I remember this as an issue during the GW Bush administration, especially over the Iraq War. At the time a lot of people called the news media White House press corps stenographers. They went to briefings and reported what officials said verbatim, while it was clear that they were lying. There has always been a problem of how journalists are supposed to report something said in bad faith. This administration has turned to threats and bullying.
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > In case it wasn’t clear, I was being sarcastic, I don’t think the BBC or > CBS or the Washington Post or any other news outlet that wants to be taken > seriously should be taking dictation from the White House. I’m not > convinced that the BBC situation really was a journalistic error just as I > strongly believe that the 60 Minutes incident with Donald Trump was not a > journalistic error. If professional journalist at the BBC decide that it > was a mistake then they should do what credible news outlets do and have > always done, which is not the error, Apologize for it correct it and move > on. Professionalism is not about not making mistakes after all about being > transparent and acknowledging mistakes and learning from them. > > But that whole discussion is such absurd bullshit in the context of an > administration that makes a feature out of constantly turning out, clearly > dishonest, false narratives at a staggering clip, and then, pretending > their high standards are offended so much that the culprit must be > immediately fired only when the incident is Related to something that they > don’t like or disagree with. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 at 8:43 AM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So the Press Office should actually generate content, which all >> stations/groups could somehow be compelled to provide on all levels? It >> wouldn't surprise me if it happened, as it's easy to conclude the >> administration is bent on getting its message, regardless of *(ahem)* popular >> perception, out to as many people as possible. >> >> That said, they may have decided that their principal outlet is (still) >> social media. >> B >> >> PGage, to moi, Nov 9th: >> >> A more efficient business model for today’s TV newsrooms would be to >> simply have the White House press secretary, produce A lot of coverage and >> deliver all news reports on the American president. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f62e6b5-0f47-4b59-b15b-c7a18b5c4032n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f62e6b5-0f47-4b59-b15b-c7a18b5c4032n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLNHZaADqH6EZbJRSCYbnit1xgbyT5qSssUWUOf5_c4Ew%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLNHZaADqH6EZbJRSCYbnit1xgbyT5qSssUWUOf5_c4Ew%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHbfgRWHCzA9%3DdgQj6MekiHQFoz58zTh8CdoDAqQ6gcEA%40mail.gmail.com.
