2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumEichenwald's most important story Tomorrow. Breaking!
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/794273421580500998MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)Media is looking for raw meat...
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)It's getting awfully LATE
Cattledog
(5,917 posts)SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)Apparently, two brutal revelations are being revealed. The media has two leads that they may or may not follow.
erglerbergler
(27 posts)IIRC Eichenwald put a tweet up saying something about Trump being institutionalized in the early 90s and quickly put it down (back in August or September). Possibly related to that.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)According to Daily News Bin:
Eichenwald responded in a manner which made it sound like he only deleted the tweet because it was causing so much confusion about his upcoming story on another topic, which hes been hyping for the past week. Folks: I dont have story coming out tomorrow that Trump had a breakdown. Order of tweets confused ppl I believe. Topic is other major thing.
He also subsequently tweeted that No one in the press even knows whether Trump has experienced a nervous breakdown or been institutionalized. We need medical records. So its not immediately clear whether he was actually making the claim that Donald Trump had been institutionalized in the tweet which he deleted, or if he was merely trying to make a point about Trumps lack of transparency. But he lated tweeted that People were thinking that was my cover story for tomorrow Ive been discussing, so deleted it to avoid confusion.
Obviously he doesn't have evidence for the hospitalization, only personally believes. Oh, well. Can't wait for whatever this release is. Might be 6th or so time is the charm.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)That's my bet.
#TrumpRapeCase = Trumps Child-Rape Accuser Going Public
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Eichenwald is more business/financial/Russia Trump stories.
I have an idea as to what I think it is, but I am not going to say here.
Farmgirl1961
(1,493 posts)There's been a barrage of responses to the original tweet, which seems to have gotten a bit buried
Dem2
(8,168 posts)Told my coworker to watch the news conference yesterday.
Cancelled. Tired of playing this silly game, put up or shut up media!
Charlotte Little
(658 posts)It wasn't the media's fault that yesterday's presser got cancelled.
You should blame the deplorable creeps who sent threats out against Jane Doe, causing HER to back out. I was disappointed too and wish it hadn't happened at all. But I can't fault the woman for fearing for her safety/life, nor can I aim a finger at the media. Nor should you.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)But there's been rumors swirling for days that haven't panned out - it's still put up or shut up time.
Charlotte Little
(658 posts)This isn't a reality show. This is reality. People could be blackmailed and killed when stakes are this high.
Again, I totally understand your frustration, but keep it in perspective. Or go take a long walk along the beach followed by a -
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I'll assume you're in the media - please don't take it personal, but you need to have a thicker skin.
Hah, maybe you should have a
Just letting your know you're being a little bit too pedantic.
Yeah, sure. I'm Megyn Kelly.
My point to you (as pedantic as it may have seemed) was delivered nicely.
Now, I'll just say it - don't blame random "whomevers" because you're frustrated that the oppo hasn't hit per the timing that pleases you. Very Drumpf-like.
Just sayin'.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I don't care to waste time on the supposed "oppo" - we have an election to concentrate on, if nothing comes out then it's just a big distraction and waste of perfectly good energy.
I guess that makes me Trump-like
Charlotte Little
(658 posts)...oh, never mind.
Read my last post down below.
And I'm not picking on you, just trying to make a point.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)It's how it works.
OK, let me check out your post.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anamandujano
(7,004 posts)is why it took her so long to gather the strength to come forward as an adult. It's easy to see how she would go back to that mind set of fear after being threatened anew. I would hazard a guess that close tRump forces were at play here. They would have more information on the little girl than a tRump supporter would and thus drive home the point that they could easily make good on the original threat. As I said, this is a guess. My mind went there.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)bmstee01
(453 posts)1.) paid girls to have abortions
2.) prostitutes
MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)and if that continues it won't matter what he writes.
MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Because tossing a mere sparkler here and there won't do it.
Charlotte Little
(658 posts)All that needs to happen is for something big enough to be dropped that the narrative in the MSM changes for the next 5 days. That's it.
Trump is such a despicable, nasty, scum of the earth and his base loves him for that. So, please stop wishing for a nuclear bomb to take him out (figuratively). Instead, let's all hope that something news-worthy enough hits that the BS emails/Clinton Foundation/FBI garbage goes away. We want Trump to be the last one in the news with a scandal. That alone is all we need.
HRC is winning. She will win. But one last good Trump dump might bring the sane back to her camp and to voting blue down ticket.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)It really is about news cycles, it would be nice to not be restricted to just my 3 favorite shows every night!
MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)I just hope there are photos of trump with some KGB agents... there has to be something very incriminating rather than just a story.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)Trump working for Putin will make a difference with the holdouts that should know better.
bmstee01
(453 posts)The stories about trumps business and ties to foreign government for some reason haven't gained traction. The ones that have dominated news cycles the most are sex related. It's about hurting him with his base. They dont really understand a lot of the stories bc they're complicated and require... Reading. It's about the headline. Unfortunately people are busy and they read headlines.
I think one of the things that has hurt Hillary the most is the headlines, not the stories themselves. They also always put a really terrible picture of her with the headline. That's what disgusts me the mists. The headlines are designed to be provocative.
NeverDump
(32 posts)I think the Newsweek article will be about his financial ties to Russia. Possibly the mob connection that Theiner is tweeting about earlier. Both Wilson and Theiner have retweeted Eichenwald's announcement.
Seems pretty real. And if there is digging started in one context about Russia the rest will reveal itself too.
Eichenwald is the one who noticed Wikileaks using his copy in their Podesta leaks. So he is not a lightweight.
bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)You know there has to be THOUSANDS of people he has mistreated who could spill something big about him who are weighing whether they fear his revenge or fear his potential presidency more.