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Ashley Parker of WaPo says Bidens are just as bad as the Trumps (Original Post) FelineOverlord Nov 2022 OP
She doesn't like the backlash! FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #1
Ashley Parker, like so many of these reporters ...... LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #7
It's nothing but "reporters" interviewing other "reporters" maxrandb Nov 2022 #15
Boy, can I not agree with this, Lena. The WaPo has some Hortensis Nov 2022 #48
Kicked and recommended. tazkcmo Nov 2022 #61
Don't forget The Guardian, Vox, Mother Jones, and Democracy Now. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #72
yes so agree Meowmee Nov 2022 #66
Yay.. ratioed on her Stupidity! TY nt Cha Nov 2022 #39
I don't understand, how was it a lie, who felt deceived by it? Walleye Nov 2022 #2
I don't see any lie either PatSeg Nov 2022 #5
Ashley Parker is a never WAS. LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #10
As we would say in the Navy maxrandb Nov 2022 #16
Agreed!!! LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #26
Depriving journalists of coverage of the wedding equals Nation-Destroying Trump Lies? Wingus Dingus Nov 2022 #3
This is the DU BootinUp Nov 2022 #14
Screw them. Biased media seeks to distort the truth. Funny how onetexan Nov 2022 #4
There needs to be a serious discussion at WaPo about spooky3 Nov 2022 #6
Ooooohhhh! I know how that would go maxrandb Nov 2022 #18
Nailed it. nolabear Nov 2022 #30
LOL! Nt spooky3 Nov 2022 #33
Spot on! BlueMTexpat Nov 2022 #57
Who would invite these leeches to anything? WA-03 Democrat Nov 2022 #8
This is ridiculous PatSeg Nov 2022 #9
They're eating her up alive on twitter .. LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #12
I wonder what she was expecting PatSeg Nov 2022 #28
That is basically what she is... ugh Meowmee Nov 2022 #69
Good to Know.. TY! nt Cha Nov 2022 #42
Bothersiderisming our way to fscism Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #11
Yes, most of these talentless hacks have played their part quite well in being right-winged .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #13
Just putting this here: demmiblue Nov 2022 #17
all the telling of and covering of lies and enabling of dumpster that mh participated in... Meowmee Nov 2022 #67
So, you're unhappy with the Washington Post because of an opinion piece. brooklynite Nov 2022 #19
The "newsgathering" by these incompetent hacks FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #24
Simple question: where do you get your actual news? brooklynite Nov 2022 #25
Since I rarely watch television FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #35
You mentioned two sites with niche subject matter. brooklynite Nov 2022 #44
For Ukraine FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #65
The newspaper reporters are usually the ones doing the digging and dot connecting. OMGWTF Nov 2022 #46
I'm to the point now where I only watch a bit of so-called news .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #29
All of this! OMGWTF Nov 2022 #47
We were talking about the Washington Post. Why are people discussing TV? brooklynite Nov 2022 #55
If you subscribe to them, how are you not aware... W_HAMILTON Nov 2022 #36
I think you've finally hit the wall, bud BradAllison Nov 2022 #53
Seriously... wtf?! demmiblue Nov 2022 #20
lol, I thought you were reporters.... Meowmee Nov 2022 #70
We staged photos of our own wedding. This is completely normal and not a lie in any way. unblock Nov 2022 #21
+++++++ Pathwalker Nov 2022 #40
I attended a big $50K wedding where the bridal party took pictures AFTER the ceremony. OMGWTF Nov 2022 #49
THIS Hekate Nov 2022 #64
Gee, in my day, a number of wedding photos were staged and taken ahead of time. catrose Nov 2022 #22
The responses to her bullshit are not favorable JohnSJ Nov 2022 #23
So, they should have invited you assholes, so that ya'll could ruin their wedding GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #27
She's the liar. iemanja Nov 2022 #31
BTW, this is a really stunning photo from the Vogue article: demmiblue Nov 2022 #32
Beautiful! Love the Washington Monument in the background. OMGWTF Nov 2022 #50
Like a fine oil-painting. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #54
Classic case of a reporter who thinks she is more important than she really is RAB910 Nov 2022 #34
She's getting trashed FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #37
What lie was there, you stupid traitor Wapo scum? Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #38
You may not like her, but....."traitor"? brooklynite Nov 2022 #45
And the Andrea Mitchell Greenspan Award goes to... peppertree Nov 2022 #41
You'd hope you wouldn't have to say to a supposedly seasoned reporter, Emrys Nov 2022 #43
Ash is Trash BradAllison Nov 2022 #51
They miss their orange god mcar Nov 2022 #52
Wedding photo shoot is a matter of grave national security concerns IronLionZion Nov 2022 #56
I am sorry, but why is she commenting on a private wedding at the White House? Ray Bruns Nov 2022 #58
Either show evidence or you don't have any. Initech Nov 2022 #59
White House Assistant Press Secretary jumps into the fray FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #60
Vogue did a pre-wedding photoshoot, but Vogue was not there for the wedding LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #62
Wonder if there's still a grudge against Vogue for not putting Malaria Trump on the cover. betsuni Nov 2022 #63
She has poor taste in clothing. Just saying. LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #68
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #71
She has a history of Biden bashing FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #73

