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Fritz Walter

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57. Boo-fucking-hoo!

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 05:31 PM

Feb 2017

These reporters and their editors refused to challenge his bullshit for almost two years of campaigning. They never challenged his ludicrous statements, or criticized his outrageous actions, because they knew he would marginalize, even exclude them individually. Now their chickenshit has come home to roost.

They'll do investigative reporting when it suits their ratings and sponsors, not before.

The Fourth Estate owns this mess.

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"The fix is in" - James Acosta of CNN. [View all] kstewart33 Feb 2017 OP

well oldtime dfl_er Feb 2017 #1

From tRumps ass to their pouty mouths Augiedog Feb 2017 #35

They can start by mindem Feb 2017 #37

It doesn't matter TNLib Feb 2017 #47

+1 putitinD Feb 2017 #51

Yes. n/t paleotn Feb 2017 #62

So we like leaks now? PDittie Feb 2017 #95

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Feb 2017 #97

Yeah. More incentive to go after him and investigate. Karma...if had done job a year ago.... Alice11111 Feb 2017 #50

+1000!!!! AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #92

Then the press should start ignoring him leftstreet Feb 2017 #2

Even when real reporters are allowed to ask their questions, the NCjack Feb 2017 #20

I was thinking about that. It may be ilegal to wear a wire but if no one finds out then you Maraya1969 Feb 2017 #77

Exactly right. phylny Feb 2017 #75

Nickelodeon questions would be too hard hitting....not going to happen. Lochloosa Feb 2017 #89

+1 ck4829 Feb 2017 #100

they just need to quit attending the so called pressers... samnsara Feb 2017 #3

He would simply fill the room with staff to hide the empty seats trc Feb 2017 #49

But no one would see it on the tee vee . . . fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #63

interesting discussion last night on MSNBC (I think it was Ari filling in for Lawrence) stpetegreg Feb 2017 #93

I saw that too. Maybe they should call them apprentices instead of interns. rzemanfl Feb 2017 #94

Then it's not interaction with the press. dchill Feb 2017 #4

I wouldn't show up MFM008 Feb 2017 #5

None of this matters anyway, republicans dont care what he does, AT ALL Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #6

+1 putitinD Feb 2017 #54

They need to show up and keep showing him refusing to call on anyone but right wingers. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #7

Good. The corporate media deserves it. StubbornThings Feb 2017 #8

It would be ironic if, Tragl1 Feb 2017 #42

Stop going, stop broadcasting, and ignore his fucking tweets GusBob Feb 2017 #9

Show up and laugh at his gaffs. rickford66 Feb 2017 #10

They created Trump Thrill Feb 2017 #11

The Press deserves to be shat on by Trump. They made him Blue_true Feb 2017 #46

They should do like Reuters and cover trump as an authoritarian regime. manicraven Feb 2017 #12

Absolutely. And send only cub reporters to the pressers, reserving major talent for research. nt Hekate Feb 2017 #44

+1 Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #78

They made this shitbag. Dawson Leery Feb 2017 #13

Agree, during primaries and GE, the M$M was the papparazzi to Trump. GAH iluvtennis Feb 2017 #70

Perhaps they could do their jobs, then Orrex Feb 2017 #14

That's SO much work though?!? And who's got the budget for all that? mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #86

IKR? Orrex Feb 2017 #90

In the past, "access" has not improved media quality. Kber Feb 2017 #15

Yep Caliman73 Feb 2017 #101

Sounds like you're going to need alternative sources, then gratuitous Feb 2017 #16

fine, let the orange menace exclude news outlets. Javaman Feb 2017 #17

Then have some stones and boycott. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #18

because he is afraid of the truth Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #19

CNN seems to do OK without many Republicans on air..... Jim Beard Feb 2017 #21

mainstream media should boycott spanone Feb 2017 #22

Are there lists anywhere of who he called on? Found a list muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #23

