Reporters Retaliate Against Trump’s Treatment of Press, Destroy Footage of Hotel Tour

[EV_Ares]

The press pool for Donald Trump made the unprecedented collective decision to refuse to air footage of a tour of Trump’s new hotel, even erasing the tape to ensure it never became public.
Trump announced Friday morning that he would be giving a “press conference” in his new D.C. hotel on the birther issue. When reporters arrived, they discovered that the press were being forced to sit in the back of the room. The “press conference” turned out to be a half an hour of veterans praising Trump, sprinkled with advertisements for the hotel, followed by an extremely brief comment from Trump on the actual topic at hand.
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Trump took no questions and left the room, leading to angry shouts from the duped reporters.

http://www.mediaite.com/election-2016/reporters-retaliate-against-trumps-treatment-of-press-destroy-footage-of-hotel-tour/

[Wounded Bear]

1. Good...

Perhaps the old saw will finally come to fruition.

"Never start a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel."

Not a lot of literal ink in the business lately, but the gist of the argument should still hold. Trump played the media, again, this morning, and they should be pissed.

[malaise]

17. +1,000

[angrychair]

33. How about

"Never start a fight with someone that has unlimited pixels"

[annabanana]

2. About time HE experienced some

radio silence. . .

[Binkie The Clown]

3. So reporters finally noticed that Trump is duping them?

They're kind of slow, I guess.

[cwydro]

6. My thought too.

Amazing.

[calimary]

22. Color me flabbergasted.

[workinclasszero]

23. No kidding

Tomorrow they resume covering up his legion of lies.

[vlyons]

32. Awake my lovelies

Hey press, this is your own karma coming back at you. For way too long you have been cowardly Sycophants in Trump's entourage. Crawl out of the basket of deplorables. Stand up tall and demand some respect and common social decency. And while you're at it, insist that everyone else in this country be treated with respect. You have the power to shun and shame all those, who act and speak deplorably. If you tolerate disrespect, don't be surprised when that's what you're given.

[FuzzyRabbit]

37. Well said.

[uponit7771]

45. +1

[mountain grammy]

66. No kidding.

Pathetic.

[Iliyah]

4. T-rump has been dumping for over a year.

[shockey80]

5. The press

They should have ended trumps campaign the moment he said he wanted to commit war crimes. They have failed us.

[calimary]

28. Welcome to DU, shockey80.

I am STUNNED. The press has been guilty of flagrant malpractice FOR YEARS. FINALLY they're waking up?

Pardon me if I remain in disbelief for awhile. I'm glad to see this, but I'm having a hard time trusting it. I fully expect they'll snap out of it at some point soon, and go back to their "not my job" stance against vigilant fact-checking. So much easier just to give the liars a free pass than to DO THEIR JOBS. And it's been so thoroughly one-sided if they ever do. How many times have we speculated - "what if this were Clinton?"

For example, I bet that Newsweek bombshell about Trump's funky business dealings is gonna just fade away. It's already over. Imagine if that were a Clinton story. They'd still be beating it to death a year from now.

[Gabi Hayes]

47. and how bout that Bondi Bombshell? lotsa legs on that one, hey?

before the recent uproar, which apparently has faded to nothing, this is how the coverage of CGI vs. Bondi went:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/how-much-did-cable-news-cover-trumps-pay-to-play-vs-clinton-foundation-story/

The contrast between these two stories has spurred many to observe that not only is Hillary Clinton being raked over the coals for what everyone agrees is, at worst, something that “looks bad,” but Donald Trump’s clearly illegal act involving a clear allegation of quid pro quo is barely being covered. That disparity, it turns out, has a number.

In a search of cable news transcripts for the past month, there have been 644 mentions of the “Clinton Foundation” and “pay to play” on the three major cable news networks. The breakdown is as follows (according to TVEyes):

CNN 207

Fox News 335

MSNBC 102

Conversely, the number of times “pay to play” and “Pam Bondi” have been mentioned together during that time is just 11,

5 on CNN and 6 on MSNBC.

