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| World Class Butthurt From The American Media |
| 2017-01-18 |
| If it were up to me, I'd drop nuclear bombs on all Ivy League campuses and be done with this pretension. Then again, that's why I'm not running for office. An open letter to Trump from the US press corps Dear Mr. President Elect: In these final days before your inauguration, we thought it might be helpful to clarify how we see the relationship between your administration and the American press corps. It will come as no surprise to you that we see the relationship as strained. Reports over the last few days that your press secretary is considering pulling news media offices out of the White House are the latest in a pattern of behavior that has persisted throughout the campaign: You’ve banned news organizations from covering you. You’ve taken to Twitter to taunt and threaten individual reporters and encouraged your supporters to do the same. You’ve advocated for looser libel laws and threatened numerous lawsuits of your own, none of which has materialized. You’ve avoided the press when you could and flouted the norms of pool reporting and regular press conferences. You’ve ridiculed a reporter who wrote something you didn’t like because he has a disability. All of this, of course, is your choice and, in a way, your right (professional journalists, everyone! - ed). While the Constitution protects the freedom of the press, it doesn’t dictate how the president must honor that; regular press conferences aren’t enshrined in the document. My 'open letter' to the CJR - you self-important cocksuckers have earned every fucking ounce of this, and then some. This is long overdue payback, and you damn well know it - stop insulting our intelligence once again and pretending otherwise. I look forward to your continued demise over the next four to eight years. Rot in hell, assholes. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #13 If I had Trump's ear, I'd suggest his administration file antitrust suits against all of the media conglomerates. The resultant screams could be heard on Mars. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2017-01-18 18:02 |
| #12 IIRC back in the early days newspapers were masters of BS then too--Explicitly partisan and not averse to making stuff up. Of course there was generally more than one party represented. |
| Posted by: james 2017-01-18 17:28 |
| #11 Someone needs to get him some clogs and teach him some rhythm. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-01-18 16:12 |
| #10 At least prostitutes have standards. |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-01-18 13:29 |
| #9 #7 IMO, most reporters are disabled - no moral sense. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-18 12:41 |
| #8 In regards to #7, this is why people don't trust the MSM anymore. You invent these little fictions and keep repeating them over and over as if it is dogma so that anyone who has the slightest doubt is a politically incorrect heretic. But you lie and people are beginning to get wise. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-18 10:49 |
| #7 You’ve ridiculed a reporter who wrote something you didn’t like because he has a disability. Offer us one tiny shred of proof that Trump knew this reporter was disabled before mocking him. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-18 10:44 |
| #6 While the Constitution protects the freedom of the press Yes it does, that is the free flow of information. Your institution the 'Press' did not exist back then to obstruct, manipulate, bury said information as it does today. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-01-18 09:03 |
| #5 authentically Vulgar American eh? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-18 02:13 |
| #4 I'd prefer something more authentically Vulgar American - 'OK, right after you eat the peanuts out of my shit'. After all, according to these clowns, Trump is vulgar; might as well play to type... |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-18 02:01 |
| #3 A more authentic response, AP, would (IMO) be: "Kish mir in tuches". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-18 01:54 |
| #2 Dear US Press Corps, Thank you for your recently sent open letter explaining your position with respect to this upcoming administration. Yes, there is a very real strained relationship between some of you and me as a candidate and now as President elect. Yes there is freedom of the press, but some of you equate freedom with licence. For every bit comes an equal amount of responsibility. In this you have failed and betrayed the trust of the people of this great country. When I have a press conference I expect basic decorum as respect for the Office of the President and respect for my boss, the American People. You will behave as Ladies and Gentlemen or you will be shown the door. This is how we will do business from now on. A number of you have betrayed the trust of the public and STILL DO NOT GET IT. I owe you nothing and nothing you will get. Those of you can FOAD. You in this catagory are beyond redemption and will be ignored. For the rest of you I look forward to an honest businesslike relationship as we move ahead. Sincerely, President-Elect Donald J. Trump |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-01-18 00:53 |
| #1 But you are not the press. Not in the consitutional sense of the word. You are the Propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-01-18 00:10 |