the press may have finally reunited with its long lost testicles

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:13 am

The change may be seen in ways both large and small. Yesterday, in a story about some of Trump’s remarks, CNN ran a chyron reading “Trump: I never said Japan should have nukes (he did)”. That kind of on-the-fly fact-checking is unusual, but Trump necessitates it because he tells such a spectacularly large number of lies. He also enables it because those lies are often repeated and obvious. So we’re beginning to see those corrections appear right in the body of stories: the reporter relays what Trump said, and notes immediately that it’s false.

Trump himself probably finds such treatment grossly unfair, since to him “unfair” coverage is anything that doesn’t portray him in the most glowing terms. But it is perhaps ironic that after all this time of wondering how to cover this most unusual candidate, Trump has shown the press that the best way to do it is to cover him like every candidate should be covered. That means not just planting a camera at his rallies and marveling at how nuts it all is, but doing to work to fully vet his background, correcting his lies as swiftly and surely as they can, exploring what a Trump presidency would actually mean, and generally doing their jobs without letting him intimidate them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/06/03/the-media-have-reached-a-turning-point-in-covering-donald-trump-he-may-not-survive-it/

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jun 04, 2016 2:39 pm

i saw a part of his interview with jake tapper. he alternated between calling the judge (born in indiana) who is investigating the drumpf university case, "mexican" and "of mexican heritage". basically he was saying since he has taken a strong position for building a wall and against illegal immigration, that an american born hispanic judge cannot sit in judgment of him because of a conflict of interest. if a normal person hearing that doesn't find it wildly and phenomenally racist, we have gotten to a point where drumpf has successfully inured american sensibilities towards racism! just turn this around and try saying that a white male judge can't sit in judgment of a black, hispanic, or asian person. and given how many groups he has alienated -- white female, black, and hispanic judges can't adjudicate a case involving drumpf.

the press may have finally reunited with its long lost testicles

the press may have finally reunited with its long lost testicles

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