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Demovictory9

(32,423 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 10:14 AM Sep 2019

Trump lashes out at "nasty" "disgusting" wp journalists

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/460356-trump-goes-after-nasty-wapost-reporters-suggests-they-be-barred-from%3famp

President Trump lashed out at a pair of Washington Post reporters early Saturday, ratcheting up the White House's feud with the journalists over their coverage of the Trump administration.

Trump went after The Post's Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker in a tweet, calling them "two nasty lightweight reporters" and suggesting that they be barred from the White House grounds.

The president wrote that the reporters "shouldn't even be allowed on the grounds of the White House because their reporting is so DISGUSTING & FAKE."

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Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
1. precisely why credentialing authority for WH reporters must be returned to WHCA
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 10:21 AM
Sep 2019

White House Correspondents Association ceded that authority to press office decades ago.


MISTAKE

This WH has abused the peoples' right to question their president guaranteed in 1st Amendment protections for the press. And so credentialing authority must be returned to the peer organization and codified, as access is codified for reporters covering Congress.

My fight, every stinking day.

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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
2. The media ceded its responsibility
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 10:24 AM
Sep 2019

when Bush insisted on embedding journalists and dictating war propaganda to news outlets.

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Kid Berwyn

(14,800 posts)
10. Trump is supposed to protect and defend journalists.
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 10:53 AM
Sep 2019

Part of his job as president, the First Amendment, its protector.

Seeing how Donnie Tinyhands has never worked a day in his life, it’s understandable how he might not know what to do at work.

Wounded Bear

(58,603 posts)
11. You can learn a lot about a person from their favorite insults they apply to others...
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 11:13 AM
Sep 2019

especially one who engages in as much projection as Trump does.

He knows that everybody thinks he's "nasty" and "disgusting" and "fake." He calls others that because it makes him feel better about how nasty, disgusting, and fake he is.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,602 posts)
13. The Post didn't write what he told them to write, so now the WH complains that
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 11:16 AM
Sep 2019

"the Post refused to cite the majority of Trump’s accomplishments from a list of 26 that was provided." IIRC, the Bush admin sometimes sent talking points to TV news people (didn't Olbermann deliver a rant about this?), but at least they didn't whine publicly if there was a lack of compliance.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. YOU are DISGUSTING & FAKE!
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 06:47 PM
Sep 2019

We have gotten used to your projection by now. We always know that when you unleash these tirades you are really just talking about yourself. You are a NASTY man!

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