Posted on 11/26/2015 7:52:10 AM PST by mandaladon
Like pretty much else in this race for the White House as it pertains to Donald Trump, this Muslims-celebrating-in-Jersey-after-9/11-story dominating the narrative for days is a fascinating study in media process.
Before we continue, a little background from the author: I was in New York on 9/11. I lived in Jersey (still do) at the time. I, like the rest of the country, watched the news non-stop for days, weeks after the attacks. And while I do vividly remember images coming out of the Middle East of people openly celebrating the attacks (that one older woman with big glasses snapping her hands in the air and smiling is the clearest in my mind), I don’t remember seeing any reports on any of the local New York network affiliates on celebrations in Jersey City.
No matter…if such footage did exist, those networks/channels would have safely archived it. And lest anyone believe said footage would be purposely suppressed to make Trump look bad (as Team Trump is ridiculously claiming). Because if it did exist, that might attract a few eyeballs their way today if they re-aired it, right? And if word got out that it was being hidden or was destroyed (as we enter the Oliver Stone phase of our column), heads would roll while that outlet’s credibility would be damaged basically forever. In other words, throw out the ridiculous conspiracies now…
But here’s where the story gets bizarre: Trump is demanding an apology from the Washington Post on Twitter (below) while mocking them at campaign stops and in interviews every chance he gets.
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“And if word got out that it was being hidden or was destroyed (as we enter the Oliver Stone phase of our column), heads would roll while that outlet’s credibility would be damaged basically forever. In other words, throw out the ridiculous conspiracies now!”
Bald face lie. Exact opposite would happen, explained as an oversight system glitch, the outlet’s stature would grow with promotions for all involved.
Nor the way they treated George Zimmerman and Darren Wilson while “Trumping” up angels like Thugvon and Saint Michael
Yep, no bias there
To add to your argument, if one of the networks started reporting the news instead of their liberal agenda, their ratings would go through the roof. Yet, they all keep reporting the same Democrat talking points, almost verbatim.
bfl
The Old Grey Lady of Journalism has become a whore for the Left. Thus, her practitioners are known as "presstitutes".
The great thing in all this controversy??? The fact that we’re talking about terrorism and not something stupid like globull warming..... Trump is truly playing chess.....and he’s beating the media like a rented mule......
“He’s surrounded by the best help money can buy”
I’d say by people he’s known and worked with for years, or people he’s studied carefully over a period of time.
‘One retired FBI agent says Donald Trump’s claims of seeing Muslim celebrations following the attacks on 9-11 are absolutely plausible.
Jim Burkett was an assistant special agent in charge with the FBI’s office in Boston during 9-11 and afterward. He says during that time the office received tons of phone calls from people who feared more attacks and others reporting suspicious activity.
Many of those calls, said Burkett, came from concerned and angry Americans reporting Muslims celebrating over the destruction of the twin towers and damage to the Pentagon. The calls were logged, reports were made and there were ‘stacks and stacks’ of them, he said.
Burkett says somebody in the office began labeling them ‘Happy Muslim Calls’. Most of the calls he said were deemed unimportant and the agency didn’t see fit to initiate investigations.
But the retired agent says even though video of celebrations following 9-11 is hard to find, he says it means TRrump’s claims are highly plausible.’
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This is where credible validation will be - LEO and local TV stations.
I bet they now have people working overtime to scrub any damaging items left that we forgot about.
Even people who know how much MSM lies won’t believe something happened unless there’s a MSM report on it somewhere.
And if it doesn’t fit their narrative they still refuse to believe it.
At least on our side we can admit GOP screwed up and sold us out.
Lefties are all about the party. When their people sell us out, they refuse to see it.
Trump is in battle crush mode. Give it another few weeks and he will be unstoppable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJ6WYtLgbo
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