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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:15 PM Jul 2017

Watch: Seb Gorka Baffles Anderson Cooper With Alternative Reality

http://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-seb-gorka-baffles-anderson-cooper-with-alternative-reality

by Matt Wilstein at the Daily Beast

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Gorka called the idea that there is a “bunker mentality” or “crisis” in the White House “laughable,” calmly stating: “We are pushing the Make America Great Again agenda. The president is a steam locomotive that will not be stopped. It’s just fake news. I’m sad to see CNN fall to this. I know you want salacious, sensational coverage for your ratings, so your corporate sponsors and owners will have more money. But that’s not media, that’s not reportage, it’s just fake news.”

“I’m just going to ignore the insults, because I don’t think it gets us anywhere,” Cooper replied, attempting to move on to a discussion about the president’s claims that any media report that contains anonymous sourcing is fake news. “I’m wondering how the president can make that claim when all the reporting by The New York Times about the meeting his son held with the Russian attorney have been proven by his son’s own emails,” Cooper said, “which he only released after the Times was going to publish the contents of them.”

Instead of responding to the question, Gorka cited an unrelated instance in which CNN got some reporting wrong that was based on anonymous sources. Pressed by Cooper on whether he denies that the Times’ reporting in this case was accurate, Gorka said, “No, I deny the fact that there’s anything here that’s untoward.” But he would not break with the president’s “fake news” assertion, saying, “I stand by what the president and his son said. We are incredibly impressed by Don Jr.’s transparency and the fact that he actually published these emails.”

Gorka also refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump Jr.’s explanation for why he took the meeting with the Russian lawyerevolved repeatedly over the past several daysas the Times reported more facts about it. At first, he said it was only about adoption issues and only later admitted that the pretext for the meeting was allegedly damaging information about Hillary Clinton.



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Watch: Seb Gorka Baffles Anderson Cooper With Alternative Reality (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2017 OP
I saw that! Very, very telling. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2017 #1
They must suck from an a DMT laced air tank before answering questions. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #2
Nazi White Supremacist Chasstev365 Jul 2017 #3
Agree wholeheartedly. May as well just schedule a fascist/skinhead/white supremacist Atticus Jul 2017 #5
I Don't think the GOP will send anybody else from the white House to CNN applegrove Jul 2017 #6
Love the alteration applegrove ! littlemissmartypants Jul 2017 #8
Total coincidence. I'm not a language person. applegrove Jul 2017 #9
I'm not a spelling person, obviously. littlemissmartypants Jul 2017 #10
I'm dyslexic and i did not compute that you spelled anything wrong. applegrove Jul 2017 #11
littlemissmartypants Jul 2017 #12
Me too. And then autocorrect just adds more confusion into the mix. applegrove Jul 2017 #13
Bingo. eom littlemissmartypants Jul 2017 #7
He's very good to sticking to the message True Dough Jul 2017 #4

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)
2. They must suck from an a DMT laced air tank before answering questions.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:25 PM
Jul 2017

Everything is either squishy blue butterflies and giant orange flowers or demons dancing across the ceiling.

But nothing, absolutely nothing, is what it actually is.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
5. Agree wholeheartedly. May as well just schedule a fascist/skinhead/white supremacist
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:46 PM
Jul 2017

open-mike hour.

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
6. I Don't think the GOP will send anybody else from the white House to CNN
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:58 PM
Jul 2017

except for gish galloping gaslighters. They want to diminish CNN by sending creeps.

littlemissmartypants

(22,694 posts)
10. I'm not a spelling person, obviously.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 11:21 PM
Jul 2017

Auto correct sucks too!

Alliteration: For the Spelling police. I know you are out there...


♡lmsp


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True Dough

(17,306 posts)
4. He's very good to sticking to the message
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:46 PM
Jul 2017

Can't stand his lies and deception, but Gorka is not easily rattled at all. And he did have that "stick it to 'em" line about CNN's ratings slipping and now being 13th behind Nick at Nite.

The right-wingers will eat it up, but it is unfortunate that CNN doesn't have more traction in the ratings.

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