"The fix is in" - James Acosta of CNN.

[kstewart33]

After Trump called only on right-wing outlets during the third consecutive press conference, Acosta predicts that will be the President's policy - to shut out major mainstream media during all interactions with the press.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. well

then the corporate media will have to do their job instead of just repeating the crap they're spoonfed.

[Augiedog]

35. From tRumps ass to their pouty mouths

[mindem]

37. They can start by

ignoring his constant stupid ass tweets. Not everything that dribbles out of his juvenile brain is news.

[TNLib]

47. It doesn't matter

The truth isn't coming from Trump's or Spicer's mouth it's coming from the IC and White House Leaks.

[putitinD]

51. +1

[paleotn]

62. Yes. n/t

[PDittie]

95. So we like leaks now?

Or only when they serve our political purpose?

[heaven05]

97. HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

in this time of danger to all americans from boy-potus and nazis leaders bannon and miller. Leaks from the WH, Senate, HOR, SC, CIA, FBI WELCOME on these clowns now the leaders of our RW fascist and upcoming, unless we stop it, dictatorship. HELL YAH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! From one of my favorite movies....."NUKE EM"

[Alice11111]

50. Yeah. More incentive to go after him and investigate. Karma...if had done job a year ago....

At least some are doing it now though, and thsy are about all we have

[AgadorSparticus]

92. +1000!!!!

[leftstreet]

2. Then the press should start ignoring him

Let his press conferences be covered be Nickelodeon

He'd hate that

[NCjack]

20. Even when real reporters are allowed to ask their questions, the

"answers" are evasive shit.

The press needs to develop reliable leakers, pay them well, and protect them. That is the path, and always has been, to reporting the news.

[Maraya1969]

77. I was thinking about that. It may be ilegal to wear a wire but if no one finds out then you

haven't done it right?

[phylny]

75. Exactly right.

"We at CNN (MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, etc.) have a policy that we cover the president when all are called on to participate. We will resume coverage once The White House allows all credentialed journalists to question the administration."

See how easy that was? Then just stop covering the him.

[Lochloosa]

89. Nickelodeon questions would be too hard hitting....not going to happen.

[ck4829]

100. +1

[samnsara]

3. they just need to quit attending the so called pressers...

....rump loves an audience.....will hit him hard when not everyone is there.

[trc]

49. He would simply fill the room with staff to hide the empty seats

[fleur-de-lisa]

63. But no one would see it on the tee vee . . .

if the media boycotted Cheeto. It would drive him (further) insane.

[stpetegreg]

93. interesting discussion last night on MSNBC (I think it was Ari filling in for Lawrence)

that said they should just send either an intern or a beat reporter and have the White House press reporters do actual investigative work instead of attending. The SCROTUS would never know the difference since he won't call on them anyway and what difference would it make if he did?

[rzemanfl]

94. I saw that too. Maybe they should call them apprentices instead of interns.

Welcome to DU.

[dchill]

4. Then it's not interaction with the press.

It's a shit show.

[MFM008]

5. I wouldn't show up

just report.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. None of this matters anyway, republicans dont care what he does, AT ALL

and most everybody else isnt paying attention anyway.

Either the CIA does something dramatic as in revealing info or NOTHING happens.

[putitinD]

54. +1

[Amaryllis]

7. They need to show up and keep showing him refusing to call on anyone but right wingers.

[StubbornThings]

8. Good. The corporate media deserves it.

Maybe they'll finally start doing their job.

[Tragl1]

42. It would be ironic if,

Trump actually turns the press back into the watchdog fifth estate instead of ad revenue machines. I agree they do deserve it.

[GusBob]

9. Stop going, stop broadcasting, and ignore his fucking tweets

the little fucking baby, let someone else deal with his soiled nappy

[rickford66]

10. Show up and laugh at his gaffs.

Big belly laughs. It's contagious too.

[Thrill]

11. They created Trump

And this is how he repays them

[Blue_true]

46. The Press deserves to be shat on by Trump. They made him

Out to be normal during the campaign. I hope he keeps shitting on them, along with the Stein and Johnson voters. Fuck them all.

