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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApologies to President Trump BY SHARYL ATTKISSON
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/435552-apologies-to-president-trumpHowever, judging by the recent past, apologies are not likely forthcoming from the responsible parties. In this context, it matters not whether one is a supporter or a critic of President Trump.
Whatever his supposed flaws, the rampant accusations and speculation that shrouded Trumps presidency, even before it began, ultimately have proven unfounded. Just as Trump said all along.
Yet, each time Trump said so, some of us in the media lampooned him. We treated any words he spoke in his own defense as if they were automatically to be disbelieved because he had uttered them. Some even declared his words to be lies, although they had no evidence to back up their claims.
We in the media allowed unproven charges and false accusations to dominate the news landscape for more than two years, in a way that was wildly unbalanced and disproportionate to the evidence.
We did a poor job of tracking down leaks of false information. We failed to reasonably weigh the motives of anonymous sources and those claiming to have secret, special evidence of Trumps treason.
As such, we reported a tremendous amount of false information, always to Trumps detriment.
And when we corrected our mistakes, we often doubled down more than we apologized. We may have been technically wrong on that tiny point, we would acknowledge. But, in the same breath, we would insist that Trump was so obviously guilty of being Russian President Vladimir Putins puppet that the technical details hardly mattered.
So, a round of apologies seem in order.
This is complete garbage. I'm fearing we are losing in the media.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)You should put that in the subject line of the OP...
Joe941
(2,848 posts)Turbineguy
(37,329 posts)what a stable genius trump is, how good he looks and how much they'd love to have his babies.
But maybe they want to be subtle.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)yet again. Chargeable collusion or not this muthafuck lies every day and NOTHING can redeem him. NOTHING.
skylucy
(3,739 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,070 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,692 posts)She's a right-winger and an anti-vaxxer who works for Sinclair Broadcasting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyl_Attkisson
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Blow it out your ass.
coti
(4,612 posts)actual report.
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)What a load of garbage. The right wing nut jobs have this choreographed to the tee....
area51
(11,908 posts)Make7
(8,543 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)She's one step, a very small step, above Ann Coulter in terms of being a reich wing shill.
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)"Later that year, her book Stonewalled: One Reporter's Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington (Harpers) was published. In this work, she accused CBS of protecting the Obama administration by not giving enough coverage to such stories as the 2012 Benghazi attack and slow initial enrollments under Obamacare. The book was a New York Times Best Seller."
Mr. Sparkle
(2,932 posts)That's one notch below Foxnews on the richter scale of right wing shittery. She no more represents the media, as sarah palin does her local mensa society.
JDC
(10,127 posts)UTUSN
(70,691 posts)and Sinclair!1
allgood33
(1,584 posts)Trump statement, Trump speech, Trump action. there was absolutely noting "unfounded."
And people seem to forget that it was the Democrats who began the Special Counsel investigation. It began with Trump firing Comey. Trump is responsible for the money spent and the forthcoming acqusations. And he is now calling for uncoonstitutional actions by his Executive appontees to thwart free speech and foment violence. FOX needs to be shut down as incinting violence against elected officials and the media.
Leith
(7,809 posts)Is she looking for a position on his cabinet?
scrutineer
(1,156 posts)Sharyl Attkisson Resigns from CBS News (over percieved 'liberal bias')
ck4829
(35,076 posts)And attacked doctors for giving out vaccines?
Where are her apologies for them?