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madaboutharry

(40,220 posts)
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:11 PM Jan 2021

This is why we should be worried.

I have a friend who is a journalist with a national news organization. And this is what I have been told many time; what actually gets out into the public is a fraction of what is going on behind the scenes. There are rules of journalism, actual journalism, that require verification and fact checking that often stops the reporting of things that are known to be true.

So what does this mean? There is a level of mayhem and insanity in The White House to the extent that if we could see it we would be horrified.

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This is why we should be worried. (Original Post) madaboutharry Jan 2021 OP
Yes! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #1
I think Trump has been told that starting an uprising cant be Pardoned ace3csusm Jan 2021 #2
Because he is fucking crazy! Chainfire Jan 2021 #8
yep, pretty much. mikeysnot Jan 2021 #3
"rules of journalism" Martin Eden Jan 2021 #4
They seem like such a well-oiled machine from the outside... meadowlander Jan 2021 #5
Yep. It's like an iceberg--we're only seeing the tip. -nt CrispyQ Jan 2021 #6
This is why investigations are needed genxlib Jan 2021 #7

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. Yes!
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:13 PM
Jan 2021

Shitstains aids have supposedly said he is very fragile and THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WILL DO NEXT.

Omfg!

And pence ignores calls for 25th. Pos!

ace3csusm

(969 posts)
2. I think Trump has been told that starting an uprising cant be Pardoned
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:13 PM
Jan 2021

I still cant understand why he though this was a good idea...

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)
3. yep, pretty much.
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:16 PM
Jan 2021

Compare how Richard Jewel was treated by the press and then the Nashville bomber was covered.

Qanon=trump follower

Martin Eden

(12,875 posts)
4. "rules of journalism"
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:17 PM
Jan 2021

Those rules are not observed by the rightwing media purveyors of propaganda which "inform" the MAGAts.

genxlib

(5,534 posts)
7. This is why investigations are needed
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 02:47 PM
Jan 2021

Real investigations that have subpoena power.

There has to be lots more to unearth beyond what we are even being told.

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