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Donald Trump melts down over media 'Fakers' after watching Morning Joe bash Sinclair Broadcast
Source: RawStory
SARAH K. BURRIS
03 APR 2018 AT 06:39 ET
President Donald Trump began his Tuesday Twitterstorm with an attack on the mainstream media for the attention given to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Link to tweet
The conservative company has been under fire for forcing news anchors to read a statement for promotions that claims theyre fighting fake news. Sinclair retaliated against accusations of propaganda and state run media.
There is a lot of noise out there about our company right now, and what is lacking in that analysis is something we constantly preach; context and perspective, the company said in a memo. The critics are now upset about our well-researched journalistic initiative focused on fair and objective reporting.
The corporation has demanded that anchors, on-air personalities and staff not speak to the media or answer questions about the recent coverage. However, at least one anchor hit back against Trump.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/donald-trump-praises-sinclair-quality-lashes-fakers-angry-tweet/
WATCH: Heres the Morning Joe segment bashing Sinclair that set off Trumps furious tweet
TRAVIS GETTYS
03 APR 2018 AT 07:06 ET
MSNBCs Joe Scarborough hosted a segment on the right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group that apparently prompted President Donald Trump to praise the media company and bash their competitors.
The Morning Joe host bashed the broadcast company for making its anchors read a script promoting a conspiracy theory about deep state government employees trying to bring down the president, and said station owners had abused their viewers trust.
We are trying to figure out any example of newspapers or television stations that actually gave people scripts and ordered them to read it, Scarborough said. It would be like the New York Times going to Nick Kristof, saying this is the op-ed that youre going to put in the newspaper this week, and youre going to sign your name to it and go, and these local anchors what theyre doing is theyre employing the people who really are the most trusted faces in news, and those are Americas local anchors.
Scarborough said the companys motivations were clear, as Sinclair awaits FCC and Justice Department approval for its proposed $3.9 billion merger with Tribune Media.
What this sounds like (is) where you have somebody thats trying to get favors with the president, with the White House, sending out scripts to journalists all over the country and not only do they have must-read, must-perform segments, Scarborough said, but more disturbingly to a lot of these anchors, they are scripts that they are forced to read, that set up the segments, that frame is segments and so many of these anchors were starting to find out believe that its just pure propaganda that theyre pushing to promote Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump melts down over media 'Fakers' after watching Morning Joe bash Sinclair Broadcast (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2018
OP
Well, when he does his sit down with Comrade Putin, he can ask how to get a state run
chelsea0011
Apr 2018
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chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)1. Well, when he does his sit down with Comrade Putin, he can ask how to get a state run
news agency up and running.
Ligyron
(7,645 posts)4. Oh, they seem to have that well in hand.
However, Trump, in his stupidity, has brought light to this issue that many of our countrymen might otherwise have missed.
Hostage videos don't always work in the way the perpetrators want.
hedda_foil
(16,377 posts)2. Unfortunately, this probably makes the Tribune acquisition a lock. The swine will make sure of it.
MineralMan
(146,350 posts)3. "They're all against me. I'm beset on all sides"
Paranoia.
louis-t
(23,309 posts)5. And this morning I watched a segment with a reporter
fawning all over Geraldo Rivera. Rivera's take was that his friend drumpf was a wonderful guy, and the media is rough on the poor dolt.