You give yourself away when, after illustrating a supplicant press corp, you call them "weary." What have they to be tired over? Not challenging baldfaced lies? Dodging the truth? Writing evasive copy? I may be the last of the defenders of the NYT, but my support is waning. I'm weary. Trump is a demented narcissist, and he needs to be put out to pasture like an old bull, and perhaps, like an old bull who does nothing but chew grass and fart, shown mercy.
The existential quandary we face; where is the nurse with the syringe? In the learning process of dealing with someone with fixed delusional thinking and narcissistic self-absorption, flattery and hollow conversational acquiescence creates an ad hoc gravitational force keeping the discussion tethered to some recognizable coordinates but the orbiting remains out of control.
The GOP folie 'a deux sharing Trump's delusional escapades leaves the U.S. and the world in free fall. The world is finding ways to exist without us. We are stuck with the lunacy.
We are at a point of reckoning. The current course is unsustainable and some containment must be enacted.
Writing from the UK, the standard of US journalist questioning, of Trump especially, is dreadful.
They ask a question, he rambles, says blatantly untrue, even ludicrous things, the journalist nods and moves onto the next question. Are they even listening to the answer? If they don't question incoherent, fanciful untethered to reality answers it's as if they're accepting them as true.
They are all too frightened to cause offence and risk being sanctioned themselves. Maybe they, and their channels/publications should grow a pair. If not, what's the point of asking the questions?
Throughout Trump's life he has never been seriously questioned about anything, never held to account, never suffered any consequences for his actions.
Unless that changes, nothing will change in the United States' descent to who knows what. It's sad to watch.
I feel for journalists caught between rocks and hard places. Speak up and ask the question no one else dares, get labeled a "third-rate journalist," then get barred from all press conferences... keep quiet or lob softball questions, and get no in-depth answers, reporting only lies old and new... or take a stand by turning in your press pass and clearing your office, ending up out of the latest information loop.
I don't think I'd want to be a journalist these days.
Journalism is not just asking questions, getting insulted and writing evasive copy. Journalism is standing up and facing the bully, the liar, the despot. Journalism is writing the truth without fear or favor, without bias. Maybe what we need is not just better politicians but better journalists as well. I mean, was Jake Tapper for real when he read answers by text to questions he had asked the WH, as though this was an interview with the president? Our journalists are failing us and, sad to say, independent journalists are utterly and boldly biased. Of course, I like their biased because it feeds my thoughts exactly. But that's not journalism, is it? It's reporting opinions around actions. That's fine, as long as we recognize that. But you cannot tell me that anything on YouTube is journalism. And that is why it is so sad to see the legacy media cower and turn. If the NYT or WaPo or Boston Globe or Chicago Tribune or L.A. Times declared on their front page that the president was unfit to serve, would it make a difference? Is it too late for them to remember their own mandate? Tell the truth, brother.
Another prop on the stage , Mark by name , as the show must go on. Thanks for the update Mary .
My nights sleep was fragmented , as the boom being lowered is a precariously close . I tire of the hype, the excuses littered with lies, yet vigilance and warnings need a consistent harp. The many organizers doing their best to plead day after day to what we used to refer as our representatives.While others find alternative escape routes for what soon becomes ..the desperate.
Years of social work sees the writing , a state lowering the standards with smiles of “but it’ll be alright” promised in the footnotes -all birds of a feather.
‘Our’ SNAP to be furloughed soon and somewhere in the den echoed another retribution cackle heard faintly ..”your Medicaid is next “ and we’ll get rid of the damn ACA one way or another.
So the emperor is naked and manifestly delusional, yet those with power and influence praise his natty attire and nod like they’ll be executed if they expose the truth.
How do these collaborators justify their cowardice and complicity? It’s there for the world to see, and they’re plain dumb if they think those of us still tethered to reality with a basic grasp of history will forget.
Looking at donors to his repulsive project to make the people’s White House into Mar-A-Lago D.C., we need to start boycotts now. Some are easier than others - Apple, Google and Amazon are part of our lives.
Waiting for that nurse to arrive with the syringe.....
