This one can't be bought off, or extorted.

I can't wait for him to try and take her on in a debate, even with him cheating.

I have seen video's of her in court, or addressing Republican congressmen trying to screw with her, and she shreds everything they say, or even attempt to say.........

He doesn't want to face her.........especially with the way he feels about women, but especially a BLACK woman.....

And she won't kowtow to the donald. He's really in for it, assuming he's got enough courage to face her in a debate - which I kinda doubt.

Democrats have always faced the headwinds from the MSM.

I wish some billionaire would start or take over a cable news network and not be liberal, just be fair and balanced. Translation- put on a couple token Magats.

Howard Dean? ONE audio glitched yell? Done.
John Kerry? In addition to the Swift-boat horse shit, there was the wind-surfing picture... Media assassination.
Gary Hart? Monkey Business....done.
The most OBVIOUS is Michael Dukakis and the photo in the oversized tank helmet. That was used to all but end his candidacy.

Take ALL of that and you have an average afternoon for Trump and STILL that collectively suck on his metaphorical phallus as if they are hoping to receive universal understanding from it.

I am sick to death of the pass he gets from them - not only the large stuff either. The TOTAL lack of follow-up and return to a question until he offered a coherent response is malpractice in and of itself and THAT goes on dozens of times in every one of his appearances anywhere.

Al Franken & Joe Biden at the debate with Orange Pustule!

Along with other examples too numerous to count!

Rs are allowed to get away with anything and everything. It's not just tsf. He's just the most egregious example.

Kamala's right in blowing them off.

1. She'd get a lot of Republicans watching and independents as well. Who may not even watch it if it were on another network, like CNN

2. CNN will probably have tougher, more gotcha questions than Fox News. Just to "prove" that they not trying to help her. Difference is that Fox will do it in a more easily dismantled format, because they will most likely exaggerate and use conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated sources...which can be called out. While CNN is smarter, and will find the one or two legitimate troubling areas to poke where there are no easy answers: Like Israel - Palestine.

3. I wanted to watch some MAGA Fox hosts faces as they melt in horror at her well thought out and devastating (for their cult) answers.

I would be too tempted to unload on these so-called journalists on a nearly constant basis. I simply lack the ability to suffer fools lightly or ignore stupidity with grace. The entirety of this era of Trumpian bullshit has cloaked the mass media in enough shame to last a thousand years and stained the profession perhaps irrevocably.

Operation Mockingbird?

I 100% think this "interview" will be a regurgitation od bullshit GQP talking points.

...to express the degree in percent with which I agree with this analysis.

I particularly wish to recall Joe Biden's question to Lester Holt asking him why the media focused on his performance without ever remarking on the fact that Trump overtly lied in every response in that debate. Holt just stuttered dishonestly.

Trump is doing them and he continues to slide

I just cringe when I hear the questions these supposed politically knowledgeable media ask. Esp. White House reporters.

So stupid that I hope a respondent will ask the reporter:

It’s astonishing how little they actually know about their chosen profession when they leave college.
And recent companies seem to play into it. Play being the operative word here because the work ethic in many of those grads is severely lacking. Viz the table tennis, computer games and other distractions that are inimical to any real work.

The only reason the media wants to do it is so they can find something to spin out of context and on a loop to help the orange anus “win”.

before they start worrying about Kamala Harris. He NEVER fucking answers their questions in his so-called "press conferences." All those are is him standing in front of the cameras and bloviating for two hours. Until they hold HIS feet to the fire, they can fuck right off with their demands on the Harris campaign.

Nice job, earl.

Her campaign is very, very impressive.

1. Gather intelligence on political leaders and candidates for their corporate conglomerate owners and oligarchs use.

2. Influence the American People, many times against their own best interests but to further corporate conglomerate and oligarch fortunes.

The vast majority of the American People wouldn't have known who *rump was prior to 2016 had it not been for 14 years of the illusion created by "The Apprentice" and they gave billions of dollars in free advertising during that Presidential run to their creation.

This is why consistently 60 to 70+% of the American People support policies whether it be health care, education etc. etc. that are promoted as being "extremist" issues by that same corporate media; but those polls aren't promoted so much by them.

Thanks for the thread EarlG.

