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MousePlayingDaffodil

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14. You couldn't be more wrong . . .

Sun Nov 26, 2017, 11:40 AM

Nov 2017

Journalists should report the "news." If the President is telling lies, then the media shouldn't "ignore" him but report on what he's saying.

I don't understand the mentality of supposedly progressive people who believe it is the job of "journalists" or anybody else to be the arbiter of what is "truth" for a person. In my view, people who embrace such a view are setting themselves up for being suckers for some other form of propaganda.

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Hey Media!!! If his tweets are complete BULLSHIT... and they are [View all] maxrandb Nov 2017 OP

Actually, no . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Nov 2017 #1

You're probably right, but maxrandb Nov 2017 #3

I take your point . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Nov 2017 #5

Yes. OP is right. Media should report facts, not opinion sharedvalues Nov 2017 #11

I'm afraid we'll have to disagree, then . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Nov 2017 #13

Post gets it right. Lakoff puts it best sharedvalues Nov 2017 #17

All networks and MSM in grneral should Perseus Nov 2017 #38

If something is either true or not they should report on that JonLP24 Nov 2017 #20

Yes, key point! sharedvalues Nov 2017 #33

You are so right. Thank you. sharedvalues Nov 2017 #12

What they need to avoid is the continued publicity they give Bannon Perseus Nov 2017 #37

These are official presidential records The Blue Flower Nov 2017 #2

Insanity and racism deserves no coverage unless condemned simultaneously President or pauper. Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #29

They are doing their "fucking job"... DonViejo Nov 2017 #4

Yes, post is right on. Do not need to report lies. sharedvalues Nov 2017 #10

You couldn't be more wrong . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Nov 2017 #14

Post is right. And this is a key point about America sharedvalues Nov 2017 #18

Faux News salutes you! Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #30

You and I and everyone at DU may be able to discern fact from fiction Ligyron Nov 2017 #40

Who do you recommend sit in judgement of this President's lies?... DonViejo Nov 2017 #19

Fact check them all JonLP24 Nov 2017 #21

Yes. Journalistic consensus shows truth. sharedvalues Nov 2017 #31

Also sharedvalues Nov 2017 #32

I'll let you know the next time a Democratic President maxrandb Nov 2017 #35

Fine! Keep documentation of his tweets! tenderfoot Nov 2017 #22

I've read and, in many cases posted, articles about all of the news articles you DonViejo Nov 2017 #24

Yes. He tweets are being documented... tenderfoot Nov 2017 #25

There's a benefit to the media reporting on his tweets... DonViejo Nov 2017 #28

Reporting lies hurts all of us. sharedvalues Nov 2017 #34

You're preaching to the choir... DonViejo Nov 2017 #39

There was a shortlived Twitter account that reformatted Trump's tweets as official WH statements: Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #6

report them, fine. but mopinko Nov 2017 #7

Watch what they do! Dont report what they say! sharedvalues Nov 2017 #36

His idiocy must be reported. dalton99a Nov 2017 #8

Yes!! Yes! Lies should be ignored sharedvalues Nov 2017 #9

Pure unadulterated BS. DonViejo Nov 2017 #15

Columbia Journalism Review says media should report facts sharedvalues Nov 2017 #43

No, what is a "relic" from the past is the arcane notion . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Nov 2017 #16

If they are going to report on "facts" they should be reporting all the facts JonLP24 Nov 2017 #23

If they didn't report them we wouldn't doc03 Nov 2017 #26

Or, at least, call it for what it is: bullshit. Beartracks Nov 2017 #27

Call a LIE a LIE, every time! Martin Eden Nov 2017 #42

Or better yet, report that the President is tweeting BULLSHIT. SunSeeker Nov 2017 #41

evidence our so-called "president" is off the rails WILL BE REPORTED Skittles Nov 2017 #44