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
7. Ashley Parker, like so many of these reporters ......
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:43 PM
Nov 2022

are horrible at what they do. Look at Chuck Toad, and lord have mercy, Andrea Michelle HORRIBLE. BOTH need to retire.

Let's face it, we don't have a functioning, let's get to the facts, impartial media any longer. We have a bunch of mediocre reporters out there, making big money for doing almost NOTHING.

And you wonder why fewer people are reading newspapers and why people don't have much trust in the so-called liberal media. Look at Parker's piece of shit tweets. But then again, these networks are run and or owned by reich-wingers so ....

maxrandb

(15,330 posts)
15. It's nothing but "reporters" interviewing other "reporters"
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:53 PM
Nov 2022

It's the literary equivalent of mutual masturbation.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
48. Boy, can I not agree with this, Lena. The WaPo has some
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:51 PM
Nov 2022

world-class journalists, many of them investigative, commentary, watchdog.

It's a horrible mistake also to confuse journalism with political entertainment influencers like Chuck Todd and Mitchelle who are there to use political subjects to advance the agendas they agreed to.

Maybe turn off daytime MSNBC and CNN especially and pick up a selection of good newspapers and high-class journals. Before long at all, you'll NEVER again equate agents Chuck Todd and Mitchelle with high-quality, or even honest but modest-quality journalists. Or any journalists at all.

As to why fewer people are READING quality articles, "It's the work, stupid." Even among those who say they are, most are reading the headlines and maybe the next sentence enlarging on it. That's measured and proven -- with horrifying findings!

So much easier to let cable personalities deliver the highly curated and edited selections MSNBC feeds us via certain programs especially. Congratulations at least at objecting to two that have been among the very worst.

Give the real press a try. Maybe just a cancellable subscription to, say, The Atlantic for a journal and/or WaPo or NYT for a newspaper for a couple months? The newspapers both usually offer some months free as an intro. To compare with what you've gotten your impressions of what today's journalism is.

Good luck, though you won't need it if you do it. Oh, and btw, don't be too dismayed if something fails your standards. When the national stakes are this high, we should all expect and watch for attempts to influence elections with biased journalism. But there doesn't begin to be enough time to read all the fine journalism available every day.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,345 posts)
72. Don't forget The Guardian, Vox, Mother Jones, and Democracy Now.
Wed Nov 23, 2022, 08:11 AM
Nov 2022

This keeps me from giving up on news:

But there doesn't begin to be enough time to read all the fine journalism available every day.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
66. yes so agree
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 09:46 PM
Nov 2022

with "who make big money for doing almost nothing.." the problem is they do a lot of damage.. and they are played a role in enabling and supporting a fascist madman for years now.

PatSeg

(47,430 posts)
5. I don't see any lie either
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:29 PM
Nov 2022

Did the White House claim the photo was taken at the wedding? Why on earth is this a story? Shame on Ashley Parker and the Washington Post. What a silly, trivial story.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
10. Ashley Parker is a never WAS.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:49 PM
Nov 2022

She's just like most of these hack, no talent, big mouth reporters out there, who have little or nothing to offer. Comparing Pres. Biden's White House to that raw sewage pit known at the tRump White House and trying to say that there's no difference in their lies

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
26. Agreed!!!
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 02:11 PM
Nov 2022

And she's a Bureau Chief to boot I think.

