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Donald Trump raised eyebrows today in posting a graphic boasting how he is “reshaping the media.”
The image hails departures in legacy media by pointing out outlets and media personalities who are now “gone” in part due to his rantings about “fake news.” Continue reading “Trump Boasts About ‘Reshaping The Media’”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: Continuing his penchant for 3rd grade nicknames for people he doesn’t like, Donald Trump has begun referring to out CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as “Allison” insinuating that gay men are women, and that being a woman is somehow degrading. Continue reading “Trump Taunts CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper + More News”
UPDATE: It’s now being reported the decision to spike an endorsement of VP Kamala Harris by the Washington Post was made by the owner of the newspaper, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The decision to not endorse a presidential candidate in this election cycle breaks with nearly 50 years of precedent at the newspaper. Continue reading “UPDATE: Washington Post Will Not Endorse Presidential Candidate”
Talk about petty… Axios is reporting that the White House will soon order all federal agencies to not renew their subscriptions to the Washington Post and the New York Times. Yes, those would be the two newspapers Donald Trump has repeated raged against on Twitter for what he feels is biased, ‘fake news’ reporting. The announcement came just hours after Trump appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show calling the two papers ‘fake.’
The White House said on Tuesday that it would cancel its own subscriptions to the Post and the Times, after Trump complained that they were “fake” during an appearance this week on Fox News’ “Hannity.” White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in an email to the Wall Street Journal: “Not renewing subscriptions across all federal agencies will be a significant cost saving—hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars will be saved.”
The Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery, who along the Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly, were arrested in a McDonalds last night, called out MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough after the MSNBC host criticized the journalists and accused them of just wanting to “get on TV:”
“Well, I would invite Joe Scarborough to come down to Ferguson and get out of 30 Rock where he’s sitting and sipping his Starbucks smugly,” Lowery said during a Thursday morning appearance on CNN.
“I invite him to come and talk to the residents of Ferguson, where I’ve been since Monday afternoon having tear gas shot at me, having rubber bullets shot at me … I would invite Joe Scarborough down here to do some reporting on the ground, then maybe we can have an educated conversation about what’s happening here.”
Lowery and Reilly are covering the events on the ground in Ferguson, where tensions continue to rise after Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by a police officer last weekend.
I can’t believe the Washington Post actually let Richard Cohen print this crap.
Read his entire op-ed here.