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These two FACTS are why NOW Trump is the brunt of severe biased reporting by MSM and frankly though why most of us that have any intelligence question
EVERYTHING the MSM says anymore.
Perfect illustration!
Washington Post media critic defends use of anonymous sources amid Trump firestorm | CBC News
Four reporters, 30 anonymous sources
The Post's story, written by four reporters, said it had gathered "the private accounts of more than 30 officials at the White House,
the Justice Department, the FBI and on Capitol Hill, as well as Trump confidants and other senior Republicans,
[to] paint a conflicting narrative centred on the president's brewing personal animus toward Comey."
REALLY??? 30 officials in the WH??? REALLY???
Yes, really. 30 is not such an unbelievable number when you consider they came from the WH, Justice Dept., FBI, Capitol Hill, confidants and senior Republicans. All it says is that trump was getting irritated with Comey and his investigation. Seems logical and obvious.
A) All anonymous sources!
B) It might be more believable if it were say 5 or 6... BUT 30???
No...
The Anonymous Sources of Washington Post and CNN Fake News
Last week, the
Washington Post unveiled a story based on “the private accounts of more than 30 officials at the White House.”
The fake news story falsely claimed that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to resign.
Rod
had a simple answer when asked about that piece of fake news. “No.”
So much for 30 anonymous sources and for the
Washington Post’s credibility.
But the media keeps shoveling out pieces based on anonymous sources and confirmed by anonymous sources
while ignoring the disavowals by those public officials who are willing to go on the record.
As long as the article is clear the sources are anonymous it can not be called fake news. By stating it is based on anonymous sources the reader is being "warned" of the possibility of the story being inaccurate, which is different than intentional fakery and fraud.
The problem is not with the journalist, it is with the malleable readers. Those who are susceptible to easy influence. The dupes and suckers put a cruder way.
Media sources, left or right, have always and will always try to attract and please their demographics. They are entities designed to make profits.
I truly agree with you regarding the malleability of the readers! That's the whole point though is the MSM knows that they produce headlines like the following when
I do for example a search on google "Trump anti-immigrant".
64,400 results all with biased headlines like the first few..
NYT: "
Trump's Anti-Immigrant Racism"....
NYPost: "
told staffer that Trump's anti-immigrant remarks"...
MSNBC:
"When Trump's anti-immigrant fear-mongering crosses a line"
Now how many "malleable" readers believe that Trump who MARRIED a LEGAL immigrant, and over 90 million people like me who either have LEGAL immigrant relatives or
ARE LEGAL immigrants are really "anti-immigrant"?
WE like Trump are NOT RACISTS. We are NOT "anti-immigrant" why else would be relatives or legal like Trump's wife?
But by biasedly NOT putting the simple adjective "Illegal" the "malleable" readers form an opinion that Trump and all 90+ million of us ARE anti-immigrant!
Again false, headlines/30 second sound bites ALL form for the "Malleable" reader/listener an perception that is 100% FALSE!
By leaving out that simple adjective..."Illegal" the MSM biases the opinions, hence the polls and then those politicians that believe the biased polls and MSM!
Prove me wrong ok. I want you to tell me YOU don't think Trump is "anti-immigrant". And then tell me how he could marry a legal immigrant. Or how he is "racist"? His
daughter is now Jewish having married a Jew! And people call Trump "racist"? Check out what a growing number of blacks now have altered their perceptions especially now that there are fewer unemployed blacks in nearly 2 decades.
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