Thoughts on "the most dishonest & corrupt media awards"
On Monday, January 8, 2018 the President Trump will present his awards for the most corrupt and dishonest media "stories" & "journalists" of 2017. The following categories and selections are my own personal favorites, submitted for the approval or disapproval of members of News Talkers.
Category 1 - The most biased "news" organization.
The finalists are "Slate", "The New Yorker", "Al Jazeera America", "The Daily Show' and "CNN"...
The winner (HANDS DOWN) is CNN.
From Donna Brazile sharing town hall questions with Hillary Clinton to running unverified stories, it was the retracted story suggesting a questionable link between a Trump ally and a Russian investment firm which finally put CNN over the top. (3 CNN editorial staffers had to resign amid a lawsuit filed against CNN).
Category 2 - Lie of the year.
The finalists are " Trump colluded with the Russians" (by the Clinton Campaign), "17 Intelligence agencies concured on Russian hacking of Podesta & DNC e-mail s" (by The New York Times"), and " Trump says Mexicans are rapists" (by the msm).
The winner (in a close call) is The New York Times.
On June 29th the Times had to finally admit that the 17 Intelligence agencies, which nobody could seem to name, was a fiction put out by the publication during the 2016 campaign.
Category 3 - Most dishonest "Journalist", or "contributers".
The finalists are Brian Ross (ABC), Don Lemon (CNN), Van Jones (CNN), Brian Williams (MSNBC), Rachel Maddow (MSNBC), Chris Matthews (MSNBC), Joy Reid (MSNBC), Lawrence O'Donnell (MSNBC), David Corn (Mother Jones), Zeke Miller (Time), William saletan (Slate), Taha Lavin (The New Yorker), Masha Gessen (The New Yorker), Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post), Adam Entous (The Washington Post) and The editorial staff at the Washington Post.
The winner (in another close one) is Zeke Miller . Zeke as you may recall, reported that the bust of Martin Luther King had been removed from the oval office, shortly after Donal Trump had moved into the White House. Not only was the story a blatant lie but it was extremely inflammatory with it's obvious implication of "racism". Surprise/surprise!
Category 4 - Most corrupt media
The finalists are The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN and NBC
The winner - TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
I'll leave this one to Donald Trump, though all of these organizations have demeaned themselves over the past year in a thinly veiled attempt to topple an elected President. The media is failing us in its responsibility to cover the news in an objective manner. It didn't suddenly start with the election of 2016. The media had been drifting left since the turbulent days of the Vietnam War. Today, the media has taken an adversarial role towards Conservatism, main stream America and in particular the current President.
Awards were earned
Most definitely, and I don't believe that President Trump's choices will be different than yours (and mine). In all of my many years, I've never seen such blatant efforts to destroy a US president, his family, and his agenda through constant lies. I am happy to see that their efforts have failed.
2008 - 2016
Lincoln 1861 - 1866
It seems that you had trouble understanding my comment. I'll help you ...
Good try, SP.
It seems you had some trouble understanding who I was replying to.
YOU are not devangelical ............
devangelical replied to MY comment. Scroll up and read for yourself. As I said ... good try.
and you responded to Vic, shall we call him into this too?
Then let me clarify this for you Deb,
In all of YOUR years I've never seen someone as completely comftorble as yourself and your NV ultra conservative playmates at trying to destroy the reputation (in your own minds)
of a POTUS, his marriage, family and agenda through social media misinformation, partisan hatred, (thinly veiled racism) and vindictive opinion and biased seeds disguised as facts.
(Remember the Obama gay murderer seed?)
As devangelical implied, Trump, in his first year, hasn't seen a fraction of what Obama faced from the GOP and his detractors in 8 years
nor has the level of journalistic vitriol approached what Lincoln endured during his Presidency when journalism was limited to newsprint and lacked
electricity and all of the benefits of instant "gratification" and "facts" via the internet.
The press tried to topple and destroy President Obama's Presidency? What, are you batshit crazy?
Do you recall the left doing the same thing to Bush Jr., His Wife, his daughters? Everyone seems to think that it all started with President Obama. It did not.
My thoughts exactly. I haven't seen a media bend over backwards to promote a president like Obama since... oh say Bill Clinton.
Funny how truth just always seems to have a liberal bias.
Funny how Trump couldn't tell the truth on a bet. He is a compulsive liar.
Which ironically, is possibly the most biased comment you will ever read on NT.
Yeah i agree, your comment was pretty crazy
Yes, i agree. Your comment was that as well.
I’m sure journalists everywhere are concerned. Lol.
