Unofficial :lol:
Post them here folks
If you can find any.....
I expect a very short thread......
Post them here folks
If you can find any.....
I expect a very short thread......
Mainstream Media positive reporting about Presitent Trump....
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Last night on Anderson Cooper 360 Cooper and his two guests agreed that smaller news agencies should have recognition, not just the big entities. That they were fine with allowing others into the briefing room.
Related to that, one guest gave a thumbs up to a WH announcement that skype was being installed to bring previously unrepresented news agencies into WH briefings.
And there's this.
Trump gets to work for his blue-collar base - CNNPolitics.com
Related to that, one guest gave a thumbs up to a WH announcement that skype was being installed to bring previously unrepresented news agencies into WH briefings.
And there's this.
Trump gets to work for his blue-collar base - CNNPolitics.com
Trump versus the press: Canadian deja-vu
At the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, I recall a strong feeling of shame as I waited for then-Prime minister Stephen Harper and former President Barack Obama to emerge from a meeting.
I was the designated pool reporter with The Canadian Press, killing time with my Associated Press counterpart. I sheepishly admitted that reporters were forbidden from asking the prime minister an unscheduled question at an official event — on pain of being barred from future events.
“Why the hell would you put up with that?” was the general reaction from my American colleague, suggesting that the Washington press corps would never accept such restrictions on speech.
When the two men walked past us, I shot a question at Obama rather than my own prime minister, which the president answered.
Six years, one prime minister and a president later, it seems American journalists will be asked to put up with a lot of things.
It’s not an overstatement to say the first few months of the Harper administration in 2006 were traumatic for the press gallery.
Scholars Jay Blumler and Michael Gurevitch talk about the “role relationship” between the media and government, and the traditional expectations of behavior each side has of the other. Periods of adversarialism and outrage arise when the role expectations are dashed.
In Ottawa, journalists went from weekly access to cabinet ministers, unfettered “scrums” of leading parliamentarians and frequent background briefings to nearly nothing. The flow of information was throttled. On one trip to Vietnam, we turned to Chinese officials for information about a meeting between their president and our own prime minister.
In his nearly decade in power, Harper only used the National Press Theatre (the equivalent to the White House briefing room), seven times — and none between 2010-15. Harper’s people also thwarted the “first-come-first-served” tradition for reporters posing questions, instead requiring journalists to submit names in advance. This allowed Harper's office to pick who addressed him.
One image — that of the prime minister's staff erecting stanchions on the tundra to keep a handful of journalists away from him — summed up the attitude towards reporters quite well.
And then there was the odious ban on questions at photo ops. Reporters were threatened with being banned from future events if they dared to shoot a question at the prime minister at activities designated as “photo opportunities.” At one point, Harper’s office attempted to bar a TV cameraman from traveling with the prime minister overseas because he had dared ask a question at a previous event. They blinked when the TV network threatened not to go at all.
So, what was the impact of this, over nearly 10 years?
The bad news first.
The constant hostility towards the media was a morale killer. Sure, you sign up for a healthy amount of confrontation as a political reporter — and even relish it sometimes — but you get weary of fighting for even small bits of information.
Without access, journalists become more suspicious, less trusting overall of the meager information that does come out. Every little misstep of the politician in power becomes amplified. Gotcha journalism comes with this territory.
Reporting becomes much more black and white, in a world that desperately needs more nuance. The damage that was done to the division of public and partisan inside the Canadian government will probably never be undone. We will never get back the era where bureaucrats will have unscripted conversations on the phone or quickly send along basic information without having it dressed up in talking points first.
With a prime minister who had such antipathy towards journalists and their profession, no serious policy discussions took place over a decade about the withering away of the industry and the impact that would have on a sense of common purpose and national identity in the long term.
The good news is that national reporters arguably became much more skilled over the Harper years.
With so few scheduled opportunities to talk to Harper and his ministers, members of the national media became experts in dealing with documents, either public ones or through access to information (our version of freedom of information). Media requests for records went up 210 percent between 2003 and 2013.
