Media Matters

[ACamp1900]

This is not fake news....

http://https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/casual/where-to-find-americas-best-spaghetti-and-meatballs/ss-AAmeKFa#image=6

but it does appear however to be a broken link....

 

[Bluto]

but it does appear however to be a broken link....

Thank you good sir. Here's the working link.

Where to Find America's Best Spaghetti and Meatballs

 

[Guest]

Huffpo contributor speaks out

Huffpo contributor speaks out

Banned HuffPo Contributor: Trump "Must Go Through Hell Every Day If This Is How The Press Is Behaving" | Zero Hedge

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-is-absolutely-right-about-sweden_us_58ad5eb1e4b0598627a55e94

What happens when a prolific progressive Huffington Post contributor deviates from the narrative and publishes an article admitting Donald Trump was correct about something?

HuffPo deletes the article and bans the guy, of course!

Norwegian journalist, author, and world traveler René Zografos had the audacity to suggest that Donald Trump was telling the truth about Sweden's ongoing nightmare related to the violent tidal wave of predominantly North African refugees. Zografos wrote:

It’s well known for Scandinavians and other Europeans that liberal immigration comes with drugs, rapes, gang wars, robbery and violence. Additional to that we see the respective nations cultures fading away, for good and for bad.

and

I just think this it’s a silly behavior, and actually a bit scary, because free press is crucial in our world. I don’t always agree with Trump, but he must go through hell everyday if this is how the press is behaving.

Response from HuffPo.

https://megynkelly.org/263113/oops-...s-pro-trump-article-this-happens-immediately/

“This was a self-published post on our contributor platform,” a Huffington Post spokesperson told The Daily Caller. “Our editors removed it after determining that it violated our terms of use.”

 

[ulukinatme]

From Huffington Post? Not surprised. This is the same organization that posted the following (Or worse) at the bottom of dozens of articles written about Trump during the campaign:

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

That just screams unbiased reporting/editing

The Huffington Post ending editor's note that called Donald Trump 'racist' - POLITICO

The Huffington Post’s editor's note calling Donald Trump as a “racist” and “xenophobe” is no more, a source in the newsroom tells POLITICO.

For months, every story on the Huffington Post about Trump came with the following note at the bottom of the article.

"Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S."

A note sent to staff members from Huffpost’s Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim on Tuesday evening said the decision to remove the note was for a “clean slate”.

“The thinking is that (assuming he wins) that he’s now president and we’re going to start with a clean slate,” Grim wrote in the memo, obtained by POLITICO. "If he governs in a racist, misogynistic way, we reserve the right to add it back on. This would be giving respect to the office of the presidency which Trump and his backers never did."

Some Huffington Post sources said removing the note was part of the outlet's plan the entire time.

"This note was added to stories about presidential candidate Donald Trump during the election cycle,” Huffington Post spokeswoman Sujata Mitra wrote in a statement. "Now that the election is over, we will no longer be adding the note to future stories, as he is no longer a presidential candidate."

 

[Legacy]

Donald Trump’s New York Times Interview: Full Transcript
(NOV. 23, 2016)

TRUMP: O.K. Well, I just appreciate the meeting and I have great respect for The New York Times. Tremendous respect. It’s very special. Always has been very special. I think I’ve been treated very rough. It’s well out there that I’ve been treated extremely unfairly in a sense, in a true sense. I wouldn’t only complain about The Times. I would say The Times was about the roughest of all. You could make the case The Washington Post was bad, but every once in a while I’d actually get a good article. Not often, Dean, but every once in awhile.

Look, I have great respect for The Times, and I’d like to turn it around. I think it would make the job I am doing much easier. We’re working very hard. We have great people coming in. I think you’ll be very impressed with the names. We’ll be announcing some very shortly.

Trump speaking at CPAC:

"The fake news doesn't tell the truth. It doesn't represent the people. It will never represent the people and we're going to do something about it."

Today:
Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, also released a statement saying the move (barring some media outlets) was unprecedented.

"Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties. We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest."

 

[IrishLax]

I actually don't know what side I'm on for this whole Trump-"banning"-press thing.

I think he's well within his rights to do an invite-only small gathering and choose who he invites. Lots of Presidents have done "exclusives" or informal briefings before and not invited some entities... but never quite in this fashion. Phrased well from WaPo:

“We invited the pool so everyone was represented,” deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders wrote in an email. “We decided to add a couple of additional people beyond the pool for an expanded pool. Nothing more than that.”

The “pool” is a small group of reporters that provides notes and transcripts of meetings with officials to a wider group of journalists. Reporters representing radio, TV, print and wire-service outlets serve in the pool on a rotating basis.

It’s not unusual for the White House to handpick groups of reporters for some meetings. President Obama, for example, invited select columnists to the White House for off-the-record conversations. It is unusual, if not unprecedented, to have a pool of reporters cover a publicly announced White House briefing.

