Recovering from the journalism crisis: Reporters need to learn to apologize

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Ah, here!

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Who Rigged the Debate for Kamala?  Her Best Friend and Her Sorority Sister

 

[...] ABC News never mentioned it on debate night, but this video making the rounds on Thursday reveals that Davis was asked about their bond on the day Harris was sworn in.  [...]

 

There was no disclaimer, either, for the fact that the woman who oversees ABC News is Kamala Harris's best friend, Dana Walden.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/09/12/who-pooped-in-trumps-oatmeal-on-debate-night-the-list-is-long-and-ignominious-n4932451

[Crazy Cat 41,884]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

Link?

 

We do know that the head of the News division is great friends with Kommie.

Debate moderator Linsey Davis, Kamala Harris both Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members (nypost.com)

[Pooky 3,784]

ABC Denies Kamala Harris Was Given Questions Before Trump Debate.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ab
 

So, in answer to the viral buzz going round the internet this afternoon about a possible whistleblower saying that Kamala Chameleon received the questions in advance,ABC have already issued their denial. Which, of course, means they’re guilty as sin and rushing round trying to cover their butts. 😈

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Here's another like Pooky's.  The important part is "If True" -- read that.  If it is true, I agree that the avenue of publicizing it is awfully strange.

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If True, the ABC News Presidential Debate Could Be Rocked by Explosive Scandal

 

[...] there are reports now that an ABC News whistleblower is about to come forward with evidence that Kamala was given sample questions before the debate.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/09/12/if-true-the-abc-news-presidential-debate-could-be-rocked-by-explosive-scandal-n4932479

[Ban Hammer 13,343]

11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Here's another like Pooky's.  The important part is "If True" -- read that.  If it is true, I agree that the avenue of publicizing it is awfully strange.

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If True, the ABC News Presidential Debate Could Be Rocked by Explosive Scandal

 

[...] there are reports now that an ABC News whistleblower is about to come forward with evidence that Kamala was given sample questions before the debate.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/09/12/if-true-the-abc-news-presidential-debate-could-be-rocked-by-explosive-scandal-n4932479

would not surprise me given the frequency democrats are busted for plagiarism.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

15 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

would not surprise me given the frequency democrats are busted for plagiarism.

And, we can bet our life's savings that the whistleblower and his attorney will be discredited (Democrats "pounce").

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On 9/12/2024 at 9:07 PM, Pooky said:

ABC Denies Kamala Harris Was Given Questions Before Trump Debate.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ab
 

So, in answer to the viral buzz going round the internet this afternoon about a possible whistleblower saying that Kamala Chameleon received the questions in advance,ABC have already issued their denial. Which, of course, means they’re guilty as sin and rushing round trying to cover their butts. 😈

 

 

 

[Pooky 3,784]

24 minutes ago, Nous Eb said:

 

 

 

Well, well, well. This one might make Donna Brazile look honest. 🤔

[TBoneTX 45,303]

The Cat Eaters of Ohio:  The establishment media called it a racist myth, but is it?

 

[...] During the debate, ABC's David Muir dismissed Trump's rhetoric with his version of a fact check, citing the Springfield city manager's statement that "there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals within the immigrant community."  Other publications went further, blasting the former president for spreading a "racist smear," a "century-old stereotype," and a "cat-eating conspiracy theory."

So, is there any truth to the charge?  We have conducted an exclusive investigation that reveals that, yes, in fact, some migrants in Ohio appear to have been "eating the cats," though not exactly in the manner that Trump described.

Our investigation begins in [...]

 

https://christopherrufo.com/p/the-cat-eaters-of-ohio

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Short and good article.

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Media is asking the wrong questions about Trump assassination attempt

 

[...] It's difficult to overstate how extraordinary it is to have two assassination attempts against a former president and presidential candidate coming within weeks of each other, both marked by staggering lapses.  That in the wake of the first attempt a shooter was able to get this close to Trump is in itself bewildering.  What's more, far from treating this as deserving of the most intense investigation, the media seems more focused on bending events to meet its most urgent ideological and political prerogative:  preventing Trump from being re-elected.  [...]

 

https://unherd.com/newsroom/us-media-is-asking-wrong-questions-about-trump-shooting/

[Ban Hammer 13,343]

i fully expect there to be at least one more try before the election is held.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

David Muir's ABC News Ratings Fall After 'Debating' Trump

 

While Donald Trump won with post-debate focus groups following the presidential "debate" on September 10, the same could not be said of his chief opponent, "moderator" David Muir.  The ABC News news reader saw a decided turn away from him in the ratings.

Even his lefty viewers apparently thought that Muir's performance and that of his co-host, Kamala Harris's sorority sister, were so one-sided that they were embarrassed out of watching for the rest of the week.

It's not hard to see why 12% of his viewers said adios to his "World News Tonight" show following the debate.  Fox News reports that for three nights after the debate, the audience tumbled from the usual 7.6 million viewers to an average "6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the three episodes following the debate."  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/09/17/david-muirs-abc-news-ratings-crater-after-debating-trump-couldnt-happen-to-a-nice-guy-n4932601

[TBoneTX 45,303]

The author is wise and one of my favorites.  This column of his is insightful and, I think, true.  Comments?

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Young America Is Right To Reject Traditional News

 

It's become a truism in the past few years that younger people get their news predominantly, if not entirely, from social media.  Turns out it's true, but it may not be an information crisis, as some would have you believe.

Of course, as an old-time newspaperman, I was one of those who thought that the country was not being served well by this increasing dependency on unvetted news sources and the implied repudiation of traditional media.  How could the country survive if the next generations turned their back on the trusted voices of the New York Times, the Washington Post, CBS, NBC, ABC, and "the most trusted name in news" – CNN?

But that was my opinion before Donald Trump was elected president and the legacy media exposed itself for being exactly what Trump said it had become – Fake News.  The young people of America may not realize that their distrust of mainstream media was anticipated by Donald Trump, but the more that the old media voices expose their own bias, the closer together Trump and the young men and women of America are getting.  [...]

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/23/young_america_right_to_reject_traditional_news_151663.html

[TBoneTX 45,303]

With A Compliant Driveby Media, Anything Goes In Modern America.  Anything.

 

In May 1987, the Miami Herald published a story suggesting that Gary Hart, an initial frontrunner in the Democratic primary, was involved in an extramarital affair.

The situation escalated when reporters began investigating further, leading to a famous photo of Hart with a young woman on a yacht named "Monkey Business."  The story broke just as Hart was gaining momentum in the polls, causing a significant backlash.  Faced with mounting pressure and media scrutiny, Hart suspended his campaign.

In today's America, the Hart story seems unreal.  For Democrats, anything goes, really, anything, because a fawning media has abdicated its fourth estate role to scrutinize the actions of our political leaders.  Here are four examples, all within the last few days.  [...]

 

https://tippinsights.com/with-a-compliant-driveby-media-anything-goes-in-modern-america-anything/

[Pooky 3,784]

Fact check: Walz makes false claims about Trump on abortion and the economy

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/10/07/politics/fact-check-walz-false-claims-trump-abortion-economy

 

So, is CNN really trying to return to honest journalism and prompt their viewers to reassess their support of the Harris/Walz ticket, or are they counting on the sheep not caring that Bumbleface lies all the time and just putting lipstick on their pig of an institutional bias?

Edited October 8 by Pooky