During the 1992 presidential race I saw a bumper sticker (on Bill’s car, if I’m not mistaken) that read “Annoy the media, vote for Bush.” Since then, I’ve seen corresponding stickers supporting most GOP presidential candidates. This year, a better slogan might be “[Expletive] the media, vote for Trump.” It would be a tempting invitation.
They don't get it and never will. The Washington Post isn't even a newspaper any longer in the modern meaning of that term. It is literally a propaganda outlet printing lies and misleading bs on a daily basis. Why does it do this when it has no power to influence anyone not already part of its ideological world? Delusions of grandeur? All it does is further rile up its own leftist readership. There could be a future for a genuine newspaper or news station. But the WP and NY Times have made their beds. Their business model is now the same as MSNBC.
Bravo. I have only two thoughts, the first of which is serious. I'm not sure Trump's acceptance of a CNN-moderated debate is a Big Mistake. He accepted not only CNN, but the conditions imposed by the Biden campaign. That campaign has trotted our a new condition --- that the debaters sit --- which Trump has rejected. I'm pretty sure Biden's physically and mentally incapable of standing for two hours, and yet if he insists on sitting he essentially acknowledges his infirmities. So maybe Trump is crazy like a fox. And on a less serious note, and with apologies to Jonathan Swift, I have a modest proposal for Trump haters. The mainstream media, never-Trumpers and other Trump opponents believe American history begins and ends on January 6, 2021. Trump's actions on that day are the acts of a losing Trump. He was much more measured as a sitting president. So the way for his enemies to avoid the excesses of a losing Trump is to vote for him, assuring he will have no need to be a loser. Jim Dueholm
"The author is Leonard Downie Jr., a former executive editor of the Post who advocates that newsrooms 'move beyond objectivity.'”
I thought I was behind the times but this clown makes me seem up-to-date. Newsrooms "moved beyond objectivity" when I could still run track.
They don't get it and never will. The Washington Post isn't even a newspaper any longer in the modern meaning of that term. It is literally a propaganda outlet printing lies and misleading bs on a daily basis. Why does it do this when it has no power to influence anyone not already part of its ideological world? Delusions of grandeur? All it does is further rile up its own leftist readership. There could be a future for a genuine newspaper or news station. But the WP and NY Times have made their beds. Their business model is now the same as MSNBC.
Bravo. I have only two thoughts, the first of which is serious. I'm not sure Trump's acceptance of a CNN-moderated debate is a Big Mistake. He accepted not only CNN, but the conditions imposed by the Biden campaign. That campaign has trotted our a new condition --- that the debaters sit --- which Trump has rejected. I'm pretty sure Biden's physically and mentally incapable of standing for two hours, and yet if he insists on sitting he essentially acknowledges his infirmities. So maybe Trump is crazy like a fox. And on a less serious note, and with apologies to Jonathan Swift, I have a modest proposal for Trump haters. The mainstream media, never-Trumpers and other Trump opponents believe American history begins and ends on January 6, 2021. Trump's actions on that day are the acts of a losing Trump. He was much more measured as a sitting president. So the way for his enemies to avoid the excesses of a losing Trump is to vote for him, assuring he will have no need to be a loser. Jim Dueholm