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[quote=Chico23231;1197324]This was a polictical ploy by Democrats and a great example of fake news. The ploy was the dems didn’t try to get support for this and wanted a down vote by The gop so they could tweet about it and so media would eat it up. There is a ton of context missing...a couple things...first our election process across the board is so flush with cash local boards are returning it. This doesn’t affect anything with the security of our mid terms. Most news orgs actually didn’t give this a lot Press because it was such a political ploy by dems.

Of course g1 runs with it.[/quote]

LOL, and of course chico ignores it.

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Chico and Cred...........


in a nutshell.



[url]https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/americans-buying-rabid-pro-trump-conspiracy-theories-120653906.html[/url]

‘They really don’t feel like they’re winning’


QAnon began with “Q,” a persona claiming to be someone within the government, promising to expose how dark forces are working against Trump and his administration. The “Anon” part comes from Q’s readers, who decipher Q’s “clues” on message boards and build outlandish interpretations. Posters named “Q” have been instigating unfounded theories on social networks including 4Chan, 8Chan, and Reddit.

“[Conspiracy theories] like this fill an important psychological role for many people,” Thomas J. Wood, an assistant professor of Political Science at Ohio State University who has studied how conspiracy theories gain public support, told Yahoo Finance. “It tends to sway those who have chronic anxiety and feel disaffected by politics by providing a symbolic and intuitive story for them.”

Previous research, summarized by the New York Times, has found that people who believe in conspiracy theories “are more likely to be cynical about the world in general and politics in particular. Conspiracy theories also seem to be more compelling to those with low self-worth, especially with regard to their sense of agency in the world at large. Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness.”

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Specifically, we journalists should all ask, "What are we doing that allows Trump to convince so many of 'the people' that we are their 'enemy?'"

For starters, we journalists should stop attacking the people we are supposed to be informing.

“[B]If you put everyone's mouths together in this video, you'd get a full set of teeth,” one Politico reporter wrote of a Trump rally in Florida. The reporter apologized for the comment, but it already served to confirm the suspicion among working-class Republicans that the prestige press hates them. [/B]

There was [B]Katy Tur of MSNBC, who went around a Trump event asking “gotcha” questions of ordinary Americans excited to get $1,000 bonus and a lower tax rate. The clear message was that these people were too dumb to realize the tax cut and any concomitant bonuses were peanuts[/B].

We also note CNN’s crusades to punish, threaten, and deny platforms to those whose speech goes beyond the CNN-drawn boundaries of permissible dissent. In recent days, some CNN reporters have decided their job is to lobby social media platforms to kick off conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. They’ve succeeded with the largest platforms, and bragged about it.

Such lobbying was odd behavior for a media outlet, and it reminded of us the time CNN sicced its investigative resources on the creator an idiotic GIF of Trump "body slamming CNN." [B]When CNN reporters found the anonymous troll who posted the image, they threatened in print that they would “publish his identity should” he repeat such “ugly behavior.” [/B]
Alex Jones and anonymous Twitter trolls are hardly sympathetic figures, but that doesn’t turn CNN’s campaigns to "dox" or de-platform them into journalism. We worry about the slippery slope here. Much of the media believe there’s no valid reason to oppose gay marriage. Buzzfeed recently ran an attack on the Christian views of TV hosts, having explained that on gay marriage “there are no two sides.”

We all remember the reporters who scoured Indiana until they found a pizzamaker who was uninterested in catering a gay wedding, and was then made a national whipping boy of the pizza shop.

So the average religious conservative who has seen this media behavior is justified if she's wondering when a CNN, BuzzFeed, or MSNBC reporter might show up to ruin her life for holding the “wrong” opinions, whether on guns, immigration, marriage, or even tax cuts.

Then there are the times the mainstream media outright lies about conservative or working-class people. [B]Katie Couric produced a documentary that dishonestly edited out the arguments of gun-rights supporters to make it look like she had stumped them and left them speechless[/B].[B] Vox.com ran a poll about voters’ immigration views and hid the fact that “taking away jobs” was voters’ No. 1 concern. Why? Probably because Vox wanted to push the idea that racism rather than “economic anxiety” drove immigration worries[/B].

