CBS news officially switched to referring to Trump's tweets

[MineralMan]

as "racist tweets" each time they were mentioned, after this afternoon's press conference. Both on the local and national news.

It was deliberate and repeated several times. Clearly, a memo went out. Tonight was also Norah O'Donnell's first night as evening anchor.

It was striking to hear "President Trump's racist tweets" spoken again and again.

[elleng]

1. Good.

Thanks

[MineralMan]

2. I went, wait...what?

I watch that news daily, so I noticed the change. Never heard it before today.

I don't know who made the decision, but it was clearly policy.

[elleng]

4. I don't watch that news, only PBSNewsHour,

so I don't know what others see and hear.

[ginnyinWI]

31. Newshour said it also!

And you could tell by Judy Woodruff’s tone of voice how she felt about it.

[elleng]

34. Did hear that.

[malaise]

3. I meant to watch her

Forgot

[MineralMan]

5. Note: Check this Google search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=cbs+news+trump+racist+tweets&oq=cbs+news+trump+racist+tweets

[rufus dog]

6. And I want you to ponder the racist response due to the Epstein pressure.

Put pressure on him and his natural response is to become his unhinged self. EXACTLY what would happen if impeachment hearing started.

[BigmanPigman]

21. How right you are!

[calimary]

7. GOOD. Call it what it is! Now start using the noun and verb "lie"

to call it what it is, too.

When he lies, as he mostly does, call it that! DO NOT try to cosmetically adjust it or make it sound less harmful than it is.

Don’t call it a falsehood.

Don’t call say he misspoke.

Don’t say he misled or misrepresented.

Don’t say it wasn’t true.

Call. It. A. LIE.

He LIED. He LIES. He’s LYING. What he says/said/just said/has been saying is A LIE.

[mitch96]

15. +1 oh please please please.... call it what it is with out sugar on it.........nt

[fierywoman]

39. Not a "slip of the tongue" either!

[trueblue2007]

44. TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN

[wryter2000]

60. "Claims"

"False claims." Drives me nuts.

[SCVDem]

70. Lawrence has no problem

Calling a lie a lie.

Emphatically I might add!

He was one of, if not the first!

[yonder]

8. Perhaps this is an example of the new CBS redirection?

[MineralMan]

10. I think so. It clearly was a network decision.

[gratuitous]

28. *SOB!* Les Moonves is really gone, isn't he?

Won't someone think of the ratings lost if Trump isn't dominating the news cycle? Oh, the hit to executives' bottom line! Won't someone think of the executives?

By contrast, NBC was circumspect about saying "Tweets that some people consider racist." Uh, wanna try, "Tweets that are out-and-out racist, excused only by other racists"?

[yonder]

35. Gone and good riddance.

It will be interesting to see how much leash Norah O'Donnell is given in her new spot.

[Cha]

9. Good to know! Thank you!

[Takket]

11. ABC news also said "racist"

and gave the Dem 4 airtime from their press conference. Usually they only air one side, drumpf's.

This one feels a little different........ like he finally pushed it a little too far. Far enough the media was willing to call it what it really was. Usually they only do that to Democrats, like when they were calling Omar an anti-Semite the instant the name Israel came out of her mouth.

[MineralMan]

13. Excellent!

This might signal a switch.

[a kennedy]

12. Bout damn time they call it what they are........RACIST TWEETS.

[BKDem]

14. Bout damn time they start calling it like it is.

What were they afraid of? Losing access to Sarah Huckleberry Sandbag?

[Wellstone ruled]

16. Just caught ABC

David Muir doing the same.

[MineralMan]

18. Great!

[Wellstone ruled]

38. Did any of the MSP crowd do like wise?

[MineralMan]

50. WCCO did a clip with that in it from the Network News.

[Wellstone ruled]

57. So

Hubbard and Gannett stayed silent,does not surprised. One out of four,the Media lines are now 75% hard right.

[MineralMan]

58. I don't know, actually.

I didn't watch the news on either of them. I generally watch WCCO for the late afternoon news, both local and national. I have been doing that for quite some time. I just can't answer your question.

[Wellstone ruled]

59. Thanks man.

Fully understand.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. About time

Now let's see the rest of the media do the same (except Fox, of course).

[SCVDem]

19. Truth Be Told!

Finally!!!

Good job MM.

[bdamomma]

20. good first step

keep on this POS.

[dflprincess]

22. I noticed that too

I did a double take when even Amelia Santaniello (local news anchor for those not in MN) used the word.

[MineralMan]

51. Yes. I heard that, too.

That's another reason I think that CBS News sent out a memo on the subject. It was a very sudden change of language that I had not heard used before.

[durablend]

23. Twittler poutrage incoming....

"FAILING FAKE NEWS IS CALLING ME A RACIST NOW? HELLO? I HAVE A BLACK FRIEND! I CAN'T BE A RACIST!!!!!"

[wryter2000]

61. "I don't have a racist bone in my body."

Can we retire this one now?

[Botany]

63. His Dad was in the KKK

The largest civil rights housing case in history was on him, and nothing could be more racist then his birther crap.

[GoCubsGo]

24. NBC, as well.

I assume PBS is, too.

