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28. Trump ignores mass media at his peril

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Wed Feb 15, 2017, 04:08 PM

Feb 2017

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An attention-craving PR rat like Trump should know better.
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"The fix is in" - James Acosta of CNN. [View all] kstewart33 Feb 2017 OP

well oldtime dfl_er Feb 2017 #1

From tRumps ass to their pouty mouths Augiedog Feb 2017 #35

They can start by mindem Feb 2017 #37

It doesn't matter TNLib Feb 2017 #47

+1 putitinD Feb 2017 #51

Yes. n/t paleotn Feb 2017 #62

So we like leaks now? PDittie Feb 2017 #95

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Feb 2017 #97

Yeah. More incentive to go after him and investigate. Karma...if had done job a year ago.... Alice11111 Feb 2017 #50

+1000!!!! AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #92

Then the press should start ignoring him leftstreet Feb 2017 #2

Even when real reporters are allowed to ask their questions, the NCjack Feb 2017 #20

I was thinking about that. It may be ilegal to wear a wire but if no one finds out then you Maraya1969 Feb 2017 #77

Exactly right. phylny Feb 2017 #75

Nickelodeon questions would be too hard hitting....not going to happen. Lochloosa Feb 2017 #89

+1 ck4829 Feb 2017 #100

they just need to quit attending the so called pressers... samnsara Feb 2017 #3

He would simply fill the room with staff to hide the empty seats trc Feb 2017 #49

But no one would see it on the tee vee . . . fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #63

interesting discussion last night on MSNBC (I think it was Ari filling in for Lawrence) stpetegreg Feb 2017 #93

I saw that too. Maybe they should call them apprentices instead of interns. rzemanfl Feb 2017 #94

Then it's not interaction with the press. dchill Feb 2017 #4

I wouldn't show up MFM008 Feb 2017 #5

None of this matters anyway, republicans dont care what he does, AT ALL Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #6

+1 putitinD Feb 2017 #54

They need to show up and keep showing him refusing to call on anyone but right wingers. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #7

Good. The corporate media deserves it. StubbornThings Feb 2017 #8

It would be ironic if, Tragl1 Feb 2017 #42

Stop going, stop broadcasting, and ignore his fucking tweets GusBob Feb 2017 #9

Show up and laugh at his gaffs. rickford66 Feb 2017 #10

They created Trump Thrill Feb 2017 #11

The Press deserves to be shat on by Trump. They made him Blue_true Feb 2017 #46

They should do like Reuters and cover trump as an authoritarian regime. manicraven Feb 2017 #12

Absolutely. And send only cub reporters to the pressers, reserving major talent for research. nt Hekate Feb 2017 #44

+1 Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #78

They made this shitbag. Dawson Leery Feb 2017 #13

Agree, during primaries and GE, the M$M was the papparazzi to Trump. GAH iluvtennis Feb 2017 #70

Perhaps they could do their jobs, then Orrex Feb 2017 #14

That's SO much work though?!? And who's got the budget for all that? mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #86

IKR? Orrex Feb 2017 #90

In the past, "access" has not improved media quality. Kber Feb 2017 #15

Yep Caliman73 Feb 2017 #101

Sounds like you're going to need alternative sources, then gratuitous Feb 2017 #16

fine, let the orange menace exclude news outlets. Javaman Feb 2017 #17

Then have some stones and boycott. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #18

because he is afraid of the truth Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #19

CNN seems to do OK without many Republicans on air..... Jim Beard Feb 2017 #21

mainstream media should boycott spanone Feb 2017 #22

Are there lists anywhere of who he called on? Found a list muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #23

Does he never learn? charlyvi Feb 2017 #24

The Press have become obedient lapdogs to Trump and his band of liars. Blue_true Feb 2017 #48

True, as long as they had access. charlyvi Feb 2017 #56

I have high hopes for Jim Acosta and Jim Scuitto. hamsterjill Feb 2017 #25

Fingers crossed Hekate Feb 2017 #45

I don't get their strategy HopeAgain Feb 2017 #26

Yup. Get the information the old fashioned way - deep throats! eleny Feb 2017 #29

Trump INC pissed of the press AND the spooks Skittles Feb 2017 #39

I feel a bit ambivalent about this watoos Feb 2017 #27

It reflects on his character, his lousy business sense, louis-t Feb 2017 #38

I am sure you meant to mention Hillary, murielm99 Feb 2017 #40

Some just don't learn. Clinton beat Bernie by almost Blue_true Feb 2017 #52

Yep. nt SunSeeker Feb 2017 #83

Was it really "Preferred"? Or was it "thought had a better chance of winning" ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #87

+1, the 2 billion was in the primaries ... they were worse in the General uponit7771 Feb 2017 #64

It was a lot more than $2 billion NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #85

Trump ignores mass media at his peril C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #28

The Press are mostly neutered idiots and they made themselves such. Blue_true Feb 2017 #55

Time for mainstream media to go full on pitbull investigative reporting NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #30

There's a simple solution. kentuck Feb 2017 #31

"Give up on handouts and worry less about official access. They were never all that valuable anyway" lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #32

Legit media should just start chanting "MELISSA! MELISSA!" forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #33

Oooooooh, I like that! I really, really like that! dhol82 Feb 2017 #71

Personally, I think it would be hilarious if the only news agency covering Trump BigBearJohn Feb 2017 #34

A near-empty press conference will PISS HIM OFF. Ilsa Feb 2017 #36

The Trump Propaganda Ministry is on the move. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #41

turn off the cameras MSM. TeamPooka Feb 2017 #43

This will not turn out the way Team Trump hopes. Already I can see the "Pulitzer dreams." WinkyDink Feb 2017 #53

Boo-fucking-hoo! Fritz Walter Feb 2017 #57

That's what they get, they made that fucking piece of maggot shit, now they want to cry about it. onecaliberal Feb 2017 #58

Simply shut Trump out Pantagruel Feb 2017 #59

Also, stop having them (GOP) on the Sunday shows. n/t phylny Feb 2017 #76

He can refuse to call on them, but it won't work. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #60

This is it exactly. While he wants to control the message, the fact is he simply can't answer any LuckyLib Feb 2017 #79

Good... Mike Nelson Feb 2017 #61

he wants to destroy the 1st amendment. barbtries Feb 2017 #65

The real news outlets should send Progressive dog Feb 2017 #66

then they should boycott the news conferences, or even better DON'T report them JCMach1 Feb 2017 #67

I don't read right-wing lies anyway... kytngirl Feb 2017 #68

Hear f***ing Hear ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #88

No shit! Cha Feb 2017 #69

how about doing some serious investigative reporting ? send people to russia JI7 Feb 2017 #72

The MSM should use DU as its primary source of information Poiuyt Feb 2017 #73

They certainly could do a lot worse. WinkyDink Feb 2017 #80

So a LIAR with a mental/personality disorder won't take the media's questions? ecstatic Feb 2017 #74

meanwhile bannon and putin will be coordinating 1200 radio stations certainot Feb 2017 #81

What does it matter?: he lies and makes things up, anyway. C Moon Feb 2017 #82

noo herd qweshchuns ahlowd! SHUT UP! pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #84

Then the mainstream press will start to boycott Trump. Nitram Feb 2017 #91

It's all about that base. Rustynaerduwell Feb 2017 #96

They could always start covering congress... kenfrequed Feb 2017 #98

K&R ck4829 Feb 2017 #99