Posted on 01/27/2017 10:47:03 AM PST by Rennes Templar
President Donald Trump is plagued by insecurities about his coverage in the media, aides who were not authorized to speak to the press revealed to The Associated Press anonymously. Trump's aides think they have a solution, though: Get the president to watch less TV.
It's easier said than done:
After relishing in Friday's inaugural festivities, the new president grew increasingly upset the next day by what he felt was "biased" media coverage of women's marches across the globe protesting his election, according to a person familiar with his thinking. Trump was particularly enraged with CNN, which he thought was "gloating" by continually running photos of the women's march alongside the smaller crowds that attended his inauguration the day before, according to this person, one of several White House aides and associates who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations. [The Associated Press]
Trump frequently responds to cable news coverage using his Twitter account, and he makes a point of calling or texting show hosts to react. "Most mornings, Trump flicks on the TV and watches Morning Joe, often for long periods of time, sometimes interrupted with texts to the hosts or panelists," Axios reported Tuesday.
And for the ex-reality TV star, the obsession is hard to curb:
Underscoring Trump's habit of stoking rivalries among his staff, he has told people he wants his counselor Kellyanne Conway to be on television more. He cheered her use of the phrase "alternative facts" in a recent interview as a way to counteract what he believes is the media's inherent bias.
Those around Trump are trying to get the cable news consumer-in-chief to be near a television less often, according to one person who has spoken with him.
As Bradbury stated, TV is just to create addicts and keep people from the truth and true flourishing (profound human relationships). Reading is essential for integration of the brain and ability to understand truth (particularly the Bible which even teaches us more on human nature and the necessity of virtue formation in children, than Machiavelli).
But, it is good that he understands that the MSM is just there to promote lies and control the Narrative (to create brainwashed, irrational useful idiots). And countering those lies is very effective for him.
The truth is more powerful than lies.
Trump goes after every lie, every distortion, every made up fake news article.He is giving the dishonest press absolutely no wiggle room. They are held to account for their duplicity.
According to the little bit of this crap I read
Trump is
plagued by insecurities
enraged
for the ex-reality TV star, the obsession is hard to curb
Absolutely. Control the message.
I disagree. I don’t think W would have fought back no matter what. Like most establishment republicans they always want to be gentlemen and not stoop to a lower level. Funny how those gentlemen only attack other Republicans but never the democrats.
At least he have the same excuse as obama when something happens. “uh, I uh, jjjjust ssaw it on TV”
I hope he keeps watching. Whenever I arrive in a new county or even state I turn on the TV in my hotel room and try to get the quick pulse of whats what. It’s a great way to measure the culture and see what’s happening.
He has made media look bad the first week. Keep it up.
OK, they’re on to the next tack. He’s “insecure?” Well, no, but he’s keeping tabs on the state propaganda apparatus that has opposed him all along and is very successfully discrediting it.
So, they start in unsurprisingly with another Soviet method, pathologizing his behavior in an attempt to question his mental stability. Quite the popular way to silence critics in the former USSR, institutionalization.
I think people can see just who’s driving themselves nuts thus far.
FAKE NEWS by MSM that can’t stand how President Trump is b*tch slapping them and bull dozing the scum.
What's going on here is that Trump pushes back against MSM lies.
The Week: purveyors of #FakeNews!
More fake insider news not from insiders.
Oh no, Omg, Ooh
Funny how those gentlemen only attack other Republicans but never the democrats.
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Funny, like back in the 50’s—
Russia arrests 2 Americans for spying.
we would counter with
America arrests 5 Americans for spying.
I like to watch.
The news channels that are trying to delegitimize him are the ones that want Trump to watch less TV. They don’t want him to catch their lies because they know he won’t let it slide.
I guess more time on golf course. /s
Then you are willingly capitulating to the mediacrats.
The left (and its A/V division in the media) have taken such “gentlemanly” behavior as acceptance of the accusations made. Your viewpoint simply reinforces that view. Congratulations on supporting the democratic communist platform.
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