Posted on 09/13/2016 6:15:19 AM PDT by Hojczyk
In fact, questions about Clinton’s health, whether grounded or far-fetched, had little to do with supposed conspiracies.
Today, a Washington Post reporter acknowledged that he, too, had recently argued the discussion was “the stuff of conspiracy theorists.” But now, in the face of the obvious, he agrees there are legitimate concerns.
Coughing, I wrote, is simply not evidence enough of any sort of major illness that Clinton is assumed to be hiding. Neither, of course, is feeling “overheated.” But those two things happening within six days of each other to a candidate who is 68 years old makes talk of Clinton’s health no longer just the stuff of conspiracy theorists.–Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza
In other words, all this was “the stuff of conspiracy theorists” until the reporters who appear to have been proven wrong, decided it was not. It’s almost as if we in the media take an editorial position with no factual basis, dare critics to prove us wrong, and then when events do, we modify our stance.
That’s not what the news is supposed to do. Reporters are, ideally, supposed to bring facts to light. If we relegate our role to one of spinning and trying to convince the public of our position; then end up bringing up the rear after-the-fact, what good are we?
Pneumonia is a serious disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year about 50-thousand people in the U.S. die of pneumonia. While successful pneumonia treatment often leads to full recovery, it can have longer term consequences: “worsened exercise ability, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and quality of life for months or years.” How much does it matter?
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Who believes the media actually tells the truth?
The left and right both know better, despite what the left publicly pretends.
But is there anyone in the so-called middle that actually believes the main-stream-media is anything but a cheer-leading section for the democrats?
Bump
I’m wondering when we are going to stop with the pretext that paid-up propaganda rags like WaPo are “mainstream media” and news aggregation websites like Drudge and Free Republic are “alternative”.
The fact is our numbers are better. These dinosaurs are dying, no one needs to listen to their obvious lies when there are so many alternatives.
Whatever you think of him, Alex Jones has a far more viewers and listeners than CNN and MSNBC combined. Why is he “alternative”?
Save your breath, Sharyl. They won’t change.
She may have had pneumonia but there are clearly other underlying conditions effecting her, probably of neurological nature. Once again, the media is failing to do its job and ask hard questions.
Of course if Trump or any Republican candidate exhibited recurring symptoms of illness the media would be demanding answers.
We all know the game these dishonest people in the press play.
If it hadn't been for her TOTAL COLLAPSE, they would have continued to lie her health. Older people die for pneumonia.
When they say comfortable, resting.....I interpret it to mean they're all scared to death.
The dehydrated story on how she doesn't like water....we're not stupid.
And now Bubba says she sleeping long.....really long hours.
Let's ask her what she intends to do on Day One.....Sleep???
Problem is that news aggregation sites just aggregate news, they don’t originate it. FR & Drudge work because there’s enough people reading enough content to find the rare bits of truth and bring them together. What we don’t have is actual fact-neutral reporters gathering on-site information and disseminating it in a sensibly organized fashion.
The media only reports and supports whatever the democrat talking points of the day tell them. If the Clinton campaign or DNC announced that Clinton had recently taken a stroll on the moon, they’d report that, and support it with pictures which were provided to them.
The LSM are a ‘Rat Greek Chorus, never reporters.
“And now Bubba says she sleeping long.....really long hours.”
So, she was seizing or sleeping through Benghazi?
“Do not wake the Fuhrer.”
In other words the cover-up was working as planned. Until it didn’t.
“But now, in the face of the obvious, he agrees there are legitimate concerns.”
Yes, about her health.
Now, how about Benghazi? And about her emails and private server? And about the Clinton Foundation? And about Huma? And about Chicoms and Saudis? And about Vice Foster? And about FBI files?
Ain't gonna happen.....
LOL......the sixty-four thousand dollar question.
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(hat tip Travis McGee)
“Reporters are, ideally, supposed to bring facts to light.”.....
Instead they manufacture the facts and the expect you to believe the stories they put forth to be true and factual. I gave up on the media a long time ago.
“In other words the cover-up was working as planned. Until it didn’t”
BINGO!!!!!!!
Hillary should be more than willing to seek medical care at a local hospital given how great Obamacare is supposed to be. Why doesn’t she demonstrate her confidence in the system they want everyone to be under? /sarc
Let's guess.....It ain't going to happen!!
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