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"Comey's book - and the media"


          

I was listening to NPR's morning edition and they TRIED to talk about Comey's book - but the weak minded assholes instead focused on "Why is Comey being so mean to Trump in his book? Why does Comey talk about Trump's small hands, or his relationship with his wife?"

One of the assholes said "I'm an English teacher and I'd have marked some of these passages as having 'extraneous detail' and Comey's editor should have done a better job.

Then the would not talk about the "PEE-TAPE" because it's "distasteful." --Then shut the fuck up about it - don't allude to it.

This is why Trump is king - weak reporter fools.

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the failure of our media is part of the reason we are in this mess
Apr 13th 2018
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the Trump era has not been kind to NPR
Apr 13th 2018
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Weren't PBS and NPR the target
Apr 13th 2018
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      Yeah, I think it was discussed but don't know the outcome...
Apr 13th 2018
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           ^^
Apr 18th 2018
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Wu-Tang
Apr 18th 2018
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makaveli
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1. "the failure of our media is part of the reason we are in this mess"
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Fri Apr-13-18 12:26 PM by makaveli

  

          

there's information about trump that was out there long before the election, and it just never got talked about.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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benny
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Fri Apr-13-18 12:35 PM

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2. "the Trump era has not been kind to NPR"
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that feather-light touch on presenting the news in a reasonable way without getting listeners too angry (and avoiding accusations from the right that they are liberal, which will come anyway) means they never look too deep on any of the subjects, and constantly invite guest like Shilly McShillster from the American Heritage Foundation who will claim that the Trump tax cuts are a huge boost to the economy and will receive nary a pushback.
I still have it on for a few mins to catch the headlines in the morning but that's about it, they've become meaningless IMO.

this goes for PBS Newshour as well

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Numba_33
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3. "Weren't PBS and NPR the target"
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of federal funding cuts by Trump fairly early on? I vaguely remember reading that around the time he won presidency.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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Fri Apr-13-18 12:47 PM

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4. "Yeah, I think it was discussed but don't know the outcome..."
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I get the impression sometimes that they're trying to keep their heads down so they don't make themselves a bigger target.

  

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6. "^^"
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5. "Wu-Tang"
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https://slate.com/culture/2018/04/james-comey-takes-photo-with-method-man-ghostface-killah.html

  

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