You give yourself away when, after illustrating a supplicant press corp, you call them "weary." What have they to be tired over? Not challenging baldfaced lies? Dodging the truth? Writing evasive copy? I may be the last of the defenders of the NYT, but my support is waning. I'm weary. Trump is a demented narcissist, and he needs to be put out to pasture like an old bull, and perhaps, like an old bull who does nothing but chew grass and fart, shown mercy.
The existential quandary we face; where is the nurse with the syringe? In the learning process of dealing with someone with fixed delusional thinking and narcissistic self-absorption, flattery and hollow conversational acquiescence creates an ad hoc gravitational force keeping the discussion tethered to some recognizable coordinates but the orbiting remains out of control.
The GOP folie 'a deux sharing Trump's delusional escapades leaves the U.S. and the world in free fall. The world is finding ways to exist without us. We are stuck with the lunacy.
We are at a point of reckoning. The current course is unsustainable and some containment must be enacted.
Writing from the UK, the standard of US journalist questioning, of Trump especially, is dreadful.
They ask a question, he rambles, says blatantly untrue, even ludicrous things, the journalist nods and moves onto the next question. Are they even listening to the answer? If they don't question incoherent, fanciful untethered to reality answers it's as if they're accepting them as true.
They are all too frightened to cause offence and risk being sanctioned themselves. Maybe they, and their channels/publications should grow a pair. If not, what's the point of asking the questions?
Throughout Trump's life he has never been seriously questioned about anything, never held to account, never suffered any consequences for his actions.
Unless that changes, nothing will change in the United States' descent to who knows what. It's sad to watch.
What if the main stream press corps just didn't show up for the WH briefings? A boycott in other words.
Next up, the desecration of the Alaska Wildlife Preserve. 😢
I feel for journalists caught between rocks and hard places. Speak up and ask the question no one else dares, get labeled a "third-rate journalist," then get barred from all press conferences... keep quiet or lob softball questions, and get no in-depth answers, reporting only lies old and new... or take a stand by turning in your press pass and clearing your office, ending up out of the latest information loop.
I don't think I'd want to be a journalist these days.
Journalism is not just asking questions, getting insulted and writing evasive copy. Journalism is standing up and facing the bully, the liar, the despot. Journalism is writing the truth without fear or favor, without bias. Maybe what we need is not just better politicians but better journalists as well. I mean, was Jake Tapper for real when he read answers by text to questions he had asked the WH, as though this was an interview with the president? Our journalists are failing us and, sad to say, independent journalists are utterly and boldly biased. Of course, I like their biased because it feeds my thoughts exactly. But that's not journalism, is it? It's reporting opinions around actions. That's fine, as long as we recognize that. But you cannot tell me that anything on YouTube is journalism. And that is why it is so sad to see the legacy media cower and turn. If the NYT or WaPo or Boston Globe or Chicago Tribune or L.A. Times declared on their front page that the president was unfit to serve, would it make a difference? Is it too late for them to remember their own mandate? Tell the truth, brother.
The information loop is lies, insults, and fantasies from this administration and republican leaders. Follow their actions.
Another prop on the stage , Mark by name , as the show must go on. Thanks for the update Mary .
My nights sleep was fragmented , as the boom being lowered is a precariously close . I tire of the hype, the excuses littered with lies, yet vigilance and warnings need a consistent harp. The many organizers doing their best to plead day after day to what we used to refer as our representatives.While others find alternative escape routes for what soon becomes ..the desperate.
Years of social work sees the writing , a state lowering the standards with smiles of “but it’ll be alright” promised in the footnotes -all birds of a feather.
‘Our’ SNAP to be furloughed soon and somewhere in the den echoed another retribution cackle heard faintly ..”your Medicaid is next “ and we’ll get rid of the damn ACA one way or another.
What? 70% voted for this…”not this” they cried.
You were warned.
So the emperor is naked and manifestly delusional, yet those with power and influence praise his natty attire and nod like they’ll be executed if they expose the truth.
How do these collaborators justify their cowardice and complicity? It’s there for the world to see, and they’re plain dumb if they think those of us still tethered to reality with a basic grasp of history will forget.
Looking at donors to his repulsive project to make the people’s White House into Mar-A-Lago D.C., we need to start boycotts now. Some are easier than others - Apple, Google and Amazon are part of our lives.
And then there’s Alaska.