The media cares more about their bottom line than keeping the viewers informed. This is why they gravitate to Trumps' garbage every time he farts out another lie. They hide behind a "position" that they have an obligation to cover the leader of the US. As the media becomes more and more controlled by wealthy MAGA billionaires, this will only continue and the facts and evidence will take a back seat. I give you the Washington Post and their disbanding of the best fact checking organization on the planet.
FIGHTERS FOR DEMOCRACY OUT FRONT / NEW BLOOD / NEW IDEAS!
ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY!
IF WE WANT THE HARD FOUGHT WIN FOR DEMOCRACY, WE GOT’A HAVE BLUE-PEOPLE WITH BACK-BONE, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, LET’S TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM! KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE FCKING GAS AMERICANS!
Great analysis! We need more fighters such as yourself to stand up! No more Schumer! No more Jeffries! Pramila Jayapal. AOC. The women have what it takes to take the fight to them!
Learn more about government before making such suggestions. Luckily AOC is smarter than her infatuated fans and knows she's unqualified for leadership and would be a disaster.
I’d have focused more on White; you could express the bizarre quality of the announcement that way. Except that White managed to say yes, no and maybe within the space of one afternoon.
So I guess my headline would focus on what a travesty the whole notion would be:
“Trump claims to name ‘violent fighter’ White as press secretary”
With ‘bizarre’ in there somewhere if there’s room.
As for this week’s atrocity, FFS we started a war with Iran and killed their leader eight months ago and we still let our military call Iran’s attacks on on-duty uniformed troops “unprovoked.”
Three quick questions for the so-called “mainline” media:
• Do you know what Donald Trump looks like?
• Do you know what Donald Trump sounds like?
• Do you recall the last time you heard DonaldTrump say anything totally truthful?
The answers, in case anyone might be befuddled, are: yes, yes and no. Your viewers likely got all of them correct. And your readers, too, assuming you have any.
So why do TV news producers still use soundbites of Trump? Just paraphrase — and put into context from your own actual research — what he says if you feel you must have it on your newscast or in your newspaper at all.
Oh! Fun to think of a response! Just what I needed right now.
My proposed “solution”for this instance?
⚠️Flashing yellow Caution Sign;
“Unconfirmed”
With
Reminder of the ridiculous loony weird appointments he has already made.. which is why I would yearn to publish something.. just to re-remind everyone..
adding
RFKBob Jr: Brain worm; road kill possum collector; whale head to car roof; cocaine off of toilet seat bragging; dead bear drop off in Park;
Patel Tax payer funded personalized bourbon bottles; military plane rides to see girlfriend; idiotic beer guzzling with Olympic team
Hegseth super lecturer testosterone obsessed - wannabe 1950’s steel haired WII B movie General, & in oblique contrast also “dancing” the grapevine during a military work out -,where absolutely no one else was doing the grapevine (include the clip)
Mikey Johnson wide eyed through his spectacles - repeatedly gleefully claiming he knows nothing - in answer to any critical question as he grins big - and blasts lies anyway
The stream of Press Secretaries all looking like manufactured Maralago clones 👱♀️👱👱♀️👱👱♀️👱👱♀️👱
Marco Rubio … with no spine, separated and draped over Iran and Venezuela and Cuba - limp with a vacant stare (Good facial foundation makeup though)
Think what a different world this would be if in 16 the media wasn’t having so much fun running Trump, against a very accomplished woman they didn’t like?
In my opinion Main Stream Media is on life support.
Big money can no longer buy votes or control the news..
We should publish anything that shows he's unfit, unserious, and a fool, for example, for saying "a whole civilization will die tonight", which violates core principles of international law. And especially if he's making a joke on a serious topic, call him out, like, "Here we go again, joking on a matter of national concern...When will he be Presidential? Never."
Trump is Putin’s carnival barker. He exists to absorb the intellectual brilliance and productive capacity of the Journalist Class. Trump exists for one reason alone: obfuscate Putin’s criminal activity on US soil.
Putin has successfully taken us all out of the game under the guise of politics, and he’s successfully installed Trump under the guise of the law.
America’s collective disgust with the individual Trump has consumed us all. The subterfuge is working brilliantly.
This is not political. It’s criminal. It will take a global coalition of POLICE to end Putin’s criminal empire, and until that happens, their work continues unimpeded. Miller is Putin’s marshal now in the White House. Trump is the distraction they need.
Stop Putin and his criminal networks and you’ve stopped the largest and most sophisticated criminal enterprise the world has ever known.
Congress is going to beat this administration with feathers, because it is - in reality - backed by Putin’s Suicide Inc.
Don’t write his dribble as a headline, do it as a comic, a single below-the-fold frame with his profile and the little thought bubbles above his head with whatever meaningless verbal diarrhea he spewed. Call it “Donnie’s Daily Distraction Dump” , include an asterisk stating that there will be a follow up if there’s anything meriting further reporting.
Legacy corporate media has fouled this up for a decade. It's time they find new ways to talk about Trump besides good faith softball coverage.
The media cares more about their bottom line than keeping the viewers informed. This is why they gravitate to Trumps' garbage every time he farts out another lie. They hide behind a "position" that they have an obligation to cover the leader of the US. As the media becomes more and more controlled by wealthy MAGA billionaires, this will only continue and the facts and evidence will take a back seat. I give you the Washington Post and their disbanding of the best fact checking organization on the planet.
