Why is the Trump White House Drug story not bigger?

[edhopper]

Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/

Has the media just gotten "scandal fatigue" when it comes to Trump (though not for Biden). Or are they just turning a blind eye to what would be a major story for any other politician?

[TwilightZone]

1. Probably because there are no details beyond what's in the log.

We don't even know who the prescriptions were for.

"are they just turning a blind eye "

It was covered by all major media at the time the report was released, including links to the actual report.

Example: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-misused-funds-pentagon-2024-01-28/

[edhopper]

4. It was covered for one day and dropped

maybe some investigative journalism is in order. If anybody in the MSM still does that?

[senseandsensibility]

6. If it involves cheato they cover their

ass by printing a story once and not investigating further. If a repug operative wants to plant a story based on lies about Biden, though, they are all in for days of on the air coverage.

[MadameButterfly]

8. I think Republicans also help their stories along instead of expecting the press

to do it for them. Since they don't believe in an unbiased press anyway, or governing, and their made up stories are all they've got.

Democrats are busy actually doing the work of governing instead of peddling the most sensational story they can find. Problem is the sensational stories we have are real and need to be aired.

[thucythucy]

28. Unlike the cocaine found in the visitors section of the Biden White House.

I seem to remember that story being flogged for weeks...

[edhopper]

31. Including

Unfounded allegations against Hunter.

[thucythucy]

27. "We don't even know who the prescriptions were for."

That in itself is a scandal.

My partner and I have had some pretty serious health issues in our lives, requiring us to use some heavy weight medications. You wouldn't believe all the hassles, all the documentation, all the medical bureacracy we had to deal with to obtain prescriptions for conditions that were obvious and attested to by some of the best specialists in their fields.

But these folks were just able to waltz into an office and cop some drugs and nobody even bothered to write down who was getting what?

At the very least the "prescribers" ought to be hauled up before a grand jury and asked some serious questions.

Unbelievable, the BS the Trumpsters are able to get away with.

I agree with the poster who asks, essentially, where the fuck are our investigative journalists? Or is "investigative journalism" now an oxymoron?

[senseandsensibility]

2. Good question

And I defy anyone on this board or anywhere to say that this would be similarly treated if it involved Biden's Whitehouse. This is one more example of an utter double standard in the corporate media and in the elite press like the NYT. Thank you for calling attention to it. They try to wear us down with their "narrative" and we need to continue calling truth to power although it is exhausting.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. +1

[LenaBaby61]

9. Agree 1,000% ....

And, the fact that traitor trump's REALLY melting down cognitively at his kkklan rallies should be a much bigger story.

[redqueen]

17. Yep the M$M does what's in their corporate owners best interest

and that means helping to get republicans elected.

[KentuckyWoman]

5. He could sodomize a goat on live TV. They don't care.

My humble opinion is the media has decided the circus is big ratings so don't demolish it. Better to burn down democracy and keep access with the big tent. I know that's tin foil hat territory ...

[MadameButterfly]

7. The media is owned by conservatives and bog corparations

There's the appearance of balance because they let MSNBC, NYTimes, and WaPo keep going while they make money for their owners, but everyone is on a tight leash and we could lose any of them tomorrow like we seem to have lost CNN.

We need a truly liberal owned network, liberal owned newspapers. But there's always a RW guy who's richer to buy them up.
This is what disproportionat income and the road to oliguarchy create. I'm no socialist, but it's looking pretty good to me right now.

[dweller]

10. How long did the story run

When a smidgen of coke was found in the Biden White House ?
🤔


✌🏻

[edhopper]

11. Longer than this one

Commander biting an SS Agent ran longer.

[doc03]

12. He seems to be a serial biter, I hear 25 times. Dogs are a good judge

of character, he would no doubt bite Trump.

[NanaCat]

16. Your assertion about the character judgment

Might hold water if dogs had never become the willing and loving pets of monsters like Hitler and Putin.

[doc03]

25. I suppose even dogs have some bad apples nt

[maxrandb]

13. Because if they actually covered the dumpster fire

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There would be no time to talk of President Biden's age.

Donnie Dipshit scandals are like drinking water from a firehose. It would take up all their air time and ink, and it wouldn't be "fair".

That's how they think of it.

They may also think; " what's the point, his voters don't care".

