Posted on 07/17/2024 7:23:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On July 13, Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. It led to an iconic image of the former president, who had just escaped death from a would-be assassin, perched less than 200 yards from the stage, raising his fist in defiance, face bloody, telling his supporters to “fight.” It’s become a viral sensation. It’s also made some media photographers and editors queasy because—get this—it could hurt Biden and give “free PR” to Trump.
You can’t make this up. They’re afraid to do their jobs because it could hurt the Democrats. This is precisely what’s wrong with the industry and what the late Andrew Breitbart referred to as the “Democrat-media complex” (via Axios):
30 of the top 50 local news websites featured the historic photo, or a very similar shot, from AP's Evan Vucci of a defiant Trump raising his fist in the air on their homepage Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, national outlets like the Washington Post and the New York Times featured pictures from their own photographers, Jabin Botsford and Doug Mills, on their homepages. The NYT's Mills took the incredible photo of a bullet whizzing by Trump's ear that's gone viral online.
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The big picture: With only a limited number of outlets attending the rally, many national newsrooms also had to rely on reporting, video and photography on the ground from a few major outlets.
Yes, but: The overuse of the same photos, eyewitness videos and reporting from the ground can also pose risks.
Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios' Aïda Amer that the viral images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event.
A photo editor and photographer from a major news outlet said the "amount that publications have been using Evan's photo is kind of free PR for Trump in a way, and it's dangerous for media organizations to keep sharing that photo despite how good it is."
“Photoganda” Are these people serious? Not that it needs to be rehashed, but this attitude is why you guys got thrashed for not doing your job when it came to reporting on Joe Biden’s rapidly deteriorating condition. You didn’t want to hurt the Democrats, which was the primary motivator. No one believes the Biden staff guardrails or fear of losing access reasons. Losing access is a concern, but it’s also not an excuse not to do your job. Nothing is kept secret for long in Washington, so anyone with cognitive function roundly rejected this veil of impenetrable secrecy excuse the media doled out concerning their coverage of the Biden White House.
Axios: a "photo editor" at a "major news outlet" suggests media should bury the photo of Trump raising his fist because it's "kind of free PR for Trump in a way, and it's dangerous for media organizations to keep sharing that photo despite how good it is."
pic.twitter.com/pLcrLi6mnH— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) July 16, 2024
Journalists trying to convince other journalists to stop spreading photos from a major news event because it would hurt Biden politically, nbd. https://t.co/6fPQx8I3Ic— Sunny (@sunnyright) July 16, 2024
The photos we took can hurt Biden and the Democrats, so we shouldn’t use them. Yes, let’s smother history to feed our political bias. Such a corrupt and sad group of people.
The media is losing their grip as well as their minds.
That moment in Butler, Pa will be a seminal moment in our country's history. When providence smiled on the USA we were once again given a chance by our creator for a course correction.
To quote Rush L, "We need not understand them but defeat them". When you have people on the other side of the aisle arguing about silliness like what is a Boy or Girl.
The Trump raised fist image is “cultural appropriation of the never ending Black Fist symbology” of African warfare on American Culture.
“The NYT’s Mills took the incredible photo of a bullet whizzing by Trump’s ear that’s gone viral online.”
Haven’t seen this one and can’t find anything. Anyone know what picture this is?
fight!
fight!
fight!
cut the cable tv
The left is triggered because Trump wasn’t quartered like William Wallace. They assumed that was the agenda in Butler, PA. (Wallace yelled FREEDOM just before his was disemboweled. That is what the left wants for Trump.
Yep. They thought they had beaten us into submission. In reality, they just pi$$ed us off.
GOOD.. PI$$ 'em OFF BIG TIME!
More like “Trump Surviving Assassination Attempt Is Triggering the Liberal Media”.
Everything triggers the liberals.
The left appropriated God’s rainbow and the GOP’s blue party designation. We can steal something too.
This is the perfect graffiti opportunity. Every BLM poster and black power image should be tagged with Fight Fight Fight.
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They are supporting a vegetable and an air head who blew her way up the ladder. They are afraid because they know they are losing. All the lies they told and the covering for Biden’s dementia and Trump is still winning. It’s killing them to see this.
Once again I will ask this question.
The bullet is seen passing behind Trump’s head, from Trump’s right to left. The assassin was on a roof straight ahead of Trump. The SS Snipers were on a roof to Trump’s right.
How did the assassin’s bullet make a 90 degree turn ?
The MSM is triggered because they want Trump, and us, dead.
The bullet has passed Trump.
The Rutabaga and "Big Gulp".
“media: awww, how come our candidate doesn’t get shot at?”
Taking Cho BiDung out via sniper is not something that would even occur to our side. But now that the left has opened that door, I hope that the Kenyan Mulatto, Holder, Rice, et al are looking over their respective shoulders more often as well as repurposing additional funds for increased personal security. I wonder if the additional bodies around them are FedGov employees or very highly paid private security.
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