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The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency


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On 3/24/2020 at 12:43 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

 

 

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I'm wondering if, as the writer from Axios was graduating journalism school, he/she ever contemplated tweeting out a correction including the following: "...it did not reflect the full nature of the self-medication...with an additive...used to clean mahafahking fish tanks!".*

 

Priceless.  And btw, I was a journalism major back at SUNY in the early 80s and job one, job one, when covering a death was ALWAYS to double check how much Fish Tank Cleaner the decedent ingested. Maybe it's because every 3rd or 4th suspicious death in WNY involved Fish Tank Cleaner, also known by the street names as "Fin", "Clear Coat" and one particularly potent brand called  "Glass Wax" distributed by The Old Dominon Crew outta North Fort Erie. Bad hombres. 

 

*emphasis added 

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Media at work: Reporter asks President Trump how many COVID-19 deaths are acceptable to him

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All day — all week, actually — we’ve been hearing from journalists complaining that the cable and broadcast networks are carrying President Trump’s coronavirus briefings live. What they’re really afraid of is that the country approves of the job that he’s doing, though they pretend their fear is that he’s putting false information out there, and maybe even trying to inject a little optimism during a time of crisis.

 

So what does the media do when they have the president in front of them every single day? They ask him questions like how many deaths are acceptable to get the economy running again:

 

 

And for what it’s worth, it’s answers like that one that are why the president’s approval rating is up, and it’s questions like that that make the public distrust the mainstream media. And it’s no surprise that reporters who are assured of their jobs even after asking stupid questions like that one don’t seem to understand that other Americans can’t self-isolate in their homes forever without work.

 

 

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