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Rob Reiner: Fox, Breitbart ‘Trafficking in Another Narrative
brietbart ^ | 08/01/2018 | Pam Key

Posted on 08/02/2018 5:20:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Wednesday, on “MSNBC Live with Katy Tur,” actor and director Rob Reiner made the argument that Fox News and Breitbart News Network are “trafficking in another narrative” that is different from outlets such as the Washington Post and the New York Times working to get the truth out and that we “might be the last stage of a civil war.”

On the media, Reiner said, “I think of it as two mainstream medias. You have the Washington Post, the New York Times, all the networks except for Fox, working very hard to get the truth out.”

He continued that while there are good journalists at Fox, “this is the first time that you have mainstream media essentially divided into two halves, so that you have Fox, Breitbart, Sinclair, and Alex Jones, which has now been taken off of Facebook, thank God, you know, trafficking in another narrative.

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To: ChicagoConservative27
You have the Washington Post, the New York Times, all the networks except for Fox, working very hard to get the truth out.”

He actually said that with a straight face? Wow, well medicated, or maybe a well-indoctrinated true believer, or just an easily manipulated idiot...

The MSM has been caught in so many lies, had their tremendous bias laid bare repeatedly... Only someone willfully ignorant and delusional could believe they are after truth.

For all you liberal lurkers out there reading this. In this day and age, if you say you believe anything the MSM spews out you are self-identifying as an idiot. You might as well hang a "kick me" sign on your own back. Don't get me wrong, the rest of us appreciate you letting us know you have issues and challenges dealing with reality.

21 posted on 08/02/2018 5:46:47 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: Pravious

“Does Meathead really think we “might be the last stage of a civil war”? Does he mean first stage?”

No, first stage, because if it was the last stage, he’d be “fertilizer” for the grass at Forest Lawn Cemetery.


22 posted on 08/02/2018 5:48:37 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Ministry of Propaganda tries very hard to cover the truth up.


23 posted on 08/02/2018 5:48:58 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"On the media, Reiner said, “I think of it as two mainstream medias. You have the Washington Post, the New York Times, all the networks except for Fox, working very hard to get the truth out.”

He and the rest of the lunatic left are just angry that their monopoly on the news media, and thus their control of what America hears, has been countered. If this guy truly believes that liberal news media are 'working very hard to get the truth out' then he is incapable of objectivity.

24 posted on 08/02/2018 5:49:21 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: miss marmelstein

Tell Reiner “We are not Socialists.” You loaded your pockets with money as an actor and now you are a Socialist?


25 posted on 08/02/2018 5:53:13 AM PDT by FreedBird (E)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I love it. Rob Reiner acting as the spokesperson for the established mainstream media.

Think about that folks?

26 posted on 08/02/2018 5:54:46 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: allendale

Capitalism vs. Socialism? Who is winning? The media pushes a message most people cannot relate to.


27 posted on 08/02/2018 5:54:57 AM PDT by FreedBird (E)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
get the truth out and that we “might be the last stage of a civil war.”

I sincerely hope we can stay free without a second civil war, but this looks to me like the prelude to that war, not its last stage.

28 posted on 08/02/2018 5:55:25 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: SES1066

Boarding houses used to have signs saying “No actors or dogs”. I can’t figure out what they had against dogs.


29 posted on 08/02/2018 5:57:46 AM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: JudyinCanada
"That other narrative is commonly referred to as the truth."

How much longer that will continue remains unseen... I believe the Disney/Fox merger will quickly change the face of Fox News.. In fact, The Trump bashing is starting to come, not only from the fag Shep but others as well...

30 posted on 08/02/2018 5:57:54 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Speaking of ‘trafficking’ in narratives.

There’s that Civil War phrase being thrown out again by the left.

It’s like they want it or something.

As long as it’s blamed on Trump supporters in advance.


31 posted on 08/02/2018 5:59:03 AM PDT by TADSLOS (All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down....)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Reiner is talking about the ‘truth’ that humanity would be better off if the U.S. were brought down to a socialist level. This is the ‘truth’ the Washington Post, New York Times, and MSM are trying to get out.


32 posted on 08/02/2018 6:00:29 AM PDT by abclily
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To: miss marmelstein

Even after making the movie, he probably thinks Spinal Tap is a real band. ;)


33 posted on 08/02/2018 6:02:40 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What they really hate is that an opposition, any opposition (even a weak one, very weak, such as Fox) even exists. If they could defend their ideas on the merits, it wouldn’t bother them that there are opposing ideas. Their ideas would triumph easily.

That’s not the case, so as with all totalitarians, they want to shut down opposition. It’s not as if the right owns the majority of media outlets. Heck, we’re even forced to fund their agenda, via PBS/NPR.

They’d love to do the same politically-just kill the opposition party, such as it is. They don’t think any dissenting voices should even be allowed, not real dissent.

Their “tolerance” is almost literally only skin-deep.


34 posted on 08/02/2018 6:03:06 AM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

““this is the first time that you have ... Fox, Breitbart, Sinclair, and Alex Jones, ... trafficking in another narrative.”

We certainly wouldn’t want another viewpoint, or “narrative”, out there, would we, Meathead?


35 posted on 08/02/2018 6:04:01 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
With all networks except one yelling their version of "The Truth" 24/7, how can they complain it's not getting out there?
People don't believe it anymore, and it's not from lack of volume or quantity.

36 posted on 08/02/2018 6:05:06 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Yes Rob, its called TRUTH!

A concept liberals are unfamiliar with.

37 posted on 08/02/2018 6:11:06 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: miss marmelstein

It’s the narrative that put Trump into office meathead...


38 posted on 08/02/2018 6:14:44 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("itYou can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: unread

Well, Fox News, Fox Business, and the Fox Broadcasting network are not going to be part of Disney, they are not part of the merger. So let not your heart be troubled on that count.


39 posted on 08/02/2018 6:16:02 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob
"Well, Fox News, Fox Business, and the Fox Broadcasting network are not going to be part of Disney, they are not part of the merger."

Thanks for that... I guess I've grown a little.....sensitive.

40 posted on 08/02/2018 6:28:33 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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