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By elklindo69
#124040
It looks like the fucking stark raving lunatic of a president now has this idea in his skull that he has "TOTAL AUTHORITY" to force states to re-open the government.

So now we have Trump claiming that he is now the "King of America"?

Apparently Trump is using the constitution as toilet paper.

Imagine if Obama went out in some stark raving bonkers rant at a press conference claiming that he had "TOTAL AUTHORITY"? Sean Hannity would have been shitting white hot tire irons and the outrage of right wing blogosphere would have blown up the space time continuum.
By elklindo69
#124069
Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Tuesday called out the "hypocrisy" of President Trump's claim the day before that he has "total" authority when it comes to reopening the nation's economy, saying that conservative heads would have "exploded" had former President Obama said the same thing.
#124083
Funny, I thought if you have a large number of Trump lovers on air, you would also have to put on some Trump haters to make it fair and balanced. Wouldn't you say so, johnny?

Simple question. See if you can answer it.
#124093
I see, so johnforbes accepted that FOXnews lied to the world every day for years when they claimed to be fair and balanced.

Got it, johnny. I hope RealTool doesn't revoke your Republican Lunatic Membership Card for badmouthing Trump's main news source.

That's tantamount to calling Trump an easily duped unstable ignoramus.
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By Shilden_72
#124094
johnforbes wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:37 pm Clown, there was no need for Fox to be balanced.

Almost all of the other outlets lean to the Left, and they have no balance at all.
Well, no news outlet is balanced and neutral. Unless you're looking at articles of local newspapers about a yard sale being held at this or that town on this or that date, or about a fire or car accident, everything is going to be biased. That's literally the job of a journalist: to tell about what's happening in the world and use it to explain why your political agenda is right.
If you find that a news outlet is unbiased, you've just found a politically engaged media that you happen to agree with.
By johnforbes
#124097
In the modern world of cable "news," that is true.

However, if you look at the two classic books on real journalism, both by Walter Lippmann (who leaned Democrat), you find the actual purpose of journalism.

It isn't "speaking truth to power," as most modern reporters think.

The actual purpose is to make sense of the buzz of information in the world and help inform citizens.
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