The M$M are driving me nuts !

[kentuck]

Sometime, before the week of the election, I want to hear, I need to hear, about Donald Trump's business deals with Russia and China. I do not want a Manchurian candidate as President. Why is he so friendly to Vladimir Putin? How much money has he borrowed from Russian Banks? How much does he owe the Chinese? We need to know this shit. We cannot permit someone that can possibly be blackmailed to sit in the White House. It's a gamble we cannot take. Fuck those emails! Look at the forest !

[spanone]

1. i don't know if our current media is capable of asking those questions....

[lapucelle]

2. Colin Powell and his wife had a foundation when he was SOS.

Enron gave a large donation when they had business before The State Department.

Trump was fined for a donation his foundation gave to the Florida attorney general when she was deciding whether or not to pursue fraud claims against Trump University.

Crickets.

I wrote to Joy Reid today. She's the only one talking on the tee vee about the double standard for the female candidate named Clinton.

http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2016/09/could-hillary-clinton-still-lose-this.html

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/8/30/12690444/alma-powell-clinton-foundation

http://www.nationalmemo.com/from-russia-with-love-trump-stooges-boris-and-natasha/

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/09/sigh-yet-another-non-scandal-clinton-foundation

[kentuck]

3. Good links!

Thanks!

http://www.nationalmemo.com/from-russia-with-love-trump-stooges-boris-and-natasha/

[lapucelle]

5. My go-to blog for exposés of malfeasance via scripted narratives by the "liberal" MSM

is the Daily Howler.

http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/

Bob Somerby's companion website "How He Got There" chronicles the liberal media's manipulation of the 2000 election. That framing is chillingly similar to what's going on now.

http://howhegotthere.blogspot.com/

Mr. Somerby happened to be the room mate to Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones in the triple dorm room at Harvard. He's a liberal media watchdog who takes on the fauxgressives and their ridiculous narratives.

[Gabi Hayes]

7. amen. re: your heads up that he's still around>>>>

Remember this? he was a fixture here and Salon Table Talk during that election theft, hardily abetted by the media

just one example:

https://www.google.com/search?q=somerby+gore+2000&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[patsimp]

4. i agree with you.

[napkinz]

6. K&R!

[skylucy]

8. Amen to that

[csziggy]

9. NYT did a good article - but the cable channels have not picked it up

Trump’s Empire: A Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties

By SUSANNE CRAIGAUG. 20, 2016

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But an investigation by The New York Times into the financial maze of Mr. Trump’s real estate holdings in the United States reveals that companies he owns have at least $650 million in debt — twice the amount than can be gleaned from public filings he has made as part of his bid for the White House. The Times’s inquiry also found that Mr. Trump’s fortunes depend deeply on a wide array of financial backers, including one he has cited in attacks during his campaign.

For example, an office building on Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, of which Mr. Trump is part owner, carries a $950 million loan. Among the lenders: the Bank of China, one of the largest banks in a country that Mr. Trump has railed against as an economic foe of the United States, and Goldman Sachs, a financial institution he has said controls Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, after it paid her $675,000 in speaking fees.

Real estate projects often involve complex ownership and mortgage structures. And given Mr. Trump’s long real estate career in the United States and abroad, as well as his claim that his personal wealth exceeds $10 billion, it is safe to say that no previous major party presidential nominee has had finances nearly as complicated.

As president, Mr. Trump would have substantial sway over monetary and tax policy, as well as the power to make appointments that would directly affect his own financial empire. He would also wield influence over legislative issues that could have a significant impact on his net worth, and would have official dealings with countries in which he has business interests.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/politics/donald-trump-debt.html

If you google Donald Trump debts there are other articles about his financial house of cards.

Fortune - Donald Trump Is Understating His Debt by $500 Million

Mother Jones - Trump Has a Conflict-of-Interest Problem No Other White House Candidate Ever Had

Washington Post - Trump’s bad bet: How too much debt drove his biggest casino aground

Washington Post - Donald Trump rattles Republicans with plan to rack up debt

[kentuck]

10. I guess a little "fair and balanced" in their coverage would be too much to expect?

Surely Donald has earned equal time with Hillary's emails?