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The MSM hasn't changed a thing. They still
Posted on: November 24, 2016 at 08:18:39 CT
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lie, exaggerate and obfuscate at everything they can regarding Trump and repubs. Like, what did you expect?
Got Fake News? Biased Press Continues To Misinform Public About Trump
The biased mainstream press promised to do a better job covering the news after badly botching the election coverage. So far, nothing has changed.
When the Pew Research Center asked the public who conducted themselves worst during the presidential campaign, the answer was …. the press. But after promising to shape up after the election, the mainstream media are already back to their old games.
The Pew survey found that 38% gave the press a failing grade for "the way they conducted themselves in the campaign." By comparison, 35% gave Donald Trump a failing grade, and 21% gave Clinton an F.
Just 22% said the press deserved an A or a B grade for their performance during the election, compared with 30% for Trump and 43% for Clinton.
This is the worst rating the public has given the news media since Pew started tracking this in 1988. Arguably, they deserved an even lower grade this year, after being caught red-handed colluding with the Clinton campaign when not busy inventing damaging stories about Trump. But that's beside the point.
In the immediate aftermath of Trump's victory, the press did a lot of public hand-wringing about how badly they'd botched the election coverage and promised to change their ways. So far, we're not seeing it.
Case in point is a New York Times article from last week claiming that President-elect Trump's transition was in "a state of disarray." That set off a spate of stories in other media outlets about how the transition was off to a "rocky start," had "stalled," was in "turmoil," "scrambling," "causing real panic," etc.
But just a week after getting elected, Trump named Sen. Jeff Sessions as his attorney general, putting him ahead of most recent presidents on the transition schedule. President Obama didn't name his first cabinet pick until three week's after his 2008 victory. Reagan and Clinton didn't name anyone until week six.
Trump has since announced his picks for CIA director, chief of staff, national security advisor and chief strategist.
So that "disarray" story? It looks like another bit of mainstream media fake news.
The press hasn't done much better in covering Trump's picks. CNN reported that Sessions was being "dogged by old allegations of racism." Others picked up on this theme. The key words are "old" and "allegations." The claim dates back to 1986, when Democrats successfully sabotaged Sessions' appointment to be a federal judge. But the allegations were flimsy and unproved.
When the Weekly Standard examined Sessions' actual record, it looked like someone who's anything but racist. As a U.S. attorney, for example, he filed several cases to desegregate schools in Alabama, and made sure a Ku Klux Klansman he prosecuted got the death penalty.
Then there were those fake mainstream media stories about how Trump was going to create a "Muslim registry." There is no truth to that.
And how about the media outcry after Trump dodged the press to have dinner with his family? NBC News concluded that "the Trump administration is shaping up to be the least accessible to the public and the press in modern history."
Apparently NBC News was asleep over the past eight years, when Obama was busy investigating the press, stonewalling FOIA requests and denying press photographers access to most events. Just a few months ago, the Washington Post called the Obama administration "one of the most secretive" in history.
On Monday, Donald Trump invited top news media brass in for a meeting, and they cluelessly thought they were getting a chance talk about insider access to his administration. Instead, Trump gave them a much-deserved dressing down.
Trashing the media is supposed to be a big no-no for politicians, particularly Republican politicians. But Trump has succeeded by defying conventional wisdom ever since he threw his hat into the presidential ring. By refusing to kowtow to a biased and corrupt press, maybe Trump can make journalism great again, too.
Got Fake News? Biased Press Continues To Misinform Public About Trump
The biased mainstream press promised to do a better job covering the news after badly botching the election coverage. So far, nothing has changed.
When the Pew Research Center asked the public who conducted themselves worst during the presidential campaign, the answer was …. the press. But after promising to shape up after the election, the mainstream media are already back to their old games.
The Pew survey found that 38% gave the press a failing grade for "the way they conducted themselves in the campaign." By comparison, 35% gave Donald Trump a failing grade, and 21% gave Clinton an F.
Just 22% said the press deserved an A or a B grade for their performance during the election, compared with 30% for Trump and 43% for Clinton.
This is the worst rating the public has given the news media since Pew started tracking this in 1988. Arguably, they deserved an even lower grade this year, after being caught red-handed colluding with the Clinton campaign when not busy inventing damaging stories about Trump. But that's beside the point.
In the immediate aftermath of Trump's victory, the press did a lot of public hand-wringing about how badly they'd botched the election coverage and promised to change their ways. So far, we're not seeing it.
Case in point is a New York Times article from last week claiming that President-elect Trump's transition was in "a state of disarray." That set off a spate of stories in other media outlets about how the transition was off to a "rocky start," had "stalled," was in "turmoil," "scrambling," "causing real panic," etc.
But just a week after getting elected, Trump named Sen. Jeff Sessions as his attorney general, putting him ahead of most recent presidents on the transition schedule. President Obama didn't name his first cabinet pick until three week's after his 2008 victory. Reagan and Clinton didn't name anyone until week six.
Trump has since announced his picks for CIA director, chief of staff, national security advisor and chief strategist.
So that "disarray" story? It looks like another bit of mainstream media fake news.
The press hasn't done much better in covering Trump's picks. CNN reported that Sessions was being "dogged by old allegations of racism." Others picked up on this theme. The key words are "old" and "allegations." The claim dates back to 1986, when Democrats successfully sabotaged Sessions' appointment to be a federal judge. But the allegations were flimsy and unproved.
When the Weekly Standard examined Sessions' actual record, it looked like someone who's anything but racist. As a U.S. attorney, for example, he filed several cases to desegregate schools in Alabama, and made sure a Ku Klux Klansman he prosecuted got the death penalty.
Then there were those fake mainstream media stories about how Trump was going to create a "Muslim registry." There is no truth to that.
And how about the media outcry after Trump dodged the press to have dinner with his family? NBC News concluded that "the Trump administration is shaping up to be the least accessible to the public and the press in modern history."
Apparently NBC News was asleep over the past eight years, when Obama was busy investigating the press, stonewalling FOIA requests and denying press photographers access to most events. Just a few months ago, the Washington Post called the Obama administration "one of the most secretive" in history.
On Monday, Donald Trump invited top news media brass in for a meeting, and they cluelessly thought they were getting a chance talk about insider access to his administration. Instead, Trump gave them a much-deserved dressing down.
Trashing the media is supposed to be a big no-no for politicians, particularly Republican politicians. But Trump has succeeded by defying conventional wisdom ever since he threw his hat into the presidential ring. By refusing to kowtow to a biased and corrupt press, maybe Trump can make journalism great again, too.
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The MSM hasn't changed a thing. They still - GA Tiger MU - 11/24 08:18:39