sailordeac
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More serious than using campaign funds to pay off a mistress?
yep, think bimbo erruptions
More serious than using campaign funds to pay off a mistress?
The oped from the Hill that Sailor posted is totally on point. In the current news cycle we've got:
- Hundreds of protesting Palestinians shot by Israeli border guards
- Trump proposed military pull out of Syria
- Syrian Army nearly eradicated ISIS/al nusra, confronting Turkish forces
- Mass Yemeni casualties from Cholera epedemic caused by US backed Saudi war and blockaid
- Multiple statewide teacher strikes, with more to come
- Day 4 of Sacramento protests over Stejon Clark shooting
- post trial release of bodycam footage of Alton Sterling shooting basically proving his murder
- CRAPO bank deregulation bill passage
- new tax bill
- pending Supreme court Janus union dues decision
not going to pretend that Sailor wouldn't be equally obsessed with a scandal plagued Democratic administration.
The problem with that Hill op-ed is it’s just a back door defense of Trump. “Don’t cover Trump and his mess! Here are other things to cover!”
Now there are plenty of things to cover and news organizations should restrain themselves from being all Trump all the time. But we cannot normalize this President.
I would argue that the 24 hour news cycle obsessing over Trump’s every move and unethical/illegal action is doing more to normalize him than covering less of it would. As mdmh points out, there’s an awful lot going on the in the world right now outside of the Trump soap opera.
That's a strawman argument. You know damn well that news coverage itself isn't what is being criticized. The obsessive apolitical, grandstanding tabloid scandal focus of the coverage is what's being criticized.The problem with that Hill op-ed is it’s just a back door defense of Trump. “Don’t cover Trump and his mess! Here are other things to cover!”
Now there are plenty of things to cover and news organizations should restrain themselves from being all Trump all the time. But we cannot normalize this President.
This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.
Good grief.
WTF has happened to us?
Great use of sarcasm - there are a million suspected cases since 2016 in Syria, over 600,000 confirmed cases. It's the worst cholera outbreak in recorded human history.Apparently we're not paying enough attention to a cholera outbreak in Yemen.
Great use of sarcasm - there are a million suspected cases since 2016 in Syria, over 600,000 confirmed cases. It's the worst cholera outbreak in recorded human history.
All the while at the moment CNNs lead headline is “Ted Nudgent Calls Parkland Kids Liars”. For fucks sake.....
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Diversify your news.