Finally, when you see the New York Times hire a writer who regularly and publicly professes her hatred of white men, it seems the Times thinks such hatred is fine.

So the media — from the perspective of a working-class white person, a Trump supporter, or a conservative — really can look like an adversary, and a dangerous one, with the power to destroy your life, silence you, or cost you your job. This isn’t the media holding the powerful to account. It’s the media lazily abusing those with unpopular views.

Trump should stop calling the media the enemy of the people. And the media should stop doing the things that give Trump's attacks credence.


Some great examples here...

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chico is worried about Manafort .

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[quote=Giantone;1198024]chico is worried about Manafort .[/quote]

eff manafort...but if you ever want to educate yourself should read up on him and Roger Stone during the eighties...fascinating stuff...and extremely shady.

truly evil geniuses...way too smart for DC.

This is the chickens coming home to roost for Manafort.


But yes misleading, biased media is a national issue...

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[quote=Chico23231;1198027]


But yes misleading, biased media is a national issue...[/quote]


No, it's only an issue for people not smart enough to tell the difference from News and opinion based media. It's okay chico ....someday you will learn.

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[url]https://www.ctpost.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Not-the-enemy-More-than-350-newsrooms-in-the-13160463.php[/url]


[url]https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/newspapers-editorials-trump-media_us_5b75432fe4b02b415d75a064[/url]


[url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/02/july-4th-honor-journalists-colonial-america-capital-gazette-column/746389002/[/url]


[url]https://www.chieftain.com/business/us-newspapers-to-trump-we-re-not-enemies-of-the/article_e545fa4f-972d-5f66-b949-c0548384c44a.html[/url]

Knowing how you love [B][B]CNN[/B][/B].....

[url]https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/16/media/free-press-trump-editorials/index.html[/url]

The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa)

"Reporting on growing federal deficits, climate change, disasters, voting records of lawmakers, government spending, immigration and numerous other important and controversial issues every day is not 'fake news.' Neither is reporting on a county board funneling money to private schools, the impact of Medicaid privatization in Iowa or the effects of tariffs on Iowa farmers and livestock producers, or providing information people need to recover from floods and tornadoes, all covered by Register journalists in recent months."

Topeka Capital-Journal (Topeka, Kansas)

"Not covering him aggressively would be a dereliction of duty. We know that's not always a popular stance, but it doesn't make the press the enemy of anyone. We're not separate from the public. We are the public. We live and work and play in Topeka and surrounding areas. We go to restaurants and send our children to school. We drive the same roads, see the same doctors. We're not the enemy of the people. We are the people."

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Rejecting trump, what a good idea!


[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-rejects-trump-asserts-the-press-is-not-the-enemy-of-the-people/ar-BBM1d7x?li=BBnbcA1[/url]



The Senate on Thursday approved a resolution asserting that the press is "not the enemy of the people," as President Trump has claimed, and condemning Trump's ongoing attacks against reporters.

The Senate quickly considered the resolution from Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and passed it unanimously in a voice vote.

The resolution doesn't specifically mention Trump, but a statement from Schatz's office said the resolution was offered in the wake of Trump's effort to "attack journalists and news organizations."

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I see cnn is suppressing and protecting liberals in the me too movement again:

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/asia-argento-assault-jimmy-bennett.html[/url]

Asia Argento Is a spokeswoman for the me too, sexual assault a minor and then paid him off.

Can’t find it in cnn, when it should a leading story. I wonder if Anthony bourdein knew?

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[quote=Chico23231;1198248]I see cnn is suppressing and protecting liberals in the me too movement again:

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/asia-argento-assault-jimmy-bennett.html[/url]

Asia Argento Is a spokeswoman for the me too, sexual assault a minor and then paid him off.

Can’t find it in cnn, when it should a leading story. I wonder if Anthony bourdein knew?[/quote]

That story just came out today. Why don't you give it a bit of time before you rush to the "they're ignoring biased content" phase?

I just read it on MSN's frontpage, it's in the main scroll about halfway down. I bet you as the buzz picks up and it gets more clicks it will make its' way to the front of the scroll.

