Posted on 07/29/2018 5:37:31 PM PDT by Kaslin
President Donald J. Trump unloaded today on the mainstream media for contributing to the dilapidated state of trust in America's institutions and his administration, saying that 90% of the coverage was negative, which has put the lives of many at risk.
When the media - driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome - reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk! Very unpatriotic! Freedom of the press also comes with a responsibility to report the news...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
...accurately. 90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving, it’s no surprise that confidence in the media is at an all time low! I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
...dying newspaper industry. No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will never stop fighting for the American people! As an example, the failing New York Times...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
...and the Amazon Washington Post do nothing but write bad stories even on very positive achievements - and they will never change!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
The 90% figure is corroborated by two studies, one taken in 2017 and one taken in 2018, conducted by the Media Research Center which "studied all broadcast evening news coverage of the President from January 1 through April 30, and found 90 percent of the evaluative comments about Trump were negative — precisely the same hostile tone we documented in 2017."
As noted MRC's Richard Noyes, President Trump's approval ratings actually increased during 2018. In order to conduct the study, MRC "examined all 1,065 network evening news stories about President Trump and top members of his administration during the first four months of this year. The coverage totaled a whopping 1,774 minutes, or roughly one-third of all evening news airtime."
The Washington Post recently noted that number may be inflated, citing two polls that showed only 62% of media coverage of President Trump is negative. Still far higher than his predecessors. But, it is unclear whether that polling included news coverage of any member of the administration as well.
President Trump's torrent of tweets come after announcing this morning that he met with A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, to discuss fake news and rhetoric.
A.G. Sulzbegrer released a statement, saying, “I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous...I told him that although the phrase ‘fake news’ is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists ‘the enemy of the people,’” Mr. Sulzberger continued. “I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.”
President Donald J. Trump unloaded today on the mainstream media for contributing to the dilapidated state of trust in America's institutions and his administration, saying that 90% of the coverage was negative, which has put the lives of many at risk.
When the media - driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome - reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk! Very unpatriotic! Freedom of the press also comes with a responsibility to report the news...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
...accurately. 90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving, it’s no surprise that confidence in the media is at an all time low! I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
...dying newspaper industry. No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will never stop fighting for the American people! As an example, the failing New York Times...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
...and the Amazon Washington Post do nothing but write bad stories even on very positive achievements - and they will never change!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
The 90% figure is corroborated by two studies, one taken in 2017 and one taken in 2018, conducted by the Media Research Center which "studied all broadcast evening news coverage of the President from January 1 through April 30, and found 90 percent of the evaluative comments about Trump were negative — precisely the same hostile tone we documented in 2017."
As noted MRC's Richard Noyes, President Trump's approval ratings actually increased during 2018. In order to conduct the study, MRC "examined all 1,065 network evening news stories about President Trump and top members of his administration during the first four months of this year. The coverage totaled a whopping 1,774 minutes, or roughly one-third of all evening news airtime."
The Washington Post recently noted that number may be inflated, citing two polls that showed only 62% of media coverage of President Trump is negative. Still far higher than his predecessors. But, it is unclear whether that polling included news coverage of any member of the administration as well.
President Trump's torrent of tweets come after announcing this morning that he met with A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, to discuss fake news and rhetoric.
A.G. Sulzbegrer released a statement, saying, “I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous...I told him that although the phrase ‘fake news’ is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists ‘the enemy of the people,’” Mr. Sulzberger continued. “I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.”
But, as Rich Noyes notes, "There’s no precedent for a President receiving such a sustained level of negative press over such a long period of time. The fact that the public has become more favorable towards the President in this environment is the latest sign that the media watchdog’s bite isn’t as menacing as their bark suggests."
And it is not just the news. I will listen to certain NPR shows on weekends, and the bias is so obvious. They are truly mind numbed robots.
The President is cleaning up the swamp. I have been in 3 events in Washington D.C. Promise Keepers GAP had over a million men, and they covered the 22 Nuclear Bomb Protest group and gave them high priority. New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, they have their agenda. ONCE they admit to this, we can proclaim a truce. Charge On Donald J. Trump, son of William Wallace.
Most people do not watch the negative coverage. It is the same old same old. They are not reporting anything new or important. Who cares about what Trump did in his private life? The media lies more or as much as a politician. The media members may have problems with their private lives too.
What the pathetically lethargic public should do is boycott every news outlet that seeks to over throw this president. Do not watch their television channels or buy their papers. Note their advertisers and avoid them as much as possible. It’s our money that keeps them in business.
Is it only 90%? Seems higher to me.
The media would just say “of course it’s 90% negative. What else do you expect the coverage to be of an obviously insane, fascist, racist, insensitive, unqualified loser of a President?”
Much ado about nothing. After repeatedly doubling down on pure malice Pinch is stuck not only with hating Trump but hating his voters and hating his country. And it’s being returned with interest.
dont watch tv, just use kodi.
From just watching the news, I can tell Trump is right.
I don’t watch the drive-by media and their lies.
Somebody needs to print out the study in full, roll it up and cram into Dan Rather’s hind end, where his head is already firmly wedged.
Everyone knows it’s really 100%.
They are a Borg hive.
They take their talking points, marching orders, and ideas for articles from the same thought leaders.
Rush points this out almost every day, playing recordings of hive talking heads repeating the same talking points with the same words in dozens of different venues.
They left thought they had the key to the Kingdom. They were sure of it. Instead, all their dreams, decades of work, up in smoke because of Donald Trump. It’s delicious and I’m loving every second of their pain.
It’s awesome to see them taking the enemedia down with them. A new day is dawning because of President Trump, already one of the most important Americans in history.
This is all anyone needs to know:
95% of so called Journalists are self admitted Democrats, Liberals, Progressives and / or Socialists.
Of the remaining 5%, four out of five are Liars.
(Well, 95% are already Liars, but that 4% Lies even more)
His rating is really high considering the nonstop negative coverage.
Well, they are the Washington Post so who cares.
They just have their panties in a wad because Trump has undone so much of what the One did during his administration and it is having profoundly positive effects on the country. And it is also true for the rest of the Lame Stream Media.
Great list of who exactly is the enemy.
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