What the media is choosing to ignore about this whole mess: Itself

[Mac1958]

I've seen quite a bit of whining from the media about the blowback over this whole Russia circus. Their argument is "well, there were lies, and we had to investigate them".

Well yes, that is certainly fair. But they're pretending that the way they did it was the only way.

Wall to wall "pundits" making this assumption and that assumption; non-stop "breaking news" about the latest "bombshell", a never-ending stream of "panels" full of delirious anti-Trump wingers going full drama queen over every last damn possible rumor. On and on and on. These were CHOICES that YOU made as you "covered" this "story". That's the "investigation" that you "had" to do? Really?

Congratulations, folks. There is only one group of people on the fucking planet who can put Donald J. Trump in the position of a fucking VICTIM, and it's YOU.

So thanks loads. Your maniacal, hyper-partisan crusade just handed him a big win. Not good news for those of us who don't care much for the guy.
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[SassyIrishLass]

You're a fool to buy into 99.5% of what those jackals report

 

[depotoo]

You're a fool to buy into 99.5% of what those jackals report

Unfortunately far too many people do.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"the media"

lol

 

[MarcATL]

More Chicken Little claptrap from our resident "centrist."

 

[Mac1958]

More Chicken Little claptrap from our resident "centrist."

Yeah, that lie is frequently tossed out by wingers trying to change the subject.

So it's addressed in the second line of my sig.

And thank you for being you!
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[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I've seen quite a bit of whining from the media about the blowback over this whole Russia circus. Their argument is "well, there were lies, and we had to investigate them".

Well yes, that is certainly fair. But they're pretending that the way they did it was the only way.

Wall to wall "pundits" making this assumption and that assumption; non-stop "breaking news" about the latest "bombshell", a never-ending stream of "panels" full of delirious anti-Trump wingers going full drama queen over every last damn possible rumor. On and on and on. These were CHOICES that YOU made as you "covered" this "story". That's the "investigation" that you "had" to do? Really?

Congratulations, folks. There is only one group of people on the fucking planet who can put Donald J. Trump in the position of a fucking VICTIM, and it's YOU.

So thanks loads. Your maniacal, hyper-partisan crusade just handed him a big win. Not good news for those of us who don't care much for the guy.
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This is why trust in the media is so ridiculously low

 

[impuretrash]

I've seen quite a bit of whining from the media about the blowback over this whole Russia circus. Their argument is "well, there were lies, and we had to investigate them".

Well yes, that is certainly fair. But they're pretending that the way they did it was the only way.

Wall to wall "pundits" making this assumption and that assumption; non-stop "breaking news" about the latest "bombshell", a never-ending stream of "panels" full of delirious anti-Trump wingers going full drama queen over every last damn possible rumor. On and on and on. These were CHOICES that YOU made as you "covered" this "story". That's the "investigation" that you "had" to do? Really?

Congratulations, folks. There is only one group of people on the fucking planet who can put Donald J. Trump in the position of a fucking VICTIM, and it's YOU.

So thanks loads. Your maniacal, hyper-partisan crusade just handed him a big win. Not good news for those of us who don't care much for the guy.
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One side of the political divide you straddle has news, entertainment and internet media in their pocket. The other side has Rush limbaugh and Hannity.

 

[LoneLaugher]

The media has spent the last 48 hours asking itself what it did wrong and what it could have done differently.

Is there ever a Mac1958 ”hot take” that has a basis in reality?

 

[Mac1958]

The media has spent the last 48 hours asking itself what it did wrong and what it could have done differently.
Is there ever a Mac1958 ”hot take” that has a basis in reality?

You're so right!
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[LoneLaugher]

The media has spent the last 48 hours asking itself what it did wrong and what it could have done differently.
Is there ever a Mac1958 ”hot take” that has a basis in reality?

You're so right!
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I know.

 

[Mac1958]

Media figures defend coverage of Trump and Russia

Notice that these guys pretend that all they did was "report" the "news". THAT'S the key here. They completely ignore the non-stop "pundits" and "panels" who took up hours of TV time every day and massive space on the internet making endless accusations and assumptions based on hearsay and opinion. A few examples of my point, from the piece:

1. CNN chief Jeff Zucker responded to criticism in an interview with The New York Times, saying he’s “entirely comfortable” with the network’s coverage. “We are not investigators. We are journalists, and our role is to report the facts as we know them, which is exactly what we did,” Zucker said.

2. MSNBC host Joe Scarborough also blasted back at conservative attacks on the press. “Just because you will justify everything that man does and just because you are corrupt, just because you’re not a journalist, just because you have sold your soul to a personality cult, don’t knock reporters at The New York Times or The Washington Post or The Wall Street Journal or the broadcast networks for doing their job right,” the former Republican congressman and staunch Trump critic said.

3. The editors in chief at The Washington Post and The New York Times, both of which broke countless stories connecting the dots between Trump officials and Moscow, argued that the facts they laid out in their reporting stand on their own, even if no conspiracy charges materialized. “We wrote a lot about Russia, and I have no regrets,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the Times, told one of his reporters. “It’s not our job to determine whether or not there was illegality.”

Ian Bremmer gets it right in the piece, including Fox in the circus.

The media should be embarrassed, but they are not. Neither are their usual sycophants.
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[Mac1958]

This is very funny, a montage of the "press" doing the happy dance over Trump's imminent demise: Glenn Greenwald on Twitter

Bombshell, turning point, beginning of the end, on and on.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I've seen quite a bit of whining from the media about the blowback over this whole Russia circus. Their argument is "well, there were lies, and we had to investigate them".

Well yes, that is certainly fair. But they're pretending that the way they did it was the only way.

Wall to wall "pundits" making this assumption and that assumption; non-stop "breaking news" about the latest "bombshell", a never-ending stream of "panels" full of delirious anti-Trump wingers going full drama queen over every last damn possible rumor. On and on and on. These were CHOICES that YOU made as you "covered" this "story". That's the "investigation" that you "had" to do? Really?

Congratulations, folks. There is only one group of people on the fucking planet who can put Donald J. Trump in the position of a fucking VICTIM, and it's YOU.

So thanks loads. Your maniacal, hyper-partisan crusade just handed him a big win. Not good news for those of us who don't care much for the guy.
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This is why trust in the media is so ridiculously low

It just dropped quite a bit lower. As has the Demonrat Party

 

[Mac1958]

This is why trust in the media is so ridiculously low

Well, they've earned it.

They lost their minds the day this guy rode down the escalator, and it's just gotten worse.
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[Toro]

The press disgraced themselves over this.

 

[Mac1958]

Joe & Mika have spent the last two years using three hours a day to sit in a circle with their friends and slam Trump, buying into every rumor, and he has the balls to do this:
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Joe Scarborough: Media Has Nothing To Apologize For, "Why Would Donald Trump Lie About Russia?"

 

[Mac1958]

Carl Bernstein Defends Media’s Russia Coverage: ‘One Of the Great Reporting Jobs’ In History

holy crap

 

[Mac1958]

Kudos to writer Matt Taibbi, who is sure as hell no conservative or Trump supporter:

It's official: Russiagate is this generation's WMD

 

[sparky]

So thanks loads. Your maniacal, hyper-partisan crusade just handed him a big win.

Reason 10000001 to NOT be partisan.....

~S~