WA Post "A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump"

[NRaleighLiberal]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-hellscape-of-lies-and-distorted-reality-awaits-journalists-covering-president-trump/2017/01/15/3656a17e-d90f-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_sullivan-630pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c75cbd3a1ab6

By Margaret Sullivan Media Columnist January 15 at 5:52 PM

At the northeast corner of the National Archives building sits Robert Aitken’s sculpture “The Future,” inscribed with some famous words from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”: “What is past is prologue.”

If you buy that, it’s possible to have a solid idea of what Donald Trump’s presidency will be like for the American media and for citizens who depend on that flawed but essential institution.

The short form: hellish.

Consider, for example, the saga of Serge Kovaleski, the highly regarded New York Times reporter whose disability limits the use of his arms.

Yes, this is the reporter whom Trump mocked during the campaign — waving his arms in a crude but unmistakable imitation of Kovaleski’s movements. When criticized for doing so, Trump vehemently denied that mocking Kovaleski was even possible because he didn’t know him. (Which was also a lie.) All this, because Trump wanted to promote a myth — talk about “fake news” — that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrated 9/11, which he falsely claimed Kovaleski reported while working at The Washington Post. Any reasonable person looking back at the facts would find that ­absurd.

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ugh.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I posted this yesterday-- it's a pretty good analysis of how and why...

Trump is a serial liar.

https://thinkprogress.org/when-everything-is-a-lie-power-is-the-only-truth-1e641751d150#.wz9d93ndk

And why we have much to fear.

[2naSalit]

2. and there is this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028479887

merely a suggestion for those who might be interested.

[Thekaspervote]

3. The press ought to just ignore him and get their news from others sources

IMHO they are not going to get anything truthful from him, and he will continue to treat them horribly...So why try??!! It just seems to me that if they quit chasing him around it will only piss him off more. In this case, that's a good thing

[Dustlawyer]

4. Might be good for them!

They have traded everything for access, their integrity, investigative journalism, you name it. Now maybe they will actually have to dig for stories and will be motivated by their hate of Trump to do so.

[world wide wally]

5. I'm afraid that what we truly have to fear are our own countrymen.

So many people in America wanted this.
No, not a majority, but that doesn't seem to matter anymore. First of all, ,Russia won't allow us to have fair elections and the people inclined to vote for Trump are happy about that.
I hate to say it, but I honestly feel America has lost its struggle for survival in the wink of an eye.
We are now all at the mercy of Trump, Putin, and Russia. Even George Washington might not know how to handle this one.

[ginnyinWI]

6. I was listening to "On the Media" on NPR earlier.

They had George Lakoff on--the "Don't Think of an Elephant" guy, and others, all discussing how to deal with a lying President.

Ideas I liked: the media should report the facts of a story, and what it means, as in a normal world. Then they should report what DT said about it, and point out how much of it is a lie.

Also they should remember that these tweets are meant to be distractions, and take up their time so that they don't spend as much time on the real controversies! They must not miss the important stuff.

Hopefully NPR will take both of these ideas to heart.

edited to add link: http://www.wnyc.org/story/on-the-media-2017-01-13/