Posted on 07/15/2017 9:44:01 PM PDT by Helicondelta
The revelation that Donald Trump’s son, son-in-law and campaign manager met with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer promising information that would “incriminate” Hillary Clinton was a true bombshell in an era when we have become almost inured to them. Here was proof that members of Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign had, at the very least, been eager to collude with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
No one could gainsay the facts: Mr. Trump’s own son published them on Twitter.
As recently as five or 10 years ago, every major news outlet would have treated this set of facts as front-page news and a dire threat to Mr. Trump’s presidency.
Not anymore. Look to the right now and you’re apt to find an alternative reality in which the same set of facts is rearranged to compose an entirely different narrative. On Fox News, host Lou Dobbs offered a representative example on Thursday night, when he described the Donald Trump Jr. email story, with wild-eyed fervor, like this: “This is about a full-on assault by the left, the Democratic Party, to absolutely carry out a coup d’état against President Trump aided by the left-wing media.”
Mr. Dobbs isn’t some wacky outlier, but rather an example of how over the last several years the conservative underworld has swallowed up and subsumed more established right-leaning outlets such as Fox News.
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Uh, that’s not “colluding”, at least no more so than Shrillery would have done with anything negative she could have dug up on The Donald. As long as the information is accurate, suck it. They didn’t mess with the actual votes, just released true information that caused people to like Hillary less. Who knew that was even possible?
As recently as five years ago, every major news outlet would have treated this set of facts as front-page news and a dire threat to any Republican’s presidency.
But if it involved a Democrat president, the “reporting” would have focused on disparaging and discrediting anyone who wished to pursue the matter.
The Ministry of Propaganda is losing control of the decreed narrative, evidently. They can’t figure out any new BS to throw out there but Russia Russia Russia. The burnout is YUGE.
Stupid NYT has it backasswards again. Truth is, no one cares about Russia EXCEPT in the world made by NYT/WAPO/CNN/NBC/CBS/ABC and all the rest of the MSM.
I think everyone is maybe looking at the growing threat that China poses, and aren’t seeing Russia as quite so threatening anymore.
Perhaps.
The MSM still does not realize how badly they lost the trust of the American people. Their shameful pro Clinton bias and relentless anti Trump posturing during the campaign defined them not as objective journalists but as crude propagandists. They are simply not trusted or believed.
This is what happens when you cry “WOLF” too often.
We tried to tell ya. But did you listen? NooOOOooo
After being humiliated by how wrong they were about the election, the NYT vowed to do better. They took a long look at themselves and decided it was all Breitbart’s fault.
“As long as the information is accurate, suck it”
Exactly. Trump Jr.’s actions are protected by the first amendment. You know, the same protection that New York Times’ journalists claim when they receive and publish illegal leaks of classified information.
They are making the case against themselves.
Good evening War Room. George Stephanapoulas, meet James Carville. James...Paul Begala.
Now guys, we want you to ensure we keep this all above board
BWAAAAAHHHAAAAAHHHAAA !!!
“As long as the information is accurate, suck it”
Exactly. Trump Jr.’s actions are protected by the first amendment. You know, the same protection that New York Times’ journalists claim when they receive and publish illegally leaked documents.
They are making the case against themselves and are too stupid to realize it.
“As long as the information is accurate, suck it”
Exactly. Trump Jr.’s actions are protected by the first amendment. You know, the same protection that New York Times’ journalists claim when they receive and publish illegally leaked documents.
They are making the case against themselves and are too stupid to realize it.
...but now that the propaganda power of the Media has been broken, and their credibility destroyed, the NYT and other Left-wing outlets no longer enjoy such illegitimate advantages over conservatives, and they're bitter about it.
The facts, in an of themselves, of course, don't even remotely suggest that any crime was committed. Indeed, they don't indicate anything other than the routine sort of political shenanigans which the Left has been getting away with for decades on end. What the Media is upset about is that their ability to slant reality has been obliterated, never to return.
These idiots want to pretend that the entire country couldn't see the blatant collusion that Democrats and the Media engaged in to try to install Hillary against the will of the People.
The Democrat-Media-Uniparty-Swamp crime syndicate can ESAD...
The story I heard was the Russian lawyer made allegations about Hillary taking Russian money but had no evidence. That was the end of it.
If the Russian lawyer offered allegations about Trump taking Russian money without evidence to the Dems, the Dems would have run with it.
There is your difference.
Bombshell? More like a dud.
The fake news media is not reporting the news; its pushing an agenda to discredit and to destroy our President.
People can see it with their own eyes. If this was a Democratic President they’d be circling the wagons around him.
This is all partisan politics. That’s why no one is paying the Russia conspiracy stuff much attention.
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