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By Josh Marshall | January 11, 2018 5:23 pm
Please take a moment to watch this video. Its remarkable and important. The words themselves are not terribly surprising. Theyre really undeniable. But reporters on network or cable network TV simply do not talk this way. They dont cut this close to the reality of situation.
Its CNNs Jim Acosta. The video is after the jump. Watch. Its important and remarkable.
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A short time after this segment, Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast said something further on CNN. That was this. The words are terrible. The attitude and mindset is terrible. But what is really important, much more than the words is that this attitude and strategy are embodied in the White Houses policies. Thats what matters.
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DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Why are journalists INSISTING on treating him as if he were a normal President, but maybe just a few unusual proclivities that pop out and surprise them every now and then (as in daily)?
Why are they continuing to give him the benefit of the doubt, again and again and again, day in and day out? And getting played for fools in the process.
Why are they REFUSING to call a spade a spade. He's been a racist his entire effing life. He announced it in no uncertain terms on the day he also announced his presidency. He's done little to overcome that announcement and a great fucking deal to affirm it -- week after week. It's at least as important to him as him money. It's WHO HE IS.
I'm really sick of journalists being so damn nice about their coverage of him when the truth hits them in the face every damn day.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)We need to call the President what he is, a racist.