Posted on 10/15/2017 11:43:37 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
President Trump has a legitimate beef with the coverage hes getting from much of the news media. But his latest response to that coverage could make his press critics look like the victims.
The president was furious over an NBC News report that hed once demanded a ten-fold increase in the US nuclear arsenal. He denied the story, saying its frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write. So far, so good. But then he started making what sound like threats: Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked.
Of course, TV networks (unlike individual stations) arent licensed, so theres nothing to revoke. And the print press, which hes also railed against, is protected by the First Amendment. But it still sounded like a president threatening to use federal power to close down outlets that cross him which would be tyranny, and a violation of his oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
Trump certainly isnt the first president to rail against the media, both publicly and privately. But he has more cause: The Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of the network news stories during Trumps first 60 days in office were negative double to triple the rate of the last three prior presidents. And only 5 percent were positive.
It hasnt let up. Notably, every days Washington Post and New York Times bring multiple hits on the chief executive and his administration and the tone is growing more hysterical.
But heres the thing: The press has clearly turned so venomous out of frustration because all the nonstop attacks have had so little effect.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
What NBC said about Trump and nukes is outrageous.
Maybe NBC ... and other media see Trump’s tweets as outrageous and thinks they are fighting fire with fire. Rather than constantly respond to tweets they think outrageous, they will initiate the outrageous stuff.
Previously, most of the fake news has been subtle and repetitious more than outrageous.
Or Wilsons.
Yep, right after I start feeling sorry for Harvey Weinstein.
Some people may feel sorry for the media, but no Americans will.
The American public has been feed-up with the “media” for YEARS! I mean, even the weekly smut rags that have headlines like “My Alien Baby” and “George Clooney has Twelve Illegitimate Children, and Loves Them All” have FINALLY started to see their slide.
The paparazzi is what people think of when they think of the “media” and those clowns won’t leave anyone alone for a split second! Hell, those a$$es made me feel sorry for Sean Penn, and they used to bait him into a wild, mad fit so that they could get pictures and possibly a check for the assault and property damage to their cameras!
This Editorial Board is hoping, wishing and praying...but mostly just braying like the jacka$$es they truly are!
That is not a possiblility
Not a chance! Media betrayal has been going on for at least 50 years.
He could bitch-slap them for the entire 4 or 8 years and I still wouldn’t feel sorry for them. This is the bed they made ... now they get to sleep in it.
This is the press defends press required article, now lets move on.
I feel sorry only for those who don't know any better. Partisan Media Shills smear and lie, and they are doing that willfully.
The intellectually inbred, echo chamber dwelling degenerates of the msm need to hire someone to help them figure out just how close they’re coming to their right to live being seriously challenged by a significant portion of this country’s population.
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