If they were honest journalists, they would be, but these days they are neither.
"The Most Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards"
The winner is
The White House Communications Office , and spokespeople Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Anthony Scaramucci
no runners up or second place needed.
No need to SHOUT!
The ongoing and never ending liberal fiction. Please post anything FOX said that is dishonest or untrue. Why, they even had guests with opposing viewpoints all the time.
Shout? lol.
I created a nice looking visual point.
Right wingers are always whining.
It would be a much shorter list to post anything Fox says that was true.
Compare much of your comment's font size to everyone else's. Your comment appears to be begging for attention.
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Holy shit!
We need a new award for this one. Biggest "pot calling the kettle black" comment award.
Congrats John .... you win ..... no contest.
My cat likes to sit and watch me scroll. JR's comment startled her.
If they're broadcasting, they're lying. Much like Trump when he has his mouth open.
Are they journalists? I think you are on the wrong article........this is not one of your regular silly rant articles.
In his defense, this article does list "The Daily Show" as a "news organization". With that example in mind, the White House Communications Office does qualify.
Incorrect. "The Daily Show" is listed as a "news" organization. Note where the quotation marks were placed.There's a reason for that particular placement.
Laugh all you want. It's actually an important and nuanced linguistic difference that many people don't understand. I'll help you ...
By placing the quotation marks only around the word "news", the meaning of the phrase "news" organization is interpreted as sarcasm. By posting the entire phrase "news organization" in quotes, as you did, the phrase's meaning is completely different; the inference is that you are simply quoting a phrase.
The author posted ...
He did not post ...
Category 1 - The most biased "news organization"
I hope my explanation helped.
We need a spinning smiley.....
Keep digging, you'll find something eventually. But you're not there yet.
I agree, and your comment proves it.
I think it's safe to say we can expect some serious whining. Kind of like #3 above.
Truthfully, they should throw a net over the person passing out the awards . The "leader" of our country has nothing better to do than make a fool out himself again? Guess not.
He has accomplished a lot of what his predecessor tried to do. And looking back, even Obama passed out awards. I guess the point is that it's Trump doing it and calling out the fools is what gets under your skin?
Skirting the CoC [ph]
You know, you're right. It is fun and very entertaining to watch you freak out over EVERYTHING with the President's name attached to it.
skirting the CoC [ph]
You mean like appointing cabinet members who are dedicated to destroying the environment for profit?
Should be a lot better than that Golden Globe bs that was on last night.
The "Daily Show"?!.......really?!
So Trump and rightwingers really think that the "Daily Show" is a news organization?!...
.....my sides!.....
I read this morning that Trump postponed this latest bit of whack-offery until next week. I have no idea it is true or not.
I'm still waiting for his promised, yet always postponed, proof on lots of other stuff...like bogus claims and accusations.
I'm taking odds on whether he will ever release his doctor's report from the physical he is supposed to get this week. I'm thinking that it will go the same way as his promises to release his taxes.
I'd assume that certain individuals, that we all know, are already coming up with talking points to explain his failure to deliver on his promise. Failing that, I'm sure Benghazi or emails will start making the rounds again.
He can't release the doctor's report because he is under an audit from his doctor. Duh.
that post on NT.....
I'm still dying to hear that super top secret report from his investigators in Hawaii about the scandalous Obama bombshell.
Well one investigator went full native.
Feeling guilty?
Did I name names?
And good old Sheriff Joe just won't let go........
this is his warm up to running for the Senate?
Al Jezeera America?
launched in 2013, officially closed in April of 2016.
How would that even affect Trump?
Trump's dishonest news awards? Yawn.
"I'm like a really smart guy," DJT. There it is. There you have it. Read em' and weep, suckers.
He's a stable genius
Have you asked the other horses in that stable?
I took a poll and the rest of them said 'Nayyyyy"
Well, ( he ) may be a 'stable genius', but are there any definitive proofs anywhere that definitively indicate ( he ) has definitive knowledge of which end of a pitchfork to use properly?
no s/ intended.
In other words
Horse shit...........
Bitchy little valley girl in chief.
Fox fake news: Biggest liars of them all.
Once again, actual data contradicts a conservative's anecdote.
Most inaccurate: "At Fox and Fox News Channel, that same number is now 58 percent. At CNN, it’s 22 percent."
2017 Lie of the year: Russian election interference is a 'made-up story'
Politifact's bias score
Factual Reporting: VERY HIGH
It's ironic that Trump is giving out "dishonest awards" when his Politifact statements of Mostly False, False, and Pants on Fire have the combined total of 69%.