And in case you’re wondering if the Pam Bondi story got more traction when it first came out, you’re right, it did. Prior to August, there were 15 mentions of Bondi and Donald Trump, none of which included the phrase “pay to play,” according to a transcript search.

[ronnie624]

68. +1

They commit moral crimes against us, as the flirt with fascism.

[annabanana]

7. Got to say.. You can cut the schadenfreude with a knife

around MY house right now.

[Jade Fox]

8. Cut me a slice please.....

[annabanana]

10. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

plenty for everyone!

[awoke_in_2003]

55. if that is schadenfreude

can I have a piece with a scoop of ice cream?

[niyad]

9. donnie douche is convinced that no matter what he does, or says, the press will continue

to fawn all over him, as they have been doing for his whole damned, useless, lying, thieving, perverted life.

[Gabi Hayes]

49. saw him say that yesterday. that was when I put on a DVD.

they just don't want to cover him in a serious way, by concentrating rabidly on ONE story at a time, exactly how they've done with, first, the emails, then CGI. those two stories constitute the Swiftboating of Hillary, this time ENTIRELY by the media, in contrast to the original fiasco, which was originated with funding by that greedhead maniac T Boone Pickens.

that's what caused trump to catch up so dramatically quickly in the polls. the preponderance of average news consumers doesn't believe her anymore, and it's never going to change, whether or not she wins.

MSM did it all on their own this time, without the help or prompting of the right wing maniacs that try to pull the strings behind the scenes, unless you count among them those who run the media conglomerates.

oh....wait a minute.....

[Lifelong Protester]

11. About time.

Media-you've been played. About time you get angry.

[ffr]

12. It won't be any different after, if he wins.

The guy is about himself.

Want to know the biggest difference between him and Hillary? She's always about give, give, give. He's always about take, take, take.

What has he ever personally donated his time for? Nothing. He's NEVER given his time to any good cause. Hillary always devotes time to donating her time, blood, sweat and tears for others.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

[NBachers]

13. Oh, no! The poor quaking lap dogs are frantic! What can they do to get him to pet them them again?

"Bad doggies! Bad doggies! You stay here! Sit!"

[struggle4progress]

14. "How can I get more publicity and make more money?"

[TeamPooka]

15. I hope the press corps knows that if Trump is elected they will have NO acess at all to a man who

will be completely unaccountable to them or the American people.

[Gabi Hayes]

50. President Pence will do the talking to the press.

Figurehead Trump will be trotted out whenever he feels the need to assuage his massively bloated ego, then he'll go back to stare at his collection of portraits and statues, while slobbering over bucketsful of KFC and crispy taco bowls.

[rivegauche]

16. Well let's hope this wakes them up.

The reporters, I mean. They have let that orange dog turd get away with so much, they need to start acting like journalists and not PR people.

[Upthevibe]

19. They deserve it. I'm livid regarding the way they've behaved during this election cycle. N/T

[rivegauche]

20. ME TOO! Unbelievably lax, shitty and unprofessional. nt

[uponit7771]

46. +1, the M$M has normalized tRumps disgusting shit... no doubt group think

[denbot]

18. I will bet dollars to doughnuts that this is when he loses the free pass from the press.

Except Fox News of course..

[rivegauche]

21. Yep, he'll always have Lumpy Hannity in his pocket. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Bet they were forced to wait an hour too.

[tanyev]

57. Wrong!

Trump was a fashionable 90 minutes late to his big event, which consisted of barely two minutes of actual speaking

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/donald-trumps-birther-pr-stunt-beset-by-chaos-stage-co-1786716861

[Spitfire of ATJ]

58. ....heh....

[Roy Rolling]

25. Perfect

If he thinks he's gonna manipulate media professionals on the front line the way he's duped corporate media executives he is sadly mistaken.

[jaxind]

26. Yay!

But where was Fox News in all of this??

[jtuck004]

27. Just in this brief OP there are 8 mentions of the real estate swindlers brand.

I hope someone is getting a cut besides his family.

[erpowers]

29. Played Live?

Was any of it played on live television?

