A synopsis of recent press briefings — 10 Comments
I note an article out today about how the Chinese Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the “news industry,” with many newspapers ceasing or drastically cutting back on publication, and layoffs in many newsrooms around the country.*
Not, I’m sure, coincidentally, there is another article, also out today, about how some Democrat Senators, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar, are calling for a stimulus package aimed specifically at the news industry (or should I say the almost wholly owned, Leftist Propaganda Department of the Democrat Party?). **
Meanwhile, in other news today, Senate Democrats blocked passage of a Republican bill to enable the quick infusion of another $235 billion into the fund for small businesses generally, which is quickly being exhausted.***
So, sorry if I’m I’m not crying for the “news industry,” ’cause frankly it needs a massive culling, and a return to basic principles.
Our vaunted and Oh, so superior, and self-satisfied “news industry” and the large majority of its members—particularly it’s most high profile members on the national level have–with a couple of noteworthy–if sometimes wavering– exceptions on FOX–performed execrably during this Pandemic, taking seemingly every opportunity to create panic, to second-guess, to criticize, to snipe at, to cast doubt on, to foster suspicions about, to foster division within, and to belittle the President and his and his Administration’s tireless, “all hands on deck,” Herculean efforts to save as many lives as possible.
To take one prominent example, to brand as uninformed, stupid, and irresponsible (and perhaps even as an underhanded way to secretly increase his fortune) President Trump’s efforts to champion possible curative drugs like hydroxy chloroquine.****
The formerly respectful and decorous White House press conferences have degenerated from generally being honest and straightforward attempts to get information into “gotcha” fests–into gladiatorial contests–in which supercilious, disrespectful, snide, and rude “reporters,” minds made up–”Orange man bad,” Trump’s an “incompetent clown”–come into the room armed with hostile attitudes.
And, then, proceed to ask questions that, these days, are almost always designed to portray President Trump and his Administration as somehow “guilty”–as incompetent, as bigoted, as whatever today’s current “bad thing” is; a bushel of rotten tomatoes that they sling at him, with the hope that those rotten tomatoes leave a stench and a lot of permanent stains, and that something really sticks.
In this “cage match” environment, if he didn’t “punch back twice as hard,” a President–any President–would immediately have been run over and destroyed by the entitled members of the MSM, and his ability to lead the country almost certainly permanently damaged, and greatly diminished.
This, just the latest episode in the MSM’s relentless, year’s-long campaign of hatred, ridicule, and sabotage against candidate and, then, against President Trump, his Administration, his appointments, and his plans and programs. Moreover, their ridicule of and animus towards the President’s supporters around the country. *****
What the Framers envisioned, what the citizens of this country have needed, always need, and deserve—has been objective, honest, fair, comprehensive, balanced, factual reporting, and what we have increasingly been treated to, instead, has been a relentless, snide, and cynical orgy of hatred, deliberate distortion, “gaslighting,” and leftist propaganda.
As has been said, if tomorrow President Trump came up with a cure for Cancer, the MSM would come up with some way to view this as a negative development, and to pillory him for it.
No, the majority of the “news industry”–particularly the overwhelming majority of the “big time” MSM on the national level–has failed in their most basic of duties to us, and to our Republic, and they deserve everything they get.
And Trump is now taking the gloves off and responding in kind. In fact, he is beginning to use his responses to the nasty questions to get his sharper message across. Too bad that the spineless republicans in congress do not follow his example and strike back at the democrat message as well.
Journalism is mostly dead here in the U.S. The citizen can no longer look to most journalists for facts. How does a democracy fair in such an environment? Not well, I am afraid.
Hilarious! Thank you!
Too sad to comment on – and so sad it’s no longer so funny. It’s anger inducing.
I hope the US voters get angry enough to be against the elite Dems and Fake News, and vote for Reps for Congress, as well as Trump 2020.
