2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWHAT DID TRUMP SAY?
I didn't watch the birther POS. Please, info needed!
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)You're here on DU, so you have access to the internet.
cnn.com
msnbc.com
apnews.com
Hell... twitter.
Do we really need to hold hands of people and show them how to use the freaking internet in 2016?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)to watch the news and comment on it. For pity's sake, write something about what you saw, instead of just a comment without context.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)Then read the top story.
it will give you everything Trump said, including the context.
Magical, huh?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)But thank you for that "concern,"
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)On the plus side, the media are currently turning on Trump because he dissed one of their own by turning an editor away. So they've actually taking a "principled" stand by refusing to show pictures of his hotel.
They have a point -- they were going to allow him to use all the cable and network coverage as free, looong commercials for his hotel, and he should have shown them a little less contempt. Whether they deserve it or not.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Only ONE candidate, Hillary, is qualified to be our president.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to "main-outlet" journalism. We only know it has.
I only turn on TV news to see what and how it's covering, and not covering, since it is an actor, not for the news itself.
A lot of days I check out the NY Times and WaPo for the number of articles about Clinton and Trump and how they're styled, both in their headlines (often extremely misleading, relentlessly negative for Clinton on average) and the article content itself, NY Times worse but both definitely biased. I've actually come to look more to the editorial pages and letters sections for info that might break our of their bias boxes.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)He is opening a terrific new hotel, that he loves Medal of Honor winners, and that the President was born in America. Then he exited stage left as fast as he could. No time for questions...
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)beaglelover
(3,486 posts)The event started at 11:04. He came out and talked about his beautiful new hotel and how it was opening on time and under budget. Then he turned it over to a bunch of retired military medal of honor recipients who each praised him one after the other. This went on for about 20 minutes. One after the other, praise, praise, praise.....all the while very network in the world is showing this live to millions of viewers. Finally, some of the networks realized something was up and they were being duped, so they cut away from the event. Then about 2 minutes later, they went back to the event since Trump was at the microphone again. He then gave a 31 second statement that basically said Hillary started the birther movement in 2008 (first lie) and that he ended it (second lie) and that Obama was born in the USA (wow, a true statement!) and that now we have to move onto the important issues and make america great again. Then he promptly left the stage to tour his new hotel and disinvited the press from attending the tour with him. He clearly thinks this is the end of the issue and he won't comment on it ever again.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I don't see how him actually making a sane comment is going to increase AA voter turnout for Democrats over that of what it will already be. I'm guessing this is what the context free ops are about.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)oh wait, he's a birther POS. My bad.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)What's he going to do? Apologize for being a racist just to continue being a racist. Politically insignificant at this point in time.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)They are far and few between. He just likes being able to say he did it. Those stops are just a grand version of "I have a black friend."
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)I think he will be unsuccessful, speaking as a white suburban woman, lol.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)Photo ops encouraged; no questions allowed.
He did say that President Obama was born in the US.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)as "Pig Vomit"? (Paul Giamatti was great in the film, BTW)
Trump has taken over the title.