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‘Civil War’ Erupts At Wall Street Journal Over ‘Batshit Crazy’ Trump Editorials
A couple of weeks ago, we noted that the Wall Street Journal may want to think about cc'ing Donald Trump on its new social media policy for reporters which, among other things, stipulates that when it comes to Twitter posts, a good rule of thumb is this: “if in doubt, don’t post it."
Right. So you can see how that would apply to Donald Trump, who quite literally lobs 140-character threats of nuclear war at foreign leaders.
The reason we wanted to connect the dots between WSJ's new social
I quit the WSJ last year – something they wrote during the campaign seriously pissed me off. Have not read it since – other than a reference or quote – nothing. When I read the Cranston comment I thought it was taking “supporting the president” too far. Why would you ignore the terrible behavior and clear lies and adequate evidence and pretend everything is ok just because he is the president? It was more like turning a blind eye and I was surprised he would say that – I gave him more credit but no longer do.
What media outlet isnt biased anymore? They have all marched in lockstep with one political party or another as the polarization of the nation marches on since the Bill Clinton years. Its hard to find individuals in the media that exhibit sense on a broad spectrum of topics and events. The evolution of reporting news into the current industrial news complex is a detriment to American society. Less editorializing and promotional pieces and more straight fact reporting is necessary in order for citizens to start thinking on their own. These news conglomerates and alternate media news sources are spoon feeding bullet points and promoting group think on a grand scale.
This is not a detriment to American Society unless the individuals of that Society do not have the choice of what they believe and who they watch.
Alternate Media News = Fox and Breitbart = 100% Fake News (Now we also have the slime that uses a name similar to the recognized reliable sources but they are still fake news)
The Major Media = CNN and MSNBC, good examples – and the individual on camera personnel who report the news every day and like us who hear it, eventually realize how ridiculous it is to pretend not to notice the outrageous lies and behavior of those they report on – they are smart human beings and if they don’t have some reaction, we would think them as being crazy! Most normal people do not need the media to form our own opinion and then we choose who to watch and get our news from – I refuse to hear anything coming out of the mouths of Fox etc. and I sure as hell don’t need to hear them to be sure I have made a wise decision!
Unlike Newspapers – they typically follow a particular party and many of them cannot stay in business these days
This is not a detriment to American Society unless the individuals of that Society do not have the choice of what they believe and who they watch.
Slim Pickens riding the bomb….”ask what you can do for your country”…..
Again – Nothing-burger stuff here. Who reads the WSJ anymore anyway. I swapped it out for the FT a decade ago. Besides, let’s keep in mind who owns the Journal.
So that makes this excerpt from the above article pretty nonsensical:
“Everyone knows not to take Breitbart seriously and the same goes for Fox.” and then implying that the Journal is somehow separate and apart from this. You read the Journal, you are watching Fox.