Donald vs Aaron

Nov 29, 2016 19:02

So it seems that Donald tweeted that Americans who burn the flag should either go to jail and/or lose their citizenship ( Read more... )

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kita0610 November 30 2016, 01:48:10 UTC
Oh forfuckssake. It'd be hilarious if he wasn't say, the leader of the whole free world.

A couple of reporters have expressed their bewilderment about he also seems to think they should just report whatever he tells them to, and not ask questions.

Why it's almost as if he has no basic understanding of civics 101. Surprise.

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a2zmom November 30 2016, 02:21:53 UTC
There have been some excellent articles about the difficulties the press is having. I'll post a link tomorrow. Bottom line is how do you report on someone who just makes shit up constantly?

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kita0610 November 30 2016, 02:35:08 UTC
Frankly I think they're doing a really lousy job of it. They made him. And now they're all falling in line to normalize his autocracy. I guess it sells newspapers.

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a2zmom November 30 2016, 02:55:19 UTC
Read WaPo. They definitely are not. Neither is The Atlantic.

The Times published a huge article detailing Trump's conflicts of interest - the problem is it got buried under all the outrageous other nonsense he says.

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dlgood November 30 2016, 09:46:49 UTC
James Fallows has been exhaustively covering how Trump has shattered American norms.

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a2zmom November 30 2016, 12:13:44 UTC
Fallows was brilliant this entire election. Zachary knows him and is in awe of him.

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