Amazing that the press could attribute their financial collapse to the pandemic, with everyone stuck at home watching the news all the time, unable to get enough of pandemic reporting, and the press deemed an “essential business” expressly allowed to stay open during a national lockdown, while other business and jobs crash left and right. With that incredible headwind, the press can still manage to alienate enough customers to destroy their business model–but they’d like us taxpayers to bail them out.
Learn. To. Code.
‘…the Chinese Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the “news industry,” ‘
Actually, it’s the “news industry” that’s had a devastating effect on the “news industry”.
COVID-19 is just the latest iteration of the media’s degeneracy, the virus having given them further reason to demonstrate just how dishonest, how absurd, pathetic, perverse, clownish and irresponsible they are.
And just how much they absolutely hate the country.
(Not that they needed to prove this any further in light of their corrupt behavior over the past too-long while.)
But I guess they’ll grab any opportunity they get to show their true, despicable nature.
And the icing on the cake: The head of that wretched organization hinting that RACISM is the reason why he’s being criticized.
No wonder the MSM is defending him as well as the CCP “government”.
Hitting rock bottom together. And then digging further and further….
Barry Meislin,
It was hilarious when many folks started wearing U.S. flag lapel pins to show support for the nation after the 9/11 attacks and some journalists refused to don them because they believed it would damage their image of impartiality!
I didn’t care if they wore them or not, but I found it extremely funny they assumed anyone believed they were impartial, or that a cheap, made in China pin of Old Glory would be the catalyst to crumble the sacred relationship between reporter and viewer!
I enjoyed it, but I have to say this: her voice sounds like AOC’s. I don’t mean to be cruel, but there it is.
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I note an article out today about how the Chinese Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the “news industry,” with many newspapers ceasing or drastically cutting back on publication, and layoffs in many newsrooms around the country.*
Not, I’m sure, coincidentally, there is another article, also out today, about how some Democrat Senators, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar, are calling for a stimulus package aimed specifically at the news industry (or should I say the almost wholly owned, Leftist Propaganda Department of the Democrat Party?). **
Meanwhile, in other news today, Senate Democrats blocked passage of a Republican bill to enable the quick infusion of another $235 billion into the fund for small businesses generally, which is quickly being exhausted.***
So, sorry if I’m I’m not crying for the “news industry,” ’cause frankly it needs a massive culling, and a return to basic principles.
Our vaunted and Oh, so superior, and self-satisfied “news industry” and the large majority of its members—particularly it’s most high profile members on the national level have–with a couple of noteworthy–if sometimes wavering– exceptions on FOX–performed execrably during this Pandemic, taking seemingly every opportunity to create panic, to second-guess, to criticize, to snipe at, to cast doubt on, to foster suspicions about, to foster division within, and to belittle the President and his and his Administration’s tireless, “all hands on deck,” Herculean efforts to save as many lives as possible.
To take one prominent example, to brand as uninformed, stupid, and irresponsible (and perhaps even as an underhanded way to secretly increase his fortune) President Trump’s efforts to champion possible curative drugs like hydroxy chloroquine.****
Or, see this example, just reported today at https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/09/pentagon-issues-rare-public-rebuke-against-abc-for-claim-white-house-was-warned-of-pandemic-in-november-906664 .
The formerly respectful and decorous White House press conferences have degenerated from generally being honest and straightforward attempts to get information into “gotcha” fests–into gladiatorial contests–in which supercilious, disrespectful, snide, and rude “reporters,” minds made up–”Orange man bad,” Trump’s an “incompetent clown”–come into the room armed with hostile attitudes.
And, then, proceed to ask questions that, these days, are almost always designed to portray President Trump and his Administration as somehow “guilty”–as incompetent, as bigoted, as whatever today’s current “bad thing” is; a bushel of rotten tomatoes that they sling at him, with the hope that those rotten tomatoes leave a stench and a lot of permanent stains, and that something really sticks.
