in Your Face MSM!

[kpete]

MSM mystified that people lining up for blocks to see Hillary
Clinton when they insisted no one was interested.

Link to tweet

[samnsara]

1. i love seeing the men in line. Very self actualized!!

[pangaia]

52. I am not sure why it is a surprise to see men in line.

I just see LOTS and LOTS of people.

[workinclasszero]

59. Any man with half a brain was a Hillary voter

Just sayin

[Lucinda]

2. I'm sure many in the media are squirming...they know the damage they did.

[gratuitous]

6. Nah, they'll do what they always do

Dismiss the crowd as nothing more than a focus group or some other irrelevancy, and then go haring off to film six guys with a confederate flag marching around East Bumblefuck, Virginia.

[ehrnst]

10. Panties are in knots all over the interwebs about how this "proves nothing"

and HRC bribed them with pizza, and go away and shut the fuck up, you remind me of MAAAAAAAHHHHHMMM and I moved out MONTHS AGO, DAMNIT!

And the basement dwellers on all over the Amazon book page, saying, "She ghost wrote this, losers" and other things that they would normally reserve for their local newspaper comments section.

The "rogue DNC" facebook page is organizing protests at her appearances. The broflakes are restless, and their sorry asses are being met with this:

[calimary]

63. Love these tshirts!

[guillaumeb]

3. It looks like a bigger crowd than attended the Trump coronation.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. This is EXACTLY why anyone saying we must forget about last year and move on, is wrong.

We cant move on as if what happened did not happen, everything we do now is based on the stolen election by racists and the KGB.

(yes, I know it is called GRU)

[ehrnst]

9. Yep.

There are some saying this who are afraid of this.

Some dismissed HRC talking about the election as "silly" but the lightness seemed forced.

[heaven05]

33. +++

she should be POTUS. Electronic voting machines were hacked in 2000--by who knows who, rove et al., just as treasonous as these fascist, racist aholes we have in place now 'running' our country and in 2016 by we know who what a fucked up situation. We will never have fair elections anymore until we go back to paper and pen-pencil voting.

[scipan]

64. Electronic voting machines in 2000???

I remember Cruella announcing this great new way to vote - electronic voting machines - in 2001. I think you've got your dates off.

[heaven05]

67. okay

if you say so, 'hanging chads"...that's my reference.

[chillfactor]

5. Looks like a bigger crowd....

then at the orange one's "rallies!" LOL!

[SusanaMontana41]

16. Probably bigger than the one on inauguration day, also. eom

[Afromania]

7. The mainstream media doesn't want to admit what they did.

I wasn't originally in the Hillary camp(Bernie in the primary) so I'm somewhat objective here. They beat on her and beat on her and beat on her some more. Bernie beat on her and beat on her and beat on her some more when it was time to admit defeat. At no point did they think it was time for him to let it go.

Meanwhile, they gave legitimacy to that asshole trump by playing entire trump speeches and letting his surrogates run rampant and unchecked. Now they want to sweep that dirt under the rug and admit no part in bringing about this clusterfuck of epic proportions. No-sir, the media assholes played for ratings and aided in putting that fucking skunk and cabal of skunks into office.

I have completely written off a whole slew of media including some of the talking heads on our side. We needed these people to use their platforms and form a political bulwark to stop the spread of lies trump surrogates were pushing. Not only did they fail to do that but they simultaneously beat the shit out of Hillary about those goddamn emails. They had one job as purveyors of news and abject in their failure to do so only magnifies my anger toward them now.

I'm still pissed at how they helped flush this country down the drain through inaction. I don't care how hard they go at Trump now. It's always going to be a stain on their reps as far as I'm concerned.

[llmart]

8. Amen!

Great post and you say exactly how I feel. We will not forget the free pass the media gave dumphead just because his outrageous behavior would get them ratings.

[Control-Z]

43. Oh, Afromania, thank you for this post!

You put it out there so perfectly.

Just thank you!

[c-rational]

45. Agreed and thank you - well said!

[dchill]

46. What's the plural of 'remora?'

That's what the MSM are.

(It's remoras.)

