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The media's credibility is shot thanks to self-inflicted wounds and Donald Trump
Fox News ^ | 11/14/2023 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 11/14/2023 1:22:22 AM PST by thegagline

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To: griswold3

It all starts with Trumps declaration that “FAKE news is the enemy of the people”


When I read statements like this I have to wonder how Rush Limbaugh has been forgotten so quickly.


21 posted on 11/14/2023 6:38:18 AM PST by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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To: thegagline

The media has been the fifth column for decades.


22 posted on 11/14/2023 7:12:37 AM PST by ChuckHam
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23 posted on 11/14/2023 7:15:12 AM PST by Republic Rocker
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To: FLT-bird

“Fake but accurate” is all you need to know.


24 posted on 11/14/2023 7:19:11 AM PST by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: griswold3
It all starts with Trumps declaration that “FAKE news is the enemy of the people”

The fraudulent media has been called out long before Trump. Rush Limbaugh, Brent Bozell (Media Research Center, since the mid 1980s) etc etc. You can even go back to the 1800s where newspapers would excoriate their competitors for publishing fraudulent stories.

25 posted on 11/14/2023 7:20:10 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: FLT-bird
The media have been biased as hell all my life. I remember my dad going on and on about their Liberal Bias as far back as the 70s.

We’d change The New York Times “All The News That’s Fit to Print” on the masthead to “All the News That Fits, We Print.”

26 posted on 11/14/2023 7:26:34 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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...relished these attacks as reinforcing their world view.
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True but misses the target. It’s simply great to hear a leader say out loud what is *obviously true* for a change.


27 posted on 11/14/2023 7:42:49 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: Ge0ffrey
Like what?

I'm not sure if you are being facetious.
In any case, I will bite: Signing legislation that increased the national debt by over $7 trillion ($7,000,000,000,000+)

28 posted on 11/14/2023 7:44:40 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: thegagline

I’ve seen folks here claim media is over 15 years ago
It’s not
And it’s the biggest arrow in their quiver


29 posted on 11/14/2023 8:01:23 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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Newsrooms whether print or tv tend to be run at editorial and publishing level by the same folks

Largely urban elites often Jewish secularists or not and their worldview which has become even more leftist and woke is hostile to the wellsprings of western civilization

Even with anti semitism and anti Israel sentiment alarmingly high they are trending towards the Hamas sympathetic or proportional response side and were all in on uniparty wars and woke politics

Some of these media properties are owned by conservatives like John Malone at CNN parent majority stock guy but he’s been unable to budge them much sadly

When I was young it was still there but not as flagrant or extreme


30 posted on 11/14/2023 8:08:10 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: thegagline

Kurtz when describing a less than trustworthy media is describing himself.


31 posted on 11/14/2023 8:51:35 AM PST by Greenidgypsy (I loathe the MSM.)
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