Brian Stelter on X - "Anonymous TV exec: "If half the country has decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they're not reading any of this media, and we’ve lost this audience completely. A Trump victory means mainstream media is dead in its current form.""
Skeptic Research Center Team on X - "Those who most trust journalists tend to have distorted and cynical beliefs about racism and sexism in America. (See chart below). Specifically, people who trust journalists the most are also the most likely to agree with the following: "Women in the United States have no hope for success because of sexism." and "Racial minorities in the United States have no hope for success because of racism." For more sample and methodological details, see: https://skeptic.com/research-cente"
Clearly, those who don't trust the media are deplorables
Skeptic Research Center Team on X - "Did white people invent slavery? Half of Harris/Walz supporters believe white people invented slavery (30% of Trump/Vance supporters believe this). (See first graph below) Just under half of all Americans with medium to high trust in journalists believe white people invented slavery (30% of those with low trust in journalists believe white people invented slavery). (See second graph below) Finally, across racial groups, women are more likely than men to believe white people invented slavery. This includes 39% of white women (25% of white men), 59% of hispanic women (49% of hispanic men), 69% of black women (53% of black men), and 55% of asian women (41% of asian men). (See third graph below) (No, white people did not invent slavery; slavery is ubiquitous throughout human history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery) For more sample and methodological details, see: https://skeptic.com/research-cente"
Meme - The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole84: "This article is effectively trying to strongarm YouTube into censoring voices that the New York Times disapproves of. Shameful behavior from a newspaper."
"Election Falsehoods Take Off on YouTube as It Looks the Other Way"
Meme - Jake 🇺🇸 @omni_american: "Not surprising: the more you trust journalists, the worse you think racism and sexism are. After ~2011, the media became increasingly hysterical about all the -isms, even though most -isms are declining on both left and right. The damage the media has done is immeasurable, IMHO."
Skeptic Research Center Team @SkepResCenter: "Trusting journalists is associated with pessimistic beliefs about the prevalence of racism and sexism in America which are, in turn, associated with increased depression."
"Sex Cynicism and Depression (by Sex). Race Cynicism and Depression (by Race). *** in the United States have no hope for success because"
The media are traumatising people
Michael Shellenberger on X - "People don’t trust the legacy media because of right-wing disinformation, says Chuck Todd. That’s absurd. We don’t trust it because all it does is lie. The rapidly approaching death of the media could be what saves Western civilization from narcissistic elites like Chuck Todd."
Meme - le Sour Patch Lyds @sourpatchlyds: "It's true. An illegal from Africa in Chicago saw an orthodox jew walking to synagogue, screamed "Allahu akbar," and shot him. All these details were left out of the coverage, of course. And I bet you didn't even hear about it."
Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms: "Very few Americans even know about this story. It reflected terribly on Kamala, would have hurt her electorally, so was buried."
Richard Goldberg @rich_goldberg: "At some point in the future, pundits will spend countless hours debating how a terrorist attack in one of America's largest cities, directly linked to the policies of one of the presidential candidates, 10 days before Election Day, went almost completely unaddressed all 10 days."
Ousted CNN boss Chris Licht torches old colleagues in scathing speech - "Ousted CNN boss, Chris Licht, has torched legacy media - including his old colleagues - as being untrustworthy in a scathing speech about his former industry... 'The facts are that people have lost trust in legacy media,' he told Yahoo Finance anchor Seana Smith. 'That's not me saying that, that's a demonstrable fact that has not happened in the last six months. That is something that's been happening for a long time and people are tuning out.' Even the company's election night coverage saw a huge downfall in viewership, with numbers falling below MSNBC for the time since the company launched, according to The Hollywood Reporter... Licht, who started in local news, thinks legacy media needs to find a way to 'reconnect with people and become relevant in their lives again.' He acknowledge that viewership was weakened due to a 'low-trust society' between consumers and the media and between fact and fiction. 'There is trusted sources of information and then there's trusted opinion, and I think those two worlds need to be very separate,' he told Yahoo Finance. 'I think part of the problem is they've kind of co-mingled and you know media organizations will try very hard to say: "No, no, no, this is our newsgathering and this is our opinion," but in the world, people don't make that distinction I have found. 'Someone's got to figure out how to restore trust and that these are the facts and then let people people go and have their opinions.' He went on to say that readers and viewers need to 'go armed with what the actual facts are,' rather than being told what to think or having the truth spun in many ways. 'We used to have one set of facts and then you could have 30 discussions around that set of facts. Now you have 30 sets of facts and a thousand discussions around those sets of facts. And that has to change or we're in big trouble as a society,' he said. He and Smith also discussed the rise of fake news - a phrased coined by President-Elect Donald Trump that began during his first presidency. Although Licht believes it's 'larger than just a Trump presidency,' his advice to his former colleagues was to 'swing at the pitches that are thrown.' 'Don't say: "Well this means this and that means that's going to happen." Say: "He did this," and then let's discuss what that means. Not: "Well this is going to mean this," because a lot of times the media gets in trouble when they predict things. 'I would say there's been a lot of - as an observer - a lot of hyperbole around what a Trump presidency will mean and it's the end of democracy.' CNN's dropping numbers have caused staff to become 'scared and frustrated' about looming layoffs. Stars including Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer have reportedly been denied raises on their multi-million-dollar salaries as the biggest names on the network fear for their futures."
