What media?

[moonseller66]

By the way…

Is there still a conflict going on in Afghanistan?

Is isis still around?

Is it Niger or Nigeria?

Something’s happening to a country called Ethiopia?

What was this about voting machines being hacked?

Is NATO important?

Why do Republicans want to gut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid?

Are children still being kidnapped by ICE?

Why are the Republicans talking about another tax cut?

And how will it affect Americans?

Is the President of the United States fit to lead?

Most importantly, will NFL Players be fined if the kneel?

Why are these and many other important news items and questions currently being ignored by your Main Stream Media?

Because it’s what they do. Just ask their corporate owners.

[Ponietz]

1. Its called 'embedding'

[Nitram]

2. Another absurd attack on the media.

So where did you hear about all the topics if not from the media? Or reported 2nd or 3rd hand online from an article in the NYT, the Washington Post or a story on NPR? I get my news from the last two, and they reported on all these topics, extensively and in-depth. I'm very tired of people who are playing into Trump's war on the media.

[Ponietz]

3. How does this play?

[link:http://observer.com/2018/07/new-york-times-washington-post-quote-republicans-twice-as-much-as-democrats/|

[Nitram]

4. Seeing as how we have a Republican administration and a Republican majority on both houses,

that is not really that surprising. I read the Post daily, and I find their reporting to usually be fair and factual. As the truth definitely has a liberal bias, most Republicans don't like the Post. And you don't acknowledgedge my point about where your understanding of the "facts" actually comes from...

[Ponietz]

6. The Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in human history. -- Chomsky

If one is convinced of that then, surely, there is room to scrutinize, and criticize, our media sources that normalize their agenda. Thanks for the reply.

[Nitram]

7. The fact that Republicans are quoted so often is not suggest their statements are taken at face

value without comment. If Republican lies and and statements about bad policy are not quoted, how are they to be analyzed and criticized? The Post always provides context, fact-checking, and analysis of Republican statements. They also highlight the few Republicans who criticize Trump and the Republican leadership. That's good journalism. They do not in any ways, shape or form "normalize" the Republican agenda. You must be reading a different version of the Post than I do.

[Ponietz]

8. The media are the American people's best friend

But, still,

Sean Spicer fluff piece on WP online front page, today:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/after-a-tumultuous-run-in-the-white-house-sean-spicer-is-ready-to-talk-now/2018/07/19/39e594a2-7bb7-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html

[Nitram]

9. Excellent example! Almost every question in the interview asked Spicer to admit or

take responsibility for his content lying in support of a lying president. But they started by making fun of him:

1. I read this book as something of a lengthy job application. You want to work for President Trump again, don’t you?

2. Have you reached a point where you can admit that Trump’s inauguration was not the largest in history?

2. You’re very critical of the press and reporters, and it seems like you think that you and the administration deserved no responsibility for the negative coverage you’ve received.

3. The term “fake news” has become so widespread. Looking back, do you think those are dangerous words for a president or a press secretary to use?

4. You’re obviously still a strong supporter of the president. Do you think he exacerbates this antagonism?

5. According to our paper’s tracking, the president has made more than 3,200 false or misleading claims since taking office. Do you agree he regularly says things that are untrue?

[Ponietz]

12. Spicer is selling a book

WP helped him sell it.
Have a nice day.

[malaise]

5. And lots of other news overseas

Like Gaza

[oberliner]

10. Suicide bomber kills 14 near Kabul airport in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Fourteen people were killed when a suicide bomber carried out an attack near Kabul's airport in Afghanistan on Sunday, authorities said. They said the blast narrowly missed the country's vice president who was returning home after living in Turkey for more than a year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blast-in-kabul-afghanistan-kills-14-vice-president-unharmed-today-2018-07-22/

The Current State Of ISIS

ISIS appears to reforming in areas of northern Iraq and has launched attacks in Afghanistan. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jennifer Cafarella of the Institute for the Study of War.

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/21/631089434/the-current-state-of-isis

Ethiopia prime minister calls for multiparty democracy: chief of staff

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia must pursue multiparty democracy, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Sunday in what could be the latest in a series of momentous changes sweeping the country.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-politics/ethiopia-prime-minister-calls-for-multiparty-democracy-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN1KC0LM

Everything you mention is being covered in the media.

[kentuck]

11. Everybody has something to criticize the media about.

My latest criticism is their reporting on the "polls" regarding Trump's summit with Putin and how the polls "normalized" it. It was not "normal" and they should have refrained from polls that show otherwise. Just my opinion.

[spanone]

13. Are children reunited? Where's that 'better, cheaper, tremendous' healthcare plan?

and on and on and on and on.....