Montreal’s La Presse newspaper hired a person at the capital whose job was to file document requests. Reporters turned increasingly to other sources, the kind that the administration couldn’t control — lobbyists, academics, foreign governments, provincial governments and so on.
In that way, the conservatives deeply misunderstood what makes journalists tick. Journalists like things that are new, they’re deeply curious, they like to poke around in dark corners, they like to challenge authority and they really like a scoop.
If you don’t give them a news conference, they’ll find something else to do. Chances are, the politicians won’t like the result very much. One of the contributing factors to the decline of the conservative government was a spending scandal uncovered by enterprising journalists.
In the spirit of solidarity with American colleagues, let me offer this .....
Jennifer Ditchburn – Poynter
At the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, I recall a strong feeling of shame as I waited for then-Prime minister Stephen Harper and former President Barack Obama to emerge from a meeting.
I was the designated pool reporter with The Canadian Press, killing time with my Associated Press counterpart. I sheepishly admitted that reporters were forbidden from asking the prime minister an unscheduled question at an official event — on pain of being barred from future events.
“Why the hell would you put up with that?” was the general reaction from my American colleague, suggesting that the Washington press corps would never accept such restrictions on speech.
When the two men walked past us, I shot a question at Obama rather than my own prime minister, which the president answered.
Six years, one prime minister and a president later, it seems American journalists will be asked to put up with a lot of things.
It’s not an overstatement to say the first few months of the Harper administration in 2006 were traumatic for the press gallery.
Scholars Jay Blumler and Michael Gurevitch talk about the “role relationship” between the media and government, and the traditional expectations of behavior each side has of the other. Periods of adversarialism and outrage arise when the role expectations are dashed.
In Ottawa, journalists went from weekly access to cabinet ministers, unfettered “scrums” of leading parliamentarians and frequent background briefings to nearly nothing. The flow of information was throttled. On one trip to Vietnam, we turned to Chinese officials for information about a meeting between their president and our own prime minister.
In his nearly decade in power, Harper only used the National Press Theatre (the equivalent to the White House briefing room), seven times — and none between 2010-15. Harper’s people also thwarted the “first-come-first-served” tradition for reporters posing questions, instead requiring journalists to submit names in advance. This allowed Harper's office to pick who addressed him.
One image — that of the prime minister's staff erecting stanchions on the tundra to keep a handful of journalists away from him — summed up the attitude towards reporters quite well.
And then there was the odious ban on questions at photo ops. Reporters were threatened with being banned from future events if they dared to shoot a question at the prime minister at activities designated as “photo opportunities.” At one point, Harper’s office attempted to bar a TV cameraman from traveling with the prime minister overseas because he had dared ask a question at a previous event. They blinked when the TV network threatened not to go at all.
So, what was the impact of this, over nearly 10 years?
The bad news first.
The constant hostility towards the media was a morale killer. Sure, you sign up for a healthy amount of confrontation as a political reporter — and even relish it sometimes — but you get weary of fighting for even small bits of information.
Without access, journalists become more suspicious, less trusting overall of the meager information that does come out. Every little misstep of the politician in power becomes amplified. Gotcha journalism comes with this territory.
Reporting becomes much more black and white, in a world that desperately needs more nuance. The damage that was done to the division of public and partisan inside the Canadian government will probably never be undone. We will never get back the era where bureaucrats will have unscripted conversations on the phone or quickly send along basic information without having it dressed up in talking points first.
With a prime minister who had such antipathy towards journalists and their profession, no serious policy discussions took place over a decade about the withering away of the industry and the impact that would have on a sense of common purpose and national identity in the long term.
The good news is that national reporters arguably became much more skilled over the Harper years.
With so few scheduled opportunities to talk to Harper and his ministers, members of the national media became experts in dealing with documents, either public ones or through access to information (our version of freedom of information). Media requests for records went up 210 percent between 2003 and 2013.
Montreal’s La Presse newspaper hired a person at the capital whose job was to file document requests. Reporters turned increasingly to other sources, the kind that the administration couldn’t control — lobbyists, academics, foreign governments, provincial governments and so on.
