The media attack on Trump family continues

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Carl Pickens said:
Trump coverage still 90% negative, says new study
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What you are not factoring into the equation is how negative Trump is himself. He spends the majority of his time either in his speeches or on twitter: attacking other American citizens, attacking the Mueller investigation, attacking the press, attacking our allies, attacking former Presidents, attacking the NFL, attacking free trade, attacking Democrats, attacking Republicans, attacking Independents, attacking his own Attorney General... His message is rarely positive even though there are positive things to talk about. He spends much more time attacking the press and Robert Mueller's investigation than he does discussing the economy. That is a fact. That type of aggression will usually be met with hostility from the press corps. Now, to be honest, most Republican Presidents will be met with about 60-70% negative coverage by the national news media anyway. Trump's negative coverage is exacerbated by his own negative rhetoric - on pretty much everything.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
Were you also worried about what BHO was doing to erode civility and divide our nation?
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I certainly would have been worried if he had behaved like trump. I'm an equal opportunist when it comes to dumbassery. I wasn't an fan of all of Obama's policies, but at least he conducted himself with dignity and didn't represent an existential threat to the US (to those of us who aren't afraid of black people).
 
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General Jack said:
I certainly would have been worried if he had behaved like trump. I'm an equal opportunist when it comes to dumbassery. I wasn't an fan of all of Obama's policies, but at least he conducted himself with dignity and didn't represent an existential threat to the US (to those of us who aren't afraid of black people).
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Calling a spade a spade is NOT tantamount to fear.

What, exactly, has Trump done that threatens the republic as we know it?
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
A few things.

I dont think the President should be addressing issues related to private citizens. That goes for Trump, Obama, etc. All that does is play into the hands of the media who are attempting to manipulate skulls full of mushy brains.

While the attacks on Trumps family are stupid and shows how unhinged and psychotic democrats are this isn't the first time his has happened. Bush and Obama got luck but I do remember hearing right wing media dogging out Chelsea Clinton when she was a kid. Yeah they were right that she was a hideous hose beast but she was just a kid and they shouldn't have said that stuff on air or in print.

Trump is trolling the left and his "enemies". Should he be? No. Grown ass men shouldnt be using Twitter. Old people shouldnt be using social media at all. Trump craves attention, good or bad. Twitter is he mechanism to constantly generate that attention. Almost all of his negative press has been created by him and Twitter. Unless he is legitimately insane (could be) he is the greatest troll of all time and is using Twitter to manipulate the media as some sort of smokescreen. For what? I have no idea.

And complaining about the "integrity and classiness" of the Presidential position, GTFO. We had presidents send hundreds of thousands of their citizens to death. We have had a President who dropped not one but two nuclear bombs on CIVILIANS...on f##king cities. We had presidents set up legitimate concentration camps for their own citizens. We had Presidents forcefully remove people from their ancestral lands and make them go on a death march and literally destroy their entire culture. And in the biggest irony of all we have had democrat presidents forcefully draft its own citizens into fighting a war against communism only to see their own party become communists a few decades later.
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This is a pretty legit post FLVOL_79, I agree with most of what you said.

The circumstances in the last paragraph were regrettable and few on here would defend any of those incidents, but those are not exactly on point with my contention. None of those issues involved a president behaving like a spoiled brat, and none involved a president mesmerizing a legion of impressionable sychophants. To my knowledge, none of those situations involved a president going against a consensus from his top advisors either.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
You asked for an example and you got one that answered your question. Sorry.. not sorry you cant handle the truth.
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Come on man, I can tell you are smarter than that.

It's your right to defend trump, but that bb should have been left in the chamber.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
What you are not factoring into the equation is how negative Trump is himself. He spends the majority of his time either in his speeches or on twitter: attacking other American citizens, attacking the Mueller investigation, attacking the press, attacking our allies, attacking former Presidents, attacking the NFL, attacking free trade, attacking Democrats, attacking Republicans, attacking Independents, attacking his own Attorney General... His message is rarely positive even though there are positive things to talk about. He spends much more time attacking the press and Robert Mueller's investigation than he does discussing the economy. That is a fact. That type of aggression will usually be met with hostility from the press corps. Now, to be honest, most Republican Presidents will be met with about 60-70% negative coverage by the national news media anyway. Trump's negative coverage is exacerbated by his own negative rhetoric - on pretty much everything.
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Spot on. Trump started his presidential campaign by denigrating latinos, continued it with name calling of other republican contenders and telling us how BAD America is (patriotic, huh?), and spews attacks and untruths literally almost every single day.