FIGHTERS FOR DEMOCRACY OUT FRONT / NEW BLOOD / NEW IDEAS!
ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY!
IF WE WANT THE HARD FOUGHT WIN FOR DEMOCRACY, WE GOT’A HAVE BLUE-PEOPLE WITH BACK-BONE, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, LET’S TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM! KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE FCKING GAS AMERICANS!
Great analysis! We need more fighters such as yourself to stand up! No more Schumer! No more Jeffries! Pramila Jayapal. AOC. The women have what it takes to take the fight to them!
Learn more about government before making such suggestions. Luckily AOC is smarter than her infatuated fans and knows she's unqualified for leadership and would be a disaster.
If his lips are moving that is proof he is lying.
I’d have focused more on White; you could express the bizarre quality of the announcement that way. Except that White managed to say yes, no and maybe within the space of one afternoon.
So I guess my headline would focus on what a travesty the whole notion would be:
“Trump claims to name ‘violent fighter’ White as press secretary”
With ‘bizarre’ in there somewhere if there’s room.
As for this week’s atrocity, FFS we started a war with Iran and killed their leader eight months ago and we still let our military call Iran’s attacks on on-duty uniformed troops “unprovoked.”
The STENO idea is great, but I think it may be too complicated for some to remember. How about FOF - Fact or Fiction? Thank you, Mark.
Three quick questions for the so-called “mainline” media:
• Do you know what Donald Trump looks like?
• Do you know what Donald Trump sounds like?
• Do you recall the last time you heard DonaldTrump say anything totally truthful?
The answers, in case anyone might be befuddled, are: yes, yes and no. Your viewers likely got all of them correct. And your readers, too, assuming you have any.
So why do TV news producers still use soundbites of Trump? Just paraphrase — and put into context from your own actual research — what he says if you feel you must have it on your newscast or in your newspaper at all.
Good grief. He’s only Trump. Not a king. Yet.
Oh! Fun to think of a response! Just what I needed right now.
My proposed “solution”for this instance?
⚠️Flashing yellow Caution Sign;
“Unconfirmed”
With
Reminder of the ridiculous loony weird appointments he has already made.. which is why I would yearn to publish something.. just to re-remind everyone..
adding
RFKBob Jr: Brain worm; road kill possum collector; whale head to car roof; cocaine off of toilet seat bragging; dead bear drop off in Park;
Patel Tax payer funded personalized bourbon bottles; military plane rides to see girlfriend; idiotic beer guzzling with Olympic team
Hegseth super lecturer testosterone obsessed - wannabe 1950’s steel haired WII B movie General, & in oblique contrast also “dancing” the grapevine during a military work out -,where absolutely no one else was doing the grapevine (include the clip)
Mikey Johnson wide eyed through his spectacles - repeatedly gleefully claiming he knows nothing - in answer to any critical question as he grins big - and blasts lies anyway
The stream of Press Secretaries all looking like manufactured Maralago clones 👱♀️👱👱♀️👱👱♀️👱👱♀️👱
Marco Rubio … with no spine, separated and draped over Iran and Venezuela and Cuba - limp with a vacant stare (Good facial foundation makeup though)
Vance…. Etc
Or
Ignore everything until absolutely verified
🤣🤣🤣
Excellent suggestions AVee
You are so kind to me.. makes me grin ☺️
But it’s true. And funny too
I have no sympathy for the media.
Think what a different world this would be if in 16 the media wasn’t having so much fun running Trump, against a very accomplished woman they didn’t like?
In my opinion Main Stream Media is on life support.
Big money can no longer buy votes or control the news..
We should publish anything that shows he's unfit, unserious, and a fool, for example, for saying "a whole civilization will die tonight", which violates core principles of international law. And especially if he's making a joke on a serious topic, call him out, like, "Here we go again, joking on a matter of national concern...When will he be Presidential? Never."
Trump is Putin’s carnival barker. He exists to absorb the intellectual brilliance and productive capacity of the Journalist Class. Trump exists for one reason alone: obfuscate Putin’s criminal activity on US soil.
Putin has successfully taken us all out of the game under the guise of politics, and he’s successfully installed Trump under the guise of the law.
America’s collective disgust with the individual Trump has consumed us all. The subterfuge is working brilliantly.
This is not political. It’s criminal. It will take a global coalition of POLICE to end Putin’s criminal empire, and until that happens, their work continues unimpeded. Miller is Putin’s marshal now in the White House. Trump is the distraction they need.
Stop Putin and his criminal networks and you’ve stopped the largest and most sophisticated criminal enterprise the world has ever known.
Congress is going to beat this administration with feathers, because it is - in reality - backed by Putin’s Suicide Inc.
I very much like the STENO suggestion, MJ. It can fit the modern media preference for pithy sub-heads.
STENO lol
Don’t write his dribble as a headline, do it as a comic, a single below-the-fold frame with his profile and the little thought bubbles above his head with whatever meaningless verbal diarrhea he spewed. Call it “Donnie’s Daily Distraction Dump” , include an asterisk stating that there will be a follow up if there’s anything meriting further reporting.
Mark, I predict that the press will adopt all of your lessons and start reporting skeptically about the president on January 20, 2029.