We have a barely functioning media in this country, with a bunch of hacks, out right liars who bend on their knees to their corporate masters, which Parker has done for what she calls a career

onetexan

(13,041 posts)
4. Screw them. Biased media seeks to distort the truth. Funny how
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:24 PM
Nov 2022

Theyre complaining about lies but they don't see themselves as hypocrits spreading garbage.

spooky3

(34,452 posts)
6. There needs to be a serious discussion at WaPo about
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:42 PM
Nov 2022

What is wrong with her take on this. They should move her to writing obituaries.

maxrandb

(15,330 posts)
18. Ooooohhhh! I know how that would go
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:56 PM
Nov 2022
Gertrude Alflin, 86, passed away peacefully in her sleep. Some say she was a woman of tremendous faith, attending church every morning. Others say that she was really a cruel woman who hated her family. Reports are that she became more of a homebody when the love of her life, Bernard, passed away several years ago, although some have questioned her whereabouts at the time of his death. In lieu of flowers, the family have asked that you play a Bingo Card in her honor at the Tuesday Afternoon VFW Post Bingo Game, but some people say that this would only encourage gambling.

She'll be laid to rest at Shady Grove Cemetery and Drive-Thru on Monday, although some have said it will be Wednesday."

"Back to you Andrea..."

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
11. Bothersiderisming our way to fscism
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:50 PM
Nov 2022

Just sick. The media's role in the destruction of our Democracy is shaemful.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
13. Yes, most of these talentless hacks have played their part quite well in being right-winged ....
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:53 PM
Nov 2022

SHILLS.

THE END.

brooklynite

(94,554 posts)
19. So, you're unhappy with the Washington Post because of an opinion piece.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:58 PM
Nov 2022

I subscribe to them for news gathering.

FelineOverlord

(3,578 posts)
24. The "newsgathering" by these incompetent hacks
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 02:09 PM
Nov 2022

Has led us to fascism.

They want "clicks".

It's been said they are bored because the Bidens are not "exciting" like the Trumps.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2021/07/17/journalists-keep-complaining-biden-is-too-boring-translation-trump-is-more-fun-to-write-about/?sh=f972d6e6f981

Of course, if Trump does get back into the White House, he'll try to throw them in jail for being "disloyal" to him.

I'm sure they'll find a way to excuse that also.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/17/trump-news-james-comey-jail-journalists

FelineOverlord

(3,578 posts)
35. Since I rarely watch television
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:07 PM
Nov 2022
https://www.propublica.org/
https://www.texastribune.org/

Various other sources . . .

I used to LOVE the New York Times.

My journalism teacher in high school provided us with free copies every single day and my family loved to read that paper.


brooklynite

(94,554 posts)
44. You mentioned two sites with niche subject matter.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:33 PM
Nov 2022

Last edited Tue Nov 22, 2022, 09:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Neither will tell you about the war in Ukraine, or COVID, or what happened on January 6 or Trump’s tax returns.

FelineOverlord

(3,578 posts)
65. For Ukraine
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 08:59 PM
Nov 2022

I check out the Kviv Independent.

https://kyivindependent.com/

And other sources.

I do sometimes read the Times and other newspapers at the library. It’s free.

I also watch some videos from RELIABLE sources on YouTube.

And I love The New Yorker.

The Times has been a huge disappointment for several years now. Ever since they fired most of their editors, the decline has been obvious. Poor journalism, little fact-checking, poor sourcing.

It’s a shame, because they have really talented reporters, but the lack of oversight is obvious.

OMGWTF

(3,955 posts)
46. The newspaper reporters are usually the ones doing the digging and dot connecting.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:43 PM
Nov 2022

The meat puppets on the electric teevee machine are just repeating what the print reporters discovered.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
29. I'm to the point now where I only watch a bit of so-called news ....
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 02:32 PM
Nov 2022

on these so-called news channels, IE: Lawrence, Rach, Nicole, Ali, Katie Phang and a few others. I also love Eugene Robinson over at the Post, and a few others over at the NY Times, the now Dead Gray Lady.

Look at what CBS news is doing in ginning up this FAKE Hunter Biden Laptop story AGAIN, and there's never been a laptop ... only a hard drive filled with Russian disinformation passed around by the likes of Pedio Gaetz, Drunken and stirred Rudy and Fascist, liar, racist and thief Steve "Pig Pen" Bannon. WHO in their right minds trusts those traitors & insurrectionists to tell the truth about ANYTHING?

Oh, I forgot and legally blind man who took in Biden's laptop who'd be a hell of a wittiness on Hunter Biden's non-existent Laptop, but what is really a hard drive which has no chain of custody and is a Russian piece of disinformation to attack the Biden's or who the reich-wingers like GYM "so what if those guys got sexually abused" Jordan now calls the Biden Crime Family


I love Midas Touch ......

