Trump as tragicomedy

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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by stuper1 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:26 pm

So, just as any rational person suspected, the exact things that Trump was excoriated for by the media, if done by Biden get a mild hand slap.

No wonder Trump called them fake news. That's probably his biggest achievement is exposing fake news for what it really is.
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by Tortoise » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:39 pm

I dunno, this statement from the NYT article seems like a scathing rebuke of Biden:
For Mr. Biden, the decision was a telling indication of how his more cautious instincts kicked in, as the responsibilities of managing a difficult ally led him to find ways other than going directly after Prince Mohammed to make Saudi Arabia pay a price.
I honestly don't know how Biden will recover from that journalistic assault.
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by dualstow » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:42 pm

Ha.
Check out my signature link.

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I canceled my NYTimes subscription a few days ago.
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by vnatale » Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:17 pm

dualstow wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:42 pm

Ha.
Check out my signature link.

(for posterity - https://www.city-journal.org/journalism ... -reporting )

I canceled my NYTimes subscription a few days ago.


For history books written 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 years from now regarding what had gone on for the last 20 years and what will be going on for the next 20 years.....what contemporaneous news sources do you think they will be relying upon as being definitive?
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by Mountaineer » Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:07 am

vnatale wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:17 pm
dualstow wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:42 pm
Ha.
Check out my signature link.

(for posterity - https://www.city-journal.org/journalism ... -reporting )

I canceled my NYTimes subscription a few days ago.
For history books written 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 years from now regarding what had gone on for the last 20 years and what will be going on for the next 20 years.....what contemporaneous news sources do you think they will be relying upon as being definitive?
National Inquirer - at least it was definitive for Men in Black. ;)
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by dualstow » Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:09 am

vnatale wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:17 pm
dualstow wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:42 pm
...
(for posterity - https://www.city-journal.org/journalism ... -reporting )
I canceled my NYTimes subscription a few days ago.
For history books written 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 years from now regarding what had gone on for the last 20 years and what will be going on for the next 20 years.....what contemporaneous news sources do you think they will be relying upon as being definitive?
I think it's possible the near future books are going to use the New York Times and they're going to suck every bit as badly as the NYT.
50 years from now, they'll include some of the (2016-?) New York Times to reflect on the dark days of non-journalism, anti-intellectualism, and victimhood culture the way we now look back on the cult of Mao.
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by WiseOne » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:18 am

stuper1 wrote:
Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:32 pm
My only point is that I think the media, and everyone else, should tone down the political stuff until after we get out of lockdown.
Hate to tell you stuper1, but lockdown itself is political. It has nothing to do with science, facts, or any kind of reasonable logic of the 2+2 variety.

I've quit paying attention to political news. It's too painful. And have you noticed that without Trump to kick around on a daily basis, the feeding frenzy has now started to descend on Biden and Cuomo? It's like they just can't help wanting to tell you how much they hate someone. Anyone. Doesn't matter who.
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by dualstow » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:11 am

WiseOne wrote:
Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:18 am
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I've quit paying attention to political news. It's too painful. And have you noticed that without Trump to kick around on a daily basis, the feeding frenzy has now started to descend on Biden and Cuomo? It's like they just can't help wanting to tell you how much they hate someone. Anyone. Doesn't matter who.
But if they didn't, we'd call them out for their hypocrisy.
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Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Post by dualstow » Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:35 pm

True O0
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