The NY media has been dry-humping the guy since the 1970s. They've been ignoring his criminal behavior happening right under their noses just as long. Especially the NYT. They knew what a thug he was, and acted like it was cute and funny.

Look, I have never paid attention to the tabloids, but even I knew who the guy was at least as far back as the 80s. The NY media made sure of it.

Anyone who didn't know about him before that stupid TV show was either too young to know much about the outside world.

Or living in a Himalayan cave.

Furthermore that program which began in 2004 was telecast nationally and promoted him as a successful business person and worthy judge of the contestants in those "business related contests."

That was the illusion created four years before Obama was elected President while *rump's record breaking number of lawsuits were being totally ignored.

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From the 1970s until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in United States federal and state courts, including battles with casino patrons, million-dollar real estate lawsuits, personal defamation lawsuits, and over 100 business tax disputes.[1] He has also been accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault,[2][3] with one accusation resulting in him being held civilly liable.[4]

In 2015, Trump's lawyer Alan Garten called Trump's legal entanglements "a natural part of doing business" in the U.S.[5][6] While litigation is indeed common in the real estate industry,[5] Trump has been involved in more legal cases than his fellow magnates Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., Donald Bren, Stephen M. Ross, Sam Zell, and Larry Silverstein combined. Much of the lawsuits were filed against patrons with debt to his casinos. Of all cases with a clear resolution, Trump was the victor 92 percent of the time.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_and_business_legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump#:~:text=From%20the%201970s%20until%20he,over%20100%20business%20tax%20disputes.

and when asked about it just say “There are more effective ways to reach voters.”
Maybe that’s why they are politicians and I’m not, but it’s true.

and cut dana bash off at the knees.

I want to hear, “Donald Trump says many, many things. Most of it makes no sense, and very little of it is true. If you have a policy question I’ll be happy to answer that, but I do not have time to respond to all the nonsensical gibberish that Donald Trump says or posts on social media.”

What's in parentheses in #1 made me laugh. So true, and I am so damned sick and tired of having to hear his latest verbal diarrhea.

Harris doesn't work for those mutts

I agree 💯 with every word that you wrote!

The McGreedia only presents the viewpoints that are acceptable to their plutocrat owners.

I wish that VP Harris and Gov Walz would just blow off both the McGreedia and the stupid debate.

Pumpkin Caligula just talks louder and over other people, so they can't get a word in edgewise, and he gish gallops, which hands control to the DonVict, especially since the inadequate 'moderators' don't stop him and don't fact check him.

As long as the McGreedia behaves like this, I think the majority of us should starve them: cancel subscriptions, boycott watching/clicking, and write to their advertisers and make them aware of the drop in ratings, and the reasons why.

Hitting them in the wallet seems to be the only way to get their attention.

ABC, CBS, PBS and the other one.

Cable shows don't give a crap if you watch or not. They get most of their money from your cable subscription, not advertising.

Mass cable cancellations would get their attention, real quick.

We usually watch DVDs and subscribe to to two or three no-commercial streaming services at a time.

These days I find television advertising intolerable.

question Trump, be it an interview or a debate, they don't hear/listen...they tune out...they know whatever verbal garbage he's spewing is not relevant to the question asked, consequently no follow up or pushback...but you can bet with VP Harris on the receiving end of an attack in the guise of a question, unlike Trump, Bash (et al.) will hear but not listen, chomping at the bit to pushback with another attack (question)...

they pretend to not have heard him, not paying attention to him, etc. It's become so predictable it's pathetic.

1. A: Donald Trump is a serial liar and a nutcase. Like a petulant child, he gives silly nicknames to people he doesn't like, and attacks them personally. He's unfit to be president. And what he says about me or Tim is irrelevant to how we will perform in office. If CNN is asking a question like this, then it leads me to believe it's just an excuse for you to once again broadcast Trump's insults to a wide audience.

2. A: This question is mostly only of interest to people who like to spread gossip at Georgetown cocktail parties. Next question.

3. A: Fuck off with your recursive navel-gazing inside-the-Beltway horseshit.

The media need to remember that their masters eat goats, too.

I know Kamala, et. al will ultimately have to play the media game but I don't believe much of what the legacy media does or asks is in good faith.

Is the greatest statement I have read in 9 years.
Let’s ask Tur what she thinks.
She needs to answer some questions.
WTF? There, that’s a good one for her. Covers a lot of concerns, in one word.

