2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFUCK THE PRESS...
They don't give a shit what the facts are. All they care about our their fucking headlines and how many ads they can sell and how much money they can make. Their irresponsible reporting is criminal.
And the Republican pond scum can all rot in hell.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)BooScout
(10,406 posts)I just want to go out and hit something. I am incensed.
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)At everyone. At the FBI, at the press, at the GOP, and in ways I'm not allowed to talk about here.
budkin
(6,703 posts)And ratings.
still_one
(92,233 posts)whether it is true or not is not the issue with them
BooScout
(10,406 posts)That sure as hell didn't stop the nightly news shows from leading with lurid and false headlines and reporting. It is absolutely disgusting.
still_one
(92,233 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)press for years, now.
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)Tuning into breaking updates will increase viewership and ratings. Eventually they will explain and try to convince the public that their true journalists have uncovered the real story that this all has to do with emails found on Wiener's laptop, and that Comey was just doing his job (which everyone pretty much knew an hour after the story broke). If we are lucky, Mr. Chaffetz' role in this will tarnish him at least a bit.
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)As progressives we should be defending the press
They are reporting NEWS. This is the fault of the FBI Director who in the words of Gloria Borger, CNN political analyst, "He walked into a house, set it on fire and walked out" - meaning that he sent Congress a letter that he was reopening an investigation without giving any details which could have made the entire situation less explosive. i.e. They weren't Hillary's emails, they were not from her server, they might be duplicates of emails they have already investigated, etc. etc.
I am watching CNN right now and they are pointing all of this out as they get more information. You had better thank the heavens for the press because they are the only ones who turn this into the non-story it deserves to be.
And let me preemptively say this: YES, they should have reported what they knew (which admittedly wasn't much) as soon as they learned of it. 1) That is their job, 2) In this day and age of news websites and social media, it would have gotten out lightening quick anyway and probably with less accuracy.
That said, it is also the job of the press to look past the original headlines and dig out the rest of the story as soon as possible - and that at least is what CNN is doing.
BooScout
(10,406 posts)They crucified her on their Nightly News cast.
I stand by my FUCK THE PRESS. They are irresponsible hacks.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)✔ @jonfavs
After a DEFCON 1 freakout, we now know the emails in question were:
1) Not from Hillary
2) Not from her sever
3) Not from her investigation
Dan Diamond
✔ @ddiamond
Some irony for Clinton: Anthony Weiner a *great* example of why men who can't control themselves on Twitter shouldn't be allowed near power.
9:40 AM - 28 Oct 2016 · Arlington, VA, United States
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#FlipItDem @FlipItDem
Tomorrows AP Headline...
10:37 AM - 28 Oct 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/10/28/chat-away-882/
Mahalo, Boo~
BooScout
(10,406 posts)So true!
Cha
(297,323 posts)We're not fooled.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
― Oscar Wilde
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Embarrassing