Headlines in red states on Trump’s press conference

Extremely bad headlines for Trump today in red states and swing states. One of the most striking was from the Allentown, Pa. Morning Call: pic.twitter.com/uWAoip8Oqm

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 17, 2018

Putin spoke the majority of the dialogue at the press conference today

A small fact among interesting pieces of news:
Vladimir Putin accounted for 58.2% of the presidential dialogue (3,454 words). Donald Trump: 41.8% (2,478 words). This is the first time @realDonaldTrump did not speak the majority of words at a press conf.https://t.co/iXoXLDUkKb

— Factba.se (@FactbaseFeed) July 16, 2018

Trump again calls much of the news media “enemy of the people”

He sounds just like a dictator.

This is a phrase that dictators use: "our news media is indeed the enemy of the people." Stop it, Mr. President. https://t.co/ttYbe3OqjR

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 15, 2018

An attack on the free press while overseas, just hours before meeting with one of the most brutal journalist-killing authoritarians in the world. https://t.co/3Q6859hDbI

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) July 15, 2018

Trump calls media "enemy of the people" while flying to Putin summit https://t.co/Kru0UN0STV

— Axios (@axios) July 15, 2018

Trump calls the press the enemy of the people — echoing Hitler, Mao, Stalin, and Chavez with that depiction of the press — while speaking about meeting with a despot who literally murders journalists who criticize his regime. This is another sick low point in US history. https://t.co/yyGVCJa64C

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 15, 2018

On the eve of a summit with Putin, critics of whom in the journalistic community often end up jailed or murdered, President Trump calls journalists the enemy of the people. https://t.co/zuUoZwIqKd

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 15, 2018

“Much of the news media is indeed the enemy of the people.”

I know he has said it before. But it’s no less staggering. https://t.co/Xkd099c3O6

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 15, 2018

Five journalists died in a horrific shooting a couple weeks ago, and Trump continues to say that the majority of media are the enemy of the people. https://t.co/bXyHHwMdxg

— Doug Farrar (@BR_DougFarrar) July 15, 2018

POTUS assails the free press in front of the entire world. Setting a dangerous precedent and affirming what we all know: Trump in painting us as the "enemy of the people" shows he has no respect for the people. @realDonaldTrump

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) July 13, 2018

Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans’ Trust In Local News

The Russian long game. These people were not amateurs. @npr @toddgitlin Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News https://t.co/0OfZ9bGwKR

— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) July 15, 2018

Scotland paper on Trump

This was published today in The Scotsman, Scotland's national newspaper. Strong language. https://t.co/dPIQpgqoVn pic.twitter.com/x0dSx8gT3F

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 13, 2018

Trump attacks CNN

This is dangerous. Of course, Republican leaders won’t say anything. They have totally caved in to him. Trump’s attacks on the media just get worse.

Trump’s attacks on the U.S. media while overseas — crying “fake news” and bashing correspondents from CNN and NBC — come as he prepares to meet with (in hopes of befriending) Vladimir Putin, who jails and kills journalists.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 14, 2018

“Disrespected” by trying to ask a question?? https://t.co/KPHJtBScDg

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 14, 2018

Here is the statement from Fox News's John Roberts, who was selected by Trump to ask a question after CNN's Jim Acosta was dissed. pic.twitter.com/Wp4PDIP4xg

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) July 13, 2018

Some reporters criticized Fox News' John Roberts for allowing Trump to move on so easily after steamrolling CNN’s Jim Acosta https://t.co/1MH4FF8EzT

— POLITICO (@politico) July 14, 2018

Trump is so proud of how he snubbed CNN, that he watched CNN to see how CNN would cover his snubbing CNN, and now he's complaining that CNN isn't giving enough attention to his CNN snub. So … he may have to watch CNN to see how they cover this snub! Take that, CNN. https://t.co/wN0fa3YvR7

— Mark Sumner (@Devilstower) July 14, 2018

Trump falsely claims CNN didn't cover him refusing to take questions from "fake news" CNN https://t.co/ZvOLNoBYaf pic.twitter.com/q9R0qLbarw

— The Hill (@thehill) July 14, 2018

"Disrespected?" After Trump insulted CNN, Acosta said, "Mr. President, since you attacked CNN, can I ask you a question?" Then Acosta said CNN is real, not fake. And that's that. https://t.co/6M6RJTCyVO

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 14, 2018

Two good ideas for drastic measures. Nothing will change unless something is done to show Trump his behavior is unacceptable.

I don't understand why The White House Press Corp does not get up and walk out when the President repeatedly refuses to call on @Acosta/@CNN and calls them fake news.

Imagine the statement that would make to @realDonaldTrump

And imagine the statement it would make to the world

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) July 14, 2018

Of course other networks could show solidarity with CNN by choosing not to have White House guests on tomorrow. https://t.co/BSV0ML8JTC

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 14, 2018

Great article on too much Trump coverage

I totally agree. Everyone has made up their mind on whether or not Trump is a liar and bigot so we don’t need to hear the same stuff over and over. Let’s hear more about Democratic policies. Trump uses the media because he knows how to get attention by saying outrageous stuff.

The lies and other stuff should still be documented, just not given as much TV time.

"What are we crowding out when we let [Trump] decide what we cover, every time he does a rally?" @ezraklein asks on our podcast. If the U.S. knows less about Scott Pruitt than Trump's rally remarks, "I don't think we did a good job at our jobs," he says. https://t.co/iJ0OsnLnVq

— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) July 7, 2018

"Rethinking how Trump rallies are covered" — I'm seeing lots of Twitter chatter about @EzraKlein's comments on today's @ReliableSources — so here's the full segment https://t.co/KTml3cOPZn

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 8, 2018

Fox News is more powerful than we thought

The article linked to in the second tweet states:

“A new study in the American Economic Review (the discipline’s flagship journal), with an intriguing and persuasive methodology, finds exactly that. Emory University political scientist Gregory Martin and Stanford economist Ali Yurukoglu estimate that watching Fox News directly causes a substantial rightward shift in viewers’ attitudes, which translates into a significantly greater willingness to vote for Republican candidates.
They estimate that if Fox News hadn’t existed, the Republican presidential candidate’s share of the two-party vote would have been 3.59 points lower in 2004 and 6.34 points lower in 2008. ”

https://t.co/OSeUJh0UUe

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 5, 2018

CNN’s Jim Acosta on reporting about Trump

The conundrum: Fact-checking Trump's fictions is necessary, yet it leaves many people with the impression that "all we're doing all day long is bashing the president," @Acosta says. "We have to be fact-checkers." https://t.co/fLU94PbdYV

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 4, 2018

I have said this before. Trump makes it look like the media is against him by lying and then having them fact check him. By now, everyone has decided if he is a liar or if he tells the truth. I would still like the media to fact check him but de-emphasize it; just post the results online. Then they will have time to run stories on people who do tell the trust.

The White House denied the request to have flags at half staff for Capital Gazette victims

President Trump has declined a request to lower flags in memory of the Capital Gazette shooting victims. https://t.co/IIa28sGclA

— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) July 2, 2018

Sad!

The Maryland flag has been lowered to half-staff, and a pair of vigils are planned tonight in Annapolis for the @capgaznews victims. https://t.co/X4cxP93lRR

— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) June 29, 2018