The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency

[DC Tom]

2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Poll: Trump Accomplishing Little in Final Year as President

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/poll-trump-accomplishing-little-in-final-year-as-president

That's just a touch of bias showing in that headline - one repeated in the body of the "article" too.

 

Yeah...who'd expect bias in a satire piece in the New Yorker?

[Deranged Rhino]

10 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

 

Yeah...who'd expect bias in a satire piece in the New Yorker?

 

Right? I got it sent to me by an actor friend who sees it as evidence that "everyone knows" Trump is about to not just be impeached, but imprisoned... as if it was predictive programming. 

 

[Tiberius]

16 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Poll: Trump Accomplishing Little in Final Year as President

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/poll-trump-accomplishing-little-in-final-year-as-president

That's just a touch of bias showing in that headline - one repeated in the body of the "article" too.

 

Satire? My God, can't Putin hire competent internet trolls? 

[Taro T]

54 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

 

Satire? My God, can't Putin hire competent internet trolls? 

 

Whoever hired you can't seem to find competent trolls; why should Putin have any better luck w/ them?

[DC Tom]

45 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Right? I got it sent to me by an actor friend who sees it as evidence that "everyone knows" Trump is about to not just be impeached, but imprisoned... as if it was predictive programming. 

 

 

But can he explain turbulence?

[Deranged Rhino]

8 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

 

But can he explain turbulence?

 

If he tried, he'd end up looping in how the Simpsons predicted turbulence 10 years ago... 

[3rdnlng]

1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

 

Satire? My God, can't Putin hire competent internet trolls? 

The Russian Crusade goes on.

[EasternOHBillsFan]

5 hours ago, Tiberius said:

No, its really not. The media, you see, is a vast conspiracy of leftists. They are out to get Trump, who really is no where near as stupid, bigoted, incompetent and dishonest as the media tries o make him look. Hillary is a mass murderer, though and the media never reports on her drinking blood

 

A SWEEP on Election Day in New Jersey and Virginia, and Carter Page revealing more damning evidence. You can blame the media all you want to, but America is turning back the tide of fascism, greed, Goebbels-like propaganda and above all a conspiracy with foreign powers that makes Watergate look like jaywalking.

 

I love seeing you people blame everyone else when the facts say otherwise. Now we see why men like Mussolini and Hitler took power. NOT HERE. NOPE. NOT HERE.

[Deranged Rhino]

1 hour ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

A SWEEP on Election Day in New Jersey and Virginia, and Carter Page revealing more damning evidence. You can blame the media all you want to, but America is turning back the tide of fascism, greed, Goebbels-like propaganda and above all a conspiracy with foreign powers that makes Watergate look like jaywalking.

 

I love seeing you people blame everyone else when the facts say otherwise. Now we see why men like Mussolini and Hitler took power. NOT HERE. NOPE. NOT HERE.

 

I don't know what's more amusing about this post... that it's directed towards Gator, or that Gator's response was to "thank" it/like it.  

Edited November 8, 2017 by Deranged Rhino

[3rdnlng]

11 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

I don't know what's more amusing about this post... that it's directed towards Gator, or that Gator's response was to "thank" it/like it.  

Stop the presses! Two blue states stay blue.

Edited November 8, 2017 by 3rdnlng

[K-9]

12 hours ago, 3rdnlng said:

Stop the presses! Two blue states stay blue.

In statewide races, that’s true. But a closer look at results in the VA House of Delegates where Dems upset long entrenched Republicans, for example,  is cause for concern among party strategists. 

[B-Man]

Roy Moore, WaPo, and the problem with an untrustworthy press

By J.D. Rucker

 

When the story broke an hour ago that Roy Moore was being accused by multiple women of inappropriate sexual behavior when they were underage teens, I thought, “uh oh.” Then, I saw the source: Washington Post. A short wave of relief came over me before the real dread of our current situation took hold.

 

I don’t trust the Washington Post. They are among the worst journalistic predators in the country in that they claim to be the beacon of truth while constantly spinning facts to match their liberally approved narratives. They adamantly protest accusations of being biased while demonstrating pure and unadulterated bias with every political story they post. What’s worse is that they have, for several years now, allowed their “news” stories to be editorialized. They are a propaganda machine. They should not be trusted.

 

That’s the problem. I have no idea whether or not Roy Moore did what they claim. It’s conspicuous that the story broke shortly after the paper endorsed his opponent. That SHOULD shine a light of skepticism on the story altogether, but it won’t. Most Americans, even the ones who acknowledge there’s plenty of fake news out there, willfully stick their heads in the sand when it comes to the “respected” publications of old like WaPo, USA Today, and the New York Times.

 

I’m not against editorializing. I’m doing it right now. What concerns me is the intellectual dishonesty and blatant manipulation these news outlets embrace. They are not unbiased. I’m biased and readily admit it. Most if not all writers on this publications are equally biased and in no way attempt to hide that fact from our readers. WaPo does. Their facade of journalistic integrity means that stories like the Roy Moore blockbuster will do major damage whether it’s true or not. In general, Americans do not put on the glasses of skepticism when WaPo publishes something.