[manicraven]

12. They should do like Reuters and cover trump as an authoritarian regime.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3941712/reuters-to-reporters-cover-trump-administration-as-authoritarian-regime/

[Hekate]

44. Absolutely. And send only cub reporters to the pressers, reserving major talent for research. nt

[Phoenix61]

78. +1

[Dawson Leery]

13. They made this shitbag.

Now they are crying.

[iluvtennis]

70. Agree, during primaries and GE, the M$M was the papparazzi to Trump. GAH

[Orrex]

14. Perhaps they could do their jobs, then

If he's not spoon-feeding them his propaganda, then maybe these stenographers could actually try to work as journalists for once, rather than simply lapping up his tweets and passing them onto consumers nee citizens.

[mr_lebowski]

86. That's SO much work though?!? And who's got the budget for all that?

Corporate ain't payin' ... are you?

That's how sick and sad the situation has become ... NOT what the Founders had in mind, to be sure.

[Orrex]

90. IKR?

When the press is free and every man able to read...

[Kber]

15. In the past, "access" has not improved media quality.

Let's see what good old fashioned leg work does.

[Caliman73]

101. Yep

but investigative journalism is hard work and it is expensive. It used to pay dividends when trust was the coin of the realm. Nowadays being first and loudest is often rewarded.

Hopefully it is a wake up call to those outlets that "access" just means that they have a story they want to sell you.

[gratuitous]

16. Sounds like you're going to need alternative sources, then

What's it going to be, O Bulldogs of the Fourth Estate? Do you insist on being spoon-fed information from an administration that is shutting you out, or are you going to develop your own sources to get the information you want and need? Try to remember that your bosses aren't the administration, it's the American people. Choose wisely.

[Javaman]

17. fine, let the orange menace exclude news outlets.

they less he has attending his press briefing or press conferences, the less he has control over his message.

That's fine by me.

[sarcasmo]

18. Then have some stones and boycott.

[Angry Dragon]

19. because he is afraid of the truth

[Jim Beard]

21. CNN seems to do OK without many Republicans on air.....

Their correspondents roam the halls, set at the bar and learn what the rest know. Trump is going to lie anyway.

[spanone]

22. mainstream media should boycott

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. Are there lists anywhere of who he called on? Found a list

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I'm sure we can construct one, but if someone has already done it ...

On edit:
10 Feb: New York Post and Fox News (both Murdoch owned)
13 Feb: WJLA - a news channel found to have “a strong tilt toward Trump”, and Daily Caller
today: Christian Broadcasting Network and Townhall

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-right-wing-news-press-conference-benjamin-netanyahu-fox-news-fake-news-a7582491.html

[charlyvi]

24. Does he never learn?

He pissed off the Intelligence community big time and look at the mess he's in. Now he thinks pissing off the media is a good idea. They can bring him down with or without the IC. Stupid, stupid child.

[Blue_true]

48. The Press have become obedient lapdogs to Trump and his band of liars.

The Press lost it's way during the campaign, only The New York Daily News, Newsweek and the Washington Post did true reporting, but the fixation that the rest of the media Had on Clinton's non existent email issues and DNC internal working drowned out good reporting, that coupled with many Americans having the attention span of a fly, gave Trump all the opening he needed to lie his way into office.

[charlyvi]

56. True, as long as they had access.

But once he deprives them of access, or blatantly dismisses them publicly, forget what came before. They will go after him tooth and nail. And I'm under no illusion that they would do it for the good of their country or the public at large, or their allegiance to the First Amendment. They would bring him down out of anger and vengeance. To paraphrase a certain movie, they will NOT be ignored.

[hamsterjill]

25. I have high hopes for Jim Acosta and Jim Scuitto.

I am hoping they are the next Woodward and Bernstein. The two Jim's are serious, focused, and you can tell that 45 just pisses the hell out of them. That gives them the motivation.

[Hekate]

45. Fingers crossed

[HopeAgain]

26. I don't get their strategy

When your office resembles a sieve, and leaks come out faster than they can be reported, pissing off the press would seem like a singularly bad idea.

