I love The 4th Estate!

From exposing Watergate and Clintongate to all of Trump's myriad of wrongs from Russian election meddling to Stormy Denials, I love most of the American press and all that it represents. 

Edited by SteveG - April 14 2018 at 10:37

So did I until Trump get in. Now I'm their biggest fan.

I'm just so happy that Trump doesn't live in the dictatorship that he imagines and that the lefty media "keeps him honest". Up to a point! Its the only thing that lets me sleep at night! ha ha 

Edited by SteveG - April 16 2018 at 15:10

I’ve been following the US press very closely for the last year or so, and there are three points that strike me:

I haven’t been able to locate any mainstream media in any form that are not unashamedly biased one way or the other. The one side specializes in deflection and obfuscation, while the other unashamedly ridicules and attacks non-stop. There seems to be no middle ground. There seems to be no attempt at objectivity.

It seems that the moment a question is met with resistance or deviation from the subject, reporters make a point of either not following up or asking a weak subsequent that seems more of a demonstration of token resistance than anything else. Prime example would be a typical Huckabee-Sanders press briefing. Would there be some retaliation otherwise? I don’t know, but from what I've been observing, I would suspect so.

An admirable point seems to be the amount of research that goes into news scoops and background reporting, but it all falls pretty much flat when presented in a tailor-made way to suit the individual political stance of the particular media outlet where it's presented.

All in all, it’s good that it’s there, but it could and should be so much better.

npjnpj wrote: I’ve been following the US press very closely for the last year or so, and there are three points that strike me: I haven’t been able to locate any mainstream media in any form that are not unashamedly biased one way or the other. The one side specializes in deflection and obfuscation, while the other unashamedly ridicules and attacks non-stop. There seems to be no middle ground. There seems to be no attempt at objectivity. It seems that the moment a question is met with resistance or deviation from the subject, reporters make a point of either not following up or asking a weak subsequent that seems more of a demonstration of token resistance than anything else. Prime example would be a typical Huckabee-Sanders press briefing. Would there be some retaliation otherwise? I don’t know, but from what I've been observing, I would suspect so. An admirable point seems to be the amount of research that goes into news scoops and background reporting, but it all falls pretty much flat when presented in a tailor-made way to suit the individual political stance of the particular media outlet where it's presented. All in all, it’s good that it’s there, but it could and should be so much better.

Good points. The media is biased, no doubt. However, when push comes to shove, they would rather be first with the breaking story then trying to deflect it. And don't think that they don't have their safeguards in place. If Trump is pictured with 10 women peeing on him, Fox news will insist that they only backed the old Tea Party all along and not Trump. etc., etc. The media may be biased but they are not stupid.

npjnpj wrote: I’ve been following the US press very closely for the last year or so, and there are three points that strike me: I haven’t been able to locate any mainstream media in any form that are not unashamedly biased one way or the other.

bingo....

Edited by micky - April 21 2018 at 09:27

Yes indeed. Also, the Dem party is suing both him and Russia! At least Russia really is rich! LOL