Damn fascist!
Left wingers don't understand the difference either, which is why they keep claiming Fox News admitted that it was just entertainment (when ironically, MSNBC did too by that logic)
Washington Post was set to lose $77M BEFORE Kamala endorsement debacle - "In October The Washington Post's boss hit back at claims that it was Jeff Bezos, the paper's billionaire owner, who squashed its endorsement of Harris... 'He was not sent, did not read and did not opine on any draft. As publisher, I do not believe in presidential endorsements. 'We are an independent newspaper and should support our readers' ability to make up their own minds.' He added that the move was not 'tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another'."
Elon Musk sets his sights on struggling MSNBC - "Morning Joe has long been one of MSNBC's most successful shows, but it has suffered massive ratings losses this week after its hosts revealed they met with president Trump, who they had deemed a fascist during the election cycle."
Thread by @SpeakerJohnson on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "CBS has been under fire for selectively editing their interviews to PROMOTE Democrats and UNDERMINE Republicans. Yesterday, they chose to cut FIVE important minutes out of my nearly 15 minute interview. You can be the judge as to why. Stand by for the receipts.
I recently traveled to NC and victims of Hurricane Helene told me nearly two weeks after landfall, the Biden-Harris Administration had STILL not provided them with all the resources they desperately needed. But CBS selectively edited OUT ENTIRELY this first-hand perspective. Apparently, CBS also doesn't want you to hear about Virginia Gov. Youngkin, who is trying to clean the state's voter rolls so non-American citizens can't vote there. We need more states doing this, but the Biden-Harris Administration is SUING VIRGINIA and trying to STOP it. The Biden-Harris Admin let millions of illegal aliens in our country. So, the House passed the SAVE Act to ensure only American citizens vote in American elections. CBS edited that out and focused on 2020 instead of immediate threats to election integrity."
Meme - Babylon Bee: "The Journalists' Guide To Reporting on Politicians
If the person is a Republican - If the person is a Democrat
Openly gay cabinet member: Internalized homophobia - Historic. Literally the first time this has ever happened!
Has a doctorate: Refer to as "Mr." or "literally Satan." - Refer to as "Dr., May She Live Forever"
Gets a haircut: You know who else got haircuts? Hitler. - YASSSSS SLAY QUEEEEEEN!!!
Bombs a country: Warmonger! - Nobel Peace Prize
Has no experience: He has no experience. - Wow look at all the intersectional boxes he checks!
Questions election results: Dangerous attack on democracy - Stunning and brave. #NOTMYPRESIDENT
Accused of sexual misconduct: Believe all women. - *cricket*
Punches a baby: We must impeach. - A powerful statement in support of women's rights
Has mostly female staff: A subjugator of women - An empowerer of women
People die of a virus on his watch.: Every death in human history is his fault. - - Give him an Emmy"
Thread by @SwannMarcus89 on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "This whole Oakland prostitution, drugs, and straw donations scandal has once again proven my longtime argument hat West Coast progressives are the most corrupt political movement in America and nobody admits it because the media agrees with the politics of the criminals They'll report on individual stories about West Coast politicians when yet another FBI raid happens, but nobody ever links all these stories together and says "gee, the West Coast is clearly the most corrupt place in America. I wonder if the political landscape enables this" It's just laughable at this point. Seattle gave a $3 million no-bid contract to an organization whose president spent two decades in prison for taking part in the gang rape of a pregnant 17 year old and I had to personally break that story because Seattle media didn't notice it
Remember when a San Francisco supervisor missed a vote on a reparations bill that he was supporting because he accidentally got stranded in South America while attending a bachelor party at a Colombian Hooters Wonder what else he did on that trip
How about the time King County gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a nonprofit to help at-risk youth and it turned out the guy running it was a convicted sex offender with fake credentials who was operating under an assumed name"
Catturd ™ on X - "Reminder … Barack Obama’s personal chef died on his property in a 3 foot deep pond, naked - and not one fake news outlet has any curiosity about it."