In this “cage match” environment, if he didn’t “punch back twice as hard,” a President–any President–would immediately have been run over and destroyed by the entitled members of the MSM, and his ability to lead the country almost certainly permanently damaged, and greatly diminished.
This, just the latest episode in the MSM’s relentless, year’s-long campaign of hatred, ridicule, and sabotage against candidate and, then, against President Trump, his Administration, his appointments, and his plans and programs. Moreover, their ridicule of and animus towards the President’s supporters around the country. *****
What the Framers envisioned, what the citizens of this country have needed, always need, and deserve—has been objective, honest, fair, comprehensive, balanced, factual reporting, and what we have increasingly been treated to, instead, has been a relentless, snide, and cynical orgy of hatred, deliberate distortion, “gaslighting,” and leftist propaganda.
As has been said, if tomorrow President Trump came up with a cure for Cancer, the MSM would come up with some way to view this as a negative development, and to pillory him for it.
No, the majority of the “news industry”–particularly the overwhelming majority of the “big time” MSM on the national level–has failed in their most basic of duties to us, and to our Republic, and they deserve everything they get.
* See https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/The-coronavirus-crisis-is-devastating-the-news-15186945.php
** https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/no-democrat-senators-propose-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-media/
*** See https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-effort-for-250b-in-small-business-help-fails-in-senate
**** See https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/the-lefts-ugly-reaction-to-hydroxychloroquine/
***** See https://althouse.blogspot.com/2020/04/it-is-one-thing-to-plan-for-better.html
Snow on Pine has nailed it.
And Trump is now taking the gloves off and responding in kind. In fact, he is beginning to use his responses to the nasty questions to get his sharper message across. Too bad that the spineless republicans in congress do not follow his example and strike back at the democrat message as well.
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Journalism is mostly dead here in the U.S. The citizen can no longer look to most journalists for facts. How does a democracy fair in such an environment? Not well, I am afraid.
Hilarious! Thank you!
Too sad to comment on – and so sad it’s no longer so funny. It’s anger inducing.
I hope the US voters get angry enough to be against the elite Dems and Fake News, and vote for Reps for Congress, as well as Trump 2020.
Amazing that the press could attribute their financial collapse to the pandemic, with everyone stuck at home watching the news all the time, unable to get enough of pandemic reporting, and the press deemed an “essential business” expressly allowed to stay open during a national lockdown, while other business and jobs crash left and right. With that incredible headwind, the press can still manage to alienate enough customers to destroy their business model–but they’d like us taxpayers to bail them out.
Learn. To. Code.
‘…the Chinese Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the “news industry,” ‘
Actually, it’s the “news industry” that’s had a devastating effect on the “news industry”.
COVID-19 is just the latest iteration of the media’s degeneracy, the virus having given them further reason to demonstrate just how dishonest, how absurd, pathetic, perverse, clownish and irresponsible they are.
And just how much they absolutely hate the country.
(Not that they needed to prove this any further in light of their corrupt behavior over the past too-long while.)
But I guess they’ll grab any opportunity they get to show their true, despicable nature.
Speaking of corrupt, compare and contrast:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/09/taiwan-is-exporting-its-coronavirus-successes-to-the-world/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/who-says-it-s-working-with-taiwan-experts-after-video-goes-viral
And the icing on the cake: The head of that wretched organization hinting that RACISM is the reason why he’s being criticized.
No wonder the MSM is defending him as well as the CCP “government”.
Hitting rock bottom together. And then digging further and further….
Barry Meislin,
It was hilarious when many folks started wearing U.S. flag lapel pins to show support for the nation after the 9/11 attacks and some journalists refused to don them because they believed it would damage their image of impartiality!
I didn’t care if they wore them or not, but I found it extremely funny they assumed anyone believed they were impartial, or that a cheap, made in China pin of Old Glory would be the catalyst to crumble the sacred relationship between reporter and viewer!
I enjoyed it, but I have to say this: her voice sounds like AOC’s. I don’t mean to be cruel, but there it is.