How do you cover that in a "positive" way?

I would bet that less than 10% of trump's energy is used in a positive fashion... so 90% or so negative coverage actually makes perfect sense.
 
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Septic said:
Two posts up you called his detractors 'dimwits'. This is a microcosm of your rationality. Stay outraged.
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Outraged? Hardly. I am laughing my ass off at the liberal heads exploding all up in here. Y'all a real trip
 
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General Jack said:
Spot on. Trump started his presidential campaign by denigrating latinos, continued it with name calling of other republican contenders and telling us how BAD America is (patriotic, huh?), and spews attacks and untruths literally almost every single day.

How do you cover that in a "positive" way?

I would bet that less than 10% of trump's energy is used in a positive fashion... so 90% or so negative coverage actually makes perfect sense.
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Exactly. A mostly negative message will be covered in a mostly negative fashion.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
What you are not factoring into the equation is how negative Trump is himself. He spends the majority of his time either in his speeches or on twitter: attacking other American citizens, attacking the Mueller investigation, attacking the press, attacking our allies, attacking former Presidents, attacking the NFL, attacking free trade, attacking Democrats, attacking Republicans, attacking Independents, attacking his own Attorney General... His message is rarely positive even though there are positive things to talk about. He spends much more time attacking the press and Robert Mueller's investigation than he does discussing the economy. That is a fact. That type of aggression will usually be met with hostility from the press corps. Now, to be honest, most Republican Presidents will be met with about 60-70% negative coverage by the national news media anyway. Trump's negative coverage is exacerbated by his own negative rhetoric - on pretty much everything.
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Can't argue with any of that.
 
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Squints said:
Calling a spade a spade is NOT tantamount to fear.

What, exactly, has Trump done that threatens the republic as we know it?
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How about calling for the imprisonment of a political rival? That's banana republic stuff.

Calling out dissenting opinions as being "fake news"? Are we not allowed to disagree?

Attacking the free press? Straight from dictator 101 playbook.

Attacking his appointees, including his attorney general. Authoritarianism.

Attacking immigrants as thieves and rapists (your parents were immigrants too, you know). Xenophobic.

Not recognizing the consensus opinions of his national security advisors. Buffoonery-in-chief.

Denigrating law enforcement when it suits him, notably the FBI. Very dangerous.

Blasting the special counsel and rule of law. He's above the above in his mind.

Is that enough of a start?
 
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General Jack said:
How about calling for the imprisonment of a political rival? That's banana republic stuff.

Calling out dissenting opinions as being "fake news"? Are we not allowed to disagree?

Attacking the free press? Straight from dictator 101 playbook.

Attacking his appointees, including his attorney general. Authoritarianism.

Attacking immigrants as thieves and rapists (your parents were immigrants too, you know). Xenophobic.

Not recognizing the consensus opinions of his national security advisors. Buffoonery-in-chief.

Denigrating law enforcement when it suits him, notably the FBI. Very dangerous.

Blasting the special counsel and rule of law. He's above the above in his mind.

Is that enough of a start?
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It's a good day. The country is in great hands with our new President. Relax and enjoy.
 
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General Jack said:
How about calling for the imprisonment of a political rival? That's banana republic stuff.

Calling out dissenting opinions as being "fake news"? Are we not allowed to disagree?

Attacking the free press? Straight from dictator 101 playbook.

Attacking his appointees, including his attorney general. Authoritarianism.

Attacking immigrants as thieves and rapists (your parents were immigrants too, you know). Xenophobic.

Not recognizing the consensus opinions of his national security advisors. Buffoonery-in-chief.

Denigrating law enforcement when it suits him, notably the FBI. Very dangerous.

Blasting the special counsel and rule of law. He's above the above in his mind.

Is that enough of a start?
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You forgot the Hitler comparisons.
 
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#VFL__ said:
Yeah, we all know. It spills out in just about all of your posts. Trump is the guy you wish you could be. I get it man.
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Naaah. Is rather be Baron
More time in the race to go.

Oh, and I wasn't really a fan when I voted for him. I am now. Promises made, promises kept.
 
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