I'm reminded of Gary Hart who challenged the press only to find out they will rise to that challenge...

[eleny]

29. Yup. Get the information the old fashioned way - deep throats!

[Skittles]

39. Trump INC pissed of the press AND the spooks

UNFIT TO LEAD

[watoos]

27. I feel a bit ambivalent about this

The M$M gave Trump 2 billion dollars worth of free air time while almost totally ignoring Bernie. They certainly were a big reason for Trump being president. With that said, Trump needs the M$M now, just like it was stupid for Trump to take on the intelligence agencies, it is just as stupid for him to ignore the M$M.
He will only be left with his right wing core base.
It is a game of chicken, if you don't play nice with Trump he will take his ball and go home. Let's see if the M$M blinks first.

[louis-t]

38. It reflects on his character, his lousy business sense,

and his self-destructive ego. He makes bad decisions. His businesses make no money yet he stuffs his pockets with OPM. He screws over anyone that could help him if his ego gets bruised. This is a weird, stupid man.

[murielm99]

40. I am sure you meant to mention Hillary,

our nominee, the winner of our primary, and our candidate for President.

[Blue_true]

52. Some just don't learn. Clinton beat Bernie by almost

4 million votes and was preferred overwhelmingly by the Democratic Party base. Bernie got lots of fawning media coverage, I could seldom turn on my tv without seeing coverage of one of his rallies and hearing BernieBros spout off about how evil Hillary was.

[SunSeeker]

83. Yep. nt

[mr_lebowski]

87. Was it really "Preferred"? Or was it "thought had a better chance of winning" ...

It's worth considering the question, IMHO ...

[uponit7771]

64. +1, the 2 billion was in the primaries ... they were worse in the General

[NewJeffCT]

85. It was a lot more than $2 billion

it was calculated to be around $2 billion of free airtime by the time he clinched the Republican nomination, which was months before both the RNC and the actual election.

[C_U_L8R]

28. Trump ignores mass media at his peril

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An attention-craving PR rat like Trump should know better.
What ev's

[Blue_true]

55. The Press are mostly neutered idiots and they made themselves such.

Apologies to Newsweek, The Washington Post and The New York Daily News, which did try to do serious fact based reporting.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

30. Time for mainstream media to go full on pitbull investigative reporting

And let the heads fall where they may.

[kentuck]

31. There's a simple solution.

Boycott his "news conferences".

Instead, have an old clip of his lips moving in the background, but have the reporter telling you what he said. That seems to work quite well.

[lagomorph777]

32. "Give up on handouts and worry less about official access. They were never all that valuable anyway"

Exactly. Trump's pressers are a waste of time unless you just want a good laugh.

[forgotmylogin]

33. Legit media should just start chanting "MELISSA! MELISSA!"

If Spicey won't call on them anyway.

[dhol82]

71. Oooooooh, I like that! I really, really like that!

[BigBearJohn]

34. Personally, I think it would be hilarious if the only news agency covering Trump

Was Fox News

[Ilsa]

36. A near-empty press conference will PISS HIM OFF.

I love the idea.

[lpbk2713]

41. The Trump Propaganda Ministry is on the move.

All puppets please stand up and fall in line.

[TeamPooka]

43. turn off the cameras MSM.

[WinkyDink]

53. This will not turn out the way Team Trump hopes. Already I can see the "Pulitzer dreams."

[Fritz Walter]

57. Boo-fucking-hoo!

These reporters and their editors refused to challenge his bullshit for almost two years of campaigning. They never challenged his ludicrous statements, or criticized his outrageous actions, because they knew he would marginalize, even exclude them individually. Now their chickenshit has come home to roost.

They'll do investigative reporting when it suits their ratings and sponsors, not before.

The Fourth Estate owns this mess.

[onecaliberal]

58. That's what they get, they made that fucking piece of maggot shit, now they want to cry about it.

turn the fucking cameras off him, don't give him a nano second of coverage save to report on his treason regarding Russia.

