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JohnSJ
(92,409 posts)By failing to remind our audience what Trump did each and every time we mention him, journalists normalize his attempt to end American democracy on that January day.
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Donald Trump once famously bragged that he could shoot someone on Manhattans Fifth Avenue and not lose any supporters.
What he didnt mention was how quickly the news media would pretend like it never even happened.
Instead, wed focus on the latest juicy tidbits of who was in and who was out among the Mar-a-Lago crowd. Wed write features about how his old crew had migrated to South Florida with him and how the state itself had become Trump-ified in his image. And wed scramble over each other for scoops, such as who is about to endorse him, or when and where his next rally would be, with the hope of winning an invitation aboard his private jetliner."
"How do I know this?
Because were doing it right now. Donald Trump is the only president who used the threat of violence and then actual violence in an attempt to remain in power the very definition of a coup. It was the singular unique act of his tenure, truly historic. In 232 years of elections, no other president had done anything remotely close to what Trump did.
Failing to mention Jan. 6 in a story about Trump is akin to writing about Neil Armstrong without mentioning the moon landing or about Jeffrey Dahmer without bringing up cannibalism."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-coup-media_n_64505256e4b039ec4e867f2d
Beachnutt
(7,341 posts)If he goes on their show doesn't that hurt his so called case ?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-files-475-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-cnn
Rebl2
(13,557 posts)I cant stand him and all his lies. Why would I watch.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,048 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)Don't encourage them. Don't clip on any links that go to a CNN website, their YouTube channel, etc.
MagaSmash
(5,475 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Give Biden equal time. But Stephanie Rule and MSNBC. She had Biden on, then did a 2 hour follow up with those who have known Joe for a long time. She emphasized his grasp on things that matter.
CNN will sink or swim on whether they let Trump tell lie afte r lie.I
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Only in America can you have a guy with a litany of crimes following him around and he runs for president and some cheer for him. A total WTF!
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,833 posts)Paladin
(28,273 posts)William Seger
(10,779 posts)Nielson installs meters on a supposedly representative sample of TV viewers -- nobody will know how many people actually watch.
The Third Doctor
(241 posts)grumpyduck
(6,262 posts)More like no fucking way will I watch that prick. I can't even stand to look at his photos all over the news.
Paladin
(28,273 posts)Just wondering...
Freethinker65
(10,055 posts)Expect sexual bravado about all of the woman currently and in the past that desired him. Expect him to call the Democrats baby murderers and say Democrats encourage murderous thugs, criminals, and drugs to flow through our borders when he alone would have stopped it. Expect him to tout not needing to raise the debt ceiling because the US would be rolling in cash because of his art of the deal knowledge and connections. Expect him to continue to challenge the election he lost to Biden. Expect him to call the failed insurrectionists patriots and float pardons if elected and threaten to round up the "real" criminals. Expect very little, but occasional, pushback from CNN.
onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)bluestarone
(17,043 posts)Seems like every fucking time i go there, it's got a fucking RETHUG on!
Lettuce Be
(2,337 posts)He even bashed them for having him on! CNN and Fox are on their last legs, and none too soon.
MagaSmash
(5,475 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,567 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,802 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)The ONLY thing that would persuade me to do so would be an opportunity to see his ugly ass frog marched into a black & white cruiser.
He is the most disgusting person in the world as far as I'm concerned. I fucking hate his guts.