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Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,484 posts)
42. The free press is hurting us by failing to use
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 04:09 PM
Oct 2024

their freedom to handle the famous Felon in ways that would be truly informative. They ask him questions that practically invite him to lie, and then they don't challenge the lie. There are clever ways to construct questions that would expose him for what he is.

The again, and it's not really the "free press" we deserve when ownership & control is dominated by RW billionaires and run on a system of click bait being necessary to attract readers.

Sadly, few people have the attention span to read more than a few paragraphs anymore. I'd like to see a study of how much anyone actually reads past the headlines, which are not controlled by the articles' authors and often distort the gist of the piece.

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Because they are cowards. TSExile Oct 2024 #1
And they can't handle the truth. Nt BootinUp Oct 2024 #8
Perhaps. Magoo48 Oct 2024 #18
I was more referring to being cowards. BootinUp Oct 2024 #29
THAT right there is the truth of the problem. Republican right wing ownership of all the corporations that handle our BComplex Oct 2024 #30
They may be cowards, but they are censored by corporate owners. Magoo48 Oct 2024 #16
not to be bdamomma Oct 2024 #43
Excellent points PJMcK Oct 2024 #2
Precisely what I was thinking! Nt leftieNanner Oct 2024 #28
the media is never wrong especially if a poll comes out Tetrachloride Oct 2024 #3
Made me laugh out loud. Farmer-Rick Oct 2024 #10
I believe Rush Limbaugh still owes somebody a displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #4
My Dad said he was going to spend all of his money.. Permanut Oct 2024 #36
The need for access. Xavier Breath Oct 2024 #5
THIS Auggie Oct 2024 #17
Yeah, in the final analysis, this is what doomed the 4th estate. malthaussen Oct 2024 #25
Anyone who cares about Stock Market knows the truth. Covid is tougher if just considering "deaths." Silent Type Oct 2024 #6
The same reason that gab13by13 Oct 2024 #7
Personally, I'm not interested in any reply to any question the rapist-felon might have to that or any other question. jaxexpat Oct 2024 #9
From everything I hear from you guys jfz9580m Oct 2024 #11
Hi there malaise Oct 2024 #39
Because the media is orchestrating all of it. librechik Oct 2024 #12
Embarrassment. republianmushroom Oct 2024 #13
This is a guy who says he will remove "communists" from government louis-t Oct 2024 #14
He praises autocrats ... if they happen to be "communist" autocrats well ... so much the better FakeNoose Oct 2024 #19
because the moron is 'good' for ratings. teevee gnewz are rating whores. thry did more the russia in 2o16. pansypoo53219 Oct 2024 #15
You answered your own question.. Bettie Oct 2024 #20
It doesn't matter. His answers would be some combination of lies and gibberish. (n/t) thesquanderer Oct 2024 #21
He'll just do the weave, and our media has no defense against the weave. jalan48 Oct 2024 #22
Oh what a tangled web we weave,when we practice to deceive. BattleRow Oct 2024 #24
My brother was one of those Covid deaths LilElf70 Oct 2024 #23
Same here Conjuay Oct 2024 #34
So Sorry LilElf70 Oct 2024 #35
Too sad malaise Oct 2024 #37
TY LilElf70 Oct 2024 #40
That was trump being trump. Meanwhile Biden Klarkashton Oct 2024 #26
He's getting an outrageous pass on his handling of Covid creeksneakers2 Oct 2024 #27
Because who's got time for his rambling why-me, love-fest, battery-shark non-answers? Beartracks Oct 2024 #31
Your question has the answer - because they are hacks. Bev54 Oct 2024 #32
LOL malaise Oct 2024 #41
Then the fat fuck couldn't fail upwards Blue Owl Oct 2024 #33
The same reason why the hacks B.See Oct 2024 #38
The free press is hurting us by failing to use Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2024 #42
Guessing the same reason they sanewash his insane ramblings and WaPo/LAT nixed endorsement Ruby the Liberal Oct 2024 #44
Why aren't they calling him Felon Trump? mdbl Oct 2024 #45
They don't want to know the answers Roxi Oct 2024 #46
+1 I'm totally exhausted of the mud face asshole too. Emile Oct 2024 #50
He has never been asked lots of blindingly obvious questions ThoughtCriminal Oct 2024 #47
Some probably did ask. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2024 #48
Why haven't they asked Trump this: Jarqui Oct 2024 #49
This should be an OP malaise Oct 2024 #52
Because they want trump to win. BobsYourUncle Oct 2024 #51
I too have that dream that CATCH-22s will be asked and he BLOWS his top & turns into ORANGE BLOB with tiny hands. Brainfodder Oct 2024 #53
Lawrence called out the generally shoddy political reporting on his show last night dlk Oct 2024 #54
Lawrence is not a malaise Oct 2024 #55
One of the few dlk Oct 2024 #57
All his voters think it did crash. Stupid people Emile Oct 2024 #56
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