Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:02 AM
ariadne0614 (900 posts)
Given tRump's Oval Office immigration fiasco, major networks must change.
They need to stop cowering in fear over spurious accusations of “left-wing bias,” “fake news,” and “enemy of the people.” James Fallows’ Atlantic article offers effective guidelines for how to deal with the malignant orange creature going forward.
“They were not afraid of criticism for turning down Obama. They are afraid about what would happen if they turned down Trump. You can think of lots of explanations. But the difference is clear. An instructive parallel: During the 2016 campaign, James Comey’s FBI was closemouthed about the ongoing investigations of Trump and his Russian connections. To have said anything about them would have opened the bureau to criticism of playing politics. But when it came to discussing Hillary Clinton’s email situation, obviously the calculus of potential criticism was different. . .. My point for now is what military planners call the “asymmetric risk,” which warped the FBI’s behavior and that of much of the press.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/trump-networks/579697/
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Response to ariadne0614 (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:05 AM
dalton99a (58,234 posts)
1. Liberal media, my ass
They couldn't wait to run his idiotic commercial for free
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Response to ariadne0614 (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:12 AM
gratuitous (72,659 posts)
2. At the very least
When the president calls in the White House pool in the hours before his Big Important Address to the Nation and says that it's going to be a big nothingburger, please don't feel obliged to broadcast said nothingburger. You can even cite the president's own remarks!
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Response to ariadne0614 (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 12:15 PM
rzemanfl (28,302 posts)
3. K&R. n/t
Response to ariadne0614 (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 12:22 PM
Totally Tunsie (8,930 posts)
4. Personally, I LOVE watching him make even more of an ass of himself.
His Bullshit Meter rises by the day. Bring it on!
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