Take the Latest Explosive Trump/Bannon Stories in the Context of Their Source...

Slate ^ | 1/3/18 | Ben Mathis-Lilley

[DoodleDawg]

...For the record, New York says in an editor’s note that Wolff’s work is based on hundreds of “conversations and interviews” that were conducted with Trump and “most members of his senior staff.” And to be clear, I don’t know for sure that Steve Bannon didn’t call the Trump Jr. Russia meeting “treasonous” or that Sam Nunberg didn’t really only get through 40 percent of the Bill of Rights before the president got bored. But I do know Michael Wolff is notorious for making provocative claims without backing them up—and that he was once described by one of his own editors as having no skill greater than creating the “appearance” of knowing things he does not in fact know. So you might want to take Wednesday’s reports with a mogul-size grain of salt....

[DiogenesLamp]

Amazing how people here hit the panic button at literally anything the media says

And some people don't think the media is the dominant factor in influencing elections.

I just can't seem to get the point across about how the media influences elections.

[EdnaMode]

I hope that’s exactly what is happening.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"YOU seen what actually appeared in Breitbart?"

Yeah. That was freaking strange.
I never had to quote someone else on what I said.

[dragnet2]

I just can't seem to get the point across about how the media influences elections.

Time to update. That was the old days.

The media has lost all trust and credibility and the few who still buy into their lies never supported Trump in the first place and or are too stupid to figure it out they've been had.

[DiogenesLamp]

The media has lost all trust and credibility and the few who still buy into their lies never supported Trump in the first place and or are too stupid to figure it out they've been had.

They have lost trust and credibility with our side of the aisle, but the stupid half of the nation's voters still believe them.

We need to break their ability to influence that stupid half of the voting population.

[dragnet2]

You’re not going to fix stupid. It’s better to have those morons starting at CNN while Trump blows by them.

[dragnet2]

You’re not going to fix stupid. It’s better to have those morons staring at CNN while Trump blows by them.

[tomkat]

Just imagine, clicking on a post coming from Slate would introduce some sanity into the discussion about this deranged hack's libelous screed !

Duck !
Pigs are flying !

[DoughtyOne]

Folks, I have Norton protective programs on my computer.

When I hit the link to the Norton article...

Dangerous Web Page Blocked

You attempted to access:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/is-bannon-trump-michael-wolff-reporting-reliable.html

This is a known dangerous web page. It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit this page.

[DoughtyOne]

Folks, I have Norton protective programs on my computer.

When I hit the link to the Norton article...

Dangerous Web Page Blocked

You attempted to access:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/is-bannon-trump-michael-wolff-reporting-reliable.html

This is a known dangerous web page. It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit this page.

[snarkytart]

No I do not but Don Jr’s twitter certainly confirms he at least believes the book quotes.

[billyboy15]

“I just can’t seem to get the point across about how the media influences elections.”

Yeah, they did a fine job at influencing the election in 2016.
NOT!!

[DiogenesLamp]

No I do not but Don Jr’s twitter certainly confirms he at least believes the book quotes.

I'm kinda thinking that Don Jr has always hated Steve Bannon.

[DiogenesLamp]

Yeah, they did a fine job at influencing the election in 2016. NOT!!

Do not fool yourself. The media had a massive effect on the election, it heavily influenced all the "blue" states, and it reduced the margin of victory in the "red" ones.

The fact that an exceptional man manage to build a coalition that beat them anyways is a condition we will not always be able to replicate in the future.

The media is still a grave threat to the nation.

[Hugin]

Then why didn’t Bannon deny it? Bannon is selling a book. -rule is to get a book an ex-staffer has to say bad things about their boss. If they don’t no deal. Nobody will buy a book that just praises the boss.

[DoughtyOne]

I can’t answer that question. I had thought he had, but some folks are saying it wasn’t him.

Don Jr. didn’t do anything even close to committing treason or betrayal.

Bannon should be too smart to make such a statement.

We know that the book writer is a liar. He lied about Melania.

I’m amazed at how rapidly folks bought into all this.

It’s like a mob mentality here at times.

[Faith Presses On]

Breitbart lost a lot of its advertisers a year ago after liberals pressured them. Then Bannon was pushed out of the White House.

[DiogenesLamp]

Bannon is not selling a book. A piece of Liberal trash named "Michael Wolffe" is selling a book, and the piece of liberal trash wrote that stuff being attributed to Bannon.

You can find out more about what a piece of sh*t is this "Michael Wolffe" by going to this link and reading about his history of making up crap.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3619157/posts

[DiogenesLamp]

It’s like a mob mentality here at times.

Too D@mned often. Where are the critical thinkers anymore?

The media points and says "sic em" and everyone starts barking.

[DoughtyOne]

It seemed to me that way too.

Man, the pile up on Bannon was instantaneous.