Media critic: Press needs to stop acting like Trump's 'botoxed Riefenstahls' and realize...

[DonViejo]

Media critic: Press needs to stop acting like Trump’s ‘botoxed Riefenstahls’ and realize he’s at war with them

TOM BOGGIONI
05 FEB 2017 AT 12:47 ET

A media critic took the press to task Sunday morning on MSNBC, pointing out that President Trump has all but declared war on them and that they need to start doing their jobs.

During a discussion over who will boycott the the White House Correspondents Dinner first — Trump or the media — writer and media critic Sarah Kendzior said the campaign is over and the press needs to stop propping up Trump like “a bunch of botoxed Riefenstahls” — a reference to master Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl.

“This is an administration that is mimicking some of the sort of worst traits of sort of autocracies,” host Joy Reid asked Kendzior. “Is there a special peril in this ongoing war as Donald Trump sees it?”

“Yeah, I mean, the media should see this as a war when the president declares you their enemy, declares you the opposition party and when they have that executive power and are issuing a bunch of unconstitutional executive orders,” Kendzior replied. “You should take that very seriously and not necessarily take your First Amendment rights for granted. That said, I think that press should continue doing their job regardless of what kind of fear this administration thinks it’s going to instill.”

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[SHRED]

1. They have forgotten what their job is

Years of not doing it has had that affect.

[monmouth4]

2. The dinner should not invite Trump, just stay with whomever the comedian will be..n/t

[DURHAM D]

3. Saw that. We should be out marching against the MSM

as much as against Trump. They got him elected.

[Scarsdale]

4. Free exposure

tRump did not even have to show up in person, he could phone in, and get publicity FREE. Scarborough (I have NO idea how that dead girl ended up in my office) was among the worst. Kowtowing, and licking tRump's boots. Disgusting. It did not even help his ratings, he is tanking after all that brown nosing. I could see what a dumbass tRump is, and I am a senior citizen. I know DUMB when I see and hear it, though. Obviously some of these TV creeps do not.

[DURHAM D]

6. It was not just about the free exposure.

It was their opposition to Hillary and inability to self-recognize that they were lying if their mouths or fingers were moving.

[Gothmog]

5. I saw this lady on AMJOY

It was a great segment

[DURHAM D]

7. On another note -

I just watched a short clip of Leni's Triumph of the Will.

I had not previously noticed that like Trump, Hitler had some strange hand gestures.

You can skip to the 3:15 mark.

[Nitram]

8. Billshit. The press has been reporting and criticizing his every move.

I don't know what Boggioni is talking about. I read the Washington Post daily, and even conservative columnists have been roasting the Dumpster.