Friday, September 21, 2018

Media Continues Its Slow Suicide – American Greatness

Media Continues Its Slow Suicide – American Greatness
See the source image"After reviewing last week’s news coverage, I would encourage President Trump to come up with a more accurate taunt than “fake news.” 
Maybe “garbage news.” 
Or perhaps “bottom-feeding news.” 
Even try “we-are-a-collection-of-dishonest-miscreants-who-are-unworthy-of-an-ounce-of-the-American-people’s-trust news.”
But “fake news” is tame in light of the media’s misleading, destructive, and willfully ignorant reporting last week that was intended further to inflame a divided body politic.
Some of the lowlights featured 

  • MSNBC morning host Joe Scarborough, claiming Trump has done more damage to the country than the 9/11 terrorists; 
  • the editorial board of a major newspaper blaming Trump for Hurricane Florence; 
  • the wholesale acceptance of a highly flawed paper about hurricane deaths used to bash the president; 
  • and a despicable crusade not just to quash Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court, but to destroy his reputation and damage his young family.

And it wasn’t just the dependable lunatics on the Left pushing trash commentary. 

  • Bret Stephens, the NeverTrump “conservative” columnist for the New York Times, compared Trump to a drug addict. 
  • Washington Post “conservative” blogger Jennifer Rubin warned that if Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted to confirm Kavanaugh, their names would be, “as was the case with [Nazi-era traitor] Vidkun Quisling—synonymous with ‘sellouts,’ ‘collaborators,’ or, to use a Trumpism, ‘phonies.’”
  • As the week came to a close, the New York Times was forced to append its misleading article that criticized U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for buying pricey curtains to decorate her official residence. The window coverings, it turns out, actually were purchased by her predecessor in the Obama Administration. But it was too late. Social media had pounded Haley all morning for being extravagant and heartless.

Disgraceful..."
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2 comments:

Jess said...

So many of these media outlets are only one click away from oblivion, yet people continue to have them on the television. It's like the NFL. There's all types of complaining, and statements about never watching again, until the game comes on on Sunday.

Jim Riley said...

Excellent observation! They are dying and pushing customers away. Dumb!