2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSoledad O’Brien eviscerates CNN: ‘You have normalized’ white supremacy with shoddy Trump reporting
Former CNN host Soledad OBrien blasted the cable news business over the weekend for profiting off the hate speech that has fueled Donald Trumps political rise. According to OBrien, the media had gone through contortions to make things seem equal all the time when comparing Trump to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
If you look at Hillary Clintons speech where she basically pointed out that what Donald Trump has done actually quite well has normalized white supremacy, OBrien explained to CNN host Brian Stelter on Sunday. I think she made a very good argument, almost like a lawyer. Here is ways in which he has actually worked to normalize conversations that many people find hateful.
Ive seen on-air, white supremacists being interviewed because they are Trump delegates, she noted. And they do a five minute segment, the first minute or so talking about what they believe as white supremacists. So you have normalized that.
And then Donald Trump will say, Hillary Clinton, shes a bigot. And its covered, the journalist part comes in, They trade barbs. He said shes a bigot and she points out that he might be appealing to racists. It only becomes he said, she said. When in actuality, the fact that Donald Trump said shes a bigot without the long laundry list of evidence, which if you looked at Hillary Clintons speech, she actually did have a lot of really good factual evidence that we would all agree that are things that have happened and do exist. They are treated as if they are equal.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/soledad-obrien-eviscerates-cnn-you-have-normalized-white-supremacy-with-shoddy-trump-reporting/
Dreamweaver 5.0
(124 posts)Go on, take the money and run.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... but so much better. Equating "She's a bigot" with Hillary's careful litany of facts about Trump's behavior is like giving equal time to climate change deniers or holocaust deniers.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)and she is right on !!!
mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)it's been happening for a long time. Wonder how so many "reporters" who think they're journalists will react to a dictator removing all freedom of the press.. will they whine? will they be surprised? will they fight back? too late, assholes.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Wants a Trump administration just to have the "red meat" of a story to display on TV, the newspapers, magazines and the internet? They think this is nothing but a circus that will not destroy lives and create ciaos in this country. They are doing it all for ratings and advertisement dollars. The American greed at work...
mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)American greed will consume itself.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)There will be no freedom of the Press, and they will all be on skid row.
lastlib
(23,238 posts)They don't WANT "Truth"--it's boring and cuts into profits. They want the sensational to draw ratings and rake in $$--screw whomever gets hurt in the process, be it the poor, the working class, or the entire nation.
They're all Trump, all the time. F**K 'em--with a red-hot poker.
This is the mind-set of the M$M.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)major debacle
(508 posts)It is better than sweeping them under the rug to fester. There is no better disinfectant than sunlight. Let the voters see just what kind of people are rallying to Trump's side. Sure, their fellow believers will cheer them on, but the more sane amongst us will have a better idea of just what kind of people Trump's message appeals to.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... Trump's 2 year old rant about "she's a bigot" with Hillary's documented demonstration of why Trump is legitimizing white supremacy is a far different thing!
Native
(5,942 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)I really like her for just the kind of clear thinking she showed in that CNN interview. What a relief!!! And I'm glad to be able to watch her regularly again. I'm also glad to support her in this little way. We need to support media people who can THINK!
Maddchick
(38 posts)I wish Joy, Keith, Soledad, and Lawrence had their own show and it played 7 evenings a week and on radio. People would learn a lot just by listening to them
LAS14
(13,783 posts).... it's playing tomorrow at 12 a.m. Not prime time.... Somewhere else I saw that it was on CBS. It hasn't started yet. I found it by searching for "Soledad" and for "Matter of Fact."
napi21
(45,806 posts)I checked Google for her & new job, where to watch her, and a few other searches and found nothing. Her Facebook pahe doesn't say anything except her hosting some events.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)They raised the bar so high, eventually he seemed quite reasonable to Fox & CNN viewers.
Upthevibe
(8,051 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)JI7
(89,250 posts)yet they allowed people to come on and spew lies and treated it as if there was an actual debate there.
duncang
(1,907 posts)They keep using it describing dipshit donnie's campaign. When you can look at his tax plan and pretty much every other thing he "pivots" for it's definitely not populist.
calimary
(81,295 posts)I said a big THANK YOU! Looks like it's being retweeted.
Here's what I'm tweeting to everybody else:
Gotta say it. Trump fixation makes it look like YOU ALL are on his payroll. Negatives-only coverage of Hillary confirms it.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)If the hand that feeds is giving you poison, it's a good idea to bite. The jerks will come begging for access once she's elected. If she doesn't bite soon, her presidency will be laid waste.
I've no doubt Trump will go into hiding with his tail between his legs, once he sees his complaining is going nowhere. Unfortunately, people will already be brainwashed by this crap.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)As Cenk describes it here, she ruffled feathers with both Democrats and Republicans for calling them out with facts. Which naturally fell mostly with Republicans. But if both parties have an issue with a journalist, she or he is toast.
Here, from 4 years ago, she calls out Giuliani on his Benghazi lies.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)the media headline would be "Candidates spar over math".
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)The new term makes it seem normal - because you know, the word "nationalism".
The purpose of journalism, the media, is to inform the people with facts and be an objective voice so the government can't fuck us over. Our modern corp 'media' puts money and fame over ethics, they don't care about this country or any of us; the people who work for them are punished if they speak out. The 'journalists' who do well do what they're told and enjoy celebrity status.
It's really messed up.
McKim
(2,412 posts)Soledad had a great career at Aljazeera America where some truth was told. How I miss her and the news outlet. Sigh!
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)We need so much more of this. Well done, Soledad! Kudos!
young_at_heart
(3,768 posts)My husband thinks it's ratings and profits. I just can't wrap my head around their complicity!
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Journalism, ethics be damned. I REALLY am so pissed of and sickened by the media right now. I am hoping and praying that what will come off this is that the media, the 4th arm of the government, showing its ugly head as it has, will bring awareness and urgency to our congress to do something about this travesty. Who knows, maybe we can even reverse The Fairness Doctrine? One can dream.....
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Meanwhile they all love to play "Kick The Hippie".
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)How f..ing easy the American public is manipulated by MSM. And we continue to buy their products they advertise. That's who is paying their big salaries folks. Advertisement. We're nothing more than little guinea pigs they use for consumer psychology and profit.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)At the beginning of Hitler's Germany....
The media helped him!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)right here before our eyes and we are powerless to stop it.
The damned media in this country with their false equivalency will deliver us into a racist fascist state if they can!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)And normalizing the complete inability to THINK about WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!
That's a very dangerous thing.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)The MSM wants a horse race but ignoring that Trump is a horses Ass.
I always liked Soledad as well.
The Trump is a Communist Sympathizer,, has turn the Republican party into the Red Party..
Fox and Fiends are Trump Sheeple
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Unless you are just using the word to sound reactionary. Labeling, any example of labeling is what they jump to. Is that what you meant?
guss
(239 posts)Hes a commie.. like All DEms Are Liberals..Its all black and white no middle ground .. I learn that from Fox and Fiends..
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)kairos12
(12,862 posts)VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)Because we clearly can't govern ourselves intelligently or ethically anymore.