But when Spicer and his deputies decided to expand the pool to include several hand-picked outlets, reporters from outside the group sought inclusion, too — and were denied.

So when you're CNN, BuzzFeed, HuffPo, etc. and you go out of your way to report unreliable "news" and/or act openly antagonistic towards the President without any semblance of balance or neutrality... to then turn around and whine about not getting invite to a small gaggle is pretty rich.

 

[Legacy]

I actually don't know what side I'm on for this whole Trump-"banning"-press thing.

I think he's well within his rights to do an invite-only small gathering and choose who he invites. Lots of Presidents have done "exclusives" or informal briefings before and not invited some entities... but never quite in this fashion. Phrased well from WaPo:

So when you're CNN, BuzzFeed, HuffPo, etc. and you go out of your way to report unreliable "news" and/or act openly antagonistic towards the President without any semblance of balance or neutrality... to then turn around and whine about not getting invite to a small gaggle is pretty rich.

They should consider the ban (he likes bans, doesn't he) a blessing. Who wants to listen to "President Trump really meant..." time and time again. What actual help do these provide? Meet as a group elsewhere, which will grow, compare your anonymous sources and their leads, and let the Admin have their "alternative facts".

BTW, don't you think the FCC with Trump's appointees will move away from the Fairness Doctrine? If so, all media do not have to have "any semblance of balance or neutrality".

 

[Guest]

Ben Stein Unloads on Media, Calls Them 'Unelected Aristocracy, an Effete Corps of Imp

Ben Stein Unloads on Media, Calls Them 'Unelected Aristocracy, an Effete Corps of Imp

Ben disagrees with CNN coverage of the President.

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[ulukinatme]

Ben disagrees with CNN coverage of the President.

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Not a great interview, and I'm not talking about Stein's part in it. She was quick to point out the few times CNN has reported positive Trump news, but Stein hit the nail on the head as it pertains to mainstream media. He did probably get one more thing wrong...he said Trump was never going to be as smooth as Reagan. Reagan could be smooth, but he fired back on people when he needed to too:

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[Irish#1]

They should consider the ban (he likes bans, doesn't he) a blessing. Who wants to listen to "President Trump really meant..." time and time again. What actual help do these provide? Meet as a group elsewhere, which will grow, compare your anonymous sources and their leads, and let the Admin have their "alternative facts".

BTW, don't you think the FCC with Trump's appointees will move away from the Fairness Doctrine? If so, all media do not have to have "any semblance of balance or neutrality".

Man are you going to be tired in four years.

 

[ulukinatme]

Fake news (In more ways than one) but I thought it was well done anyway

 

[Guest]

Newly-Declassified Documents Show that CIA Worked Closely with Owners and Journalists

Newly-Declassified Documents Show that CIA Worked Closely with Owners and Journalists

Newly-Declassified Documents Show that CIA Worked Closely with Owners and Journalists with Many of the Largest Media Outlets | Zero Hedge

Memo offers a look into the CIA’s private press pool

In 2008, the New York Times wrote:

During the early years of the cold war, [prominent writers and artists, from Arthur Schlesinger Jr. to Jackson Pollock] were supported, sometimes lavishly, always secretly, by the C.I.A. as part of its propaganda war against the Soviet Union. It was perhaps the most successful use of “soft power” in American history.

A CIA operative told Washington Post owner Philip Graham … in a conversation about the willingness of journalists to peddle CIA propaganda and cover stories:

You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month.
Famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein wrote in 1977:

More than 400 American journalists … in the past twenty?five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to documents on file at CIA headquarters.

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In many instances, CIA documents show, journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.

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[Legacy]

FCC change to broadcast rules could pave way for Sinclair Broadcast acquisition of Tribune Media

The Federal Communications Commission relaxed broadcast ownership rules Thursday, paving the way for a deal that Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. reportedly is considering to acquire Tribune Media Co.

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair, which owns or operates 173 television stations, is pursuing an acquisition of Tribune Media, owner of more than 40 TV stations, many in big media markets including New York, Chicago and Miami, for a price in the high $30s per share, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Talk of a potential acquisition first surfaced in March.

On Thursday, both Sinclair and Tribune declined to comment on the report. Tribune was the parent company of The Baltimore Sun until 2014, when it spun off its newspapers into a separate company; it still owns The Sun's offices on North Calvert Street.

The FCC voted Thursday to reinstate the so-called UHF discount, which allows stations broadcasting on those higher-frequency airwaves to count only half their audience against a cap allowing a single company to own stations reaching no more than 39 percent of the nation's television households. The changes are expected to spur consolidation in the television industry as traditional media outlets seek ways to compete with online platforms and cable providers......

