C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
‘“You’ve got to stop covering him like he’s just another politician, with a different agenda,” Johnston told me recently. “He’s a criminal and a con artist. And that has to be central to everything you cover about him.”
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For journalists, failing to situate Trump’s words and actions in the context of an ongoing con is tantamount to deception. It’s not just failing to tell the whole story, it’s failing to tell the central story.
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Once you acknowledge that Trump is a con artist above all else, everything becomes clearer. For instance, it’s no longer surprising that he has no idea how to govern. That’s not his thing. Nor does he have a clearly definable political agenda, other than seizing power and destroying enemies.
He is the proverbial snake-oil salesman. That’s the accurate framing. But it’s not what we’re getting from the traditional mainstream media.”’
presswatchers.org
Trump is a grifter and con man, criminal and convicted felon.
Getting back in the WH is just Trump’s latest grift, with the help of a feckless media.
[…]
For journalists, failing to situate Trump’s words and actions in the context of an ongoing con is tantamount to deception. It’s not just failing to tell the whole story, it’s failing to tell the central story.
[…]
Once you acknowledge that Trump is a con artist above all else, everything becomes clearer. For instance, it’s no longer surprising that he has no idea how to govern. That’s not his thing. Nor does he have a clearly definable political agenda, other than seizing power and destroying enemies.
He is the proverbial snake-oil salesman. That’s the accurate framing. But it’s not what we’re getting from the traditional mainstream media.”’
Trump coverage needs to change and here’s how | Press Watch
Trump is a con artist and ordinary people are going to get hurt. That’s the all-encompassing story of the next four years.
presswatchers.org
Trump is a grifter and con man, criminal and convicted felon.
Getting back in the WH is just Trump’s latest grift, with the help of a feckless media.