In some ideal world where the media plays a useful role (see Finley Peter Dunne about comforting the afflicted), yeah, sure, the candidates should be taking questions. But right now, a lot of the press have degenerated into entertainment and even just Trump shills. Best to realize that and use it as-is.

We probably do want our presidents to act more like public mouthpieces and spokespeople for policies. The federal government is far too complex for a micromanaging obsessive. Biden wasn't very good at selling his projects to the public and Obama for all his oratory seems to have been terrible at both public and legislative selling . Clinton was great at selling to the public. You can see the danger of this in somebody like Trump, who is never off the stage, and always selling garbage. That doesn't necessarily mean taking endless nonsense questions from an enfeebled press.

It is a test of whether anyone from MSM is worthy of any time from any serious person.

There really is no other good reason for the team to do an interview right now.

Without going off on a word salad that goes off to parts unknown.

Sure, I guess if you ask him would you bang your daughter.

They've been softballing an molly-coddling the convicted felon for years, other Republicans too. Now they want to play hardball with a Democrat? Fuck 'em!

and delivered by someone who is carefully coiffed with a cheesy capped teeth smile:

(To VP Harris) Kamala, solve the Middle East crisis. You have one minute.

(To TFG) Oh, SIR, who has been bringing you your Diet Coke since you've been away from the Oval Offic? Take all the time you need!"

OK, Maybe not quite that blatant but the lack of respect for Harris and the fawning over TFG will be obvious.

Rec

Why aren’t you asking us about (fill blank) that’s what’s really impacting Americans today? …Or (again fill)….? This is what people are talking about at the dinner table… take control of the questioning, kindly but forcibly.

Excellent piece.

excellent post

They can and should decline further interviews if all they get are silly ones looking for a sound bite.

Inflation is a worldwide issue at the moment and the US has done better than any other country, thanks to Biden.

But rather than leading with that context, Jake Tapper lit into Biden about inflation, as if it was Biden's fault. No one said a word.

Dana Bash.. the name triggers a Red Alert... but yeah VP Harris won't come to play bean bags.

Oh and fuck your "sources", Bash.. Pres Biden said he wasn't mad and I take him at his Word. Not your "sources'".

They obviously think she can do the same thing to Harris and Walz she helped facilitate with President Biden. Even if she doesn’t they will make something up…picked right of the thin air!

I really really wish she would just tell them to follow her campaign….lots of ACCURATE news worthy info there. If they were real journalists they’d report on that…the real news…lame ass jerks!

will revolve around RW talking points and ridiculous claims Trump has made.

You're right

You are talking to the Vice President, and the person leading the polls to become President. My opposition is a convicted criminal and this is the best question you can ask? If you don't have a good question in your list that might inform the public on policy and outcome, then please let someone else in this studio who has a good question take your place. If your next question is leading with a lie, I am walking and your broadcaster will need to submit questions in advance on the next interview.
I take this seriously and I think you should too.

I think Americans are more interested in serious issues than what I think about what Donald Trump said., So why don’t I suggest a serious question. “How are you going to help Americans who think prices are rising too high, too fast?” (Then she doth proceed to answer the question).

banishment from Trump. They want access to ratings that translate into advertising revenue.

45 does not know how to answer any questions. It would've been nice if I don't know the debate panelists stopped him and asked him to please answer the question. Apparently that's what a piece of suit with his trading card stands for-- evasiveness.

On the fly!

And I, for one, cannot wait.

In 1954, the world they still live in, they could credibly claim to be the folks who ask the tough questions.

With the advent of direct social media via the internet, candidates are now accessible to everyday citizens. Corporate media employees now mostly exist to either seed a narrative on behalf of their billionaire owners or tilt stories to favor their big money advertisers.

younger folks are under counted in polling, they get their news from other sources. They don't do "traditional media", and who the hell can blame them?

It’s like they’re trying to make her out to be like Sarah Palin or something. Not having her do interviews until after the DNC convention was the politically smart thing to do.

because Walz is her "crutch." You can't make these people happy and the real bottom line is voters don't care about their interviews. The media is out for a "gotcha" moment and nothing more.

This is as close to a ‘gotcha question’ as an interviewer can get and still be dealing with a serious issue. Once she’s answered that, it will be on to the frivolous shit.