Tag: assault on the media
Trump: ‘Nobody Called from Google’
“Google, nobody called from Google. One of the things like doing a show like yours, your show, you know, you see it on Fox, but when you really see it is all over the place, they take clips of your show that you’re doing right now with me and if I do a good job, they’re gonna vote for me, they’re gonna vote for me because it’s not just on Fox, it’s on Fox is a smaller part of it. You’re on all over this, those little beautiful cell phones you’re on, you’re all over the place. You have a product, you have a great product. You have a great brand. So you have to get out, you have to get out, you have to do things like your show and other shows and Google has been very bad. They’ve been very irresponsible and I have a feeling that Google is gonna be close to shut down.”
— Donald Trump, on Fox Business.
Trump-0, WSJ-1
Sore loser Donald Trump is a nuisance infernal,
His assaults on the media are as stupid as they are futile.
And Trump’s public relations flack
Must be having a heart attack,
Because you can’t win a war of words with the Wall Street Journal.
Another Authoritarian Jokes About Killing Journalists
“I love journalists, that’s why I may organize a special banquet for them this evening at the Saudi embassy.”
— Czech president Miloš Zeman, quoted by Euro News, apparently alluding to Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Most Republicans See the News Media as the Enemy of Democracy
51%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds a majority of Republicans — 51% — see the news media as the enemy of the people, compared with 37% of them who view the media as an important part of democracy. By contrast, 91% of Democrats and 70% of independents see the media as an important part of democracy.
Nearly Half Think Media Fabricates News
46%
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds that 46% of Americans believe the news media fabricate news stories about President Trump and his administration. Just 37% of voters think the media do not fabricate stories, the poll shows, while the remaining 17% are undecided. Among Republicans, 76% think the news media invent stories about Trump and his administration.
Trump Hasn’t Attacked the Media in a Week
7
Number of days since Donald attacked the media, CNN reports. “Trump last tweeted negatively about the media Feb. 26, when he slammed a new ad campaign from the ‘failing’ New York Times.”
Bush Says Media Is ‘Indispensable’ to Democracy
I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. We needed the media to hold people like me to account. Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.
— Former President George W. Bush, in an interview on the Today Show.
Spicer Said Media Shouldn’t Be Banned — In December
I think we have a respect for the press when it comes to the government. That is something you can’t ban an entity from. Conservative, liberal or otherwise, that’s what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship.
— White House press secretary Sean Spicer, quoted by the Washington Post, on Dec. 16, 2016. On Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, Spicer blocked several media outlets from a White House briefing.
Let It Shine
Trump’s media attacks are characterized by harshness,
And his “enemy” meme is starting to stick to the press.
But the media mainstream
Now has it’s own meme —
WaPo’s new tagline: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”