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A new report says the improving economy has a downside: more traffic deaths <a href="https://t.co/aQy7LqDGk3">https://t.co/aQy7LqDGk3</a> <a href="https://t.co/B203s5AOqi">pic.twitter.com/B203s5AOqi</a></p>— CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/867703115084165120">May 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Media: Why doesn't anyone trust us? We don't have an agenda.<br><br>Reality: Oh, okay. <a href="https://t.co/5Rw1igidDf">https://t.co/5Rw1igidDf</a></p>— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) <a href="https://twitter.com/physicsgeek/status/867736453769506816">May 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
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SERIOUSLY? CBS News spots ‘downside’ to improving economy (Tony Katz translates) – twitchy.com

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Political Punditry Fail&#55357;&#56391;<a href="https://t.co/8C6mppIG2m">https://t.co/8C6mppIG2m</a> <a href="https://t.co/p1oC5sz4GH">pic.twitter.com/p1oC5sz4GH</a></p>— Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) <a href="https://twitter.com/thealexvanness/status/867872270466912259">May 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
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D’OH! HuffPo correction highlights constitutional awakening after EPIC ‘punditry fail’ – twitchy.com

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MSNBC's Thomas Roberts suggested -- twice! -- that the president is trying to provoke a terrorist attack <a href="https://t.co/CsUhkkBmTI">https://t.co/CsUhkkBmTI</a></p>— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/871421674696192000">June 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[connor_in]

FFS did they REALLY say that?! CBS News asks if Steve Scalise shooting was ‘self-inflicted’ [video] – twitchy.com

to sum up...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If a Democrat is shot, the shooter's politics are the problem.<br><br>If a Republican is shot, the victim's politics are the problem.</p>— Mo Mo (@molratty) <a href="https://twitter.com/molratty/status/876431762603335680">June 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's not a secret <a href="https://t.co/z8RVstCyEK">pic.twitter.com/z8RVstCyEK</a></p>— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/876457348423974912">June 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[connor_in]

 

[BGIF]

Election Night 2016, Déjà vu all over again.

 

[ulukinatme]

Election Night 2016, Déjà vu all over again.

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[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump appointee Gorsuch takes far right positions on U.S. high court <a href="https://t.co/8jg8cJdzRv">https://t.co/8jg8cJdzRv</a></p>— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/879484120165998592">June 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I highly doubt Reuters introduced Kagan or Sotomayor or anyone for that matter as "far left." <a href="https://t.co/GIbDe4EVUh">https://t.co/GIbDe4EVUh</a></p>— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) <a href="https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/879490095362998272">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[yankeehater]

I believe this all happened when Breitbart called them out for the fake story.

Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article - Jun. 26, 2017

 

[ulukinatme]

CNN is not fake news!

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Trump's new haircut reminds Twitter of a certain white nationalist <a href="https://t.co/ueRvWbCvfG">https://t.co/ueRvWbCvfG</a> <a href="https://t.co/a10FX2tlYu">pic.twitter.com/a10FX2tlYu</a></p>— HuffPost Lifestyle (@HPLifestyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/HPLifestyle/status/879352193555599360">June 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WOW! That haircut is so damning.<br><br>Stay vigilant people!<br><br>Here are some other confirmed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Racists?src=hash">#Racists</a> <a href="https://t.co/idIKPIkBUG">pic.twitter.com/idIKPIkBUG</a></p>— Aaron Lee Mathis (@aaronlmathis) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronlmathis/status/879398276746821632">June 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Or Miley, Brad Pitt, David Beckham, Scarlett Johansson, Fantasia, Pink, etc it's called an "undercut" you morons. <a href="https://t.co/aGG0C9Oxgo">https://t.co/aGG0C9Oxgo</a></p>— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/879475422148296709">June 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[ulukinatme]

Oh, HuffPo, never stop being you.

 

[connor_in]

Cosmo yesterday at 12:34 pm

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">7 Women Who Could Be Our First Female President <a href="https://t.co/pWlnO6ixTP">https://t.co/pWlnO6ixTP</a> <a href="https://t.co/mEPocWMIyr">pic.twitter.com/mEPocWMIyr</a></p>— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cosmopolitan/status/879739734712619008">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Cosmo, yesterday 12:44 pm

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5 Real Reasons Guys Want to Try Anal Sex <a href="https://t.co/zPvqYOYWU7">https://t.co/zPvqYOYWU7</a> <a href="https://t.co/7LyRNIJ2Nr">pic.twitter.com/7LyRNIJ2Nr</a></p>— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cosmopolitan/status/879742173729738753">June 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Yes, this second tweet was literally the next one they put out after the one above...check their timeline if you dare

BUTT we should totally trust them on who should be a female president...and just for those wondering, amazingly, not a single one of there suggestions is a Republican...who'da guessed, right?

 

[Irish YJ]

So my question,,, Were they pro or con regarding the second tweet?

 

[Legacy]

Media Bias Fact Check: The most comprehensive media bias resource

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What media bias? <a href="https://t.co/ClkeGBPKOk">pic.twitter.com/ClkeGBPKOk</a></p>— Stephen Herreid (@StephenHerreid) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenHerreid/status/880776989652791297">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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