It's never occurred to them that maybe his voters don't care, because they don't cover them.

They've stopped being journalists, and now see their job as "moving the numbers". Dem gaffes and scandals tend to move the numbers. Retrumplican scandals don't.

Why waste your time on a story about Donnie Dipshit raping a woman, when it has no impact on his voters, when a story about Presidents Biden using the term "illegals" gets Dems to say they won't vote for him?

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. Because it might hurt his chances at winning the election. If he wins election, their ratings go up.

They do not want 4 more years of a boring president in the WH. They want the ratings bonanza of a lunatic there.

[NanaCat]

15. Because the tabloid media

Masquerading as Serious Journalists have zero interest in covering something that might hurt their tax breaks for the rich, or they have their marching orders not to discuss it.

Not when Biden's age needs yet more coverage.

[malaise]

18. Great question

Just imagine if they found those drugs during the Obama administration

[republianmushroom]

19. Because it is "trumps" drug story and not Bidens.

Their golden cow, trump.

[brooklynite]

20. How do you know it happened?

Answer: because it was in the news.

Has there been a new development that needs to be reported?

[edhopper]

21. Are you aware at all

at how many important "news stories " we get word of here that never reaches the general public.

A mention in a newspaper or online doesn't correspond to its importance.

[brooklynite]

22. How much coverage is enough?

Reuters: Trump White House pharmacy improperly provided drugs and misused funds, Pentagon report says

Washington Post: White House Medical Unit's 'severe and systemic' drug problems detailed

CBS News: White House Medical Unit gave controlled substances to ineligible staff, watchdog finds

Rolling Stone: Trump’s White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report

Washington Post: Trump's White House Medical Unit dispensed drugs improperly, watchdog finds

CNN: White House clinic handed out medications with little oversight during past administrations, new investigation shows

Fox News: The White House has a pharmacy – and it was a mess, a new investigation found

NBC News: White House clinic improperly distributed controlled substances during previous administrations, new report says

New York Post: White House pharmacy under Trump dished out Ambien, other controlled drugs to ineligible staffers: report

NewsNation: White House pharmacy had ‘improper medical practices,’ report finds

USA Today: Trump-era White House Medical Unit improperly dispensed drugs, misused funds, report says

Business Insider: White House Medical Unit distributed drugs improperly to Trump staffers: Report

Daily Mail Online: White House's rampant drug use exposed: Whistleblowers say president's pharmacy - run by 'Dr Feelgood' - doled

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Military.com: Free Surgeries and Prescriptions: White House Staff Got Access to Military Health Care Despite Being Ineligible

MSNBC News: Rep. Ronny Jackson was demoted from Navy rear admiral to captain

The Hill: White House clinic improperly distributed controlled substances: Report

HealthNews: White House Pharmacy Probe Reveals Misconduct

Newsweek: White House Medical Unit's Mass Order of Fentanyl Raises Questions

[edhopper]

23. More than the one day story

It was.
But glad you think thevpress is doing a great job covering TSF.

[brooklynite]

24. Did something happen on days two-three-four-five-etc. that required further coverage?

Or is it your view that every story needs to be repeated indefinitely to make sure everyone reads it?

[SocialDemocrat61]

32. Like that story about

Hillary Clinton's email that they only mentioned once during the 16 election

[edhopper]

33. If you think this story

ends with a Pentagon press release, that there aren't many unanswered questions about who and who knew, I can't help you.

[brooklynite]

37. So you're saying that absolutely every media outlet chose not to investigate further?

[SarahD]

26. Nobody cares.

Pathological lying, adultery, whores, bribery, nepotism, much more. It's all normal now.

[niyad]

29. You know the actual answer.

[edhopper]

30. Unfortunately

We do.

[vapor2]

34. the same reason

that the media has failed to cover the covid deaths due to trump's negligence.

[UTUSN]

35. K&R, yet the wingnut zombies are still yakking about the tourist baggie in the WH

[Happy Hoosier]

36. Because Biden is old.

I wish I were kidding.

[The Roux Comes First]

38. AFAIK, We've Not Even Been Made Aware If TFG's Wholly-Corrupt (and Now Demoted) Military "Physician" Was Central to This

Or merely peripheral, or just ano0ther abuser or something.