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Old 11-22-2016, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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It doesn't have to be out right false. You get bombarded with the story about Melania's speech getting lifted from Michelle's and in the case of ABC right up the second before he gave his acceptance speech. In the meantime the DNC is caught conspiring to elect Hilllary and while there is coverage they aren't incessantly hammering it night after night.

They are both newsworthy but the Melania story isn't anything compared to the DNC story.

Two days after the election and the first day there is any news in my paper about Trumps win there is an AP article that starts off with two positive paragraphs about Clinton followed by a negative one about Trump. I guess no one sent the reporter a memo that Trump won and they could give up the charade.

The media because of their vast influence has a responsibility to this country to report the news fairly and honestly otherwise they are the ones picking winners and losers. They are failing miserably to uphold their responsibility.
Yes it is true. The media was a two edged sword for His Awesome Tweetness. On the one hand, it gave him a billion dollars worth of free coverage and got him elected. On the other hand, they said and reported some not very nice things about him. On that score, look to blame the man and not the media.
You all need to get used to one fact. The majority of Americans do not like Donald Trump at all and in all probability, won't ever like him. Odds are 70 to 30 that he will end up the most disliked president to the rest of the nation and the world by the time 4 years is up. You can Bank on it.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:36 PM
 
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Yes it is true. The media was a two edged sword for His Holy Tweetness. On the one hand, it gave him a billion dollars worth of free coverage and got him elected. On the other hand, they said and reported some not very nice things about him. On that score, look to blame the man and not the media.
You all need to get used to one fact. The majority of Americans do not like Donald Trump at all and in all probability, won't ever like him. Odds are 70 to 30 that he will end up the most disliked president to the rest of the nation and the world by the time 4 years is up. You can Bank on it.
I keep asking Trumpists to cite any falsehoods perpetrated by the "MSM" on their candidate.

So far, I haven't seen any.

Do they exist?
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:43 PM
 
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Yes it is true. The media was a two edged sword for His Awesome Tweetness. On the one hand, it gave him a billion dollars worth of free coverage and got him elected. On the other hand, they said and reported some not very nice things about him. On that score, look to blame the man and not the media.
You all need to get used to one fact. The majority of Americans do not like Donald Trump at all and in all probability, won't ever like him. Odds are 70 to 30 that he will end up the most disliked president to the rest of the nation and the world by the time 4 years is up. You can Bank on it.
TWO BILLION DOLLARS worth of free coverage. And the birther boy team cancelled the meeting with The NY Times because The Times refused to keep it secret.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:44 PM
 
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TWO BILLION DOLLARS worth of free coverage. And the birther boy team cancelled the meeting with The NY Times because The Times refused to keep it secret.
But then he "un-cancelled" it, didn't he?
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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I keep asking Trumpists to cite any falsehoods perpetrated by the "MSM" on their candidate.

So far, I haven't seen any.

Do they exist?
They are really burned that the media reported everything Trump said and did on the campaign trail. This is an unforgivable insult and that's why the press are being admonished and set straight at this time. In the future there will be serious consequences for the media if it accurately reports what His Royal Tweetness say's and does. By now everyone should realize that Trump doesn't mean all the things he says and does what he does because that's what he always does. The press should realize this by now and tread softly.
Wait till a Senator speaks out about His Rectal Tweetness. He'll hold a Trump only rally in that senator's state and destroy that seditious creep. Trump will not tolerate anyone who doesn't like him.

Now get in line and put a zipper on those lips, if you know what's good for you.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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Apparently none of you recognising his actions as evil despot 101. Or just demagogue 101.

Seriously this sort of attempt to muzzle the press via intimidation is going to backfire spectacularly. Might take a bit, but making real actual enemies with these folks is foolish.
OR!!! As a businessman, he sees failing business (they only have a 6% approval rating, the MSM that is), and is perhaps offering guidance on how not to totally go under.

But I'll let you all get back to your "Il Dulce" comments since it seems to help you all sleep better at night.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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To be a fly on the wall.

Loving every one of these beat downs of the media.
So in America, presidents should meet in private with top media and tell them to stop being so critical of them.
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Old 11-22-2016, 02:55 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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That was my favorite Stones album, DUUUUUUUUDE.

I'm pretty sure the Muslims dancing in the streets of Jersey City post 9/11 thing was pretty much a complete load of BS as well.
They tried to scrape it from the internet, but oh, here it is:

EXCLUSIVE: Some Jersey City Muslims did celebrate 9/11, cop and residents say | NJ.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...5183&tid=ss_fb

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In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners' plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.
Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3auKMHkZJnQ

Start at about 1:00. CBS themselves said "swarming on the roof".

More scrubbing...too bad, there's the Wayback Machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20010915...ists/32549.htm

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Here in New York, it was easy to get angry listening to Egyptians, Palestinians and the Arabs of nearby Paterson, N.J., celebrate as they received word of the murderous attacks in New York and Washington. But Mayor Giuliani (who has been tireless and magnificent in this crisis) rightly warned New York- ers that it would be wrong to take their anger out on the city's Arab and Muslim residents. Attacks on Arab-Americans in Paterson or elsewhere are utterly indefensible.
Oops, there's more:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journal...-celebrations/

Number 6 - Try reading it before claiming it's bull...

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Siegel told Daily Intelligencer that he first heard about the celebrations (and the nationalities of the perpetrators) on the radio, though he couldn’t remember which station. In addition to those news reports, he said, he believes that some Muslims did celebrate because he heard it from two sources: an acquaintance from Clifton, New Jersey, and an Arab-American professor with whom he corresponded.
Oops, more:

http://www.visibility911.org/video-d...eek-after-911/

I can't link the video, but start at 12:30 as Dan Rather talks to David Letterman about the Muslims waiting for it to happen, and then celebrating when it did happen, "across the Hudson River".

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Old 11-22-2016, 02:58 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Trump already has destroyed the English language with his limited vocabulary of about a dozen words, so his using anything "verbal" as a tool is laughable. He's worse than Palin...if that is even possible.
Well, at least Bush's vocabulary was double that at two dozen words.
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Old 11-22-2016, 03:00 PM
 
Location: NYC
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Apparently none of you recognising his actions as evil despot 101. Or just demagogue 101.

Seriously this sort of attempt to muzzle the press via intimidation is going to backfire spectacularly. Might take a bit, but making real actual enemies with these folks is foolish.
It's already backfired on Hillary, if I were her I would completely trash the media for helping Trump get elected by posting so much victory guarantee headlines.
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