Members Khan Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) Geez, Vlad, it's almost as if you're ADMITTING to something! Please register in order to view this content Aside from the fact many who run the media lean right, why DOES the media hate Democrats so darn much? Because, I, too, sense that the NYT doesn't want this impeachment to happen. (I don't want it to happen either, but my reasons are far, far different than theirs.) And the hits just Keep. On. Coming. Edited September 27, 2019 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) Many of them are deeply entrenched in old Beltway thinking, which leans towards worship of Reagan and center-right bipartisanship (Dean Baquet, etc). For the later generations there's also deep self-consciousness about being seen as 'elites' and not feeling masculine/genuine enough - hence, they hew towards conservative framing of the center-right being more 'true American' and Democrats being 'wimps.' They don't want to be wimps or be seen as not genuine, so they first unconsciously and then increasingly consciously adopt GOP framing of issues and disdain Democrats and liberals and their ideas. That's why everybody asks Democrats 'how you gonna pay for it??' and never the GOP - because in a lot of media's minds, the right is the 'fiscally responsible' party and Dems are just dreamy wusses. Many of them don't fully realize they're doing it. The biggest issue behind what the NYT is doing though is that it's at war with itself and deeply cognitively dissonant. It wants laurels and applause for reporting on Trump and being the proud journalistic 'resistance' - and they do have good writers doing good stories - while simultaneously desperately still trying to curry favor with conservative readers and prove they are 'bipartisan' and 'not elite' with cooked op-eds and headlines favoring right wing framing, and also still having deeply enmeshed, co-dependent, sympathetic access relationships with much of the Trump White House to do stories. This goes triple for people like Maggie Haberman, who has been covering Trump since her days with Page Six in NYC years ago and has had a symbiotic relationship with him when she was just a society journalist. They're too close for comfort. They want it both ways - they want to be seen as the elite in journalism, want praise for courage from the left, acceptance from the right, and to never have to acknowledge any liberal complaints - but don't want to admit it. Speaking of tawdry gossip: Edited September 27, 2019 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 "Inscrutable" is not the word I would use to describe a man like Mike Pence. "Hypocritical"? Yes. "Sociopathic"? Hell yes. But "inscrutable"...? Frankly, Mike Pence is not this Sphinx-like figure that certain people keep making him out to be. He's rather easy to read, if they actually took the time to do so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 Wow. This is going to continue to go poorly for the Times - this is their latest response to getting ratioed over yesterday's story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Khan Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) I love you to the Popeye's and back, Kamala, but...nah, gurl. Gotta let that wound heal. Edited September 27, 2019 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Khan Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) The New York Times: "When All Else Fails, Blame Obama." Edited September 27, 2019 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DRW50 Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 The shame-faced hypocrisy and partisanship of these people is amazing. They hate Obama. They hate the Clintons. They hate Biden. Or whoever is the nominee. But they love Trump. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 Kamala should save it for later when she's VP Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Khan Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) And if that doesn't pan out? Well, that's why God invented girl gangs, dark alleys and blunt, metal objects. So, now the WH is telling the truth about everything? LOL! This really IS "Iyanla Fix My Gov't"! (...or it's a total setup, and we shouldn't fall for it.) Edited September 27, 2019 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted September 28, 2019 Members Share Posted September 28, 2019 After reading the whistleblower's report, you had to know this was coming (or something like it). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted September 28, 2019 Members Share Posted September 28, 2019 Just. Ugh. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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