Does he never learn? charlyvi Feb 2017 #24

The Press have become obedient lapdogs to Trump and his band of liars. Blue_true Feb 2017 #48

True, as long as they had access. charlyvi Feb 2017 #56

I have high hopes for Jim Acosta and Jim Scuitto. hamsterjill Feb 2017 #25

Fingers crossed Hekate Feb 2017 #45

I don't get their strategy HopeAgain Feb 2017 #26

Yup. Get the information the old fashioned way - deep throats! eleny Feb 2017 #29

Trump INC pissed of the press AND the spooks Skittles Feb 2017 #39

I feel a bit ambivalent about this watoos Feb 2017 #27

It reflects on his character, his lousy business sense, louis-t Feb 2017 #38

I am sure you meant to mention Hillary, murielm99 Feb 2017 #40

Some just don't learn. Clinton beat Bernie by almost Blue_true Feb 2017 #52

Yep. nt SunSeeker Feb 2017 #83

Was it really "Preferred"? Or was it "thought had a better chance of winning" ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #87

+1, the 2 billion was in the primaries ... they were worse in the General uponit7771 Feb 2017 #64

It was a lot more than $2 billion NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #85

Trump ignores mass media at his peril C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #28

The Press are mostly neutered idiots and they made themselves such. Blue_true Feb 2017 #55

Time for mainstream media to go full on pitbull investigative reporting NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #30

There's a simple solution. kentuck Feb 2017 #31

"Give up on handouts and worry less about official access. They were never all that valuable anyway" lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #32

Legit media should just start chanting "MELISSA! MELISSA!" forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #33

Oooooooh, I like that! I really, really like that! dhol82 Feb 2017 #71

Personally, I think it would be hilarious if the only news agency covering Trump BigBearJohn Feb 2017 #34

A near-empty press conference will PISS HIM OFF. Ilsa Feb 2017 #36

The Trump Propaganda Ministry is on the move. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #41

turn off the cameras MSM. TeamPooka Feb 2017 #43

This will not turn out the way Team Trump hopes. Already I can see the "Pulitzer dreams." WinkyDink Feb 2017 #53

Boo-fucking-hoo! Fritz Walter Feb 2017 #57

That's what they get, they made that fucking piece of maggot shit, now they want to cry about it. onecaliberal Feb 2017 #58

Simply shut Trump out Pantagruel Feb 2017 #59

Also, stop having them (GOP) on the Sunday shows. n/t phylny Feb 2017 #76

He can refuse to call on them, but it won't work. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #60

This is it exactly. While he wants to control the message, the fact is he simply can't answer any LuckyLib Feb 2017 #79

Good... Mike Nelson Feb 2017 #61

he wants to destroy the 1st amendment. barbtries Feb 2017 #65

The real news outlets should send Progressive dog Feb 2017 #66

then they should boycott the news conferences, or even better DON'T report them JCMach1 Feb 2017 #67

I don't read right-wing lies anyway... kytngirl Feb 2017 #68

Hear f***ing Hear ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #88

No shit! Cha Feb 2017 #69

how about doing some serious investigative reporting ? send people to russia JI7 Feb 2017 #72

The MSM should use DU as its primary source of information Poiuyt Feb 2017 #73

They certainly could do a lot worse. WinkyDink Feb 2017 #80

So a LIAR with a mental/personality disorder won't take the media's questions? ecstatic Feb 2017 #74

meanwhile bannon and putin will be coordinating 1200 radio stations certainot Feb 2017 #81

What does it matter?: he lies and makes things up, anyway. C Moon Feb 2017 #82

noo herd qweshchuns ahlowd! SHUT UP! pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #84

Then the mainstream press will start to boycott Trump. Nitram Feb 2017 #91

It's all about that base. Rustynaerduwell Feb 2017 #96

They could always start covering congress... kenfrequed Feb 2017 #98

K&R ck4829 Feb 2017 #99