Lately Jake Tapper is Screwing the Pooch... Big Time.

It's because they have agreed not to humiliate them on paper in exchange for them showing up?

Soft interviews..... all over the place..... too much a pattern to be ignored?

Who would be the villain now if it wasn't Death Count Donnie, yes that's right, it would be Evil Hellspawn Hillary!

Our media has a heavy hand in all of this malarkey!

People like Moscow Mitch are just the latest in the finest corrupt congress people $ can buy?
He's already grossly rich, which makes it more ridiculous that he is this big an asshole?

with a tenth the viciousness he went after the Clintons.

each day DU gives me dozens of examples that reinforces my joyous decision to turn off the TV 10 years ago. Thanks!

audience can hear what they are saying and make up their own minds. And so they will come back.

CNN's Fox-lite these days, overall working to warp the thinking of those not foolish enough to serve themselves directly up to Fox, but even so the argument for this approach as a way of getting information out is a good one.

to get eyeballs and sell ads.

Not our eyeballs.

been intensively studied by people who write whole books on what research has identified and then followups on new research.

Of course the old "tell a lie often enough and people will believe it" is proven valid, but it doesn't follow that channeling everyone who want to hear those those lies away from truth to sites that purvey only lies is a good way to combat this technique.

NBC didn't do so good here, prompting this reminder of how it should be done:

Link to tweet

NEVER start a refutation by repeating the lie. Start by stating the truth.

they've been playing both sides do it and letting the criminals off the hook since the advent of hate radio and faux tv. no thanks ...not for us.

I think most people get they are lying, blowing smoke, etc. It’s just a lot of folks don’t care.

I don’t think journalists have to call trumpsters liars, idiots, POSs, etc., to get those points across. Just put them on for people to see/hear, ask tough questions, etc.

Tapper has been a right wing hack since his ABC days.

always done that, that's why I don't watch him anymore.