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Talking about protecting liberals while linking to the NY Times, lol

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Sorry but that is a good!:biggthump

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[quote=mooby;1198257]That story just came out today. Why don't you give it a bit of time before you rush to the "they're ignoring biased content" phase?

I just read it on MSN's frontpage, it's in the main scroll about halfway down. I bet you as the buzz picks up and it gets more clicks it will make its' way to the front of the scroll.[/quote]
...............................same with yahoo

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Not a headline but on the front page at FOX


[url]http://www.foxnews.com/[/url]



Showing as a Headline "breaking news" at CNN on front page.


[url]https://www.cnn.com/[/url]

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chico, wrong ,.......again.;)

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Clearly being hidden by sticking it at the top of the page as an alert

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[quote=Giantone;1198263]chico, wrong ,.......again.;)[/quote]

Glad they caught up. They slow fo sho.

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[quote=Chico23231;1198305]Glad they caught up. They slow fo sho.[/quote]

Glade to see you admit you were wrong. Something trump doesn't do.

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[quote=Giantone;1198307]Glade to see you admit you were wrong. Something trump doesn't do.[/quote]

No they slow...not wrong.

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Talk about some media bias, why do they have it on the top right corner instead of front and center?

[img]https://i.imgur.com/2KDPMTi.jpg[/img]

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[quote=Chico23231;1198308]No they slow...not wrong.[/quote]

LOL, typical trumpette.

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lol @ giving CNN grief for not being quick enough on the draw. Sorry but news suppression and protecting liberals in this case has been debunked.

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So Anthony bourdian knew and helped set up the payment. Really disappointing.

The level of hypocrisy is staggering with this story.

Great job by the Times.

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[quote=Chico23231;1198337][B]So Anthony bourdian knew and helped set up the payment. [/B]Really disappointing.

The level of hypocrisy is staggering with this story.

Great job by the Times.[/quote]

Her words against a dead man... a little too convenient for her

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[quote=MTK;1198368]Her words against a dead man... a little too convenient for her[/quote]

Very true. Sucks for everyone involved.

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ROFL.

Why do people still watch FOX news? It's trash. State sponsored TV. They are no better than any Russian "news" outlet for Vladimir Putin. Propaganda and Distraction are their main focus.

[url]https://nordic.businessinsider.com/fox-news-slammed-for-covering-mollie-tibbetts-over-manafort-cohen-convictions-2018-8?utm_source=reddit.com[/url]

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An Opinion artical..........but one I hope comes true.


[url]https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/f26d747e-84b1-3a8f-993e-93d3647c27f7/ss_the-beginning-of-the-end-of.html[/url]



There is a very good chance that August 21, 2018, will forever be known as the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency. On Tuesday afternoon in New York, Michael Cohen (the other one) — Trump’s former lawyer, fixer and consigliore — pleaded guilty to a litany of criminal offenses, including bank and tax fraud. But the most troubling piece of news for President Trump is that Cohen pleaded guilty to a campaign finance law violation, in which he admitted in open court to acting “in coordination with and at the direction of” a federal candidate in ensuring the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal. Who is that federal candidate? Donald Trump!

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[quote=MTK;1198368]Her words against a dead man... a little too convenient for her[/quote]

This. Convenient is the perfect word. We'll never know all the facts.

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Speaking of media bias, is Fox News planning on putting anything up on their website about Cohen and Manafort getting convicted today?

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[quote=mooby;1198401]Speaking of media bias, is Fox News planning on putting anything up on their website about Cohen and Manafort getting convicted today?[/quote]

Why publicize a witch hunt?

If salem were holding trials for witches would we need to read about it in glowing terms?

The real news continues to be:
Increased employment
Increased economic growth
violence in the inner cities
NK/SK warming ties
Growing public confidence.

You know things that affect real life.

But for TMZ/CNN/MSNBC any anti-trump news must be "THE STORY OF THE DAY"

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[URL="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sean-hannity-hillary-clinton-manafort-cohen-convicted_us_5b7cb953e4b0cd327df7b1e2"]Sean Hannity Melts Down About Hillary Clinton On Day Manafort, Cohen Become Felons[/URL]

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1198404]Why publicize a witch hunt?

If salem were holding trials for witches would we need to read about it in glowing terms?