Washington Post columnist attacks paper trying to reach out to 'MAGA readers': 'Logical fallacy' - "Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin called out media outlets like her own paper for trying to appeal to "MAGA readers" after the election. The opinion columnist joined anti-Trump critic George Conway at an event at the 92NY Center for Culture & Arts on Dec. 15 to talk about the aftermath of the 2024 election, which saw President-elect Donald Trump win a second term. After what she claims have been multiple examples of the media capitulating to Trump since then, Rubin singled out her own publication for wanting to reach out to Trump voters... She also called out claims of her being politically biased, saying, "I think I am not biased at all. I am just accurate. Deadly accurate.""
They never learn. Of course the next time, the media gaslighting the whole country into voting Blue will work, because they will prevent problematic Republicans from running for office
This is what the left's "empathy" involves
Meme - Vox: "Where "replacement theory" comes from-and why it refuses to go away. The white supremacist conspiracy theory has a long history in the United States and abroad."
Vox: "Here's when you can expect racial minorities to be the majority in each state"
Michael Goodwin: Joe Biden spins & stumbles on his way out of the White House - "The AP has fallen so far left, it can’t get up. Under its website’s “US News” section, the once-reliable outlet lists four main topics: Abortion, LGBTQ+, Shootings and Immigration. There’s no need to read the actual stories. Knowing the source, you already know which way they tilt."
Richard Hanania on X - "I just listened to Kara Swisher on the Ezra Klein show. I now have much better insight as to why Silicon Valley has sifted to the right. Her entire "analysis" is petty and personal insults about the men she covers. Contempt just absolutely drips off her tongue in every sentence. To Swisher, they're just scared little boys who want people to love them. They have "little dick energy." And so on. Psychologists have a norm that they don't diagnose people who aren't their patients. But she has a story for each billionaire whose politics she doesn't like and knows exactly why they became who they are. This is the person that the media crowned as perhaps their most prominent "tech reporter." It's all psychobabble drivel not held to any kind of evidentiary standards, obviously motivated by pettiness and contempt disguised as journalism. This would radicalize anyone against the media."
Meme - Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke: "It’s been 48 hours, and not enough has been made of the fact that the media, with a straight face, claims that unlocking a restroom in the federal bureaucracy requires institutional knowledge."
The Washington Post: "National parks are in chaos after Trump's cuts, fired ...
He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms. The wait to enter ..."
Geiger Capital on X - "CNN is running nonstop stories about the “stress” and “trauma” of federal employees being laid off… META just laid off 3,600 employees. HSBC fired 70% of their investment bank. Welcome to the real world."
Seventy Christians reportedly beheaded by ISIS affiliate in Democratic Republic of Congo - "Seventy Christians have been beheaded with machetes or large knives, according to multiple groups that monitor terrorism and persecution, by Islamist militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – and yet the world remains mostly silent. The 70 Christians were first rounded up by Islamist rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, a group affiliated with the terror group Islamic State, or ISIS, according to Open Doors U.S., which monitors Christian persecution around the world. The Christians, reportedly all from the Lubero district, were forced out of their homes allegedly early in the morning of Feb. 13, with the rebels shouting, "Get out, get out."... But despite the shocking nature of the killings, and the large number of those murdered, there has been little reported in the media. Posting on X, American political commentator Liz Wheeler wrote, "70 Christian men, women & children were beheaded . . . because they’re Christian. Their decapitated bodies were left in a church . . . because they’re Christian. The terrorists who murdered them have ties to ISIS. MSM, where’s your outrage? Are you silent . . . because they’re Christian?""
When I checked, Newsweek had covered it but everyone else didn't
Karoline Leavitt on X - "A group of DC-based journalists, the White House Correspondents' Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the President of the United States. Not anymore. Today, I was proud to announce that we are giving the power back to the people. Moving forward, the ‘White House Press Pool,’ will be determined by the White House Press Team. Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join – but we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets who have never been allowed to share in this awesome responsibility."
If you're against legacy media gatekeeping, you're a Fascist and a Threat to Democracy
Cynical Publius on X - "Imagine if Trump were to set things up in the White House Press Corps such that he never needed to take a question except from friendly "journalists" who totally supported him. That would be outrageous, right? That would be like how fascist regimes set up an illusion of a "free press," right? Well no need to imagine. We just got done with four years of that. We called it "the Biden Presidency.""
Peter Baker on X - "Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access."
