Posted on 01/04/2017 12:39:13 PM PST by drewh
Several mainstream media reporters whined on Twitter Wednesday morning that President-elect Donald Trump is setting and controlling the news agenda everyday with his statements posted on his Twitter account. The whine-fest came one day after Trump forced the House GOP to reverse course on weakening an ethics panel as their first order of business with a pair of tweets criticizing the move that said, “With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it………..may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS”
With his revolutionary use of social media Trump has taken power away from the gatekeeper media to filter his communications to the public and others in power and they (the media) do not like it with at least one media executive predicting that Trump’s tweets will soon be ignored.
Eric Lipton with the New York Times started the press’ Twitter tantrum, writing, “Trump sets agenda every morning with exaggerated/false/destabilizing Tweets, and then we all write about them, letting him own the day. Why?”
Lipton’s Twitter bio reads, “Investigative reporter NYT, based in Washington. Helping cover President-elect Donald Trump-without fear or favor. Tweets detailing moves by Trump, other topics”
The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel added his own complaint to Lipton’s, writing, “Tweet stenography is a cheaper and more reliable source of clicks than original reporting.”
The Times’ Maggie Haberman whined that Trump controlled the agenda all through the campaign with his Twitter account, “This. Was. The. Whole. Campaign.”
Bloomberg’s David S. Joachim agreed with Lipton, writing, “Precisely, precisely, precisely. Can we stop now? –>”
The Wall Street Journal’s Robbie Whelan added his complaint about Trump, saying, “Because his main goals are setting the agenda and getting us to chase rabbits. And it’s working.”
The Daily Beast’s Executive Editor Noah Schachtman wrote the media will “wise up” about Trump, saying, “Some day soon, reporters are going to wise up and treat Trump’s tweets like WH press releases. Ignoring 99% of them, in other words.”
CNN’s media reporter Brian Stelter wrote the concern among the media over Trump controlling the agenda via his Twitter account has been going on for months, but claimed that the coverage would be the same if Obama were issuing press releases the way Trump tweets statements, saying, “Lots of reporters & TV anchors privately asking this same question. True in November and December too, but I’m hearing it more in January…” Stelter also disputed Schachtman’s prediction, saying, “Counterargument: if Obama issued press releases saying what Trump says on Twitter, reporters would cover the heck out of the press releases!
To be sure there were some reporters, mainly from conservative outlets, who disagreed with Lipton. But it was Blake Hounsell, Editor in Chief of Politico Magazine who succinctly made the case for reporting on Trump’s Twitter statements, “Probably because he is the next president of the United States.”
The mainstream media is in for a long four (eight?) years of no longer controlling the agenda.
We should thank Him every day. He has been good to us. God bless.
News ACTORS
Me too. signed up yesterday.
Yea, but loser Sheen’s idea of winning was doing drugs, screwing hookers, losing all his money and catching AIDS.
Oh, and moving into daddy’s basement.
It sounds like the truth finally is sinking in and they get it! About frickin’ time, I’d say. What surprises me is that they admit he’s playing them every single day and almost admit they’ve become irrelevant.
Earth to Press:
Who voted you in charge?
HOORAY kristinn. In the fine tradition of GRRRRREAT posts/pics BUMP!
BUMP for Trump. Keep tweeting, sir.
Trump not allowing the MSM liars to set the agenda.
They can’t decide for us what’s important and what isn’t any more... That’s what ALL of this whining boils down to.
Tweet softly and carry a big stick, that’s what a 2017 Teddy Roosevelt might say.
More than their actual words, a reporter's power lies in what he deliberately ignores. Imagine how things would be different for WBush if he had a Twitter and Facebook to turn to. He would have been able to tell his story even as the media conspired to ignore the good and accentuate the bad.
So much better than flipping stations to see what Trump did wrong every day.....Attm....(According to the media)
Get used to it, crybabies. You screwed the pooch by being partisan hacks disguised as journalists. Elections have consequences.
I have DJT’s twitter account bookmarked on my toolbar .... it’s a public account so even if you don’t have twitter, you can still see it directly .... with it on the toolbar, one click & I’m there.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump
FLASHBACK:
Hillary Rodham Clinton said IN 1998 during a meeting with reporters said that “we are all going to have to rethink how we deal with” the Internet because of the handling of White House sex scandal stories on Web sites.
Clinton was asked whether she favored curbs on the Internet, after the DRUDGE REPORT made headlines with coverage of her husband’s affair with a White House intern. “We are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, because there are all these competing values ... Without any kind of editing function or gatekeeping function, what does it mean to have the right to defend your reputation?” she said.
When Trump reaches 60,000,000 Twitter followers, it won’t matter what the msm writes. They will be quite irrelevant.
These same people all thought it was so cool when Obama got his official Twitter account. “He’s so transparent he tweets his own thoughts directly to the people, that’s so special!”
I did the same thing! I hope he keeps it up. Why don't they go do some investigative reporting, there are plenty of issues to look into! Lazy!
I got a twitter account JUST TO get tweets from Trump.
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I’m considering it and for the same reason.
No the media won’t ignore them. The media are whores, and whores have to go to where they can turn tricks. So they’ll have to continue writing about Trump’s tweets.
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