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Reich: Trump Is Destroying the Independence of the Media
Facebook (Robert Reich's page) ^ | 11/22/2016 | Robert Reich

Posted on 11/23/2016 4:16:33 AM PST by Lazamataz



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KEYWORDS: trumpmedia; trumptransition
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To: Lazamataz

Independence of the Media? I guess Reich took a long nap over the past 8 years. Or else he’s totally blind to the fact that the MSM functioned as a propaganda organ of the Obama regime.


61 posted on 11/23/2016 5:06:09 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Lazamataz

No, Mr. Reich, he’s destroying the tyranny of the Media. If Riech weren’t such a blind low-life, he’d see that.


62 posted on 11/23/2016 5:07:52 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Lazamataz

No, Mr. Reisssssssch, Mr. Trump is simply asking reporters to report, not pontificate, not try to set themselves as the (as)moral judge of what everyone else should do, what everyone else should think.

Reporters, simply report the facts....

On second thought, it would take more space than I have here to teach you what a “fact” really is.


63 posted on 11/23/2016 5:09:07 AM PST by Strac6 (Sig Sauer, Pilatus, Mrs. Strac... all the fun things in my life are Swiss)
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To: Lazamataz
The word “media” comes from “intermediate” between newsmakers and the public.

One of the characteristics of the internet is "disintermediation" - getting the middle man out of transactions. Either add value or go away. In fact, just go away.

64 posted on 11/23/2016 5:09:15 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Lazamataz

we didn’t need Trump to turn us ‘against’ the media - they did that on their own, even Fox.


65 posted on 11/23/2016 5:10:17 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Another weighty proclamation from about 4 feet 6 inches above ground level.


They’re going to have to drain the swamp a little extra to find this little creature.


66 posted on 11/23/2016 5:10:37 AM PST by boycott (S)
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To: Lazamataz

Stand up there Robert...... we can’t see you

Oh, nevermind


67 posted on 11/23/2016 5:10:40 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Does America still have lots of safe closet? No)
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To: gasport

The corrupt lying MSM revealed itself for all to see, that its given over to an Antichrist NWO globalist spirit to prop up the images that move an speak (TV, Social Media etc) for anyone that Satan wants promoted,

Its the same spirit as that demonic sunni muslim brotherhood marxist obama creature is given over to with the fly’s landing on his forehead manifesting its evil (visibly) for all to see,

The clinton dwarf is unhappy his master lost, but if its any consolation I suspect the Muslim Brotherhood and huma are more upset than he is at their own loss of power and influence in the White House and State Department,


68 posted on 11/23/2016 5:11:08 AM PST by captmar-vell
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To: Lazamataz

ROFLMAO!

Robt. 3rd Reich’s friends losing their grip on propaganda.

“we’ve all been quite content to demean government, drop civics and in general conspire to produce an unaware and compliant citizenry. The unawareness remains strong but compliance is obviously fading rapidly” - wikileaks - podesta-emails-bill ivey

From: bi@globalculturalstrategies.com
To: john.podesta@gmail.com
Date: 2016-03-13 17:06
Subject: From Bill Ivey


69 posted on 11/23/2016 5:11:27 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: Lazamataz
Obama Scolds Media: You Only Cover What Goes Wrong
70 posted on 11/23/2016 5:16:38 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: cincinnati65
Trump is doing nothing to stop the "independence of the media". What he is doing is curtailing media "entitlements" that have been established by unwritten rules over the decades.

But that's what Social Justice Warriors do. They contrive offenses (dishonestly) to punish those who will not accept, or fight against, the preferred narrative.

For example, Reich published an article "refuting" Trump's business acumen by claiming his personal fortune would have been much greater had he only taken his seed money and invested in unnamed financial vehicles Reich claims have performed much greater than Trump's personal financial performance.

The part Reich neglects to analyze is the TOTAL profits, salaries, and financial benefits realized by not just Trump, but by those employed or otherwise benefiting from said businesses of which Trump's personal fortune is only a percentage.

So rather than credit Trump with some measure of "sharing" his success, Reich chose to use a rhetorical shell-game to diminish the significance of Trump's success.

As Reich is an Economist by training, I find it had to believe this duplicity on his part was an innocent mistake.

71 posted on 11/23/2016 5:17:59 AM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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To: Lazamataz

He’s making stuff up. Pathetic.


72 posted on 11/23/2016 5:18:08 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party supports full civil rights for Necro-Americans!)
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To: Lazamataz
The media's cynicism destroyed the media.
73 posted on 11/23/2016 5:19:11 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Lazamataz
What is funnier are the comments on his face-book page.

Eg:

Comment by Edward B. Ryder IV:
With the gift of Goering, the media savvy of Goebbels, and the list prone acumen of Himmler, Trump is a clear and present danger to American democracy.

To which Dino DeRitis Sr. responded:
Nazi this, KKK that, go curl up in a corner and let a man lead this country. Hitler wasn't elected to lead a democratic republic, Trump was. Nobody cares about your ridiculous Nazi claims. Man up!

Or this:
So far the post-Goebbels generation has been found hiding in the CNN, the MSNBC, the NYT and the likes.

74 posted on 11/23/2016 5:23:08 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Lazamataz

Tiny Bubbles.

https://youtu.be/TKtSn7AbfBE


75 posted on 11/23/2016 5:25:25 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: rightwingcrazy
Reich just let loose a meme

Trump is destroying the lying fascist nihilistic left-wing crybaby social-justice warrioring alphabet soup media?

That's a mission, not a meme, and we are all soldiers in that army for truth and justice.

76 posted on 11/23/2016 5:25:40 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Lazamataz

It's called projection


77 posted on 11/23/2016 5:26:31 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party supports full civil rights for Necro-Americans!)
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To: Lazamataz

Robert Reich is a mental midget.


78 posted on 11/23/2016 5:27:28 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Lazamataz

Considering that the media gleefully admitted to submitting articles to the Obama administration for approval, are they independent at all?


79 posted on 11/23/2016 5:27:31 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Lazamataz

Reich is a schlemiel.


80 posted on 11/23/2016 5:33:22 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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