[ClusterFreak]

50. Fantastic post. Agree 1000%!

Also kinda reminds me of the lapdogs they were in the run up to the Iraq war. They were friggin' horny for war and greedily suckled at Dubbya's teat all the way to Baghdad and beyond (Sorry for the visual there lol). And then, when the orgasmic afterglow of Shock and Awe faded into just a smile on their faces which their spouse wouldn't understand, they decided - a thousand days late and a few billion dollars short - that maybe invading Iraq wasn't such a good idea after all. Ya know, seeing as the pretext was based on a demonstrable, provable lie and all.

[sharedvalues]

51. Yup. America still hasn't discussed the military "analyst" scandal

The NYT got a Pulitzer for exposing that the Pentagon was telling its analysts what lies to tell on TV. And the broadcast media has not ever discussed it.

[FakeNoose]

53. Yes the news media (new$ infotainment industry) sold us down the river

...all for a few bucks of easy ad money. "Donald Trump is good for business."

We should never forget that! It's the CEOs and owners of the newspapers and radio/TV outlets who gave Trump the free blowjobs last year. I don't believe that the reporters themselves wanted to give Trump a pass, but their bosses MADE THEM DO IT!

Maybe I'm really naive, though.

[Afromania]

54. You aren't naive at all. It most likely came down from the top. I'm a bit old skool in my thinking

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that if you are in the news business, including the talking heads, you have a responsibility to the public. You have that responsibility to that public because most automatically take the position that you are respectable, have integrity and are a journalist of some sort.

Some of us understand that they aren't all actual Journalists, but most people don't really make the distinction. The news folk needed to trade on this granted integrity and defend the public that gives it to them. They didn't, whatever the circumstances and now, at least for this guy, the journalistic/news trust and integrity they've been granted has been shot. I can only see them now as what they are. Paid shills for whatever the network deems most profitable.

It's not to say that they can't do good work now, but when we needed them most they failed spectacularly. On the other hand there were some that went to bat for us and fought back against the narrative like warriors. They placed their careers squarely in the sights of the higher ups and took the fight to trump and his surrogates lies.

[FakeNoose]

62. Absolutely - the reporters were steaming mad but they had to keep their jobs

That's why Katy Tur and others are writing books now. They want to tell the truth, the way they couldn't during the campaign. I've read several including the one by Matt Taibbi. "Insane Clown President, Dispatches from the 2016 Circus," which was hilarious and maddening.


So my point was that the rules all changed in the last couple of years. The hard news doesn't sell the newpapers anymore so advertising is king now, and that's why these reporters are losing their jobs. The newspapers are shutting down or going digital, 24/7 fake/celebrity news. Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow are turning in their graves.

[Boomerproud]

11. I have two words for the MSM (and the Hate Media).

F--- You.

[LittleGirl]

13. +1 eom

[mountain grammy]

12. Uh, she won the election.. by more than 3 million votes..

of course!

[dalton99a]

42. Bingo.

[yardwork]

14. Look at all those young people lining up to buy Hillary's book.

[peggysue2]

15. I sm so happy . . .

to see her having this success. No one deserves it more after the meat grinder she was put through.

Interesting to note (according to an article on the DU boards) that the Trumpanzees are swarming Amazon with bad, hateful reviews. Of a book they undoubtedly haven't read. This is exactly what we need to be aware of on all social media platforms--this swarming action is what happened in 2016. We didn't know then what we know now.

Time for insecticide, me thinks!

PS: On Amazon's verified purchase reviews, the book is getting 4-5 stars, mostly 5s. I suspect Amazon was alerted to the haters' bogus review action. Hillary's friends are pushing back. Good one on them.

[canetoad]

20. Can you link to some of these reviews?

It's all very well to say so but I need to read this for myself.

[George II]

36. We're talking about Amazon reviews.

[George II]

21. Many of the negative reviews don't even address the book at all, they attack....

....Clinton's character. It's just another free outlet for the right to attack her.

[peggysue2]

38. Sometimes,

you fight fire with fire.

This is one of those times, in my mind. Because we saw what swarming did in respect to political thought and opinion in 2016. I'm all for being above board and better than . . . But this propaganda technique hacked American minds with absolutely disastrous results. We shouldn't let it slide or go without a concerted push back.

Because we know now what we didn't know then.

[SusanaMontana41]

17. Which members of the press said THAT?

Jeebus H. No snark; I don't have access to cable TV news.

