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When will the media accept that Trump is not a criminal target?
The Hill ^ | 4 April 2018 | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 04/04/2018 10:24:28 AM PDT by Magnatron

In terminal medical cases, doctors often deal with patients who move through “stages” that begin with denial. These so-called Kübler-Ross stages can be a long road toward acceptance. A weird form of Kübler-Ross seems to have taken hold of the media. Rather than refusing to accept indicators of impending death, many journalists and analysts seem incapable of accepting signs that the Trump presidency could survive.

That painful process was more evident Tuesday night when the Washington Post reported that special counsel Robert Mueller told the White House last month that Trump was not considered a “target” but only a “subject” of the investigation. After a year of being assured that “bombshell” developments and “smoking gun” evidence was sealing the criminal case against Trump, the dissonance was too great for many who refuse to accept the obvious meaning of this disclosure.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: muellerinvestigation; muellertrump; trumpmueller; turley
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1 posted on 04/04/2018 10:24:28 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Never.....................


2 posted on 04/04/2018 10:25:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Magnatron

try taking a random look, at cnn.
its all anti trump, all the time

if you took an hour, and recorded how much they dedicate to anti trump stories, it probably outweighs any other story
2 - 1,

In an hour, they probably spend more time bashing trump, than they do showing commercials.


3 posted on 04/04/2018 10:32:22 AM PDT by tm61 (Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
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To: Red Badger

Yep. It’s nothing but attack, attack, attack every day, with the occasional break for a mass shooting. That will go in every day Trump is President.


4 posted on 04/04/2018 10:32:46 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie

They do not realize that they look more like the Keystone Cops every day...................We should call them the Keystone Media................


5 posted on 04/04/2018 10:35:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Wolfie

I caught just a second of Anderson Cooper yesterday. President Trump said they should keep the oil but years ago they have hm saying we should take the oil. Major scandal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


6 posted on 04/04/2018 10:36:10 AM PDT by shelterguy (Bigdeal)
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To: Magnatron

The media is not the free and bold press our forefathers knew. It is nothing other than the propaganda wing of the elite Deep State


7 posted on 04/04/2018 10:36:26 AM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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To: Magnatron

When and if Mueller targets a Democrat, they’ll act to get the investigation closed down. Until then, they are happy letting this twist in the wind, distracting Trump and everyone.


8 posted on 04/04/2018 10:39:51 AM PDT by Reno89519 (If Trump can't deliver and folds like a typical Republican, maybe he should be impeached.)
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To: Red Badger

Yep...NEVER!


9 posted on 04/04/2018 10:40:46 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Magnatron

Anyone who speaks with them is a target. Look how many have been charged with lying.


10 posted on 04/04/2018 10:58:54 AM PDT by pas
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To: Magnatron

When?

They can’t. So they won’t.

Trump wasn’t supposed to win.
Hillary was supposed to win.
Hillary was going to create their Leftist Utopia.
They forgot that “Utopia” (the concept & book by Thomas More) was parody.
And they forgot that POTUS is elected by Electoral Vote (giving the entire country a voice), not popular vote (giving a dozen counties power over everyone).

They’re not going to give up though, so until a Leftist _is_ elected POTUS, they will fight any way possible (short of open actual lethal violence...for now) to shove any declared usurper out of “their” Oval Office.
It’s not about rational debate according to rules & reason.
It’s about The Revolution, against the designated (and unexpectedly real) opposition, in pursuit of creating what they don’t realize is parody.


11 posted on 04/04/2018 11:00:42 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Magnatron

The target is IMPEACHMENT, hello! No crime necessary


12 posted on 04/04/2018 11:22:05 AM PDT by Mister Baredog (AP Headline: Global Warming found on Mars, it's Trumps fault)
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To: Mister Baredog
The target is IMPEACHMENT, hello! No crime necessary

Mueller's mission is a steady drip drip drip during the entire Trump administration. His mission is to create major FUD ..fear uncertainty and doubt. He has succeeded to an extant especially when he coordinates with CNN and other major media actors.

13 posted on 04/04/2018 11:27:38 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: Mister Baredog

The Dems capture Congress and move to impeach.... Once Trump is enmeshed in the impeachment process how can he possibly run for re-election? Of course he can legally do it, but practically he cannot.


14 posted on 04/04/2018 11:29:45 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: tm61

I quite often flip through the news channels. It does seem that every time I look at cnn, they are bashing Trump. It seems that every time I look at Fox News, they have a commercial on.


15 posted on 04/04/2018 11:32:47 AM PDT by rwa265
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To: Magnatron

That’s an easy one.

When he’s in jail, and President Hogg takes his place.


16 posted on 04/04/2018 11:41:56 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: dennisw

Remember Clinton. Impeachment made him way more popular as many people felt there as an overreach. I wasn’t one of them but his popularity went way up after the House impeached him.

If the Dems impeach Trump, I think you would see the same thing.


17 posted on 04/04/2018 11:53:26 AM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: Magnatron

Is this a prelude to a joke?


18 posted on 04/04/2018 12:09:27 PM PDT by dirtymac
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To: Gahanna Bob
When Clinton was impeached, the media was on his side and hostile to the Republicans who impeached him.

If the Democrats win back the House and impeach Trump, the media will be cheering them on. How the public will react, I don't know.

Mueller saying that Trump is not a criminal target is nothing to be relied on...he can always change his mind. Maybe the idea is to induce Trump to let down his guard.

19 posted on 04/04/2018 12:58:43 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Red Badger
"Never......."

I agree, they never will accept that Trump is not a criminal and general low-life.

Maybe they will eventually accept that he is not a target of investigation - like we mostly have with zerO.

20 posted on 04/04/2018 1:51:12 PM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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