I am good and goddamned sick and tired of reading or hearing the following clause:
“Today, President Trump said…”
Since what he says or doesn’t say is either a bald-faced lie or fronto-temporal-influenced gabble -degook, what the actual fuck does it really matter at all whatsoever what he said?
It reminds me of the time just prior to the Gulf War when all the news outlets would “report”: “Today, Saddam Hussein said…”
Yes, I am well aware that reportage must needs include the quotation, but isn’t it “something” that our press does not add the proviso “let it be stated for the record that this President has told tens of thousands of lies and gross exaggerations, so it might be prudent to take today’s statement with the proverbial grain of salt until it can be verified.” Or better, “ Our staff has thoroughly researched the validity of this statement and found it to be, as many of his pronouncements are, false in many (all) respects.”
But no. Even though this sociopathic ephebophile has never knowingly told the truth in his lifetime, it is reported as a fact upon initial presentation, and since we have a torrent/firehose of lies, no amount of evidence to the contrary can possibly make up for the initial statement/lie/untruth/prevarication/bullshit. I had a member of my former family of acquisition who considered himself very bright and informed who bought into this nonsense and was exasperated by sane individuals’ contradictions. Very stupid and frustrating. And moronic. And worthy of gnashing of teeth.
But my favorite thing on the news shows is when they’re interviewing a Democrat and ask him or her “Well, the President said such and such.” and the Democrat responds to the lie with the Truth, the interviewer then says dismissively , “Well, we are going to have to leave it there.” And so without discussion, the topic and victory go to the President/Liar. Now when a Republican is interviewed and asked about a Democrat, he or she is given full rein to blather on and on and ascribe not only the “evil motive” to this Democrat, but every ill in the USAand around the world is the fault of the Dem and of course, the Party at-large. Fuck these assholes.
Rant complete.
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and yes, the "mainstream press" is ridiculously slanted - Dems, like women and POC, have always had to be twice as good to be considered half as good - but now repukes have become FASCIST and they're STILL being treated deferentially 
Thank you…worth repeating one million times. 
This is how the US news media bows and kisses his ring.
They've been doing it for TEN *F*-ING YEARS!
We are all on the same page - it's the news media that are making us crazy.
They are cowards and Chump takes advantage of every demonstration of cowardice.
But if they stand up to him ... he backs off because knows he can't defend his own lies.