 

The left won’t believe RedState or Daily Caller. The right won’t believe Slate or Salon. Both are workable dynamics because there’s no illusion attempted by these publications. They’re biased and proud of it. WaPo perpetuates an illusion if journalistic integrity. By doing so, they have far too much power in wielding the “truth” even if it’s spun in the direction they want.

 

These reports are so old that there’s very little chance they can be proven. Unfortunately, there’s also very little chance they can be properly refuted. That’s the power of the “unbiased” mainstream media. They can cast shadows of doubt in any direction they choose based upon their bias. They can choose to print allegations about Moore. They can choose to ignore allegations about Barack Obama. When a major media outlet is biased while claiming otherwise, we’re left with deciding which truth to believe.

 

More at the Link: http://datechguyblog.com/2017/11/09/roy-moore-wapo-and-the-problem-with-an-untrustworthy-press/

[B-Man]

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR TRUMP, RACISM WOULD RUN RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE LAND, AND THEY WERE RIGHT!

 

Actual New York Times headline: “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?”

 

 

 

 Since When Did Chuck Todd Give a Dang About the Deficit?

 

 

 

AP Suddenly Discovers and Reports on West Coast Homelessness.

[DC Tom]

34 minutes ago, B-Man said:

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR TRUMP, RACISM WOULD RUN RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE LAND, AND THEY WERE RIGHT!

 

Actual New York Times headline: “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?”

 

Short answer: no.

Long answer: no, because you're teaching them to be professional victims of whitey.

[/dev/null]

10 hours ago, B-Man said:

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR TRUMP, RACISM WOULD RUN RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE LAND, AND THEY WERE RIGHT!

 

Actual New York Times headline: “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?”

 

 

Imagine the reaction to that headline were it written by a white author questioning whether her children can be friends with black people

[B-Man]

LOL...............

 

From Don Surber;

http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2017/11/trump-triumphs-media-changes-subjects.html

 

President Trump returned from one of the longest and most successful overseas trips by a president since President Reagan returned from Reykjavik without giving Gorbachev a treaty in 1986.

So what dominated the Sunday morning talk shows on "national news" outlets?

Judge Roy Moore.

 

On ABC news they went on the first 20 minutes about him....then this:

 

'CONWAY: Well, the one thing I will say is that the president also is not as focused on this as he is his major 13-day trip abroad. And so he made a statement. He's sticking by that statement. But he's not being briefed on this bit by bit because he is very focused new trade agreements. He is very focused on global cooperation against a nuclearized North Korea. He is very focused on combating terrorism.

RADDATZ: And we'll get to that.

 

 

And we'll get to that.

President Trump just averted nuclear war with North Korea -- which oddly didn't fire so much as a cap pistol while he was in the region.

President Trump just oversaw China agree to a quarter-trillion in investments in the United States.

President Trump just helped South Korea warm up a little more to Japan.

President Trump just landed (at that time) in the Philippines -- a place where Barack Obama was persona non grata last year.

And all Raddatz could say was "and we'll get to that."

She never did.

Instead Disney's ABC went on and on about an unsubstantiated allegation about a senatorial candidate in Alabama.

When Raddatz finally talked about the trip it was not about North Korean nukes, or China's investment, or Japanese-Korean relations, or even about the Philippines.

Instead Raddatz --who almost burst into tears on live TV when she realized Hillary lost -- dragged out the long discredited Democratic talking point about Putin rigging the election.

Raddatz did that because all we have had is Democratic Talking Points since Reagan left Washington.

Democrats get away with it because the people these channels hire are not very bright.

Edited November 13, 2017 by B-Man

[Tiberius]

6 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

President Trump returned from one of the longest and most successful overseas trips by a president since President Reagan returned from Reykjavik without giving Gorbachev a treaty in 1986. 

 

Pass the friggin cool aid dude 

[3rdnlng]

53 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

 

Pass the friggin cool aid dude 

I see that you believe that allegations of misconduct that are 40 years old are more important than the issue of North Korea nukes, trade and the economy. You are a partisan buffoon, and a pissant to boot.

[boyst]

On 11/7/2017 at 8:50 PM, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

A SWEEP on Election Day in New Jersey and Virginia, and Carter Page revealing more damning evidence. You can blame the media all you want to, but America is turning back the tide of fascism, greed, Goebbels-like propaganda and above all a conspiracy with foreign powers that makes Watergate look like jaywalking.

 

I love seeing you people blame everyone else when the facts say otherwise. Now we see why men like Mussolini and Hitler took power. NOT HERE. NOPE. NOT HERE.

Holy !@#$. You're a retard. 

[Tiberius]

2 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

I see that you believe that allegations of misconduct that are 40 years old are more important than the issue of North Korea nukes, trade and the economy. You are a partisan buffoon, and a pissant to boot.

Judge Moore on HK, trade and the economy?