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[SaintForLife]

I figured we needed a thread specifically about the media.

There was a very big correction recently by the Washington Post.


That story was supposedly "independently confirmed" by CNN, NBC News, USA Today, ABC News, & PBS News Hour. How could they all have gotten the quote wrong if they actually independently confirmed the story?






Why do all the errors always go in one political direction and not closer to 50/50?

 

[MT15]

More examples of the ways Fox was completely irresponsible after the MAL search warrant:

 

[MT15]

It should also be noted that Twitter is full of people willing to draw a straight line between Trump’s love affair with the Saudi’s and the possible existence of nuclear-related classified info at MAL, and the $2 billion payment to Jared. This is completely wild speculation at this point.

Also, there’s no way Trump lets Jared get the money, lol. He would take it himself.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Has Fox come out to deny that their ‘FBI is corrupt’ rhetoric had anything to do with this guy attacking the FBI yet?

 

[brandon]

Just went over to Fox News to see if they had any mention of the nuclear possibility. Found this headline:

It's a bold take to call something unwarranted that was literally warranted.

 

[Optimus Prime]

……Nevertheless, once more many in the media are uncritically regurgitating GOP false accusations, sharing Republicans’ obscene comparisons of the FBI to Nazis and even repeating ridiculous conspiracy theories that evidence was planted.

In doing so, the media are amplifying ominous warnings — threats, really — that the FBI will regret this.

Far too many outlets take at face value that Republicans are “outraged” rather than acknowledging that many Republicans fully understand the search warrant process and are trying to whip up their base.


When considering an invitation to Republican propagandists to appear on TV or when airing their attacks on law enforcement (who must execute warrants every day, running the risk of violent responses), the media might want to rethink their role in helping to stoke another MAGA meltdown.

At the very least, they should ask Republicans some tough questions:

• Where is the evidence of abuse by the FBI or Justice Department?


• Since a federal magistrate must sign off on a warrant, are you accusing the judiciary of abuse of power?

• Why was the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails appropriate but investigation of Trump’s document removal a horrible abuse?

• Trump could release his search warrant if he wanted to. Why hasn’t he? Have you asked him to?

• Trump himself signed a law increasing the penalty for anyone who “knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location” from one to five years. Isn’t this a serious crime? Should the Justice Department not enforce this law?

• Since the FBI cannot comment on pending investigations or reveal grand jury information, why are you demanding an “explanation” of the search? Isn’t threatening to investigate the investigators an attempt to chill (i.e., “obstruct”) the investigation?

• Why are some Republicans now calling to defund the FBI? How can the party claim to be on the side of law enforcement with such proposals?

• Is Trump subject to laws prohibiting unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and solicitation of voting fraud (under Georgia statute)?

• Since you’ve already asserted without evidence that the FBI abused its power, why would Americans trust any “investigation” you oversaw?

• When you say a search of a former president’s home has never happened before, has there ever been a president who instigated a coup attempt?

Has there ever been a president who encouraged submission of phony electors?

Or one who removed 15 boxes of presidential documents from the White House, including highly classified material?…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/11/trump-mar-a-lago-search-media-gop-rhetoric/

 

[MT15]

This Kilmeade guy is on a roll. First the amateurly doctored photo of the Judge, now positing that IRS agents are going to hunt down middle class tax cheats and kill them.

 

[SFIDC3]

This Kilmeade guy is on a roll. First the amateurly doctored photo of the Judge, now positing that IRS agents are going to hunt down middle class tax cheats and kill them.

What a loon….sadly, way too many folks will believe every word this grifter says…..

 

[bird]

This Kilmeade guy is on a roll. First the amateurly doctored photo of the Judge, now positing that IRS agents are going to hunt down middle class tax cheats and kill them.

What a lying sack of schlitz. In case this idiot doesn’t realize it the IRS was underfunded and understaffed which translates into wealthy people being audited less because their audits are complex. Which also means that the audits they are doing will fall on middle class taxpayers.

 

[superchuck500]

Gee it would have been really easy to say that last night on the show. I wonder why he didn’t?

 

[bird]

Gee it would have been really easy to say that last night on the show. I wonder why he didn’t?

Welp, liars gotta lie. Kilmeade is a piece of excrement.

 

[MT15]

Gee it would have been really easy to say that last night on the show. I wonder why he didn’t?

Not only that it wasn’t presented as a joke, he actually teased the photo by saying something like “look who we caught Judge Reinhardt getting cozy with?”

 

[SamAndreas]

I found this at the Texas Monthly:

Why Molly Ivins Matters More Than Ever

Fifteen years after the popular journalist’s death, we’re living in the world she saw coming—and struggling to follow her example of joyful opposition.

www.texasmonthly.com

I read her column for many years. I recall that she said about Reagan that if one placed Reagan's brain in a bumble bee that it would buzz around backwards. I didn't place that in quotes because I'm going from memory, I'm sure she said it somewhat differently.

The following I looked up to be sure I quoted it correctly.

“The odd thing about these television discussions designed to “get all sides of the issue” is that they do not feature a spectrum of people with different views on reality: Rather, they frequently give us a face-off between those who see reality and those who have missed it entirely. In the name of objectivity, we are getting fantasy-land.”

 

[MT15]

NY Post is straight up garbage so this is low-hanging fruit:

 

[Optimus Prime]

John Dean, former President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, predicted on Sunday that media supporters of former President Trump will have a “egg all over their face” when the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into matters involving classified documents comes to an eventual end.

During an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Brian Stelter asked Dean for his thoughts on the conservative media’s response to the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in which many right-leaning voices have lobbed attacks on law enforcement and claimed the probe is politically motivated.

Some TV cable news hosts such as Fox News’ Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity have gone so far to say “they have declared war on us and now it’s game on” and that the search was a “clear and gross abuse of power.”

When asked to respond to an array of news clips over the past week, Dean said: “Well, I think that they don’t seem to want to appreciate that the FBI and other federal law enforcement as well as state and local, they enforce search warrants every day, against every kind of person.”

“And there’s a reason Trump provoked this. He’s the one who didn’t cooperate. He’s the one who forced [Attorney General] Merrick Garland’s hand. We don’t know what it is he has or had.”.............

Former Nixon counsel says Trump’s media supporters will have ‘egg all over their face’ when probe ends

 

[MT15]

Crazy times at Fox

 

[MT15]

This Kilmeade guy is on a roll. First the amateurly doctored photo of the Judge, now positing that IRS agents are going to hunt down middle class tax cheats and kill them.

This bogus narrative was recently parroted on air by Chuck Grassley and Cruz. Two US Senators helped spread a conspiracy theory on the level of Jade Helm. And McConnell says nothing.

 

[MT15]

 

[Optimus Prime]

CNN is canceling its Sunday media affairs show Reliable Sources, and host Brian Stelter is departing the network, Stelter tells NPR.

In a statement to NPR, Stelter says he's grateful for the show and his team's examination of "the media, truth and the stories that shape our world."

"It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential," Stelter said, promising to say more on Sunday's show — its final episode...........

Brian Stelter to depart CNN as it cancels 'Reliable Sources' media show

CNN chief Chris Licht told Stelter the show would be canceled after more than three decades on air. It comes amid a great level of cost cutting - and ideological criticism during the Trump years.

www.npr.org