In that way, the conservatives deeply misunderstood what makes journalists tick. Journalists like things that are new, they’re deeply curious, they like to poke around in dark corners, they like to challenge authority and they really like a scoop.
If you don’t give them a news conference, they’ll find something else to do. Chances are, the politicians won’t like the result very much. One of the contributing factors to the decline of the conservative government was a spending scandal uncovered by enterprising journalists.
In the spirit of solidarity with American colleagues, let me offer this .....
Jennifer Ditchburn – Poynter
Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
funny, its the comspiracy theorists that got it mostly right
now they are the new mainstream
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Trump Tax Reform Could
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SHOCK: #WomensMarch Promotes Islamic Enslavement of Women » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
SPLC Defends Pro-Sharia Women's March Organizer » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
'No Place In Feminism For Pro-Life Women' » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Video: Feminists at Women's March Triggered by "Islam is Misogynistic" Sign » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
just the latest salvos in the war for your mind
funny, its the comspiracy theorists that got it mostly right
now they are the new mainstream
President Trump Dominates Anti-American Media » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Facts Destroy MSM's Claim That Trump Had Small Crowd Size » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Federal Election Takeover: 50 Secs of State Urge Trump to Kill DHS Power Grab » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Trump Tax Reform Could
During The Trump Era, Will Men Finally Start Acting Like Men Again? » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
SHOCK: #WomensMarch Promotes Islamic Enslavement of Women » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
SPLC Defends Pro-Sharia Women's March Organizer » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
'No Place In Feminism For Pro-Life Women' » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Video: Feminists at Women's March Triggered by "Islam is Misogynistic" Sign » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
just the latest salvos in the war for your mind
WH Press Secretary Asks America To Consider President’s Feelings Before Protesting Again
When it comes to metro rides, not only did the popular vote loser lag far behind both of real President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and Saturday’s Women’s March, but also behind an average weekday.
And given that his inauguration was actually held on a weekday, that makes it extra pathetic.
So the question is: what’s more pathetic—the size of his crowd (and ****ty poll numbers and ratings), or his reaction to that reality?
He found hundreds of thousands of protesters chanting just a few blocks from his new home on the first morning he woke up there.
That has left the new White House feeling besieged from Day 1, fueling the president’s grievances and, in the view of some of his aides, necessitating an aggressive strategy to defend his legitimacy.
When it comes to metro rides, not only did the popular vote loser lag far behind both of real President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and Saturday’s Women’s March, but also behind an average weekday.
And given that his inauguration was actually held on a weekday, that makes it extra pathetic.
So the question is: what’s more pathetic—the size of his crowd (and ****ty poll numbers and ratings), or his reaction to that reality?
He found hundreds of thousands of protesters chanting just a few blocks from his new home on the first morning he woke up there.
That has left the new White House feeling besieged from Day 1, fueling the president’s grievances and, in the view of some of his aides, necessitating an aggressive strategy to defend his legitimacy.
When he awoke on Saturday morning, after his first night in the Executive Mansion, the glow was gone, several people close to him said, and the new president was filled anew with a sense of injury.
Or as the man-child’s own personal Baghdad Bob said at today’s press conference, it’s “demoralizing” to Trump. The man simply cannot function without large, adoring crowds.
If our narcissist-in-chief feels like this after just a few days on the job and one big protest, he’s not going to last, is he? A few more protests may actually break him. Let’s snap him in half.
WH Press Secretary Asks America To Consider President’s Feelings Before Protesting Again
When it comes to metro rides, not only did the popular vote loser lag far behind both of real President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and Saturday’s Women’s March, but also behind an average weekday.
And given that his inauguration was actually held on a weekday, that makes it extra pathetic.
So the question is: what’s more pathetic—the size of his crowd (and ****ty poll numbers and ratings), or his reaction to that reality?
He found hundreds of thousands of protesters chanting just a few blocks from his new home on the first morning he woke up there.
That has left the new White House feeling besieged from Day 1, fueling the president’s grievances and, in the view of some of his aides, necessitating an aggressive strategy to defend his legitimacy.
When it comes to metro rides, not only did the popular vote loser lag far behind both of real President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and Saturday’s Women’s March, but also behind an average weekday.
