On CNN earlier today, Wolf Blitzer said that the media "loves" the American people. It was the response by Blitzer to President Trump's tweet in which he called Fake News put out by fools the "enemy" of the American people. It was interesting to see that Trump is living rent free in Blitzer's head as well as that of other TV news reporters.
For example, David Gregory felt compelled to criticize the President for his "lack of originality" is what he said about the media. That's hysterical. Gregory didn't deny what Trump said; he just complained that many others had said the same thing. In other words, Gregory thinks it a defense to this charge that there is a chorus of people complaining about Fake News in the media. Isn't that backwards? If so many people have the same complaint, doesn't that give added heft to the validity of the charge? One would think so, but that didn't seem to occur to Gregory.
For his part, Blitzer also seemed oblivious to the main point that the President was making. Trump's complaint is that so much false news is put out by CNN and MSNBC and the like that many Americans don't learn what is actually happening. They are stuck dealing with propaganda only. That's not a criticism of the patriotism of Blitzer and his CNN comrades; it is, rather, a slap at their competence (or their lack of competence to be more precise.)
There are so many stories every day that CNN pushes which happen to be false that it is amazing. Just look at the news today. The mainstream media announced early this morning that Michael Cohen was about to be indicted and was going to flip on President Trump. This was surmised from the actual fact which is that Cohen is changing attorneys. This afternoon, the news is that Cohen is not about to be indicted. The story of Cohen being about to flip has also been abandoned, although no corrections to this morning's stories were issued on this point. If this were a one-time event, you could write it off as a mistake or confusion by the reporters. But it's not. This is just the latest in the daily "mistakes" that the Fake News puts out for people to read. The confusion this generates is not good for the country. In this, President Trump is totally correct.
Someone should clue Blitzer in. He could probably understand the point if it were explained slowly and using short words.
For example, David Gregory felt compelled to criticize the President for his "lack of originality" is what he said about the media. That's hysterical. Gregory didn't deny what Trump said; he just complained that many others had said the same thing. In other words, Gregory thinks it a defense to this charge that there is a chorus of people complaining about Fake News in the media. Isn't that backwards? If so many people have the same complaint, doesn't that give added heft to the validity of the charge? One would think so, but that didn't seem to occur to Gregory.
For his part, Blitzer also seemed oblivious to the main point that the President was making. Trump's complaint is that so much false news is put out by CNN and MSNBC and the like that many Americans don't learn what is actually happening. They are stuck dealing with propaganda only. That's not a criticism of the patriotism of Blitzer and his CNN comrades; it is, rather, a slap at their competence (or their lack of competence to be more precise.)
There are so many stories every day that CNN pushes which happen to be false that it is amazing. Just look at the news today. The mainstream media announced early this morning that Michael Cohen was about to be indicted and was going to flip on President Trump. This was surmised from the actual fact which is that Cohen is changing attorneys. This afternoon, the news is that Cohen is not about to be indicted. The story of Cohen being about to flip has also been abandoned, although no corrections to this morning's stories were issued on this point. If this were a one-time event, you could write it off as a mistake or confusion by the reporters. But it's not. This is just the latest in the daily "mistakes" that the Fake News puts out for people to read. The confusion this generates is not good for the country. In this, President Trump is totally correct.
Someone should clue Blitzer in. He could probably understand the point if it were explained slowly and using short words.
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