Every pretense of objectivity gone, the media are now openly hostile to anything right of center. The press is no longer the fourth estate. It is in open warfare with the democratically elected administration of President Trump. Not willing to take the media attacks lying down, every criticism offers a new opportunity of pursuing the war against the people.
UPDATE: After CNN refuses to withdraw a story that even the source (Lanny Davis) has said is false, time to update the list of CNN bungled reporting. (More)
Aug. 8, 2018
A new low, even for the FakeNewMedia. On Thursday they attempted to harass the jurors on Manafort case doing their civic duty: They sued the Government for their names and addresses. They signaled to the jurors they could doxx them if Manafort should be acquitted. This was an intimidation move to terrorize the jury into a conviction. How are these fascists not the enemy of the people? Update: According to CNN a request for the personal details of the jurors, is standard procedure in court cases.
Aug. 15, 2018
Orwell lives! "The dirty war on the free press must end," is the demand of the collective "hate Trump" mainstream media. Following the initiative of The Boston Globe, newspapers across the US are launching a coordinated attack tomorrow against the President and his "enemy of the people rhetoric". It stings! It must be pointed out that Trump's criticism is against the fake news media, not every news outlet in general. But chances are a great many of them will be part of tomorrow's ambush. The media have elevated their own status to the praetorian guard of free speech. But the keen observer has already concluded that free speech is exactly what they intend to destroy. From manipulating the people's perception to outright lies, the enemy of the people and the foe of a free nation is exactly what they are! Tomorrow these liars are sinking even deeper than they've already done. Their emotive qualification of Trump's critique as a "dirty war" is the very illustration of their illicit trade: demagoguery. Update: The media's "day of reckoning" passed us by without the sky falling. The propagandists still haven't worked out why the President is immune to their repertoire of political trickery.
July 9, 2018
In the Trump era, there's been a lot of worthy, aggressive journalism probing every facet of his administration and its alleged missteps. But there's also been a series of mistakes and fact errors by top news organizations, which may itself be historic in nature. Earlier this year, the President named what he sees as top offenders in his Fake News awards. Some of his examples tracked with ones we, too, identified while researching this report on what we think is one of the biggest stories of Trump's Year One. (...) Recently, a journalism think tank called the Neiman Lab released a survey showing a continuing a steep increase in the percentage of Americans who think the news media is biased. 45% now think there is 'a great deal' of political bias in news coverage, up from 37% just five years ago. (More) H/t @fntrader
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This list of bungled @CNN reporting is longer than a CVS receipt, y'all.— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) September 1, 2018
Enjoy. https://t.co/rkxvbFifrC
UPDATE: After CNN refuses to withdraw a story that even the source (Lanny Davis) has said is false, time to update the list of CNN bungled reporting. (More)
Aug. 8, 2018
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: DOXX THE MANAFORT JURORS!
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) August 17, 2018
A new low, even for the FakeNewMedia. On Thursday they attempted to harass the jurors on Manafort case doing their civic duty: They sued the Government for their names and addresses. They signaled to the jurors they could doxx them if Manafort should be acquitted. This was an intimidation move to terrorize the jury into a conviction. How are these fascists not the enemy of the people? Update: According to CNN a request for the personal details of the jurors, is standard procedure in court cases.
In a motion filed in federal court on Thursday, CNN and several other media outlets requested that the court release the names and home addresses of all jurors in the Paul Manafort fraud case. (...) The motion — filed on behalf of CNN, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, POLITICO, New York Times, NBC Universal, and the Associated Press — asks the court to provide to the media organizations the full names and home addresses of the men and women who were summoned and selected by the federal government to serve as jurors in Manafort’s fraud case. (More)
Transcript on today's hearing in the Manafort case where the media tried to get the names/addresses of the jurors.— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 18, 2018
How did the media's lawyer respond to the Judge's concern for juror safety?
Will the media make other efforts to get juror info?
Thread. pic.twitter.com/cVSygHLVMn
As has been reported, Judge Ellis articulates his reason for keeping the juror names and addresses sealed: for "the peace and safety of the jurors." pic.twitter.com/EgAJlCEGFM— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 18, 2018
I referred to the media's next step. Here it is.— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 18, 2018
They're requesting an order from the Judge so that the matter may be appealed.
The media won't stop until they get the names and addresses of the jurors.
Real classy group, @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/UcDF52TxqT
To be clear, if CNN gets their names and addresses, I'll never serve on another jury. CNN Sued The Government For Names, Addresses Of Manafort Jurors https://t.co/2hzvgGwmJW— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) August 17, 2018
FACT CHECKERS AND THE ART OF OMISSION
1) It is never fun to tackle fact checkers, but this one is a case study in that modern art of omitting details, stating unsupportable assertions as fact, slipping things in, manipulating a narrative. Opinion as "fact." So let's go through it. https://t.co/Z7r31OdbyW— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) August 17, 2018
Aug. 15, 2018
INFO WAR: DEATH BY A 100 DEMAGOGUES?
On Thursday, more than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric. The # of participating papers keeps growing. Here's my full story https://t.co/OAGkQqtzTp— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 11, 2018
Orwell lives! "The dirty war on the free press must end," is the demand of the collective "hate Trump" mainstream media. Following the initiative of The Boston Globe, newspapers across the US are launching a coordinated attack tomorrow against the President and his "enemy of the people rhetoric". It stings! It must be pointed out that Trump's criticism is against the fake news media, not every news outlet in general. But chances are a great many of them will be part of tomorrow's ambush. The media have elevated their own status to the praetorian guard of free speech. But the keen observer has already concluded that free speech is exactly what they intend to destroy. From manipulating the people's perception to outright lies, the enemy of the people and the foe of a free nation is exactly what they are! Tomorrow these liars are sinking even deeper than they've already done. Their emotive qualification of Trump's critique as a "dirty war" is the very illustration of their illicit trade: demagoguery. Update: The media's "day of reckoning" passed us by without the sky falling. The propagandists still haven't worked out why the President is immune to their repertoire of political trickery.
There is nothing that I would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The fact is that the Press is FREE to write and say anything it wants, but much of what it says is FAKE NEWS, pushing a political agenda or just plain trying to hurt people. HONESTY WINS!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
July 9, 2018
TRUMP AND THE MEDIA: ROUND-UP OF YEAR ONE
Our cover story this week: The Media and the President. We examine journalism in the era of President Trump: https://t.co/AeP6yvoYZU pic.twitter.com/St2nCXTW1c— Full Measure News (@FullMeasureNews) July 8, 2018
In the Trump era, there's been a lot of worthy, aggressive journalism probing every facet of his administration and its alleged missteps. But there's also been a series of mistakes and fact errors by top news organizations, which may itself be historic in nature. Earlier this year, the President named what he sees as top offenders in his Fake News awards. Some of his examples tracked with ones we, too, identified while researching this report on what we think is one of the biggest stories of Trump's Year One. (...) Recently, a journalism think tank called the Neiman Lab released a survey showing a continuing a steep increase in the percentage of Americans who think the news media is biased. 45% now think there is 'a great deal' of political bias in news coverage, up from 37% just five years ago. (More) H/t @fntrader
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