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Originally Posted by Bladewire
You're severely misinformed.
Trump lies almost daily on his Twitter and is the perfect example of why we need the pillar of reporting in our society.
You can trust a word that comes out of Trumps mouth because he often contradicts himself in the same sentence.
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Ok... he lies daily. Thats fine. Lets just say i agree with that, though it's clearly an exaggeration. Him lying has nothing to do with the media lying. Assholes lie. The press is not supposed to lie.
The issue is not whether or not he is honest or not, can be trusted or believed or not. The issue is that the press doesn't report facts, they tell sensationalized stories based on narratives (true or not, supported or not). Thats not what a press is supposed to be doing to achieve what you are stating. They aren't supposed to be biased to the extent that they are these days. They are supposed to be reporting news. They are supposed to be reporting facts. They are supposed to have sources and documents and to be able to substantiate accusations... just just make vague accusations until the new, subsubstatiated narrative takes hold and has a life of its own. Bias is great when its two interpretations of the same facts... bias is not great when its "our team, right or wrong and the end justifies the means" and that "team" has most of the media on their side, which is what we have now.
You like to think i love Trump because its easier to group everything into your "me vs them" bucket. I personally don't care.
I enjoy the circus as a sort of guilty pleasure and i am mostly fascinated by how it's causing people to spin completely out of control.... including the media.
The media is not about investigative reporting anymore and bringing the truth to light.
The media is about telling a story their readers will love and the truth now has little to do with it as facts and truth have been replaced by click bait headlines. How much have we heard about Trump/ Russia without a single "this exact thing was said to this exact person on this exact day"? I am fine with labeling him a traitor when the FACTS are there. I am not fine with perpetuating an unsubstantiated narrative with no FACTS.
You should be concerned. You were being told day in and day out that Trump would never run and loved it. You were being told day and day out that he'd never submit the paperwork and loved it. You were told day and in and day out that he'd never do the financial disclosures and loved it. You were told day in and day out that he'd never get the nomination and loved it. You were told day in and day out that he was behind in polls and loved it. You were told day in and day out that he had no path to victory and loved it. Now he's President and its obviously confusing for people who spent a year being told 24/7 he's a clown that stands no chance with a million different reasons, breakdowns and analysis on why he stands no chance. The media lied to you daily about almost every aspect of the campaign. The media downplayed everything Hillary had going on and spent its time attacking Trump. You didn't get the whole story. You got the story you wanted to hear. Thats great when it's coming from random some jerkoffs blog... its truly horrible when its coming from CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC etc etc etc etc etc.
Hating Trump is fine. Picking on his appearance and mannerisms and stupid shit he says is all fair game to me.
But ignoring the fact that our media is completely failing us on every possible level when it comes to reporting facts and reporting with honesty and integrity is not, in my view.
A reporters response to his continual reporting of fake facts "thats like calling me the N Word". How nice. No apology. No "Yeah, there's a problem". Even Brian Williams, fired for creating fake news stories is weighing in on honesty in the media and talking like there isn't an issue. Its absurd.