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Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:19 AM Aug 2016

Trump blasts New York Times: ‘They don’t write good’

Source: Politico

Donald Trump took aim at yet another venerable news outlet Monday night, saying that The New York Times “is just absolutely a disaster” and “so unfair” to his campaign.

“The media is very unfair. They’re very biased,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity, parroting a claim he has made throughout his campaign. Trump also unveiled a new nickname for the established outlet: "The Failing New York Times.

“You look at The New York Times, I mean, the fail — I call it ‘The Failing New York Times’ because it won’t be in business for another, probably more than a few years unless somebody goes in and buys it and wants to lose a lot of money,” Trump said. “But The New York Times is so unfair. I mean they write three, four articles about me a day. No matter how good I do on something, they’ll never write good.”

The Republican nominee then took aim at Times presidential campaign correspondent Maggie Haberman, a former POLITICO reporter who has covered the Trump campaign extensively.

“They don’t write good. They have people over there, like Maggie Haberman and others, they don’t — they don’t write good,” he said. "They don’t know how to write good.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-new-york-times-226546



You just can't make this stuff up.
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Trump blasts New York Times: ‘They don’t write good’ (Original Post) Frank Cannon Aug 2016 OP
Somebody don't think good bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #1
Perfect groundloop Aug 2016 #14
ROFLMAO Odin2005 Aug 2016 #16
+1 riversedge Aug 2016 #29
Somebody don't talk good neither Metro135 Aug 2016 #32
He read the Sunday food section, and really meant ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2016 #2
poor widdle donald. Roland99 Aug 2016 #3
Well how can they write good when he doesn't talk good? AllyCat Aug 2016 #4
Trump talking point police here. Stonepounder Aug 2016 #38
LOL! AllyCat Aug 2016 #41
Imbecile trusty elf Aug 2016 #5
Exactly. Laser102 Aug 2016 #30
"Imbecile" is such a wonderful word ailsagirl Aug 2016 #59
Of course they do! whatthehey Aug 2016 #6
That's called "irony" Donald. Happyhippychick Aug 2016 #7
Or he could just go on thinking that 'irony'... SeattleVet Aug 2016 #46
Irony: it's what the maid does Happyhippychick Aug 2016 #52
LOL ailsagirl Aug 2016 #60
:) Happyhippychick Aug 2016 #61
Want some cheese... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #8
. reflection Aug 2016 #9
/ / / Siwsan Aug 2016 #11
Thread winner. nt onehandle Aug 2016 #35
What. Is. This. ? Saviolo Aug 2016 #40
OMGawd! pandr32 Aug 2016 #50
*snort* smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #53
Is this satire? Kber Aug 2016 #10
Here's a webpage with the video. Jim__ Aug 2016 #39
He is the ultimate living breathing example of BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #12
Bigly Motley13 Aug 2016 #51
They write better than he talks madokie Aug 2016 #13
It's "write well", Donnie. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #15
W. T. F. angrychair Aug 2016 #17
I trolled him on twitter: MANative Aug 2016 #18
For god's sake, GWB could run circles around him. smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #54
Trump says he does read anything left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 #19
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Aug 2016 #20
Linked in the comments: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #21
Amazing how limited the man's vocabulary is. Nitram Aug 2016 #22
What a fucking embarrassment for America. Did this asshat get passed Ned and the First Reader? lonestarnot Aug 2016 #23
How embarrassing. Glimmer of Hope Aug 2016 #24
Ah, how well he has used his education. n/t neeksgeek Aug 2016 #25
If every teacher takes five friends to the polls, that's about 15 million votes for Hillary Rose Siding Aug 2016 #26
He's so stupid treestar Aug 2016 #27
He talks like that to pretend to be 'a man of the people', rather than a privately-educated one muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #28
Let's consider that he was speaking to Hannity and Hannity's audience underpants Aug 2016 #31
well, well, well rurallib Aug 2016 #33
Its speld 'rite,' moran. Warton gradooit my as! nt onehandle Aug 2016 #34
Anyone else flashing back to early National Lampoon and "How to Write Good" blm Aug 2016 #36
I don't expect Soxfan58 Aug 2016 #37
That poor man. How does he sleep at night. The whole world is against him. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2016 #42
Donald was left behind as a children. grubbs Aug 2016 #43
Forgetting grammar, he has the vocabulary of a 4th, er 3rd, grader n/t moonscape Aug 2016 #44
I guess they missed that at Warton. Rustyeye77 Aug 2016 #45
A Living, Breathing RobinA Aug 2016 #47
It's OK Punkin Head. They will do gooder later. Yonnie3 Aug 2016 #48
The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one Jon Fogerty Aug 2016 #49
He should attend the Zoolander JesterCS Aug 2016 #55
Every single institution that is critical of him or employs someone who is critical smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #56
A ferrous candidate ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2016 #57
shit, he's self-destructing too quickly 0rganism Aug 2016 #58
It's like watching a death by a thousand cuts. Frank Cannon Aug 2016 #62
Wharton would give his tuition fees back Motley13 Aug 2016 #63
I'm sorry, but I really don't think the illiterate have any right to opine smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #64
The Stupid... TomCADem Aug 2016 #65
Ah yes, Penn, the Ivy League's safety school. KamaAina Aug 2016 #66

bucolic_frolic

(43,305 posts)
1. Somebody don't think good
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:23 AM
Aug 2016

Not very good at all. Terrible thinking, most awful thinker ever. The
worst in the thinking department, no elevator on the top floor of
the tower. Just a putrid brain. Decayed. Demented even.

