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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
I just don't see how any of these events (Red Hen, Starbucks, the Mexican Restaurant, or Maxine Waters) is "crafted to demonize Trump".
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Demonize Trump "and conservatives" including his staff. Seriously?
Regardless of official "push back," Trump's opponents have been called on to harass all of his supporters. David Hogg was used in an attempt to remove Laura Ingraham from TV. Antifa has been organized on numerous universities to prevent conservative speakers like Coulter and Shapiro. Sarah Sanders was face-shamed at the WHCD. SNL regularly mocks Trump and staff.
My comment "crafted to demonize Trump" has specific objectives for the Left, from fear-mongering to humiliation to submission to departure. The level of hatred on both sides is being stoked in the Press. The next protest may lead to a serious confrontation. Then folks like Maxine will claim she "never did anything wrong."
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Radio and TV have learned that the secret to ratings is controversy. They are no longer purveyors of truth, or news, but rather "controversy".
How do you protect the right to free speech while promoting the reasoned debate, factually accurate accounts, and speaking the truth in love?
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Not so sure about this. CNN's ratings have continued to drop since they are perceived to be an "anti-Trump" network. Their news has been wrong so many times, it's not worth watching. Since they pay so many public venues (airports, hospitals, etc.) to air their station, I wonder how much worse their ratings would be. Often I don't see any correction to the errors they report, and it just accumulates over time, reducing their credibility. "Controversy" translated as Anti-Trumpism has clearly not helped their bottom line.
Real journalism is dying. I used to watch CNN, and they always seemed to have the best coverage of breaking news. About the time of the Boston Marathon Bombing that changed. They no longer held the competitive edge they once held. The difference was their new President Jeff Zucker. With the arrival of Trump, Zucker took merely skewed political opinion into political hate speech I see every time I watch.