And given that his inauguration was actually held on a weekday, that makes it extra pathetic.
So the question is: what’s more pathetic—the size of his crowd (and ****ty poll numbers and ratings), or his reaction to that reality?
He found hundreds of thousands of protesters chanting just a few blocks from his new home on the first morning he woke up there.
That has left the new White House feeling besieged from Day 1, fueling the president’s grievances and, in the view of some of his aides, necessitating an aggressive strategy to defend his legitimacy.
When he awoke on Saturday morning, after his first night in the Executive Mansion, the glow was gone, several people close to him said, and the new president was filled anew with a sense of injury.
Or as the man-child’s own personal Baghdad Bob said at today’s press conference, it’s “demoralizing” to Trump. The man simply cannot function without large, adoring crowds.
If our narcissist-in-chief feels like this after just a few days on the job and one big protest, he’s not going to last, is he? A few more protests may actually break him. Let’s snap him in half.
WH Press Secretary Asks America To Consider President’s Feelings Before Protesting Again
https://www.google.com/amp/thehill....rump-after-meeting?amp?client=ms-opera-mobile
Ford CEO reported a very good meeting with Trump. Cancels planned factory in Mexico. 700 million to be spent in MI.
Ford CEO reported a very good meeting with Trump. Cancels planned factory in Mexico. 700 million to be spent in MI.
Is it just me, or does Mrs. Trump kinda look like Donald?? They say couples who have been together for a long time start to resemble each other.
Following Trump's voter fraud initiative.
Trump cabinet nominee Steven Mnuchin also registered to vote in two states - CNNPolitics.com
Trump cabinet nominee Steven Mnuchin also registered to vote in two states - CNNPolitics.com
Is it just me, or does Mrs. Trump kinda look like Donald?? They say couples who have been together for a long time start to resemble each other.
The only resemblance I can see in those photos is that they're both smiling.
I think Melania looks like the Gabor sisters.
Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during an interview on Wednesday evening, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by an election outcome few anticipated, and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration.
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said during a telephone call.
“I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
The scathing assessment — delivered by one of Mr. Trump’s most trusted and influential advisers, in the first days of his presidency — comes at a moment of high tension between the news media and the administration, with skirmishes over the size of Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd and the president’s false claims that millions of illegal votes by undocumented immigrants swayed the popular vote against him.
Mr. Bannon, who rarely grants interviews to journalists outside of Breitbart News, the provocative right-wing website he ran until last August, was echoing comments by Mr. Trump this weekend, when the president said he was in “a running war” with the media and called journalists “among the most dishonest people on earth.”
During a call to discuss Sean M. Spicer, the president’s press secretary, Mr. Bannon ratcheted up the criticism, offering a broad indictment of the news media as biased against Mr. Trump and out of touch with the American public. That’s an argument familiar to readers of Breitbart and followers of Trump-friendly personalities like Sean Hannity.
“The elite media got it dead wrong, 100 percent dead wrong,” Mr. Bannon said of the election, calling it “a humiliating defeat that they will never wash away, that will always be there.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said during a telephone call.
“I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
The scathing assessment — delivered by one of Mr. Trump’s most trusted and influential advisers, in the first days of his presidency — comes at a moment of high tension between the news media and the administration, with skirmishes over the size of Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd and the president’s false claims that millions of illegal votes by undocumented immigrants swayed the popular vote against him.
Mr. Bannon, who rarely grants interviews to journalists outside of Breitbart News, the provocative right-wing website he ran until last August, was echoing comments by Mr. Trump this weekend, when the president said he was in “a running war” with the media and called journalists “among the most dishonest people on earth.”
During a call to discuss Sean M. Spicer, the president’s press secretary, Mr. Bannon ratcheted up the criticism, offering a broad indictment of the news media as biased against Mr. Trump and out of touch with the American public. That’s an argument familiar to readers of Breitbart and followers of Trump-friendly personalities like Sean Hannity.
“The elite media got it dead wrong, 100 percent dead wrong,” Mr. Bannon said of the election, calling it “a humiliating defeat that they will never wash away, that will always be there.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html