W_HAMILTON

(7,866 posts)
36. If you subscribe to them, how are you not aware...
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:07 PM
Nov 2022

...that Ashley Parker is their White House reporter and not simply an opinion writer?

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
53. I think you've finally hit the wall, bud
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:59 PM
Nov 2022

You've gotten away a long time with, well, not really hiding under the radar.....

But it's time to take your leave.....

unblock

(52,227 posts)
21. We staged photos of our own wedding. This is completely normal and not a lie in any way.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:59 PM
Nov 2022

Not every guess wants to stand around for a couple hours while the photographer takes staged photos of every possible combination of bride, groom, wedding party, and close family.

I've even seen wedding photos of the bridge and groom on the beach or at sunset when I know the wedding itself wasn't near a beach or at sunset.

Where's the deception? Where's the "too cute by half"?

This is utter nonsense.

Jealous media types abusing their media power to try to smear a president for not inviting them, combined with the usual over-the-top right-wing bias.

OMGWTF

(3,955 posts)
49. I attended a big $50K wedding where the bridal party took pictures AFTER the ceremony.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:55 PM
Nov 2022

The guests were all drunk and starving by the time they arrived at the reception THREE hours later. What a disaster!

catrose

(5,066 posts)
22. Gee, in my day, a number of wedding photos were staged and taken ahead of time.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 01:59 PM
Nov 2022

They are desperate for scandal.

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
27. So, they should have invited you assholes, so that ya'll could ruin their wedding
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 02:12 PM
Nov 2022

by spending your time shouting out questions to the bride's father and grandfather? Fuck off, Ashley, et. al.

 

Genki Hikari

(1,766 posts)
38. What lie was there, you stupid traitor Wapo scum?
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:13 PM
Nov 2022

That they took photos in advance and didn't ask diddums to come watch?

You're not entitled to be at an event, poking your slimy nose into things where you don't belong.

And if it's about the "lie" about photos taken in advance not at the wedding (WTF?), well, cupcake, people take wedding pictures before the event all the dang time.

Every time I went to the McNay museum in San Antonio, some future bride and various people in her wedding party were there taking photos, but no wedding was taking place to go with it.

And I mean that happened

EVERY.

SINGLE.

TIME.

I went to the McNay.

Maybe if this stupid tr*mped up trash had ever been part of a decent wedding, then she'd know that it's the norm to take wedding photos in advance, especially for couples who have scheduled their wedding during a time of uncertain/potentially unpleasant weather.

Emrys

(7,241 posts)
43. You'd hope you wouldn't have to say to a supposedly seasoned reporter,
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:33 PM
Nov 2022

"Welcome to the art of PR," but here we are.

Did the wedding not happen? Did it not happen as described?

Was it possibly a more enjoyable day for the Bidens without the pressure of another phot-op? I mean, with the recent TFG spawn wedding, we've seen what can happen to put a kink in a reputedly special day and its aftermath.

And was it more manageable for Vogue and its deadlines?

Welcome to the industry. You obviously still have much to learn.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
51. Ash is Trash
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 03:57 PM
Nov 2022

She's done her best to prove she's not a catty young brat, but finally it's come to the surface.

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)
56. Wedding photo shoot is a matter of grave national security concerns
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 04:15 PM
Nov 2022

but hiding classified documents in a Florida basement and a violent insurrection are just normal tourist behaviors.

What do they think Naomi Biden is hiding from the press? Nuclear secrets?

Ray Bruns

(4,097 posts)
58. I am sorry, but why is she commenting on a private wedding at the White House?
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 04:20 PM
Nov 2022

Good thing she isn’t covering something menial. Wasn’t there a story about a week ago about child labor violations at a meat packing plant? Where did that story go?

Initech

(100,075 posts)
59. Either show evidence or you don't have any.
Tue Nov 22, 2022, 04:25 PM
Nov 2022

I'm tired of this crap. The Bidens are not the same as the Trumps. They're not hateful racists who are out for absolute power.

FelineOverlord

(3,578 posts)
73. She has a history of Biden bashing
Wed Nov 23, 2022, 02:11 PM
Nov 2022

She has also criticized Biden for going to Delaware, visiting the local church, and not doing his job, according to her.

The response was vitriolic as people pointed out that he was also visiting the church graveyard to visit his deceased family members!








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