed nothing but contempt for the president as he ridiculously asked, “Will President Trump deny reality on a daily basis? Will he make up his own false facts and fake stats? What will the consequences be?”
“Is Trump gaslighting us, trying to manipulate? Make you doubt your own eyes. Does he know what gaslighting means,” he pontificated.
It was Press Secretary Sean Spicer who sent Stelter off the rails with talk of crowd sizes on Saturday. The CNN host demonstrated his eagerness for Spicer’s scalp with even more outlandish questions, “Would you quit if you were asked to lie? Will journalists trust a word he says now? Will Spicer have to resign?”
He vigorously tried to sow the seeds of doubt, declaring, “This is about the truth. Will trump use federal agencies to twist the truth? Will we be able to trust the data, statistic, the numbers this government provides?” He also re-aired the off the wall assertions pushed by CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Saturday night, that the Trump administration may not be trusted, to tell the truth about troop fatalities or warn of a potential terrorist attack. “Will they tell the truth when it really hurts,” wondered Stelter.
CNN: Is Dictator Trump Making You ‘Doubt Your Own Eyes’ to Truth?
Ironically, Stelter tried to put the burden on conservative media outlets, demanding “Will conservative media outlets play along with Trump’s lies? Will they claim he is telling the truth or will conservative outlets respect their readers enough to call BS on BS?”
If Stelter wants to “call BS on BS” then let’s get right to it. He claims that Trump cannot be trusted, to tell the truth, and present real facts. But Stelter was nowhere to be seen when Obama’s State Department was caught editing official video of a press conference, on someone’s order. They removed questions posed by Fox News’ James Rosen that exposed that the department lied about being in negotiations for the Iran deal. If that isn’t something out of George Orwell’s 1984, I don’t know what is.
The real “BS” that needs to be called out is the media’s, there is a reason their approval ratings are in the toilet. Were ABC and NBC telling “the truth when it really hurts” Sunday morning when they omitted the loony ramblings of Ashley Judd and Madonna’s fantasy about “blowing up the White House?” Both of those networks also failed to cover any of ObamaCare’s failures for the first eight months of 2016.
When it comes to telling the truth, Stelter is on very unstable terrain, let’s review.
On air in October, he openly blamed Trump’s ‘overheated’ rhetoric for the firebombing of a GOP county headquarters in North Carolina. When there are cold hard facts reported that he doesn’t care for he discredits them, like he did to Associated Press when they exposed how Clinton Foundation donors received special access. Or how about when Stelter himself pushed dubious claims of Islamophobia by a YouTube prankster? There’s a lot more where that came from.
For a journalist fixated on the media regaining the trust of the public, he doesn't appear to be helping very much.
Transcript below:
CNN
Reliable Sources
January 22, 2017
11:40:34 AM Eastern
BRIAN STELTER: All I have today are questioning. Maybe you do too. Will President Trump deny reality on a daily basis? Will he make up his own false facts and fake stats? What will the consequences be? Will reporters give up trying to fact check? Is that the goal? To wear us down, to wear us out. What will you at home trust? Who will you trust? Is this all accidental? Or is the Trump administration creating confusion and sowing division on purpose? Is the idea to force voters to choose between the reporters and the commander-in-chief to cast doubt on the media so much that you give up and trust nothing? Is Trump gaslighting us, trying to manipulate? Make you doubt your own eyes. Does he know what gaslighting means?
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Axelrod said would you quit—Would you quit if you were asked to lie? Will journalists trust a word he says now? Will Spicer have to resign? These are all just questions but really this is about a lot more than the press secretary. This is about the truth. Will trump use federal agencies to twist the truth? Will we be able to trust the data, statistic, the numbers this government provides? Will agencies like the Secret Service come under pressure for contradicting Trump? Last night CNN Jim Sciutto said forget about crowd sizes, will the administration tell the truth about matters of life and death?
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What happens the next time the economy slips into recession? Will Donald Trump and his administration tell the truth? Will they tell the truth when it really hurts? Let me ask you this. What happens if his approval ratings sink even further? Will Trump believe the polls or will he say, as he did this week, say they are rigged? Will his pollsters conjure up numbers he likes more instead? What will you believe? Will you and your neighbors just shrug or will you demand more honesty from your government?
And what about the media? Is Trump just trying to twist us into knots? Is it working? Or is there an end goal? Do Trump's allies want to silence skeptics in the media, destroy the press or maybe support an alternative press that presents an alternative reality that's more favorable?
Will conservative media outlets play along with Trump’s lies? Will they claim he is telling the truth or will conservative outlets respect their readers enough to call BS on BS?
And finally. What can all newsrooms do to help you know what's really going on? These are uncomfortable questions especially these last ones, but it's time to ask them. Do citizens in dictatorships recognize what's happening right here right now? Are they looking at the first two days of the Trump administration and saying, “Oh, that's what my leader does?” What should we learn from them today?
Further evidence that liberalism is a mental illness.
This Trump Derangement Syndrome goes to 11.
We can only pray they are right!!
Guy is an idiot. And they give him a show? My dog could crap on the floor and lick himself for 30 minutes and get a more intelligent fan base.
Stories like this are an example of the STORIES they should have written about OBAMA, but knew they would be fired by their bosses who worked directly for Obama.
So they have finally written those stories, with an EDIT to put Trump’s name in place of Obama.
Nobody cares what this idiot says/thinks except other idiots.
This guy is useful- as an antidote for those suffering from low blood pressure.
Demented.
There’s a cure against these bastards...PRESIDENT Trump should make himself scarces like OVOMIT did towards the mediapukes for 8long years!! legislate behind closed doors and only tweet things that you want them to know because either way they are going to report nothing but negative crap against him.... The American people will unstand!!
Frank Zappa told us.
No tv, no news, no movies. Nothing but filth and lies.
“I’m The Slime”
I am gross and perverted
I’m obsessed ‘n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I’m the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can’t look away
I make you think I’m delicious
With the stuff that I say
I’m the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I’m the slime oozin’ out
From your TV set
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don’t need you
Don’t go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
That’s right, folks . . .
Don’t touch that dial
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin’ along on your livin’ room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can’t stop the slime, people, lookit me go
I am the slime from your video
Oozin’ along on your livin’ room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can’t stop the slime, people, lookit me go
It's shrinkage I tell you!
“Is Trump gaslighting us, trying to manipulate? Make you doubt your own eyes. Does he know what gaslighting means,” he pontificated.
WOW !!!!!
Look who's taking the moral high ground now.
How do you spell hypocrisy?
m-a-i-n-s-t-r-e-a-m-m-e-d-i-a
CNN doubling down on Stupid.
CNN is a third tier news organization which is not up to the task of disseminating the news.
Infotainment at best.
Hey Stelter.....If Trump really WAS a dictator, there would be a smoking crater where CNN now stands in Atlanta. But CNN is still there, freely broadcasting their nonsense.
If Trump were really a dictator, Stelter, you would be taken to a dungeon somewhere, stripped down, tied to a chair, and tortured.
But you are NOT, Brian. You’re have the freedom to spout your mentally deranged bullcrap without being bothered by anyone, and you are paid well to do so. So STFU.
The only peace you will ever have with liberals is when you agree with them. If you dare contradict them in any way you will be attact. So you might as well punch first.
The masters of fake news have a lot of gall accusing anyone else of fake news.
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