Agreed....Again Kam!
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: > The two big reveals during the election-the corruptness of the press and > the hate spewed at Trump voters. > > The press as we know it is history. I was a journalism major many moons > ago for about a year. I respected journalists; back then the only thing I > knew about anything outside my bubble was through the press. I felt they > were the most powerful, influential people in the world. > > No mas. > > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 2:02:23 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > >> Agreed Kam! Moreover, I don't think, at least for me, that we had a true >> handle on how deep and so thoroughly infiltrated the corruption is between >> the Elitist Establishment media, the lobbyists/Wall Street; and the DC >> Beltway crony politicians! "I/We" knew it existed, but just not to the >> level that has now been exposed! >> >> I also don't think that the mainstream media will ever be trusted again; >> or at least until there's some attempt to correct the problem. No matter, >> it's damaged and will take a while for that correction to take place, if it >> ever does. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You’d think that Trump’s victory – the one we all discounted too far in >>> advance – would lead to a certain newfound humility in the political press. >>> But of course that’s not how it works. To us, speaking broadly, our >>> diagnosis was still basically correct. The demons were just stronger than >>> we realized. >>> >>> This is all a “whitelash,” you see. Trump voters are racist and sexist, >>> so there must be more racists and sexists than we realized. Tuesday night’s >>> outcome was not a *logic-driven rejection of a deeply flawed candidate >>> named Clinton* >>> <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-privately-concedes-in-phone-call-to-donald-trump/>; >>> no, it was a primal scream against fairness, equality, and progress. Let >>> the new tantrums commence! >>> That’s the fantasy, the idea that if we mock them enough, call them >>> racist enough, they’ll eventually shut up and get in line. It’s similar to >>> how media Twitter works, a system where people who dissent from the proper >>> framing of a story are attacked by mobs of smugly incredulous pundits. >>> Journalists exist primarily in a world where people can get shouted down >>> and disappear, which informs our attitudes toward all disagreement. >>> >>> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-the-unbearable-smugne >>> ss-of-the-press-presidential-election-2016/ >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
