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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Huh





     
  2. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    I think accountability is a byproduct of answers and truth. The media can't impeach Trump. Somebody else has to do that.

    I've just long been attracted to sobriety in news. I'm a reporter. I'm skeptical of emotional appeals and grandstanding. I think it distracts us from the truth more often than it points to the truth. I see it being twisted on one side of the aisle for wicked purposes, and I see it being twisted on the other side for emotional leverage. To what end? I don't trust that end. I see a left in America that will use every awful thing Trump did to justify ever level of cultural control it desires in the name of preventing another Trump. I reject both extremes.
     
  3. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    No, they are completely analogous. :rolleyes:
     
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  4. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I'm not running. Too old
     
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  5. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    So, if one's way more important, shouldn't the quality of the journalist's work in a press conference be that much more scrutinized?

    (FWIW, I do not think political reporters have a more important job. Good thing, too. Many of them are average - at best.)
     
  6. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    You think covering the middle east and a cross country meet have the same level of importance?
     
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  7. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

    poor coverage of the middle east has never cost anyone a scholarship
     
  8. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    No. But, of course, the Middle East and cross country aren't equally important relative to politics and sports, are they?

    How about covering Middle East vs. covering Larry Nassar, Michigan State and USA gymnastics? We in the same ballpark now?
     
  9. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Oh, Ted, you keep being you

    Conservative rocker Ted Nugent wants Michigan to know he's highly displeased with the midterm election results.

    After Michiganders ushered in a wave of Democrats on Tuesday — including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson — the controversial singer took to Facebook to log his complaints.

    "Real God country family Michiganiacs are heartbroke that more of us want the once great state of Michigan to turn into a California s*******. Downright insane cultural suicide. Thanks for nothing a*******," he wrote, in apparent reference to California's liberal politics.

    Ted Nugent calls Michigan a 'California s***hole' after election
     
  10. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

  11. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

  12. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    What's new on the caravan? Any 5-year-olds brandishing a toy golf club?
    And where is the fat dumpy oaf today? It must be executive time.
     
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