Posted on 02/22/2017 2:57:03 AM PST by RoosterRedux
For years journalists opined self-servingly under the guise of objectivity and got away it because Republicans were too afraid to shatter that illusion of objectivity. They permitted the media to serve as the arbiter of what qualifies as “mainstream,” “extremist,” “racist,” and so forth, and made sure to stay within the media-determined parameters of any discussion.
Donald Trump has blown up that absurd arrangement and is beating the media at its own game. He labels reporters in the same way that they label him. He upends their dishonest framing of debates by treating them as what they are, liberal partisans. His exchange last week with April Ryan, a correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network, captured that perfectly. She asked him a loaded question not as a neutral reporter but as a water-carrier for the Congressional Black Caucus. So he treated her that way. “I’ll tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting?” the president said to her, after she asked if he would meet with the CBC. “Do you want to set up the meeting? Are they friends of yours?” Of course, they are friends of hers and she was trying to score a partisan point for them. Had Trump not deconstructed that for the audience, her question might have done him damage. Instead, it fell flat and looked unserious.
Chelsea Clinton should throw her hat in the ring for head of the DNC. Then she can be just like her mother—beaten by a black man.
Pretty simple: Leftists are basically children in grown-up bodies....Children have no impulse control, when you BAIT them, they usually bite....President Trump baits them DAILY then they take it.
Seriously, what sort of IDIOT makes a huge deal about Sweden and doesn’t think two steps ahead? Thanks to Social Media, you can no longer hide facts and people are seeing the destruction of Europe before their very eyes while the Media is whistling past the graveyard.
What’s TRULY laughable is the fact these jerks supported Obama who is THE most anti-Semitic President in this nations’ history.
Spot on.
The media looks foolish, but they don’t realize it because they only hang with other reporters, fellow liberal partisans.
Think about this for me, if you will. The daily White House Press Briefing has been running away with the day time TV ratings. It’s a loss, imho, that there is no FR daily thread covering these briefings.
The briefing may go all squirrely eventually, but right now they’re still red hot viewing and would make a cool lunch hour thread for us day timers.
Sean Spicer has grown in his job. It’s as if he has mastered bringing the rabid news corp to heel. Their questions tell us what the Left game plan is and what they are after, but right now, TRUMP has knocked their lights out and they are off balance.
If you think of someone I could ask to post that thread, or if you want to inquire of someone yourself, great, but maybe you could send me a tip for a freepmail. I apologize that I can not do any thread posting on this Chromebook, or my Android.
(The briefing is between 12:00 Noon and 12:30 and lasts a good 45 to 60 minutes.)
A comment regarding Spicer growing in his job. He began his duties from day one as a giant sequoia tree, firing off answers and comments faster than bullets. No moss growing on his stones.
Great idea for a daily thread here. Usually miss these during the day (to my deep regret)
Thank you very much, VK. It’s been hit and miss with the presser on FR. Today there was a thread up, and I found it after I posted. Then, darn, I had to miss the briefing to run to an appt.
I should love a live thread. We’ll see how it shakes out.
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