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Proving massive bias in the media, PBS “reporter” Yamiche Alcindor was heard happily exclaiming that the role of the press is to be Trump’s enemy.
Speaking to left-winger Ali Velshi on MSNBC on Sunday, Alcindor was heard crowing that attacking Trump is a “team sport” for the media. And she insisted that the whole of the press corps must align to the attack and must “have each other’s back” in opposition to Trump.
Alcindor was speaking about an example of the media’s ignorant treatment of the president during another contentious press conference on Sunday. Alcindor was whining that she didn’t get enough attention during the conference.
“I have to say thank you to Jeremy of CNN for giving me the opportunity to ask my second question. We know now that covering President Trump sometimes is like a team sport. We have to have each other’s back in the press corps and Jeremy had my back today,” Alcindor told the MSNBC host.
If you take her quote into account, and not the erroneous interpretation of the Washington Sentinel columnist, how is she wrong?
Trump won't answer questions from one reporter, so other reporters - who also want to know the answer - ask the same question again.
If Trump weren't such an aggrandizing egomaniac and answer the damn question instead of hurling personal insults, perhaps reporters wouldn't feel the need to team up in order to get the information they seek.
Reporters are going to stick together. It's the nature of the job. You insult one reporter, you insult every reporter in the room, and beyond. How stupid is Trump that he doesn't understand that?
If you take her quote into account, and not the erroneous interpretation of the Washington Sentinel columnist, how is she wrong?
Trump won't answer questions from one reporter, so other reporters - who also want to know the answer - ask the same question again.
If Trump weren't such an aggrandizing egomaniac and answer the damn question instead of hurling personal insults, perhaps reporters wouldn't feel the need to team up in order to get the information they seek.
Reporters are going to stick together. It's the nature of the job. You insult one reporter, you insult every reporter in the room, and beyond. How stupid is Trump that he doesn't understand that?
Stop making excuses. Reporting should not be getting together to gang up on someone. Reporting should be just that, reporting the news. This person is nothing more than a SJW posing as a reporter.
And I just love how you say to ”take her quote into account” when the Leftist media does just the oppposite when they use Trump quotes out of context to smear him, like literally all the time. They don’t like it when they get a taste of their own medicine.
Stop making excuses. Reporting should not be getting together to gang up on someone. Reporting should be just that, reporting the news. This person is nothing more than a SJW posing as a reporter.
I'm sorry you're unable to see the facts as they are.
Yes, reporting is reporting the news. In order to report the news, reporters must ask questions. When those questions go unanswered, a good reporter asks again. And again. And again. And again.
The White House reporters are being good reporters when they don't allow a question to go unanswered. Journalism 101.
I'm sorry you're unable to see the facts as they are.
Yes, reporting is reporting the news. In order to report the news, reporters must ask questions. When those questions go unanswered, a good reporter asks again. And again. And again. And again.
The White House reporters are being good reporters when they don't allow a question to go unanswered. Journalism 101.
If you don't like the facts, that's your problem.
LOL, yours are not “facts.” They’re just your opinion.
And no, some of these reporters are not interested in getting information but to get someone entrapped by their leading and deceptive questions. For example, they want Trump to say something that they can use as a headline to smear him. Trump refuses to fall into their trap and then you claim he is not answering their question.
No, you are the one being fooled by the media. This is no longer the old days where journalists are impartial and have integrity. Most now have a Leftist agenda and only want to promote their Leftist agenda by helping Democrats and vilifying Republicans.
Mentally-ill DJT is incapable of handling criticism, and the job of a reporter is to ask probing questions that are difficult to answer. His own belligerence has created this environment. Unfortunately there's not a good solution. This is how it will be until somebody more mentally stable is at the helm.
Mentally-ill DJT is incapable of handling criticism, and the job of a reporter is to ask probing questions that are difficult to answer. His own belligerence has created this environment. Unfortunately there's not a good solution. This is how it will be until somebody more mentally stable is at the helm.
You know the Left is feeling vulnerable when they resort to name calling.
Alcindor does represent the problem in today's media. She and almost everyone on MSNBC... Many others, but that's who I've witnessed. The president has an important job right now, and they think the biggest win possible would be to undermine and humiliate him, live on camera.
Trump wears his weaknesses on his sleeve... but he also wears his strengths. He's an open book, trying to do an unscripted job in a difficult time. If you want to find something to criticize and exploit, you can easily.... but tell me, how does that help?
How does it help to attempt to undermine the president, distract from the message, and cultivate mistrust? I say attempt, because increasingly, I think people are seeing it. The news outlets who are most guilty of this are the least watched. Mistrust and blame are NOT what people want to hear right now. From either side.
There is no perfect in this... there is only people, working through a crisis. It is going to be messy, but there is nothing to be gained from nitpicking every misstep and exploiting every weakness or imperfect word used. There is much to be gained from trying to pull together to get through this. Which thing are you doing? Which goal are you supporting? Not just them, US.
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LOL, yours are not “facts.” They’re just your opinion.
The facts are in her quote, in black and white. It's a shame some people can't understand that there is a difference between fact and opinion.
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The president has an important job right now, and they think the biggest win possible would be to undermine and humiliate him, live on camera.
If he'd answer the questions as forthrightly as possible, there would be no need for tag team questioning by other reporters. Instead, he chooses to toss around personal insults and cries of "fake news" instead of answering the questions asked of him.
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He's an open book, trying to do an unscripted job in a difficult time
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Ten seconds into any of his press conferences says differently.
If he'd answer the questions as forthrightly as possible, there would be no need for tag team questioning by other reporters. Instead, he chooses to toss around personal insults and cries of "fake news" instead of answering the questions asked of him.
The problem with Trump is NOT that he is not forthright. He can't STOP being forthright. His "weakness" is that he absolutely cannot stop expressing exactly what he thinks. You may not like it but he doesn't often hold back. He can't help himself. He has a very keen BS meter, and if the media wants to make it a sport to spar with him, he says game on.
That's his weakness. His strength is, he's the one who is actually trying to solve the problem, and he's quick to point out those who aren't, and lots and lots of people do recognize which is which. If you make me choose which side to be on... right now I'm on his.
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