The political press we need: hounding trump & republicans endlessly about his felony convictions, his history of sexual violence, and his attempts to overthrow the government
The political press we have:
They can't challenge them because they'll be thrown off the buses. Be nice or be removed. Knowing how journalism is these days, they're not going to get access so they're going to lose their jobs.
Lots of liberals unfortunately bought into the right-wing idea that the mainstream/corporate media are liberal-aligned... and this turned out to be completely false! Its a huge fucking mistake to have never developed your own media organs and strategies on how to deal with a hostile institution.
True and on the other side Biden needs to be hounded for all the blood on his hands and pry promises broken as well. Or else truth has no meaning and it just becomes a political tool.
I believe this is in reference not to Trump telling "jokes" but the reports that he's constantly sundowning and basically can't stay on topic for ten seconds behind the scenes.
Underpaid, easily laid off, tucker and others providing SCANDALOUS TIDBITS ready-made, billionaires hungry for no regulations and taxes, all to a public that doesnt wanna pay for news.
Its no surprise theres no journalistic discipline.
These questions are probably designed to elicit truthful accounts of what he said. Aggressive critical questioning would just put these lawmakers back on their talking points; they don’t need to share what Trump said behind closed doors.
If they’re going to insist on reporting on his “jokes,” then at least report how badly he flubs them. Yesterday he re-told his favorite Hannibal Lecter “joke,” which is really just a movie quote of a joke that wasn’t all that funny, and he told it wrong.
He’s not funny AND he’s a dipshit.
It is possible to find and - very important! - financially support REAL news organizations.
The Guardian (which has a US edition)
ProPublica - breaker of many stories the MSM eventually carries
...and a host of regional/specialty news orgs, like Texas Observer.
Gotta love the political press thinking that, at some point, he won’t come for them too. That happened quite a long time ago.. like, in 2016. They’ve learned nothing, part 3,746,337.