Alarming new revelations about Trump's addiction to Fox News

[Pluvious]

There's gonna be one jarring wake up call to a whole (willfully ignorant) chunk of our society...

There are two Mueller probes. There’s the one that exists in the Fox News-addled mind of President Trump and his supporters, which features dark conspiracy-mongering about a “Deep State coup” against Trump; out-of-control federal agents jackbooting poor, hapless Trump allies; and, of course, the corrupt failure to prosecute Hillary Clinton. Then there’s the one that exists in most mainstream news accounts, which features a team of investigators mostly going by the book, never leaking, methodically following the facts, albeit very aggressively, wherever they will lead.

The gaping disconnect between these two Mueller probes is driven home by two new pieces: one from New York magazine, which reports alarming new details about Trump’s addiction to Fox News and how that has shaped his perception of the Mueller investigation; and one from The Post, which paints a detailed picture of how the probe has actually been operating day in and day out.

The New York magazine piece reports that former White House advisers Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus sought to deliberately drive Trump deeper into the Fox News bubble, because he was getting overly agitated by criticism on MSNBC and CNN. They did this by talking up Fox’s high ratings and importance to Trump’s base until Trump’s television diet became, as one former official put it, “mainly a complete dosage of Fox.”

But this has created its own alarming problems, officials now say. Fox gets Trump riled up about topics that weren’t supposed to be on that day’s agenda, forcing White House staff to scramble to refocus. And Trump’s addiction to Sean Hannity — who has become a kind of walking security blanket for the president — is having a deep impression on his view of the Mueller investigation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/05/14/alarming-new-revelations-about-trumps-addiction-to-fox-news/
(Note use incognito mode to avoid paywall if you've passed your quota)

[kentuck]

1. Well said!

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Indeed, because perception is reality, it is like two different investigations.

[Runningdawg]

2. Can you explain "incognito mode" ?

I need this to read my only local paper online.

[iscooterliberally]

6. I know how to use it in Google Chrome.

I'm sure other browsers probably have some version of it. If you use Chrome, look towards the upper right hand corner of your browser and you should see 3 dots in a vertical row. Click on that and a small menu should pop open. Choose 'new incognito window' and a new browser will pop up in incognito mode. I guess it tricks the news paper into thinking it's your first time visiting their site, so you can read the article. Most of the pay sites will block after 3 articles in a month.

[Runningdawg]

7. I've got Chrome, I see the dots, I will try it Thanks

[mountain grammy]

16. Thank you for this..

wish I could afford to subscribe to everything. Up to three now and want to add the Post.. might have to get a job.

[Pluvious]

12. Right click the launcher icon, should be optional selection nt

[unblock]

3. there's only one investigation, then there's a hugely biased smear campaign against it.

framing it as "two mueller probes" is the old media mistake (right-wing bias) of insisting on presenting "both" sides.

there's only one mueller probe, the real one, period.

there are two *images* of it in the media, one which is mostly accurate and fact-based, and one which is bizarre right-wing propaganda fantasy spun by denialists hell-bent on discrediting the real investigation, lest it damage their grip on power.

[barbtries]

4. this is an important distinction.

thank you.

[erronis]

8. And thanks, unblock - that was my immediate reaction to this story.

Usually an "investigation" implies some impartiality. (Or best complete impartiality, but who has that?)

Fux and owners have worked on the "message is the medium" to a highly effective degree, especially among people who don't like to think

[Marcuse]

15. Exactly. All RW smears have been pre-emptive.

[elmac]

5. yep, he has a fox news lobotomy and there is no cure

and using fox news clips on this site, for any reason, should be banned. That kind of crap doesn't belong on du.

[Scarsdale]

13. How long before

we get an ADULT into the WH? An adult with a brain, class, intelligence and no grifting family members? Has to be a Democratic president, the only kind that can fix this ungodly mess being created by the Dotard in Charge.

[Shrike47]

14. I disagree. You cannot point out the lies if you do not show them.

[elmac]

19. the thing is, there is no point, fox, goptv, isn't a news site

its a propaganda network. We already know they lie 24/7, we already know they are fascist scum sucking pigs, there is no value recycling their fascist lies, but that is just my opinion.

[ProfessorPlum]

9. One hopes Hannity and Rump's pillow talk and phone sex is recorded

for history.







yechh

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. How did they NOT see this coming?

I imagine that, even if they knew it for a certainty, the day-to-day - and even hour-to-hour - of the WH means kicking the can down the road, even if it's only a foot or two, is de rigueur. To get to see the next day dawn, you must first get through this one.

[sandensea]

11. "following the facts, albeit very aggressively..." (?)

It's called doing his job.

'Very aggressively' would be going after Melania's former career in prostitution, and how Trump brought her - and her family - into this country.

Which wouldn't be inappropriate at all, seeing as Russian string pullers probably had something to do with that too.

[mountain grammy]

17. K & R

my third freebee and well worth it.

[NightWatcher]

18. fox news rots the brains of anyone exposed to it. My dad, your boss, or trump, they all get the rot