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In reply to the discussion: Reporters Fire Back After Ocasio-Cortez Defends Barring Press From Town Hall So People Would... [View all]Hekate
(90,189 posts)Why do you think Trump has been screaming at the news media in his rallies, singling individuals out by name, singling out individual news organizations?
It isn't because they flatter him. It's because they dare to ask questions and fact-check him.
As a whole the media certainly made some mistakes early on, but I distinctly remember Rachel Maddow giving us all a heads-up months and months and months ago about Ukrainian financial papers with Manafort's name all over them that had been tossed in a pond at some dacha. When he first surfaced as Trump's campaign manager? She had a LOT of questions. Sorry if all the details aren't on the tips of my fingers, but by gods when he got arrested a lot of already-familiar details emerged. Not everybody is Joe and Mika.
The media (print and cable) made the mistake of thinking Trump was an entertainer who couldn't win. Then they made the mistake of thinking he would "rise to the office," and "grow into the office." Even the ones who were not asleep at the wheel initially made that mistake -- except for the people who have been my go-to sources all along.
Now they are really awake, with a job to do. What else do you call it when some 400 newspapers put out First Amendment editorials on the same day?