A Politico reporter confesses that the media have a set of prejudicial rules

[tblue37]

they follow when reporting on Hillary. I am listing headings for the rules he enumerates, but not including his explanation of each rule, to avoid quoting more than is permissible.

Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary
Updated by Jonathan Allen on September 3, 2016, 9:34 a.m. ET [e-mail]

1) Everything, no matter how ludicrous-sounding, is worthy of a full investigation by federal agencies, Congress, the "vast right-wing conspiracy," and mainstream media outlets.

2) Every allegation, no matter how ludicrous, is believable until it can be proven completely and utterly false. And even then, it keeps a life of its own in the conservative media world.

3) The media assumes that Clinton is acting in bad faith until there's hard evidence otherwise.

4) Everything is newsworthy because the Clintons are the equivalent of America's royal family.

5) Everything she does is fake and calculated for maximum political benefit.

Read the entire (very good and revealing) article at
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/6/8900143/hillary-clinton-reporting-rules

NOTE: This is a repost of a comment I posted on another thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2396437

[Iliyah]

1. And this should viral

This shit most of HRC knows. The corporate media sucks.

[GP6971]

2. K & R !!

[Wellstone ruled]

3. As mentioned before,

there is no such thing as a Independent unbiased Media any more. When the Labor Newspapers shut down,that was the vestige of true news reporting.

[yallerdawg]

5. Three decades of this!

Hillary is strong!

The Clinton rules are driven by reporters' and editors' desire to score the ultimate prize in contemporary journalism: the scoop that brings down Hillary Clinton and her family's political empire. At least in that way, Republicans and the media have a common interest.

[LAS14]

6. Thanks! I wish this were published in a really...

... widely read place. It's so good to hear someone say the truth!

[niyad]

7. and this surprises absolutely none of us.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. No one with a functioning brain

Unfortunately, it appears 40% (at least) of the country doesn't have one.

[niyad]

18. sadly, you are quite correct.

[sarae]

8. K&R

I wish this would go viral.

[Ford_Prefect]

9. Imagine.......

This would seem to imply that almost nothing the Mainstream press has to say about HRC is true or worthy of the degree of apparent skepticism their coverage so often seems to embody.

If true it would go a long way to explain why they appear to treat anything Trump has to say as important, meaningful political insight and comment, don't you think?

[PatSeg]

10. K&R

[Overseas]

11. K&R. Fake media balance seems to mean if there's bad DJT news today then they've got to smear HRC

again.

How different it would be if they just covered DJT's latest hate speech and then HRC's campaign speeches about policy issues>

Instead it's like Oh Gee, if I say DJT bad, I've gotta trot out the old email again (and ignore millions of GOP official email deletions).

[busterbrown]

13. Don’t they realize that

their lives and the lives of their family might be in danger if Trump gets in..

I mean this is serious shit.. Trump is out of his mind..
and there’s a good chance when and if he faces an international crisis,
he’ll pull a trigger..

[tblue37]

14. All they think about is the short term benefits they can win if they

make a big enough splash or if they at least continue to do their (corporate) masters' bidding.

They get money, fame, and status, for now. Like impulsive children, they can't think beyond the gratification of the moment to the long term consequences of their bad behavior.

[busterbrown]

15. An Answer...

and probably true.. But don’t ya think they would think about their kids?

[tblue37]

20. Their kids' future is in the future--and they don't think about the future. They think about what

they can get right now, and they convince themselves that they are really doing it for their kids, since all that money and status provides such lovely benefits "for their kids" (though mainly they want that money and status and all those benefits for themselves).

[busterbrown]

22. So you are telling me

they can't think past “right now” and don’t care at all about the kind of damage Trump can do to their children..

[tblue37]

23. That's about it. Short term gain. They probably don't admit to themselves

that it is only short term gain, but people who are able look beyond the near future and to consider the consequences of bad behavior in the present don't put at risk the kinds of things a Trump presidency would put at risk.

[busterbrown]

24. How fucked up is that?

Sad! But the problem is that their fucking up our world as well. Our Children, our friends and our own lives..

[DonCoquixote]

25. yes and a whole lot worse

Let's say that your average Media journalist does realize Trump is bad for the country.

WHY. SHOULD. THEY. CARE...

They are rich and privileged, and they know no towing the line is the fastest way to lose that privilege. If the country goes to hell, as many on both the left and right really want it to do, they are ensured that they could enjoy the fruits of every nation by virtue of money.

[DURHAM D]

16. The next time a member of media asks Hillary

the trustworthy question she should say -

More than 80% of Americans don't trust you, the media. What are you doing about it?

Perhaps if you started treating me more fairly you could regain some of their trust.

[TuxedoKat]

17. Not surprising

They've pretty much been doing this since she started running last year.

[Fast Walker 52]

19. sounds about right...

a similar to a recent piece by Jon Favreau, but yes.

[Il_Coniglietto]

21. It'll be interesting to see how the history books record this election.

Between the downright despicable treatment of Hillary Clinton as the first woman president to the national embarrassment/walking abomination that is Donald Trump, this election cycle will probably be studied for a long while.

If there's any justice, history won't be kind in its account of the media's complicity. I hope that's not a big "if."

[orpupilofnature57]

26. Sorry Apathy is the opposite of Love, Bernie was the most victimized candidate in History

MSM made immune to Clinton scandals years ago .

[Peregrine Took]

27. Kudoes to Jon Allen for an honest artlcle. n/t