[sakabatou]

30. Trump rickrolls the press again

[uponit7771]

48. lol, apt description

[Nitram]

31. I hope this isn't a one-time display of backbone.

The press should accept that Trump is a lying fraud, and expose him in every article they write about him.

[Angry Dragon]

34. DUMP TRUMP

[NewJeffCT]

35. They'll just come running like little puppies

the next time he calls, though. If they pout, he'll just threaten to cut off their media access.

[Oldem]

36. T-rump

has had to eat his own excretions, today. Glory be! And kudos to those press people who finally grew a spine and some moral courage. The press is free to report, or not to report, what it chooses. Destroying the evidence of this event is a lot worse than simply not reporting it. It's a stand.

[Emilybemily]

38. Maybe, just maybe

They will learn something from this and actually start doing their JOBS: reporting the truth about Cheeto Benito.

[Ilsa]

43. "Cheeto Benito" -- love that! I bet it would make

him mad as hell to hear his new moniker.

[Snake Plissken]

39. Yeah but I bet it still won't be enough for the press to start reporting the truth

instead of being his personal infomercial production team

[Kathy M]

51. I hope it is enough because if the end up getting

DT elected they will regret it ....... Can anyone imagine what he would do / or want to do to media and press

DT owes cable and America a lot of money for his time on TV

[onecaliberal]

40. This is what they get for kissing his ass, maybe we will get some truth from them now.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

41. There will be consequences

News stations need footage to feed their hungry viewers, and without the viewers the number of eyeballs go down and ad revenues drop. Expect some of these reporters to be taken to the woodshed.

[Ilsa]

44. Or maybe they'll get footage of

Something more interesting, like a real political rally for one of the other candidates, even Hillary.

[Rex]

42. Trump treats the corporate media like trash, they still do everything possible to get him elected.

America...pffft...

[malaise]

53. They earned this

No sympathy here

[lpbk2713]

52. "You suck."

"Do you have any comment on that?"

[no_hypocrisy]

54. Silence is the best revenge.

[Ford_Prefect]

56. They should shut him down by ignoring him. No free Lunch for the no substance Donald.

No face time with the cameras.No press conferences. No friendly one on one with the late night hosts or the Sunday pundits.

Starve the Monster, completely.

[meow2u3]

61. I pretty much have the same idea

If DT wants to black out certain media outlets, turnabout's fair play. The media should institute a total blackout of DT until after the election just to teach him a lesson not to piss off those who buy their ink by the barrel, or the 21st Century updated version, their bandwidth by the terabit per second.

[napi21]

59. Well, it took WAY TOO LONG for therm to get pissed off. I just hope it lasts.

It would be nice to finally hear candidate positions on important things instead of constantly jumping on The Con's daily BS.

[BobbyDrake]

60. On the bright side, now the Kremlin can't hack it, release it, and make it look like the hacking

is now party-neutral.

[AllyCat]

62. Why do they trust him?

[TomCADem]

63. After Matt Laurr, Trump Is Feeling Cocky

He knows that the media will keep it close and will eventually suck up to him again.

[IronLionZion]

65. Trumpers have been gloating all day as if this was a good thing

claiming that Trump did this to screw with the media since he is such a master manipulator.

I heard it on the radio and drove up 12th St. right in front of the Trump international hotel and there was hardly anyone there, just reporters.

Many retired military leaders and veterans support Hillary and we saw it on our very patriotic Dem convention.

If it makes a difference, first Bernie and now Gary Johnson get the lion's share of active duty military support, not Trump.

[NastyRiffraff]

67. I was watching MSNBC during that "press conference"

And they were PISSED. Reporter after reporter strongly implied that Trump had misled them when he told them there would be a press conference re the birther issue. They cut away from the vets to complain.

Maybe now that THEY'RE mistreated by Trump they'll start to catch on that he's an empty suit with a big, lying mouth. Maybe?

[Divine Discontent]

69. He thought he would manipulate for free advertising, wrong!

Haha bahaha. Dr Oz gave him way too much he other day, and they're like we don't work for him!!