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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Journalists Are Rethinking Their Role Under A Trump Presidency
https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-11-30/how-journalists-are-rethinking-their-role-under-a-trump-presidencyThe U.S. media is accustomed to covering a White House that plays by certain rules. But President-elect Donald Trump tweets false information freely and frequently manipulates the media. How journalists are rethinking their role under a Trump presidency....
REHM
And we're talking about how the news media needs to change its coverage, how it does it work, how it approaches Donald Trump in an age of tweets, many of which are false, a whole new approach, perhaps, to journalism. Joining us now is Scottie Nell Hughes. She is joining us from Nashville. She's political editor of RightAlerts.com and a contributor for CNN. Scottie Nell, thanks for joining us....
REHM
Now I know you've been listening since the top of the program, and I'm sure you've heard James Fallows talk about lies that Donald Trump has put out there in tweets, in things he's said. What do you make of that?
HUGHES
Well, I think it's also an idea of an opinion. And that's -- on one hand I hear half the media saying that these are lies, but on the other half there are many people that go, no, it's true. And so one thing that has been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts, they're not really facts. Everybody has a way, it's kind of like looking at ratings or looking at a glass of half-full water. Everybody has a way of interpreting them to be the truth or not true.
REHM
And we're talking about how the news media needs to change its coverage, how it does it work, how it approaches Donald Trump in an age of tweets, many of which are false, a whole new approach, perhaps, to journalism. Joining us now is Scottie Nell Hughes. She is joining us from Nashville. She's political editor of RightAlerts.com and a contributor for CNN. Scottie Nell, thanks for joining us....
REHM
Now I know you've been listening since the top of the program, and I'm sure you've heard James Fallows talk about lies that Donald Trump has put out there in tweets, in things he's said. What do you make of that?
HUGHES
Well, I think it's also an idea of an opinion. And that's -- on one hand I hear half the media saying that these are lies, but on the other half there are many people that go, no, it's true. And so one thing that has been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts, they're not really facts. Everybody has a way, it's kind of like looking at ratings or looking at a glass of half-full water. Everybody has a way of interpreting them to be the truth or not true.
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How Journalists Are Rethinking Their Role Under A Trump Presidency (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2016
OP
They all want to be Woodward and Bernstein. Watergate 2016 is already underway.
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2016
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TwilightZone
(25,464 posts)1. So, Hughes is an idiot, I guess. Facts are not opinions.
"It's just your opinion, man" should not be a journalistic standard.
Edit: Hughes' website is a Drudge clone, so I guess that confirms my suspicions.
LisaM
(27,801 posts)3. So why did Diane Rehm interview her?
That makes no sense. Was there another guest?
TwilightZone
(25,464 posts)4. I have no idea...
but that website is *definitely* wide right.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)2. I wrote to Rhem this evening
and very respectfully asked her to get her fucking act together !!!
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)5. They all want to be Woodward and Bernstein. Watergate 2016 is already underway.
Trump's just too delusional to understand it.