Karoline Leavitt on X - "Give me a break, Peter.🤡 Moments after you tweeted this, the President invited journalists into the Oval and took questions for nearly an hour. Your hysterical reaction to our long overdue and much needed change to an outdated organization is precisely why we made it. Gone are the days where left-wing stenographers posing as journalists, such as yourself, dictate who gets to ask what."
Western Lensman on X - "🚨TRANSPARENCY: Presidential Tale of the Tape Questions taken from press in first month of administration:
Barack Obama: 161
Joe Biden: 141
Donald Trump: 1,009
The legacy media hyperventilating over access to President Trump is a joke."
Rachel Maddow's rant at MSNBC bosses backfires spectacularly as her ratings slump - "Rachel Maddow's rant at MSNBC bosses appears to have backfired spectacularly as five million viewers fled the news program in a massive 22 per cent ratings slump... This ratings disaster comes after Maddow had an angry meltdown with network bosses over the ousting of Joy Reid and other 'non-white' hosts... while her ratings are good, media insiders have suggested Maddow may be starting to try her bosses' patience. Puck highlighted how Reid's replacement will be a trio made up of Symone Sanders, who is black and Alicia Menendez, who is Hispanic. Maddow made no mention of this ethnic diversity while implying her bosses are racist. The newsletter added that Maddow's viewers, most of whom are elderly, either had no idea what she was talking about or found it boring if they did. Even her fellow liberals called on her to resign after. Bluesky users were quick to call on Maddow to put her money where her mouth is and resign, or risk looking like a hypocrite spouting hot air."
Kaizen D. Asiedu on X - "At this point the New York Times should just say the quiet part out loud: They are on a campaign against Trump, and have been for the last 10 years. On Thursday the New York Times reported that Elon was going to the Pentagon to meet about a potential war with China. Trump and Hegseth denied this. Regardless of who you believe, the New York Times' follow up to this reveals their consistent undisclosed bias. Rather than acknowledging that their sources, who are leaking private information about Pentagon meetings, might be untrustworthy and work, they positioned the meeting's purpose as having been changed due to their reporting. They've been on a campaign against Trump for years. It's ok for a publication to have a point of view they assert. It's not OK for them to assert it and call themselves an independent news source. That's activism. Not journalism."
Pirate Wires on X - "New reporting from @AshleyRindsberg. Snopes and Politifact used accusations of right-wing conspiracy theories to shut down reporting on a scandal that could have upended Ilhan Omar’s career and seriously damaged the credibility of "The Squad."
In 2019, Snopes and Politifact "debunked" claims that Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was a high-ranking officer in Somalia’s Marxist Barre regime — which invaded Ethiopia in the late ‘70s and was accused of genocide after massacring up to 200,000 people in the late ‘80s. Both fact-checkers claimed Nur was merely a "teacher trainer" in Somalia before he and his family immigrated to the U.S. Snopes even asserted that linking him to the Siad Barre regime was "based quite literally on nothing but race." This, despite Somali and Kenyan sources confirming that Omar’s father was a colonel ("an esteemed senior officer") in the Barre regime until its ousting in 1991. For example, after Nur’s death, a Somali diaspora website called Sahan Journal — a non-profit digital newsroom focused on minority communities in Minnesota — ran an obituary praising his long and "esteemed" military career in the Barre regime. Yet major news outlets — including The New York Times and Reuters — still describe Nur as a "teacher trainer" while he was living in Somalia, relying on Snopes' and Politifact’s shallow, bad-faith fact-checks, which remain inaccurate. Meanwhile, another Barre regime officer, Yusuf Abdi Ali ("Tukeh"), was recently deported from the U.S. after courts found he committed human rights abuses while serving under Barre. To be clear, Ilhan Omar isn’t responsible for her father’s decisions when she was a child. What does matter is how the fact-checking industry was able to kill a major political scandal with a thinly sourced, bad-faith "fact check" — protecting Democratic Party interests better than even the best crisis management firms could have ever dreamed. Link to the story is threaded. 👇"
arctotherium on X - "Not a conspiracy theory: the media 100% does cover up black crime. Race is 4x more likely to be mentioned when the murderer is white *and* far more likely to be mentioned at the start of the story rather than buried at the end. This got worse post-Floyd (PBUH)."
Wall Street Apes on X - "CBS News 6 months ago: Pretended there was no illegal migrant gang activity in Aurora, Colorado
CBS News Today: “This now shut down apartment complex was one of the most dangerous areas in Aurora, Colorado”
Where was this reporting during the election?
“Dozens of people have been arrested and deemed or labeled as members of Tren De Aragua, an international criminal organization, a dangerous gang that was formed in Venezuela and has had criminal activities in countries throughout the region and here in the US. The crackdown that happened here seems to have significantly reduced crime in the area.”"
