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Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:05 pm
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
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Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:05 pm
I thought I'd read every angle over the last two days. But I just read Ellen Wolfe's letter to editor in USA Today and she's got the answer.

The reason Trump won was because the media (USA, NYT, WAPO and the networks) were obsessed with maintaining journalistic objectivity and refrained from going negative on Trump.

They 'candy-coated' Trump's flaws and made him 'palatable' to the American voters. They should feel guilty for letting down the American people.

Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
87735 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:05 pm to
this is going to shock you but in liberal circles the media is disliked almost as much as it is in conservatives ones.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
127758 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:06 pm to
quote:

The reason Trump won was because the media (USA, NYT, WAPO and the networks) were obsessed with maintaining journalistic objectivity and refrained from going negative on Trump.



Get this woman a jacket. A straight jacket.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
62177 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:06 pm to
Wow.
Posted by WorkinDawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
9341 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

The reason Trump won was because the media (USA, NYT, WAPO and the networks) were obsessed with maintaining journalistic objectivity and refrained from going negative on Trump.

They 'candy-coated' Trump's flaws and made him 'palatable' to the American voters. They should feel guilty for letting down the American people.





This had to come from The Onion, right??
Posted by KeyserSoze999
Member since Dec 2009
10608 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:07 pm to
this is going to shock you, but liberal circles are called "the media"
Posted by RuLSU
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2007
8131 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

this is going to shock you but in liberal circles the media is disliked almost as much as it is in conservatives ones.

Yet they believe themselves intellectually superior to others? Ha!

At least 75% of all Trump coverage was negative.
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
23042 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

because the media (USA, NYT, WAPO and the networks) were obsessed with maintaining journalistic objectivity



Holy shite

Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
73794 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:08 pm to
Why?
They don't get their way enough?
They don't go after the right hard enough to leave them a broken party?

I'm curious.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
116649 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

This had to come from The Onion, right??


Nope...USA Print Edition, Thur., Nov. 10
Page 12A
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24080 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

this is going to shock you but in liberal circles the media is disliked almost as much as it is in conservatives ones.



I know this, like I know that women have certain opinions about dirtbag men. Knowing that it happens on an intellectual level is easy, understanding the viewpoint in depth is not possible for me.
Posted by Ashman
Member since May 2015
3391 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

Ellen Wolf

Where's Miguel Prado when you need him?
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
29283 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:11 pm to
quote:

this is going to shock you but in liberal circles the media is disliked almost as much as it is in conservatives ones.


But the disdain is for a completely different reason.

Just like the OP cited, this Ellen Wolfe person actually thinks the MSM went easy on Trump. In other words, all the collusion with the DNC, all the one-sided coverage of HRC and the bad-mouthing of Trump wasn't enough.

If there is even 1 percent of objectivity left in today's MSM, then that's 1 percent too much for the likes of Wolfe and liberals everywhere. It's nauseating, but plainly illustrates that they are truly fascists at heart. They love a dictator, as long as the dictator agrees with them.
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:11 pm to
Is this real life?
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
87735 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:12 pm to
quote:

I'm curious.


The view there is the media only cares about sensationalism, doesn't do much to challenge what they say are right wing lies. Overly critical and unfair to HRC on emails, made too big a thing about pneumonia. Things like that.
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
14771 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:13 pm to
Wow. If the media doubles down on their anti-American bent they will likely be making use of bankruptcy laws themselves.
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
32915 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:13 pm to
I guess that stupid count missed headlines like this in the WaPo:
quote:

Trump’s ingrained racism
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
9277 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:14 pm to
quote:

The reason Trump won was because the media (USA, NYT, WAPO and the networks) were obsessed with maintaining journalistic objectivity and refrained from going negative on Trump.


Those fricks can stop that fricking shite right fricking now.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
41667 posts
Posted on 11/10/16 at 2:14 pm to
What universe does she live in?
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