The real news continues to be:
Increased employment
Increased economic growth
violence in the inner cities
NK/SK warming ties
Growing public confidence.

You know things that affect real life.

But for TMZ/CNN/MSNBC any anti-trump news must be "THE STORY OF THE DAY"[/quote]

Is it a witch hunt? Manafort still has yet to go on trial for the serious shit like being an unregistered agent for a foreign government.

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[quote=mooby;1198428]Is it a witch hunt? Manafort still has yet to go on trial for the serious shit like being an unregistered agent for a foreign government.[/quote]

Boom...good post. But still not that’s a direct connect. Manafort is a shady character...will be interesting to see what happens

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1198404]Why publicize a witch hunt?

If salem were holding trials for witches would we need to read about it in glowing terms?

The real news continues to be:
Increased employment
Increased economic growth
violence in the inner cities
NK/SK warming ties
Growing public confidence.

You know things that affect real life.

But for TMZ/CNN/MSNBC any anti-trump news must be "THE STORY OF THE DAY"[/quote]

[B]Witch Hunt my Ass.[/B]

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/21/us/mueller-trump-charges.html[/url]


Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, has issued more than 100 criminal counts against 32 people and three companies. Additionally, Michael D. Cohen, a former lawyer of President Trump, pleaded guilty to charges that stemmed from evidence originally found by Mr. Mueller’s inquiry, including campaign finance violations related to payments made to two women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump.

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[QUOTE=Giantone;1198441][B]Witch Hunt my Ass.[/B]

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/21/us/mueller-trump-charges.html[/url]


Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, has issued more than 100 criminal counts against 32 people and three companies. Additionally, Michael D. Cohen, a former lawyer of President Trump, pleaded guilty to charges that stemmed from evidence originally found by Mr. Mueller’s inquiry, including campaign finance violations related to payments made to two women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump.[/QUOTE]

And yet EVERY indictment of foreign agents has specifically said:
No US citizens knowingly engaged foreign agents to subvert the election
No election results were impacted BY foreign activity
No implication in any of the foreign indictments of criminal activity by the trump administration.

As for the indictments of the us citizens reflect white collar crimes from before trump was a presidential candidate, or ongoing activity that was unrelated to the campaign

Finally, as i said Cohen's plea deal says that trump paid hush money as a fec violation, but unless trump used campaign funds (current information says he didnt) .

So yes its a witch hunt or fishing expedition full of smoke and mirrors to keep an anti trump base energized when the REAL WORLD issues with trumps presidency are all moving in positive directions.

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The funny thing is that even with the msm bias, burying positive news, high pointing the smoke and mirror mueller, and covering up the socialist anti american platform of the stars of the democratic platform rcp polls continue to trend upward for trump especially when taken out of "trump approval" and focused on his policy accomplishments. The media hitmen have certainly kept his personal rating down, but at the polls in primaries, its done nothing for swamp denizens.

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A CNN opinion piece

[url]https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/08/22/opinions/trump-critics-too-soon-to-rejoice-callan/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F[/url]

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When this all started,the voice from the republicans was it never happen .



After Flynn it was ,it was looked at as he lied to the President.


Now after Manafort and Cohn,both now [B]"CONVICTED FELONS"[/B] both still waiting to go into other trials which can go to connect other wrong doings by the President . The trump Republicans look at it as nothing but "White Collar " crimes ,they seem to forget what "white Collar crimes" did to this country at the end of the Bush Presidency. It's is only trump republicans that think this type of crime can not hurt this country. The trump supporters honestly don't care about this country and will ignore every an all crimes having to do with trump regardless of how it makes this country look.They honestly don't care about America.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1198458]A CNN opinion piece

[url]https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/08/22/opinions/trump-critics-too-soon-to-rejoice-callan/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F[/url][/quote]

You're right ,I admit it .










It's an opinion.

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Media Bias, or Headline BS?

first headline on Yahoo homepage when I open it up
[QUOTE]Omarosa ready to testify at Trump's impeachment trial[/QUOTE]

Looking at that headline do you think that there is an impeachment trial of Trump already in progress?

I really hate Headline writers, because I don't want to lump them in with media bias, I just think they are TMZ journalist wannabees