[Pantagruel]

59. Simply shut Trump out

Every mainstream news show should open with a disclaimer that the POTUS is shutting them out in defiance of the standard norms of a free press.
Pound it in every show, the WH crooks will get over it pretty quick.
The press also has the choice to shut out every GOP Trump loyalist from their airtime, only interview Dem politicians and watch how fast the Trumpistas cave.

[phylny]

76. Also, stop having them (GOP) on the Sunday shows. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

60. He can refuse to call on them, but it won't work.

It won't work. It'll only serve to tick them off.

They'll print the stories, anyway. They ALL get the same information.

He's avoiding being asked embarrassing questions he can't answer.

[LuckyLib]

79. This is it exactly. While he wants to control the message, the fact is he simply can't answer any

questions. His brain is unable to engage is rational discourse, reasoned responses, or logical presentations of information. He simply can't. End of story.

[Mike Nelson]

61. Good...

...now they can go out and look for the truth. They won't find it at a Trump press conference.

[barbtries]

65. he wants to destroy the 1st amendment.

control the information.

oh, he's way too late to make a go of that. thankfully.

i was listening to part of a press conference with him and someone from Israel today and he called on "Katie, Town Hall - where are you Katie?"
and then i switched to music. Never fucking heard of "Town Hall"? Looked them up: "Townhall is the top source for conservative news, political cartoons, breaking news, election news and commentary on politics and the media culture"

jeezus. FUCK TRUMP.

[Progressive dog]

66. The real news outlets should send

their most junior reporters to the so called press conferences. If they report on any conference they should state that some call the venue "the Trump propaganda ministry".

[JCMach1]

67. then they should boycott the news conferences, or even better DON'T report them

[kytngirl]

68. I don't read right-wing lies anyway...

So unless 45's messages go national and be on the national news that I watch at home, I won't read about it anyway. It's a shame how this administration is saying the left-wing media is the cause of all this mayhem. I mean when 45 says that the problem isn't Lynn talking to the Russians, but the media reporting it - something is very wrong. I didn't think I could feel anymore disgust for the republican-controlled senate or congress than I did during the six years they obstructed everything Pres. Obama put forth, even stuff they had previously supported. They've reached a new low in sacrificing the democracy of their country because they're afraid 45 will tweet bad stuff about them, or they want to stay on his good side so they can dismantle the social programs in place that help the less fortunate. Selfish, spineless, greedy, seedy, weasels - the whole lot!

[mr_lebowski]

88. Hear f***ing Hear ...

I'm with ya, sister ...

[Cha]

69. No shit!

[JI7]

72. how about doing some serious investigative reporting ? send people to russia

And elsewhere . Do what that British agent was doing.

[Poiuyt]

73. The MSM should use DU as its primary source of information

It's certainly more accurate than listening to Trump pressers.

[WinkyDink]

80. They certainly could do a lot worse.

[ecstatic]

74. So a LIAR with a mental/personality disorder won't take the media's questions?

Ummm, a LIAR's words are worthless. I hope there are other methods of learning the truth besides depending on what a narcissistic liar has to say.

[certainot]

81. meanwhile bannon and putin will be coordinating 1200 radio stations

and broadcasting to 50 million a week

it becomes increasingly obvious that ignoring talk radio continues to be the biggest mistake in history

[C Moon]

82. What does it matter?: he lies and makes things up, anyway.

Best get news from inside sources, and let Trump have his "royalty news" outlets.
When things begin to look bad, it's doubtful the public will be looking to rose-colored news outlets.

[pansypoo53219]

84. noo herd qweshchuns ahlowd! SHUT UP!

[Nitram]

91. Then the mainstream press will start to boycott Trump.

they are getting such a huge volume of leaks they don't need no stinkin' "lie to the press" conferences.

[Rustynaerduwell]

96. It's all about that base.

It's all Trump performs for.

[kenfrequed]

98. They could always start covering congress...

You know.. stories about bills, what effects they might have, policy, and that sort of thing.

It isn't as though Drumpf has said anything remotely intelligent.

[ck4829]

99. K&R