Posted on 09/17/2016 4:29:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
At this point in the race, as his poll numbers are surging and Hillary Clinton is dealing with the negative fallout over her health scare and continual lying; only the media can stop Donald Trump from being elected the next President of the United States.
The media will have multiple opportunities in upcoming debates, featuring mostly liberal moderators. In fact, in an interview this week with the Washington Post, Trump questioned the impartiality of CNN’s Anderson Cooper. According to Trump, Anderson is “very biased, very biased. I don’t think he should be a moderator.” Trump also said that Cooper cannot “be fair” and that “CNN is the Clinton News Network.”
CNN is just like the other networks, tilted to the political left. Only Fox News has true ideological balance.
Thus, it is no surprise that Americans have a very dim view of the news media. According to a new Gallup survey, only 32% of Americans have a fair or great deal of faith in the news media to “report the news fully, accurately and fairly.” Among Republicans, it is even worse with only 14% expressing a belief that the media is fair. These are the lowest media ratings in the 44 year history of the Gallup survey, dropping eight points in just one year. In the view of Gallup, these dismal results are “a stunning development for an institution designed to inform the public.”
The problem is that the media does not inform; they mostly try to persuade. For example, Republicans have certainly noticed how horribly the media treats Donald Trump and they obviously do not like what they see. Among Democrats, there is much more support for the news media with 51% expressing faith in their work. Democrats obviously appreciate how the media has covered for Hillary Clinton on so many issues.
In the last week, a video showing Hillary collapsing and being dragged into her van forced the mainstream news media to reluctantly cover Hillary’s health problems. Previously, it was viewed as a major conspiracy theory pursued by suspicious websites and crazy Republicans. The media prefers to focus on Trump controversies and found a new one this week, the President’s birth certificate, to drag back into the spotlight.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Trump was questioned about whether he accepts that Obama was born in Hawaii. Of course, with so many important issues facing the nation, it is amazing that Trump would be asked about an old controversy. It was another media trap set to destroy Donald Trump.
After first refusing to acknowledge the authenticity of the birth certificate, Trump later said that he accepts that Obama was born in the United States. Today, at a media event at his new Washington D.C. hotel, Trump said that “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.”
Today, Trump handled the event masterfully by first introducing military heroes who endorsed his candidacy. He only addressed the birth certificate at the very end of the event, but only after getting the media to cover his powerful endorsements. This is exactly what happened during his highly anticipated immigration speech in Arizona. He used it as an opportunity to show endorsements from “Angel Moms,” parents who suffered the loss of a child due to the criminal actions of an illegal alien.
For the next few days, the media and their favored candidate will try to trumpet the birth certificate issue as another way of calling Trump a racist. Hillary Clinton said that the debate shows “bigotry and bias” and that Trump owes the President “an apology.” These attacks are only the beginning as Hillary and the media will join forces in an attempt to sidetrack Trump’s momentum in the polls.
The good news is that the public is wise to the media’s game. The Gallup poll results show that the American people understand what side the media is on and will discount much of what is reported. Luckily, the mainstream media cannot influence the American public like it once did. There are too many alternative news sources today and, clearly, the American people are too smart to fall for the media’s tricks once again.
The liberal MSM, or your own lying eyes?
Think of the pressure on the lefty moderators after what’s just happened to Lauer and Kimmel. The pressure on them from their friends and comrades to croak Trump must be heavy.
They don’t need pressure. They are leftist soldiers already ready for combat. Lauer just had a bad day.
I have always thought that maybe the Present Was born in Hawaii. Maybe they are hiding who his real father is.Either Malcom X or Frank Marshall Davis are two that I wonder about ,with Davis being most likely.
Considering Zero’s mommy made porno movies for FMD it would stand to reason...
I woke up at 4AM there is nothing but infomercials so I put the TV on BBC. They were whining about Brexit and the far right in France, running across the bottom was Trump says Hillary’s guards should disarm.
I knew exactly what he’d meant because I am not brain dead. I flip it over to Fox and they are talking about it and speculating that Trump wants Hillary assassinated. 30 seconds of the news and I’m already disgusted by their take.
The media has made a tactical error.
If they could have played it straight down the middle for a couple of months then they could have sprung a couple of nasty October surprises and wounded Trump.
Instead they declared all out war on the guy from day one—so now the majority of the public knows the war is on and will (rightly) suspect that anything the media says between now and election day is disinformation and part of the war effort.
Trump needs to attack the media head on—and try to get them angry, frustrated and over the top now so everyone laughs at them from now until election day.
Don’t forget Dr. Drew.
Citizen Trump v liars, losers, conmen, criminals, collectivists, scumbags, statists, socialists, progressives, propagandists, punks, politicians, tyrants, thieves, totalitarians.
He has played them again by the unarmed statement. They are so into the seek and destroy mode now that they will be making continual missteps in their zeal to get even for being punked. On this issue, they will attempt to set the narrative only to be punked again, even worse.
When they start their crap, he will reel them in again only to play her words in how she wants to disarm Joe Six-Pack but is alright with her guards being armed to the hilt. I’m not totally sure how it will go down, but it will be just as spectacular as the smackdown was yesterday.
Kellyanne and Bannon have set the orchestration pit with the correct instruments and the sheet of music, the media has been relegated to simply noisy bystander status and will shortly be looking for the side exit doors.
I’m thinking that the truly “undecideds” will gravitate toward Trump if he continues the way he has.
1. The MSM is pretty much despised if polling is correct, and Trump is brutal with them.
2. If nothing else, people are realizing that America might be fun, active, and interesting again if Trump is running the show. They’ll vote for him because they can be engaged and interested.
Back in 2012 when Newt was running I remember the time at a debate in Myrtle Beach (nationally televised) when Newt ripped the media moderators a new one. His popularity soared after that. DT may have that same opportunity to expose the leftist Hillary cheerleaders.
That’s an insult to zombies.
Yeah, let’s put Anderson cooper in charge. He is a fine disease-ridden faggot. Let him control the debate.
I look forward to a zinger like this to one of the debate moderators:
“If anyone actually wanted to hear your opinion on ____ they might watch your network. What are your ratings again?”
;-)
have always thought that maybe the Present Was born in Hawaii. Maybe they are hiding who his real father is.Either Malcom X or Frank Marshall Davis are two that I wonder about ,with Davis being most likely.””
No, they don’t know who Obama’s daddy is, and neither does Obama.
I'm not interested in his college grades. I'm interesting in how he represented himself on his college applications.
This factor has probably added at least 10%-15% more voters to his column in every primary during the GOP campaign. It's also going to help him make inroads into Clinton's support among blacks, who are culturally conditioned to place a high value on entertainment.
Michael Medved yesterday spewed disdain and hatred for Trump over the birther issue. Sounds like he’s working hand in hand with the Democrats to elect Hillary and diminish enthusiasm for Trump among the electorate. Why is Medved still given a platform on talk radio?
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