January 23, 2017

It has already started, already being said. The battle between Trump & the Media, has happened on

both sides, Dems & Repubs.

That is not true, Obama never tried to delegitimize fox, just did not go on there as often as they wanted.

I don't remember him ever blacklisting any media outlet.

If the media lets Trump get away with the kind of attacks he has been doing, they deserve what they get.

The only way they are going to hold their standard is they have to support each other when stuff like what Trump did in that one briefing attacking the CNN reporter & blacklisting CNN, they need to stand up & defend each other.

January 23, 2017

Trump Team Blacklists CNN On The Sunday After Inauguration

This is where the media could fight back. None of those other networks or cable news shows should let any of Trump's people on until they lift the blackout.
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President Donald Trump and his team continued their unprecedented attempts to delegitimize and blacklist CNN by refusing to have a representative appear on CNN’s Sunday political talk show, State of the Union, while booking appearances on the other major political talk shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox Broadcasting Co.

At the top of the January 22 edition of CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper said that his show “asked the Trump White House for a member of the new administration to join us this morning, but they declined.” Members of Trump’s team including White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, however, made appearances on the other major Sunday political talk shows: This Week on ABC, Face The Nation on CBS, Meet the Press on NBC, and Fox News Sunday on Fox Broadcasting Co. Trump and his team have a long history of blacklisting reporters from events, most notably when Trump revoked The Washington Post’s press credentials during the Republican primaries.

Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/01/22/trump-team-blacklists-cnn-sunday-after-inauguration/215079

January 23, 2017

Hes Become More Famous Than Me: Trump Hugs James Comey During White House Ceremony

During a reception for law enforcement officials at the White House, President Trump gave a special shoutout to FBI Director James Comey.

Trump was holding a ceremony inside the Blue Room on Sunday, where he honored security officials who helped with the inauguration. Trump eventually spotted Comey in the crowd, and he beckoned the FBI director to come over to him.

“He’s become more famous than me,” Trump quipped before shaking hands with Comey and patting him on the back.

Trump and Comey have had a complicated relationship with each other for the past several months. During the election, Trump applauded Comey after he sent a letter to Congress which stated that the FBI was re-opening their investigation into Hillary Clinton‘s email server scandal. Comey said days later that the FBI would not change their decision about not prosecuting Clinton, which caused Trump to blast Comey.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/hes-become-more-famous-than-me-trump-hugs-james-comey-during-white-house-ceremony/

January 23, 2017

I Never Thought This Would Be America: Frank Luntz Says He Was Attacked by Anti-Trump Protesters

Political pollster Frank Luntz says that he came under attack amidst the anti-President Trump demonstrations that rocked Washington D.C. this weekend.

Luntz appeared on Sunday’s Fox & Friends where he talked about how he was hassled by anti-Trump protesters before one of them supposedly glitter-bombed him in the face inside the hotel he was staying at.

“A woman walked up to me in the Marriott Marquis and she shouted, ‘you fascist,’ and then two other words that would get me fired from your network. And she threw this red confetti glitter right in my eyes and she picked up another handful and she no further than 6 inches away and I was covered with this stuff.”

Luntz tweeted about the incident on Saturday, where he elaborated on what the protester called him:

Article @ link: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/i-never-thought-this-would-be-america-frank-luntz-says-he-was-attacked-by-anti-trump-protesters/

January 23, 2017

All United Airlines Domestic Flights Grounded by Computer Outage

Source: NBC

All of United Airlines' domestic flights were grounded until 8 p.m. Sunday because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said as scores of angry travelers sounded off on social media.
International flights weren't affected by the ground stop, which the FAA said was issued at United's request.
U.S. officials told NBC News that the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, was having issues with low bandwidth. No further explanation was immediately available.
This is a breaking news alert. Check back later for more.

Read more: https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAm7v2L?m=en-us

January 23, 2017

Is Conway OK, she is starting to look like she is in not such good health

President Donald Trump's top officials stood defiant for a second day in the face of withering media criticism over dubious White House claims about the size of Trump's inauguration.

During a visit to CIA headquarters in Virginia on Saturday, Trump asserted that there were over a million people at Friday's inauguration, though independent estimates put the crowd at closer to 250,000 attendees.

There are no official government estimates of the crowd size, but photographic evidence comparing Trump's inauguration to past inaugurations and metro ridership statistics suggested that the number was far lower than the White House claimed.

But Trump officials refused to admit Trump made factual inaccuracies or exaggerations, instead taking aim at the media.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-inauguration-crowd-size-kellyanne-conway-sean-spicer-media-criticism-2017-1

January 22, 2017

A lot of readers here @DU. Some of these documentaries look good. Billionaire Richard Branson

thinks everyone should watch these 20 documentaries
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http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/20/richard-branson-shares-his-favorite-documentaries.html

January 22, 2017

The President's official tweets are now written by man who regularly promotes fakestories on Twitter

Dan Scavino has shared articles from websites that claim 9/11 was an 'inside job', Michelle Obama is a man and Beyonce is funded by the CIA


The man behind Donald Trump’s official presidential tweets is a former golf caddy who has repeatedly promoted fake news stories and conspiracy theories on social media.

The official President of the United States (POTUS) Twitter page was updated on Sunday to confirm the messages are being posted by Dan Scavino, Mr Trump’s “assistant” and Director of Social Media.

Mr Scavino has used his own Twitter page to publish a number of untrue posts, including one of a video he said showed Syrian refugees in Germany holding a rally in support of Isis. The event was actually a protest against a German far-right group.

He has also repeatedly shared content from conspiracy theory websites and fake news organisations, including InfoWars - a website whose founder, Alex Jones, believes the 9/11 attacks were an “inside job” carried out by the US government, that a number of other terrorist attacks on US soil were also the responsibility of the government, and that Osama in Laden was a CIA asset.


Entire Article @ Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-twitter-potus-account-fake-news-dan-scavino-white-house-a7540266.html

January 22, 2017

DU Does Appreciation Threads I Notice, Someone should do one for the women of America because

I know what they accomplished today, over 1/2 a million alone in DC, ABC is saying over 3 million worldwide was unbelievable.

I don't know how to start those but for me anyway, here is to all the DU Women & to all the women of America & the world who stood up against this Orangeman today.

You made me proud I know & what an uplift which is what so many of us needed. Hope & Change is alive & well.

Thank you

January 21, 2017

Now This Is Funny: And So It Begins, Trump Botches First Libel Bully Media Attack

The Trump transition team launched its first legal attack on the mainstream media this week, just days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. And botched it.

The move signals that President Trump will likely continue his 30-year history as a libel bully who sends empty threats to journalists and sometimes sues them, only to lose his libel cases in court.

The Trump transition team and a law firm launched the attack by issuing a public retraction demand to CNN over its supposedly “false” report about Sen. Tom Price’s (R-Ga.) controversial stock purchases, a first step toward filing a defamation lawsuit.

But the retraction demand ended up confirming the key facts in the CNN report. And the law firm — the global firm Dentons — quickly withdrew its letter after realizing that CNN is a client and threatening its own client presented a conflict.

Entire Article: http://lawnewz.com/celebrity/and-so-it-begins-trump-botches-first-libel-bully-media-attack/