Posted on 02/22/2017 6:04:00 AM PST by Red Badger
Controlling "exactly what people think" is the job of the media, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski boldly declared Wednesday morning.
While discussing President Trump's entreaties to the American people to remain skeptical of the press, Bzezinski worried that if the economy turns south, Americans may end up trusting him over the media.
"And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think," Brzezinski said. "And that, that is our job."
SCARBOROUGH: "Exactly. That is exactly what I hear. What Yamiche said is what I hear from all the Trump supporters that I talk to who were Trump voters and are still Trump supporters. They go, 'Yeah you guys are going crazy. He's doing -- what are you so surprised about? He is doing exactly what he said he is going to do.'"
BRZEZINSKI: "Well, I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that he is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job."
The comment failed to raise any eyebrows from her co-panelists. Instead, her co-host, Joe Scarborough, said that Trump's media antagonism puts him on par with Mussolini and Lenin.
SCARBOROUGH: "It’s the -- it's the ground noise that he is throwing out there also, whether he is questioning, Mark, the legitimacy of federal judges to do what they have done since Marbury v. Madison. It's when he says the media is the, quote --"
BRZEZINSKI: "Enemy."
SCARBOROUGH: "-- 'enemy of the people', where he sounds like Mussolini or Lenin which obviously causes concern that phrase right there makes him sound more like a dictator in training, when he sends Stephen Miller out and says, basically the president has absolute power, he shall not be questioned."
Scarborough also accused Trump's base of having a "blind spot" on the issue of illegal immigration.
"We have an economy, let’s face it, we have an economy that is built on illegal immigration," Scarborough said. "We have an economy that is built on that. That is why I say why don’t you just legalize it?"
Refreshing Moment of Candor at last.
Now we KNOW what they think their job is.
Hey Mika, America ALREADY trusts Trump more than the Media!
Guess somebody is auditioning for the Joseph Goebbels role...The Big Lie...
Thinky ping!..................
STFU Mika....boring lib lacky
Progressive truth spill. Cleanup on isle 8.
sounds like her Daddy
For the record, Marbury v Madison was a terrible decision. Prior to that, the judicial branch of government was the weakest branch, by design. It existed primarily to resolve squabbles between individual states.
Really?
That's amazing. Some how we got through the first 350 years of our existence without them.
Somehow the last 40 years it's now built on them?
Now we know Joe, whose side you're actually on.
Move to Mexico bubba, that's your country and your people.
They are the epitome of intellectual arrogance and elitism.
Historians will note that Leftists in the latter part of the 20th century took full corporate control of the media. Outlets such as CNN,NBC,MSNBC and CBS became overt propaganda units of the Left in general and the Democratic Party in particular.
Wait. The US economy is built on crime, cheap drugs and cheap lawn services?
Well he DOES have a Russian last name and is obviously a me,bet of the CCCP. The plant is just doing the job our enemies paid him to do...
In protest, both Mika and Joe prove the President’s point.
Mika is outraged that media doesn’t control peoples’ thoughts any more.
Joe is calling for abolition of our borders.
They are both asking to be treated as enemies of the people.
Proving the point that Trump was making - the MSM in an internal enemy.
As they say in war, you have to bring them out into the open before you can kill them.
Well he DOES have a Russian last name and is obviously a member of the CCCP. The MSM propaganda plant is just doing the job our enemies paid him to do...
Translation from liberalese: We are building the Democrat Party on illegal immigration.
She. His daughter..............
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