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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 01:14 PM Jul 2017

Scaramucci praises Breitbart in first interview since communications appointment

Source: Politico




By BRENT GRIFFITHS 07/22/2017 12:04 PM EDT Updated 07/22/2017 12:56 PM EDT

Newly-named White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Saturday praised conservative news site Breitbart News and its political editor Matt Boyle during his first interview since being tapped to join the Trump administration.

“One of the things Breitbart has done is you've captured the spirit of what's actually going on in the country,” Scaramucci told Boyle during an interview on "Breitbart News Saturday" on SiriusXM.

Scaramucci further joked with Boyle that he was surprised the editor had not sent in his resume for West Wing consideration yet.

Scaramucci said he is aiming to get Trump's unfiltered message through to his supporters via the president's Twitter feed, bypassing mainstream outlets that Trump often calls "fake news" while hoping to de-escalate what Scaramucci sees as unfairness and bias in the media.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/22/scaramucci-praises-breitbart-first-interview-240848

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Scaramucci praises Breitbart in first interview since communications appointment (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
Joseph Goebbels Himself Could Learn ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2017 #1
Idiot forgot InfoWars dalton99a Jul 2017 #2
How much money does it cost to brainwash someone? emulatorloo Jul 2017 #3
Most of the Trumpsters will pay to be brainwashed Alice11111 Jul 2017 #4
Both he and KellyAnne were such forceful critics of Trump before. Money changes everything lol emulatorloo Jul 2017 #7
+1 narnian60 Jul 2017 #27
I didn't know SirusXM is funding Breitbart News? FreeStateDemocrat Jul 2017 #5
No. They are not, no more than they fund CBS, BBC, CBC, and many small creators. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #14
And this is how you kill free thought in a free society... Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #6
...a segment of our country is cheering this with idiotic glee... CrispyQ Jul 2017 #11
Excactly...thank you! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #12
Solidarity. CrispyQ Jul 2017 #21
Right now that's all we got!! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #22
What masses are you referring to? Hortensis Jul 2017 #26
He hit the ground running... Solly Mack Jul 2017 #8
i have a cousin who posts Breitbart on FB & CrispyQ Jul 2017 #9
If "Breitbart...captured the spirit of what's actually going on in the Country" Ccarmona Jul 2017 #10
Didn't take long for him to reveal his true colors. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #13
Of course he will praise Breitbart. That is hardly shocking news. totodeinhere Jul 2017 #15
Breitbart is neither news nor conservative DFW Jul 2017 #16
What crap MountCleaners Jul 2017 #17
but its free. For trumps most beloved republican sc(R)ubs-propaganda has to be free. Sunlei Jul 2017 #24
Mooch is aiming to get Trump's unfiltered message through to his supporters LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2017 #18
Yes, yes, how his tiny little brain is working........up close and so personal. eom a kennedy Jul 2017 #19
What he means is "unchallenged" by the truth (nt) William Seger Jul 2017 #20
Breibart is dead from to much boozing & shrieking about Republicans fake birther crap. Sunlei Jul 2017 #23
scaramanga should recuse himself from the human race, joshdawg Jul 2017 #25
Managing the perception of the common man one idiot at a time. magicarpet Jul 2017 #28
Scum orangecrush Jul 2017 #29
 

FreeStateDemocrat

(2,654 posts)
5. I didn't know SirusXM is funding Breitbart News?
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 01:37 PM
Jul 2017

Help me out here, if this is true I will cancel my XM subscription???

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
14. No. They are not, no more than they fund CBS, BBC, CBC, and many small creators.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:24 PM
Jul 2017

I think you'd be foolish to cancel your subscription and cut yourself off of a good system. But I encourage you to let them know your feelings regarding fake news (propaganda) and Breitbart.

Docreed2003

(16,862 posts)
6. And this is how you kill free thought in a free society...
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 01:38 PM
Jul 2017

Limiting the flow of information to the masses, validating only those news sources that validate your message, disparaging the free press that highlights your corruption...and on and on. We're witnessing the full scale assault on our Constitution and our country...a segment of our country is cheering this with idiotic glee...how much more will we allow, how much more can our society take, and, finally, how many will look up from their phones and iPads long enough to notice? Most of us grew up fearing Orwellian tactics, and rightfully so, but, I personally believe, Huxley was far more prescient.

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
11. ...a segment of our country is cheering this with idiotic glee...
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jul 2017

"Some will cheer the decline of America. But I think we’ll miss it when it’s gone." ~Chris Uhlmann, Australian journalist on Donald Trump's performance at the G20.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
26. What masses are you referring to?
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 06:27 AM
Jul 2017

As one mass-unit to another, I can tell you that applies only to those units who are wired to want that. Lincoln's units who can be fooled all the time are those who insist on that.

In any case, free society can be killed by those who think in terms of masses but never the free thought of people.

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
9. i have a cousin who posts Breitbart on FB &
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 02:00 PM
Jul 2017

he's off the rails crazy with hate for Clinton. He still posts stuff about her, never commenting about the orange disaster in the WH now.

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
10. If "Breitbart...captured the spirit of what's actually going on in the Country"
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 02:01 PM
Jul 2017

Then I need to emigrate.

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
15. Of course he will praise Breitbart. That is hardly shocking news.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:41 PM
Jul 2017

After all. Trump and his supporters are enjoying their circle jerk attended by Breitbart, Limbaugh and Hannity.

Edit - Yes I know Breitbart is deceased. I was referring to the current editors of that fascist rag.

DFW

(54,403 posts)
16. Breitbart is neither news nor conservative
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:43 PM
Jul 2017

It is pure, made-up propaganda. It no more resembles news or conservatism than Donald Trump resembles Mother Theresa.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
17. What crap
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 05:33 PM
Jul 2017

The only people I know who like Breitbart are hardcore Trumpies.

Even conservatives I know don't like it - they don't like the sensationalism, the screaming ads everywhere, and all of the racists who use the site.

Moreover, Breitbart's editor has said he wants to destroy all of mainstream media. They've done nothing to distance themselves from the fascists who support and use Breitbart - in fact, they've encouraged them.

It's just more proof that we're in a very disturbing era in which extremism is being normalized. One thing I don't like about the mainstream media is that they are helping.
18. Mooch is aiming to get Trump's unfiltered message through to his supporters
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 05:54 PM
Jul 2017

So Drump only cares about reaching his supporters, and not the rest of the country. So much for being president to all the people of America. Actually, he only cares for one person -- himself.

It's good Donnie Two Scoops is addicted to Twitter. I gives us direct insight into how his little brain is working.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
23. Breibart is dead from to much boozing & shrieking about Republicans fake birther crap.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 11:46 PM
Jul 2017

Republicans trump polishes the turds of a corpse!

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