"Everything Trump says is a lie, but the media dutifully repeats Trump’s lies as if they deserve equal dignity with truthful statements by Democrats. …
In the face of the arrest of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, every news agency with a White House pool reporter should recall the reporter from the assignment and turn in their White House credentials."
#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
/7
"Members of the media are understandably outraged, as they should be. This is a five-alarm fire. But it is one that has been burning for eight years. Trump attacked, mocked, and sued journalists in his first term. But the media continued to report on Trump as if he were a 'normal' president who deserved to be treated with a presumption of regularity and respect."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
/6
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/it-is-time-for-the-mainstream-media
"Everything Trump says is a lie, but the media dutifully repeats Trump’s lies as if they deserve equal dignity with truthful statements by Democrats. …
In the face of the arrest of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, every news agency with a White House pool reporter should recall the reporter from the assignment and turn in their White House credentials."
#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
/7
"Every reference to Trump should include the fact that he is a twice-impeached, convicted felon who lies whenever he speaks. The press has bowed before Trump for eight years. He learned from their subservience and took the next logical step. It is time for the mainstream media to become part of the resistance. Better late than never!"
#DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #Trump #media #journalists #FirstAmendment #normalization
/8
Doesn't "mainstream media" imply "corporate owned"?
How likely is it that large corporations and their owners will become part of the resistance?
@EricLawton I'm wondering when we're going to start seeing mass walkouts from corporate-owned news outlets. It feels like it's been time for that for awhile now.
