Category: News media

Great column by Margaret Sullivan on how Trump plays the media

another excellent column

Trump administration attack on the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA)

The Trump administration tried to punish CNN. They do not determine the seating.

I with the WHCA would be more active in defending their rights. They have leverage. Trump needs the media to cover him just as the media needs his words to report the news.

They should tell Trump:

1) No more attacks on media members

2) No more lies. They could give him a list of lies he has told over and over such as China is paying the tariffs or he implemented Veterans Choice.

3) The TV networks will give the Democrats equal time to any part of his briefing that is political and is carried by a particular network.

By continuing to show up only to be abused by Trump, the media is implying his behavior is normal and acceptable. It isn’t

Fox viewers are seeing a different story on the coronavirus

They’re going to get sick if they don’t take it seriously. Every governor who hasn’t imposed stay at home restrictions is Republican too.

Local newspapers were already in trouble. The coronavirus will make the situation worse.

Support your local newspaper by subscribing to it.

Pompeo’s disgusting comments to a reporter

What would you expect from a Trump appointee? See tweets on comments Pompeo made after the interview.

Trump allies to target journalists

They can’t succeed on discussing issues and facts so they have to go to character assassination. This is disgusting.

Fox News poll on Trump’s racist tweets

Here’s an except from the Reliable Sources newsletter by CNN’s Brian Stelter last night and the email I sent him:

From the newsletter:

New polling about Trump’s racist tweets

Some newsworthy results from this new Fox News poll:

 — 63% of Americans say Trump’s racist tweets “crossed the line.”
 — 56% say saying “go back” is a racist thing to say to people of color.
— Only 34% say Trump respects racial minorities.

What I wrote to him:

  • To:brian.stelter@turner.comJul 26 at 12:50 PM
  • I appreciate your excellent newsletter and know it is difficult to work in an environment where the president of the country lies all the time.
    In your coverage of the Fox News poll on Trump’s racist tweets, I think you should have noted that the numbers you cited represent the majority but the views of Republicans were very different.
    The poll showed (per the article you linked to):
  • 53% of Republicans think the tweets were an acceptable political attack
  • 33% of Republicans think the tweets crossed the line
  • 21% of Republicans think the language is racist while 45% do not and 30% say it depends.
  • 68% (which is lower since apparently more Republicans see that Trump is bigoted) think Trump respects minorities
    To me, most Republicans fall in to one of two categories. 
  • They are
  • 1) racists or
  • 2) willing to tolerate racism
    Other polls have shown that Trump’s support among Republicans is around 90% and very few Republican elected officials pushed back against Trump’s racist remarks.


Misleading headlines

When Trump’s lies are published without indicating they are false, the media is misleading the public.

examples

This is wrong. There is proof he called her nasty. Don’t just report his lies.

The sad state of local newspapers

financial problems as advertisers go online

Hannity’s hypocrisy

Hannity’s upset that Pelosi said Trump belongs in jail (which I agree with). However, the Trump cult has been chanting “lock her up” about Hillary Clinton for years. He’s a hyprocrite for saying it’s despicable for suggesting that a political opponent should be locked up.