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| WAPO: A Hellscape of Lies Awaits Journalists Covering The Donald |
| 2017-01-16 |
| Feelgood story of the day. Now with executive powers, a compliant attorney general and a lily-livered Congress. Trump's reign will probably be awash in investigations and prosecutions of journalists for doing their jobs, stirring up the ugliest of class wars along the way. It's our job to stir up ugly class wars. He will relentlessly manipulate. For example, Trump's first news conference as president-elect last week featured a crowd of paid staffers who cheered his every statement, creating a false picture for viewers. And what about all the photos of The Donald surrounded by a halo? Oh, wait... Journalists are in for the fight of their lives. And they are going to have to be better than ever before, just to The last resort: accurately reporting the news. No!!! |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #8 Perhaps the party in general will take a page from Trump's playbook and stop pretending that the media are unbiased, neutral observers. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-01-16 19:33 |
| #7 Now CF, can you even use scare quotes to define those """"doctors""""? A white coat does not a doctor make..............except for Doogy Houser.... 8^) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-16 16:15 |
| #6 Is that anything like paid 'doctors' shown supporting Obamacare?? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-01-16 15:43 |
| #5 He will relentlessly manipulate. Funny how this wasn't noticed until this week. Keep on being a loss leader for Jeff Bezos, guys! |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-16 15:08 |
| #4 For example, Trump's first news conference as president-elect last week featured a crowd of paid staffers who cheered his every statement, creating a false picture for viewers. As opposed to the unpaid cheering section in the fold-down seats in front of the podium for the past eight years... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-16 14:36 |
| #3 If they were real, professional journalists they would already have 8 years of experience in dealing with the "Hellscape" they envision. However, since they aren't they don't. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-16 12:43 |
| #2 There job was to report 'facts'. Unfortunately for them, their editing, manipulation, and burying of 'facts' to suit their narrative has become way too obvious. Now enough people don't care what they have to say. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-01-16 12:31 |
| #1 I've acquired my view of journalists & journalism during Intifada I: enemies general of the humankind, to be dealt with as wolves are. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-16 12:09 |