Why Donald Trump faces 'unfair' media scrutiny, and how he's trying to take advantage of it

OregonLive ^ | August 15, 2016 | Douglas Perry

[vette6387]

“Kurtz is off my list of those I can stand to watch at Fox news.”

So who’s left? Judge Jeanine, and Lou Dobbs?

[spokeshave]

Trump has played the media this whole election season and isn’t about to quit now...

And this is how he does it

In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.

It's a Thatch Weave....developed in WWII so 2 slower US fighters could shoot down a faster more maneuverable Japanese Zero

1)...Trump puts out a statement (non PC and controversial) the RH plane in above illustration.

2)...MSM and pundits jumps on it (the Zero in above illustration)

3)...Raging controversy generated ...Trump in the news cycle for a whole week

4)....Trumps Wing Man...(TRUTH)...shoots down MSM and pundits. Note that Trump has 2 or 3 of these going on at the same time

MSM, Pundits and Progressives discombobulated.

[inchworm]

Trump has to get some damn tv COMMERCIALS running asap! All I see on tv are Clinton Commercials. If he wants to com a the media lies and cover for Clinton he needs a commercial blitz to expose her to all the couch potato people. What the hell is he waiting for??

[FenwickBabbitt]

The case that's being made isn't for unfairness.

He must have missed the recent NYT article arguing for exactly that.

It's for facts and context. Reporters are making clear, for example, what Trump's various "dog whistle" call outs actually mean, so that even readers who aren't racists or dedicated Hillary Clinton haters understand what he's up to. It's called responsible journalism, and Kurtz knows this.

What a load of made-up B.S. The media will make any damn excuse for their extremely partisan, dishonest interfering in our democratic process and shilling for Hillary and the Dems. Our current journalists by and large (yes, there are exceptions here and there) hate "facts," because you can't manipulate them to your political ends so easily. What they love is spin, cherry-picking, and outright deception, while feeling like they are "making a difference" regardless of how unethically or untruthfully its done.

By this b*stard's definition, Pravda was an example of "responsible journalism." All he's doing is "dog whistling" that it's fine to make up anything they care to about Trump and to do anything at all to stop him, because journalists know best what he *really* meant and what he will *really* do--and they are sure it's horrible. They will make any excuses to justify their inexcusable behavior and feel proud of themselves for it. I consider them almost as big and blatant enemies of the American nation, decency, and fairness as the terrorists who are physically fighting us. They screw with and mislead millions upon millions of people and play around with the fates of nations.

[The_Media_never_lie]

The democrats obviously do not get the same scrutiny.

[SteveH]

bump (very interesting)

[cynwoody]

If not Trump, then Hillary.

Never Crooked Hillary. She's a disgrace!

[cynwoody]

Most people, including many FReepers, are missing a key point: less than 10% of Americans trust or have a favorable opinion of the media.

Your typical low-information puke has not even considered what it is to have an opinion of the media, favorable or not.

He just wakes up in October, hears the media din, and, sadly, manages to make it to the polls in November.

[Bubba Gump Shrimp]

and Eric Bolling

[Enduro Guy]

“I imagine there will be massive riots in major city centers if Trump wins. Obama declares martial law, and we don’t even get a new President.”

Yep, or at least something close to that will happen. Regardless, the taking back of our country was never going to be pretty. It is what it is...

[Enduro Guy]

He’s playing ‘rope a dope’ until the time is right to pounce. It’s way too early to go for the jugular.

[Maurice Tift]

  These 50 critics signed a joint statement; they didn’t just independently disagree with Trump. This spells a special kind of trouble.

  I wish I knew. Is it because they're all in the same club or were they coerced or are they all in the same club and coerced? It is some kind of trouble. The way Trump is attacked by the press for making a joke while Hillary just seems to skate. I know Reagan upset the establishment but this is all so over the top, I'd really like to know what's going on.

[thinden]

It’s terrible to see educated people like kurz & his comrades in the MSM uncapable of independent thought.

Their style of journalism is not reduced to he said/she said, but is actually a regurgitation of the DNC talking points that are broadcast out to the MSM & other party surrogates every day.

Put another way it’s simply propaganda.

[Sirius Lee]

We can get used to outrageous things -- slavery, Jim Crow segregation laws, massive homelessness, widespread malnutrition, the frequent killing of black men by police -...all creations of the Democrat Party

[TheStickman]

“What the hell is he waiting for??”

IMO, Trump is waiting for the right time to start running ads. Right now is not that time. It’s going to be fine. Despite the anti-Trump ads running 24/7 he remains within the margin of error vs Cankles AND continues to draw many thousands of supporters to his rallies. He is dominating Cankles in social media & keeps himself at the top of every news cycle. He’s doing great!

Vote Trump 2016

[Albion Wilde]

These rationalizations are ludicrous!

[Chaguito]

The definition of a dog whistle is something that cannot be heard. So, by definition, the media are making stuff up when they report Trumps “dog whistles.”

[mund1011]

“She will muff, but nobody around her will tell the empress that she is naked, and will soldier right on to her November rebuke.”

When referencing the PIAPS never use the words “muff” and “naked” in the same sentence.