Posted on 01/19/2017 12:19:03 PM PST by pissant
The New York Times faced a backlash Thursday after its only source for a negative story on former Texas governor Rick Perry accused them of taking his remarks out of context.
The Times reported Wednesday evening that when Perry accepted Donald Trump‘s nomination for the Secretary of Energy position, he “initially misunderstood” what the job even was.
“Mr. Perry gladly accepted, believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state,” they wrote. “In the days after, Mr. Perry… discovered that he would be no such thing — that in fact, if confirmed by the Senate, he would become the steward of a vast national security complex he knew almost nothing about, caring for the most fearsome weapons on the planet, the United States’ nuclear arsenal.”
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“The nyt is a mother faker!”
Sir, that little piece of ingenious word play deserves its own T-short or bumper sticker!
Could you imagine if Trump started calling out the msm with the putdown “mother faker”? It would be hilarious!
They said it is more likely that the democRATS are the "legislative" wing of the big Media Giants like Disney, Comcast, Time Warner, etc. who have their own big agendas to push through.
When it comes to liberals, its hard to tell who is sleeping with whom.
“I wonder if we will see the day when the national MSM is held to account for it’s sins, and a return of journalistic integrity?”
I think not because bankruptcy will moot the possibilities of either happening.
If the MSM suddenly started doing their jobs, I would probably be more suspicious than ever. They always have an agenda, and trying to gain my trust will be the newest one.
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