Later this week, something like 100 different newspapers are going to write editorials denouncing the rhetoric used by President Trump about the media. It's actually a very funny situation.
Think about it. The media says all sorts of terrible things about the President. They use over-the-top language in many cases and promote a strong anti-Trump atmosphere. That's fine; it is their right to say these things. It is also our right as Americans to ignore them. But when the President fires back at his media critics, they think it is terrible. How dare he criticize them. He's threatening the freedom of the press, or so they say. Actually, all the President is doing is responding in kind to what the media says.
Imagine it this way. Suppose you lived in a country where it was legal to slap someone else. Every day when you left for work, your neighbor would come over and slap you in the face. Then, after a month of that, the neighbor started bring others to slap you as well. Finally, you start slapping your neighbor back. After ten or fifteen times in which you slap this neighbor, he begins to complain that you shouldn't be slapping him. Of course, he doesn't stop slapping you. It's a silly example, but the neighbor is a pretty good example of how the media in this country acts.
So now, the media has gotten together and colluded on a strategy on how to deal with President Trump. They are all writing editorials condemning his anti-media rhetoric. It's a demonstration of just how out of touch the media actually is. They truly believe that people actually read their editorials. Think back. When is the last time you read an editorial in a newspaper? I don't mean an opinion column, but an actual editorial. I truly cannot remember the last time I read one of those. So this is the method they choose to fight back?
Think about it. The media says all sorts of terrible things about the President. They use over-the-top language in many cases and promote a strong anti-Trump atmosphere. That's fine; it is their right to say these things. It is also our right as Americans to ignore them. But when the President fires back at his media critics, they think it is terrible. How dare he criticize them. He's threatening the freedom of the press, or so they say. Actually, all the President is doing is responding in kind to what the media says.
Imagine it this way. Suppose you lived in a country where it was legal to slap someone else. Every day when you left for work, your neighbor would come over and slap you in the face. Then, after a month of that, the neighbor started bring others to slap you as well. Finally, you start slapping your neighbor back. After ten or fifteen times in which you slap this neighbor, he begins to complain that you shouldn't be slapping him. Of course, he doesn't stop slapping you. It's a silly example, but the neighbor is a pretty good example of how the media in this country acts.
So now, the media has gotten together and colluded on a strategy on how to deal with President Trump. They are all writing editorials condemning his anti-media rhetoric. It's a demonstration of just how out of touch the media actually is. They truly believe that people actually read their editorials. Think back. When is the last time you read an editorial in a newspaper? I don't mean an opinion column, but an actual editorial. I truly cannot remember the last time I read one of those. So this is the method they choose to fight back?
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