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Trump has already defeated the news media. And it’s unclear what we can do about it.
The Washington Post's The Plum Line ^ | November 28, 2016 | Paul Waldman

Posted on 11/29/2016 11:45:02 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 11/29/2016 11:45:02 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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How about we glory in it?


2 posted on 11/29/2016 11:45:40 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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Celebrate?
Dance on the Big Media's graves (I wish)?
3 posted on 11/29/2016 11:47:05 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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“There they go again, the liberal anti-Trump media.”


4 posted on 11/29/2016 11:47:53 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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The author seems to be doubling down on denial, didn’t work for him the first time. Not likely to work now.


5 posted on 11/29/2016 11:48:06 AM PST by DannyTN
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Trump has already defeated the news media. And it’s unclear what we can do about it.

Cheer?

6 posted on 11/29/2016 11:48:07 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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There’s your answer in the question he poses. A man who accumulates success after success and wins against the press time and again, is likely to have done so as much by luck as by design. You cannot. Fix stupid.


7 posted on 11/29/2016 11:48:56 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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But if we’re going to maintain our democracy,

Memo to MSM - if you are so concerned about democracy, how about ratcheting down your bias against Republicans and conservatives?

8 posted on 11/29/2016 11:49:49 AM PST by dirtboy
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The author seems to be doubling down on denial, didn’t work for him the first time. Not likely to work now.

Can't fix stupid. And bad ideology makes for REAL stupid.

9 posted on 11/29/2016 11:49:59 AM PST by thulldud
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He doesn’t manipulate the media. He doesn’t give a flying $hit what they think. The media deserve everything he can fling at them.


10 posted on 11/29/2016 11:50:23 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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his ridiculous lie about millions of fraudulent votes

Ugggh


11 posted on 11/29/2016 11:50:31 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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Good post.


12 posted on 11/29/2016 11:52:06 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One suggestion: They could actually report news instead of being cheerleaders for the Democrat party.


13 posted on 11/29/2016 11:52:16 AM PST by woweeitsme
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“...it’s unclear what we can do about it.”

For starters, stop believing your own BS: “Trump tweeted his ridiculous lie about millions of fraudulent votes”


14 posted on 11/29/2016 11:52:21 AM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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This article is a true belly laugh. The guy is so frustrated but cannot see that trumps strength is TRULY built on their lies. He gets every aspect except their own lies.


15 posted on 11/29/2016 11:53:12 AM PST by BRL
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Count the Vote estimates that Hildabeast stole 30 million votes this time. I can believe it.


16 posted on 11/29/2016 11:53:26 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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The charge is that Trump has discredited the media. My comment is that the media discredited itself long before Trump arrived on the scene. They have no one to blame but themselves.

The only reason they're crying foul now is that they have lost their influence.

17 posted on 11/29/2016 11:53:39 AM PST by johniegrad
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But if we’re going to maintain our democracy?

What does this mean exactly?

18 posted on 11/29/2016 11:53:47 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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TRUMP knows:
If you can control the language, you can control ideas. By controlling ideas, you can control the way people think and act.

http://godfatherpolitics.com/whoever-controls-the-language-controls-the-debate/


19 posted on 11/29/2016 11:55:39 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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They immediately fail in step 1. They assume he says something outrageously false. Never step back to ponder, give him the benefit of the doubt.....


20 posted on 11/29/2016 11:55:50 AM PST by GotMojo
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