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kpete

(71,994 posts) Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:01 AM Aug 2015

Charles M Blow: "The media is being trolled on a massive scale & we look naive & silly"

Enough Is Enough

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I will cover Trump as he addresses issues with specific policy prescriptions and details, like answers to the question Ramos asked.

Until then, this man is not worthy of the attention he’s garnering. We in the media have to own our part in this. We can’t say he’s not serious and then cover him in a way that actually demonstrates that we are not serious.

Is he an easy target for righteous criticism? Of course he is. But is he aware that criticism from the mainstream media is invaluable among certain segments of the political right? Of course he is. Is he also aware that he’s getting more free publicity for being outrageous than he would ever be willing to buy? Of course he is.

The media is being trolled on a massive scale and we look naïve and silly to have fallen for it, even if he draws readers and viewers. When people refer to the press as the fourth estate, it shouldn’t be confused with a Trump property.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/enough-is-enough.html?_r=0

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Charles M Blow: "The media is being trolled on a massive scale & we look naive & silly" (Original Post) kpete Aug 2015 OP

The media doesn't merely "look" naive and silly frazzled Aug 2015 #1

Oh really? Perhaps you could cover Sanders a bit then? Matariki Aug 2015 #2

The truth is that the US media is fake journalism - overpaid newsreaders, tarted up closeupready Aug 2015 #3

Zappa! kpete Aug 2015 #4

Eh, it's a living. closeupready Aug 2015 #5

Endless coverage of the story of the day oldandhappy Aug 2015 #6

Sez the paper that did everything it could to turn the 2000 campaign into a sad joke BeyondGeography Aug 2015 #7

"Just Say No" gratuitous Aug 2015 #8

LOL! Corporate news outlets are such a funny creature! Rex Aug 2015 #9

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. The media doesn't merely "look" naive and silly

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:04 AM

Aug 2015

It is naive and silly. At least with respect to this dog-and-pony show. They are fascinated by the sheer audacity and unfiltered nature of that campaign, but they, indeed, need to get over the gross-out, shock-jock entertainment value of it.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)

2. Oh really? Perhaps you could cover Sanders a bit then?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:05 AM

Aug 2015

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

3. The truth is that the US media is fake journalism - overpaid newsreaders, tarted up

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:08 AM

Aug 2015

to make ratings better, comics masquerading as talk show hosts, and such, so sorry, but yes, the profession that many of you pretend to belong to has been besmirched over the last 30 years by such clownishness.

And it's sad and dangerous because when those in your profession hire themselves out to the highest bidder, compromising integrity as part of a package deal, then a misinformed public is pliable to nuts like Trump.

What can you do.

kpete

(71,994 posts)

4. Zappa!

Reply to closeupready (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:09 AM

Aug 2015

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

5. Eh, it's a living.

Reply to kpete (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:13 AM

Aug 2015

And if this show were to be remade in our times, these actresses would be cast in roles, instead, as American TV journalists, Ann Jillian as 'Megan Kelley'.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

6. Endless coverage of the story of the day

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:22 AM

Aug 2015

Cable lacks substance. I am grateful for the internet.

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

7. Sez the paper that did everything it could to turn the 2000 campaign into a sad joke

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:23 AM

Aug 2015

See Dowd, Maureen.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

8. "Just Say No"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:27 AM

Aug 2015

Is Nancy Reagan available for a short public service announcement to warn the popular media against the dangers of crack, or as we the people know it, Donald T Rump?

Rex

(65,616 posts)

9. LOL! Corporate news outlets are such a funny creature!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 11:34 AM

Aug 2015

They crybaby after DECADES of neglect toward their audence (as far as real news goes), because NOW they have a problem!

Hey M$M...FUUUUUCCCKKK YOOOOUUU!! The 4th estate...what a FUCKING joke! Maybe at one time...now?

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