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turbinetree

(24,735 posts) Sun May 17, 2020, 10:34 PM May 2020

Eric Boehlert Demands Courage From Media -- 'Trump Lies About Obama' Is The Only Headline Here

Politics 5/17/20 10:26 am Read time: 3 minutes

Media critic Eric Boehlert tore into the press for playing straight into Trump and Republicans' hands with their coverage of the right's latest drummed up faux "scandal."
By Heather

Eric Boehlert, who slammed the press this week for their deafening silence on the fact that Trump has been unraveling before our eyes and is completely unfit to hold the office in which he now serves, had another dose of reality for the media and the way they've handled Trump and the Republicans latest drummed up faux "scandal."

MSNBC's Joy Reid asked Boehlert how the media can stop playing into Trump's hands, which they unwittingly do by even saying the name of this latest ploy by the right to distract from the tens of thousands of dead Americans, and the mismanagement of this pandemic by the Trump administration, and Boehlert was spot on with what the headlines should have been after Trump's latest nervous breakdown on Twitter.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/05/eric-boehlert-rips-media-coverage-phony

Eric Boehlert is correct............and we the public deserve better.............people are dying and the media wants to try do a replay of 2016............this is just outrageous..........

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Eric Boehlert Demands Courage From Media -- 'Trump Lies About Obama' Is The Only Headline Here (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP

The media has largely been totally owned by the right wing noise machine, trump et al NRaleighLiberal May 2020 #1

I just posted an article about Chuck Todd..........and he is disgusting and it says everything about turbinetree May 2020 #2

Good for him. He's right, and I wish more people would rip into the press, crickets May 2020 #3

He's Right, Sir --- 'Trump Lies Again' Is The Only Proper Headline The Magistrate May 2020 #4

boehert. like all other media critics, doesn't factor in rw radio, the only unique certainot May 2020 #5

The ONLY headline: 90,978 DEATHS bc of trump's malfeasance! RestoreAmerica2020 May 2020 #6

Fucking US M$$$$M.. I'm Sick to Cha May 2020 #7

NRaleighLiberal

(60,027 posts)

1. The media has largely been totally owned by the right wing noise machine, trump et al

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:35 PM

May 2020

For 3.5 years they have no idea how they get played. There are two games going on right now and one of them is completely rigged.

It's disgusting, it's embarrassing.

turbinetree

(24,735 posts)

2. I just posted an article about Chuck Todd..........and he is disgusting and it says everything about

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM

May 2020

your comment.............

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213451517

crickets

(25,988 posts)

3. Good for him. He's right, and I wish more people would rip into the press,

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:53 PM

May 2020

especially the talking heads, for covering trump's latest garbage fest as though it's a real story.

The Magistrate

(95,260 posts)

4. He's Right, Sir --- 'Trump Lies Again' Is The Only Proper Headline

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:28 PM

May 2020

No particular need to go into the details of the lies he tells....

certainot

(9,090 posts)

5. boehert. like all other media critics, doesn't factor in rw radio, the only unique

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:03 AM

May 2020

media factor in this 30 yr disaster
and that obama was a target
if he had been monitoring limbaugh he'd know exactly what trump and putin were working on

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,439 posts)

6. The ONLY headline: 90,978 DEATHS bc of trump's malfeasance!

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:08 AM

May 2020

..Obama can defend himself! The focus should be on attacking, defeating malevolent in WH.

Worldmeter
Last updated: May 18, 2020, 04:23 GMT
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
1,527,664
Deaths:
90,978

Cha

(297,877 posts)

7. Fucking US M$$$$M.. I'm Sick to

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:14 AM

May 2020

Pieces of them!

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