[ck4829]

25. Well, they are

[FoxNewsSucks]

26. CNN also

I missed the press conference, but was at the Y right after it ended. CNN was on one of the TV's, and for at least an hour the chyron nearly always stated "racist tweets".

[SHRED]

27. ABC did also

[Aussie105]

29. Simple!

Various network execs have gone to their legal department and went 'OK to call these tweets what they are? Racist?'

Legal department: 'Very clear case. He can't sue us on that. Go for it!'

One tweet too far, Don. You are staring into the precipice. It's a long way down. Are you sure you want to keep going the way you are?

(Then again, you can't teach a senile old dog new tricks, so he probably will.)

[liberal N proud]

30. Has the media finally had enough?

Will they finally do their job?

[Aussie105]

32. Hopefully

Seeing they have plucked up the courage, how about backtracking through his presidency, and beyond into the past, and call out every instance of abuse from Don?

Every anti-American word, every phrase he ever muttered, tweeted, that was counter productive to the welfare of the American people, as individuals or collectively.

Plenty to work with.

[Thomas Hurt]

33. the media is calling him a liar and now calling out his racist tweets....

now if they stop dancing around what Trump really is and call him a fascist.

[Opel_Justwax]

36. Now the Press needs to refer to it as the Racist Republican Party everytime they make a report.

[reggaehead]

37. Now if they would just

Start calling his Concentration Camps what they are we might get somewhere

[patphil]

40. Lawrence O'Donnell has been calling him a racist for a long time.

I live near NYC and have seen and heard him for decades.
Trump has always been a racist...just like his father.

It just goes to show that the turd never falls far from the asshole.

Patrick Phillips

[Aussie105]

41. OK?

Is it OK if I add a few other words to the racist and fascist labels for Donny boy?

Can I add . . . .sadistic, brutal, destructive, hate filled . . . oh goodness, the adjectives are flooding my brain!

[mcar]

42. CNN was same

[Hekate]

43. Is that, just barely, the pull of a tide I feel turning?

Please?

[bucolic_frolic]

48. +1000

The people's House is asserting itself, Trump is pushing the most radical policies of his time in office and manipulating the Fed, and the media is paying closer attention.

I'll call it right here: Recession by February, Trump's approval in the mid 20's - yes, 20s - and citizens focused like the Vietnam War era. Change is coming. Find a way to hop on board and bring it.

[xmas74]

45. I was getting my nails done

When the news came on. The owner grabbed the remote,turned it on CBS and said that there's a woman on the air as Norah appeared. In a place that is normally loud and noisy, full of Vietnamese music and tv programming there was dead silence as they talked about ICE. When she said "racist tweet" you could hear women catching their breath, surprised it was called out. The customer next to me said that he could "f@ck himself and his mail order bride to Russia".

The silence was broken but you could feel the hate coming from the workers as they heard his demands for an apology.

[Mike Nelson]

46. Not just CBS...

… all over the news stations. FOX was different, though, with Laura Ingram notably defensive. It reminds me of a paper - the NYT, I think - called one of the Presidents lies a.... "lie"!

[MrModerate]

47. An alternative form you can use is "Racist President Trump's tweets." n/t

[MFGsunny]

49. Call it by its name! Aaaaaamen. n/t

[Chakaconcarne]

52. so this is all pretty odd behavior of these networks...

is this to misdirect from Epstein?

[yesphan]

53. I noticed that

on NPR as well.

[MineralMan]

54. I hope this begins a change in how the media

treats Donald Trump's excesses.

[uponit7771]

55. AMEN! It's been the media not labeling his actions as racist that has enabled this crap to an extent

[riversedge]

56. Thanks for info. GREAT to know this. slowly but surely the msm will use that word.

[efhmc]

62. Which ones?

Just kidding. I know you mean the current ones.

[paulkienitz]

64. unfortunately, this plays right into the trumpie narrative that the media are conspiring against him

[MineralMan]

65. Who cares?

Not me...

[oldsoftie]

72. i agree. It just gives him ammo. But we're in the minority

[BobTheSubgenius]

66. Striking? Sure.

Approptiate? ABSOLUTELY!!!

[BlueJac]

67. I just told a friend that I was upset the media would show Trumps racist tweets without comment.

Finally someone gets it! Call it like it is from now on!!

[kstewart33]

68. The New York Times did the same yesterday.

Seems the mainstream media has set a new benchmark in their reporting.

[MineralMan]

69. I hope they stick with it!

[orangecrush]

71. KICK...

HIM OUT!!!!


For the love of God!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

73. I think it's gotten to the point where you can't NOT call is racism.

It''s sad it took this long to make the networks respond.

But then, I'm from the Walter Cronkite era . . . Huntley and Brinkley . . . John Chancelllor . . . Edward Murrow. Back when men were compelled to tell America exactly what was going on, and call it what it was.

[Tarheel_Dem]

74. K&R

[ck4829]

75. Kick

[watoos]

76. Remember back when Trump fucked up in a tweet,

that he knew about Flynn's discussion with the Russian ambassador? Trump's attorney Dowd claimed that he authored the tweet to bail out Trump. That's when all of Trump's tweets should have been ignored if he can claim that not all his tweets are his.

[Gothmog]

77. It is about time