Posted on 09/24/2020 11:56:43 PM PDT by ransomnote
ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl expressed his concern about how the general public views the press during the Trump era.
"I do believe that unfortunately, there is a big chunk of the country that believes that the press is now the resistance and I think it's really unfortunate and I think that it has negative consequences for a free press. I think it has negative consequences for our democracy," Karl told Mediaite on Thursday. "But I think that the aggressive questioning of the president, particularly now in the wake of what we've seen unfold with the pandemic is absolutely necessary. Not only justified but necessary.
He went on to walk back the harsh criticism of his CNN counterpart Jim Acosta, who he slammed in his memoir for undermining the "credibility" of the White House press corps with his "speeches" that painted the press as "the resistance."
"The events that have played out since those early days of the Trump White House have in some ways vindicated Jim Acosta," Karl said.
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“I’m not part of the resistance,” Karl elaborated. “I’m not his political opponent. I don’t want people to see me in there and think I’m just out to get him. "
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Self awareness isn’t his strong point.
I remember when the NYT came out and said on the front page that they were the resistance. That it was the duty of all press in Amerika to resist the administration wit all its ink and might....maybe you remember that day too....
Karl, was “the aggressive questioning” of President Trump over the Clnton/DNC/Intel/MSM/Russia Hoax justified and necessary?
was “the aggressive questioning” of President Trump over the Dem/Ukraine/MSM hoax justified and necessary?
and I could go on and on and on. you get it.
P.S. where’s the aggressive questionng of the Clintons/Obamas/Brennan/Comey/Gov Cuomo and the rest of the “resistance” mob who refused to accept the result of the 2016 presidential election?
and, finally, when will we see the aggressive questioning of the FakeNewsMSM mob who were complicit?
Well, Mr. Karl, perhaps y’all should stop being apologists/propagandists for the left, if you think the situation that YOU, YOURSELVES created is a danger to “the free press.”
Or perhaps the actual danger is to the controlled press, of which you are a proud member?
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“I think it has negative consequences for our democracy...”
We’re a republic, Karl. NOT a democracy (thank God and our Founders!).
Guaranteed by our COTUS.
“...and to the republic for which it stands...”
Media bubble dweller sensing some out-of-bubble reality, it seems.
“Resisance” my arse! The press IS the enemy of the people.
Exactly.
the media... what they have done to my country with their lies.. they have divided this nation by telling lies 24/7... they have told the people to hate our President, and have been wrong .. their lies have destroyed truth and trust
exactly what are these left wing loons resisting anyway? resisting any attempt to touch their globalist power structure they’ve set up?
“I don’t think the press is the resistance.
I think they’re the enemy.”
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What she said!
At least some portion of the country isn’t completely stupid. Anyone with a brain and a decently functioning memory will recall the way the press fawned over Obama, acting as his cheerleaders and rarely asking a question tougher than the likes of “Is it difficult, Mr. President, always being the smartest, coolest, wisest person in every room?” And then Trump comes along... and the overwhelming number of the press corps act as if Trump is Francisco Franco and they’re NKVD operatives trying to take him down.
They are dangerous resistance against liberty and life!
They are an arm of the Demorat party. If they can’t report what is obvious to everyone in America that Joe Biden has dementia, how can they be trusted on anything.
The Journo-List scandal of 2008 is tame by comparison to what we see now.
The media is FAKE.
It’s easy to change. Stop being the resistance for several years. People’s opinions will change.
If the media is not “The Resistance”, then it is the Resistance’s propaganda arm.
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