Metro135

(359 posts)
32. Somebody don't talk good neither
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:56 AM
Aug 2016

Perfect that this was during a conversation with Sean Insanity. Two shitheads havin' a conversation.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
2. He read the Sunday food section, and really meant
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:24 AM
Aug 2016

Gouda.

Oh, wait. He doesn't read newspapers. He has someone so that for him.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
59. "Imbecile" is such a wonderful word
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:41 PM
Aug 2016

Has class-- beats all the four-letter words thrown together, IMO

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)
7. That's called "irony" Donald.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:31 AM
Aug 2016

I know that's a big word for you but you could try to look it up and see what it means, k?

Saviolo

(3,283 posts)
40. What. Is. This. ?
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:20 AM
Aug 2016

A CENTRE FOR ANTS?!


The real centre has to be at least...

... three times bigger than this.

BumRushDaShow

(129,526 posts)
12. He is the ultimate living breathing example of
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:51 AM
Aug 2016

white privilege.

“They don’t write good. They have people over there, like Maggie Haberman and others, they don’t — they don’t write good,” he said. "They don’t know how to write good.”


Just the above quote alone establishes that any amount (or lack) of schooling is irrelevant for him, as he is not only permitted to be on the public stage, but is coddled while there by the media.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
18. I trolled him on twitter:
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:20 AM
Aug 2016

@realDonaldTrump "They don't write good"?? Seriously? Where did you learn how to speak English? I know many immigrants with better grammar.

Heehee

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
19. Trump says he does read anything
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:20 AM
Aug 2016

There was a discussion on the Bill Press (progressive) radio show this morning how Trump has said he doesn't read newspapers, magazines, etc and has said he gets all his info from watching TV.

 

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)
23. What a fucking embarrassment for America. Did this asshat get passed Ned and the First Reader?
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:27 AM
Aug 2016

Maybe bushitler with sit with him and read the "My Pet Goat."

muriel_volestrangler

(101,367 posts)
28. He talks like that to pretend to be 'a man of the people', rather than a privately-educated one
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:41 AM
Aug 2016

and I think he knows that any criticism of it gives him an excuse to call others 'elitist'. He wants to play down the millionaire father who gave him every possible advantage in life.

underpants

(182,884 posts)
31. Let's consider that he was speaking to Hannity and Hannity's audience
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:54 AM
Aug 2016

Frankly, anyone who willfully watches Hannity and considers it in any way non-insulting probably doesn't know enough to use the pointy end of the stick when writing in the dirt.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,871 posts)
42. That poor man. How does he sleep at night. The whole world is against him.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:34 AM
Aug 2016

And none of it is ever his fault. He is just a poor innocent victim.

grubbs

(356 posts)
43. Donald was left behind as a children.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:40 AM
Aug 2016

He was left behind better and farther than anyone! You wouldn't believe how far he was left behind! Believe me...you wouldn't believe it!

Yonnie3

(17,486 posts)
48. It's OK Punkin Head. They will do gooder later.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 12:05 PM
Aug 2016

Poor, poor wittle punkin head tRump has an emotional boo boo. Big meannies New York Times, Bad, Bad, Bad. Punkin Head tRump does goodest, he told us he did good.

Jon Fogerty

(45 posts)
49. The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 12:06 PM
Aug 2016

Putin is not going into the Ukraine, he's there in a certain way
Kahn has no right to tell millions that I have not read the Constitution
The New York Times does not write good

These are my most recent favorites...

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
56. Every single institution that is critical of him or employs someone who is critical
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:30 PM
Aug 2016

of him is a "Failure" or "Failing". Obviously he is wrong most of the time, however he has nothing else to throw at them so he has to use what is in very limited verbal aresenal to attack them. I think this is just another example of The Donald projecting his own insecurities outward.

0rganism

(23,970 posts)
58. shit, he's self-destructing too quickly
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:39 PM
Aug 2016

he needs to last at least until October when it's too late to effectively replace him on the ticket

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
62. It's like watching a death by a thousand cuts.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:45 PM
Aug 2016

At this rate, he can't last two more weeks without dropping out or being forced out. Then the Republicans will pick Pence or Ryan and it will be a new ball game.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
64. I'm sorry, but I really don't think the illiterate have any right to opine
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:07 PM
Aug 2016

upon the quality of journalism at the New York Times.

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