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lordy you are more cyncial

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:14:40 +0000

In reply to Well, Michael - only when he

lordy you are more cyncial than even me.

Well, Michael - only when he

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:28:00 +0000

In reply to Yeah, I noted this too. So

Well, Michael - only when the Orangeman came for *them*. Because *they* are the arbiters of false equivalency and supposed balance, and if the arbiter is gone, well, the Grey Lady and compatriots rule the roost, and there is *nothing* else. The Fourth Estate is finally having its hissy fit, without actually reporting on something interesting - news outside of lies has become dull as dirt, and even that's boringly repetitive - just picking up the pieces from the "carnage". It's like having news duty at a fire or traffic accident - just report the casualties and fill the dead air.

Of course helps that "ding dong, the witch is dead" - there's no one serious on the left to talk about - Hillary & Obama are both retired, with only second-stringers running about, so it's a 1-man 1-ring circus.

Waiting for this to all become the new normal, since the dudes have to sell newspapers after all. They'll spin it however they need to get that paycheck & stockholder return. (perhaps there's hope in the great tech titan ownership like Bezos, but I doubt it)

Greg Sargent on topic @ WaPO,

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 06:07:54 +0000

In reply to Yeah, I noted this too. So

Greg Sargent on topic @ WaPO, argues this time IS different:

Dear media: The Trump White House has total contempt for you. Time to react accordingly.

and note the cross-link at mid-page

How to deal with the lying liars by Jennifer Rubin

Obvious leakers feeding WaPo

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 05:06:01 +0000

In reply to I just read the whole article

Obvious leakers feeding WaPo's new headline, they put 3 reporters on it:

The first days inside Trump’s White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot

Careful, could be intentional spin?

I just read the whole article

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:44:41 +0000

In reply to Turns out a Trump LIE is the

I just read the whole article and it's kinda scary, really starting to sound like he's got worse mental illness than any of us New Yorker's ever imagined. I'm serious! Behind closed doors with Congress, he repeats his obssession of the day before that got him pans from the CIA. Does he really think this is going to be like his TV show? What the heck is going on? It could be the MSM is getting scared to death by other stuff going on they can't write yet?

Turns out a Trump LIE is the

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:22:02 +0000

In reply to Yeah, I noted this too. So

Turns out a Trump LIE is the lead story on their home page right this minute, Michael; pasted:

THE 45TH PRESIDENT

Trump Repeats an Election Lie in Meeting With Top Lawmakers

That's just serendipity, I went there to search because I noticed they started doing it a lot with the pushback from him and his minions against their coverage of the inauguration,. But I didn't have to search, looks like they aren't going to stop.

My theory: It took someone as

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:01:47 +0000

In reply to I have to humbly ask why

My theory: It took someone as obnoxious about it as Trump a long time to do it, but he and only he (with Kellyanne's skillful help, I'd like to note!) could finally push them over the edge. (To be clear:irony intended!)

The media was OK with the

NCD — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:12:22 +0000

In reply to I have to humbly ask why

The media was OK with the unqualified alt-candidate, the no tax returns openly racist alt-campaign, the non-existent 'fantastic, cheaper' alt-health care plan, the racists rebranding as 'alt-right', the alt-cabinet of white guys who want to destroy the government, but the media is recognizing a problem with alt-truth and is resisting Trumps desire for an alt-First Amendment, where free speech applies only to him

Trump will not attack problems, he will continue to attack people who call him out, reality, and the pillars of our democracy.

MSM now views the attacks as

rmrd0000 — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:14:03 +0000

In reply to I have to humbly ask why

MSM now views the attacks as squarely directed at them rather than at mere regular citizens.

Yeah, I noted this too. So

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:45:13 +0000

In reply to After being chastised all

Yeah, I noted this too. So when do the Grey Lady start calling them lies?