[raven mad]

19. Nor do I, and I refuse to pay for Anchorage Dispatch or Fairbanks Daily News-Minus

or Juneau Empire to find out what's happening online...............

I do read a lot on line, though, and yeah the MSM (the ones that RWNJ's are always screaming LIBERAL about) - trashed her constantly.

So I ordered the book online today!

[SusanaMontana41]

22. I still haven't heard specifically which members of the media said they were "mystified."

I didn't use the word. The OP did.

[Honeycombe8]

25. That's what was wondering. I haven't heard anyone in the MSM say that. nt

[SusanaMontana41]

27. Without proof, it's flame throwing.

I need proof.

[Honeycombe8]

29. I think so, too. I've heard MSM talking about her book, and they were complimentary...

how brave it was for her to put it all out there, etc. No one said they didn't want her to speak or write a book.

Bill Maher said she should go away. Her day is over. But he's not MSM. He's a political comedian.

[melman]

23. Where did the MSM insist no one was interested?

Seems made up.

[SusanaMontana41]

24. I'm waiting for an answer to that myself. nt

[raven mad]

26. I can give you one, and probably find more. Google is your friend.

One person who appears to have no interest in reading Hillary Clinton's new memoir: Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

On Tuesday, the White House press secretary attacked the release of the book.

"I think it's sad that after Hillary Clinton ran one of the most negative campaigns in history and lost... the last chapter of her public life is gonna be now defined by propping up book sales with false and reckless attacks," Sanders told reporters.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/09/12/sarah-huckabee-sanders-hillary-clintons-book-filled-false-and-reckless-attacks/658905001/

[SusanaMontana41]

28. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is not the press.

Google is your friend.

[raven mad]

35. USA Today reporting it is the press. eom

[SusanaMontana41]

47. USA TODAY is quoting Huckabee Sanders.

USA TODAY did not take a position. USA TODAY reported what she said.

You haven't proved anything.

[snooper2]

55. So this entire thread is a made up narrative...LOL

I guess it must be a slow day for people. That time would be better spent cleaning up the rotting celery in the bottom of the fridge

[raven mad]

56. Well, heck, why not? I recall some from wayback that were this fun.

And they didn't involve orange, or skinny, or really really bad decisions or North Korea or a WANT to go to war, or a white racist......... or..........

tps://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/e6/a4/07e6a48f8594cc63e8535dfb4ecb04e8--trump-meme-funny-funny-memes.jpg

[melman]

30. Is she the 'MSM'

Obviously not.

[SusanaMontana41]

32. Clinton's book is a lie? Says the administration that has made its living on lies.

Slightly off topic.

[SusanaMontana41]

31. Did you really expect Sarah Huckabee Sanders to tout Clinton's book? eom

[blogslut]

37. Here's a few

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/07/hillary-clinton-book-tour-democrats-242419

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-clinton-book-20170910-story.html

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/349973-hillary-time-to-exit-the-stage

http://theweek.com/articles/723018/friends-dont-let-friends-read-hillary-clintons-new-book

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451202/hillary-clinton-book-tour-she-cares-about-herself-not-democrats

[melman]

39. None of those say 'no one is intersted'

It's an invented narrative. People find it pleasing for whatever reason but it's not real.

[blogslut]

40. Haha okay!

Semantics are fun!

[SusanaMontana41]

48. Oh stop it. Words matter.

Those are book reviews. That is not "the press" saying anything.

You proved nothing except that some opinionated people don't like her book. That is hardly "the media."

[SusanaMontana41]

49. Completely invented.

Who needs Trumpf to bash the press?

[iluvtennis]

34. And if she comes here to CA San Francisco bay area, we will line up too. Please, please :-)

[Control-Z]

44. And I guarantee the just-turned-blue OC, CA

will do the same. Please, please, please, Hillary, come to OC.

[unblock]

57. those "people" are actually just russian bots

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[niyad]

58. they were hoping that saying it enough times would make it so. FU msm--you are COMPLICIT

in the disaster that is the orange madman's maladministration.

[oasis]

60. +1

[trueblue2007]

61. awesome !!! i just posted this picture and tweet to my facebook wall.

[Scurrilous]

65. K&R

[onecent]

66. Good Going Hillary Clinton....we still love you!

[smirkymonkey]

68. I hope the sales of her book are record breaking!

So great to see so much interest in her book. I can't wait to read it!