Politics FAKE NEWS STILL GOING STRONG

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  1. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    My granddaughter loves Trolls.

    Poppy is her favorite. :cheers:
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I saw it. Can't remember if it was PBS or CNBC but it was one of the two. Pretty extensive coverage, too.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Your granddaughter calls you Poppy?!?
     
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  4. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Hm...if this was Fez saying it about Mags....;)
     
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    You gotta love the ridiculous thought-process hear. TIME Magazine covers reflecting opinion pieces. So there's media that's biased toward their own opinions? That's a dumb example of the silly narrative you try to paint.

    But ya'll get caught up so much in being right that you differentiate different entities doing the same thing. All networks under-report information that goes against the best interest of the opinion of their majority, and over-report and over-sensationalize any bit of information that confirms their best interest.

    The dumb thing would be to buy into this and reward one side for the same thing your reprimanding the other for... This further perpetuates the cycle as these networks continue to cater towards your bias. Not only that, but the conversation becomes truly meaningless, and a war over who's bias is more fair. Focus on what I italicized, because I don't think you've fully grasped the concept. But then again, it's not your style to see the idiocy in that.
     
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    HE PUTS HOT CHOCOLATE ON DOGS!
     
  7. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Mags once told me that a honeymoon is like an old TV set – four wobbly legs and a worn out knob!!!
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    HE'S CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUPS!

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    MARIS61 Real American

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    The lowlife liars of the left can't even get through Christmas without lying about our President.

    NBC News backtracks on report that said Trump did not visit troops over Christmas

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    NBC News attempted to backtrack on an article published Wednesday which claimed President Donald Trump did not visit the troops over Christmastime when in fact, he did.

    The liberal news outlet admitted in an extended editor's note that "the thrust of this article is no longer correct." NBC also adjusted the headline to: "Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops on or before Christmas." The president and first lady left Wednesday night to visit the troops on Thursday.

    The note which was published at the top of the original article read: "On Wednesday, NBC News compiled a list of every Christmastime visit to active troops by a president since 2001. That list, as detailed in the article below, showed that former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama visited troops on or before Christmas every year since 2003, and President Donald Trump did so in 2017.

    "As of the end of Christmas Day 2018, Trump had not visited troops during the holiday season, and had announced no plans to do so. The article was correct, but on Dec. 26, the situation changed. Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, made an unannounced visit to troops in Iraq. As a result, the thrust of this article is no longer correct, even if it was at the time."

    The note continued: "In the interest of transparency, we are keeping the article on NBCNews.com so that the record will reflect the situation on the day the article was published, and are directing readers to the article about Trump’s Iraq visit here. We are also altering one line in the article, as well as the headline, to be more specific and to note that Trump was the first president since 2002 who didn’t visit military personnel on or before Christmas, rather than at Christmastime."

    NBC News' mistake comes after Trump's visit to Iraq was heavily criticized by the media. CNN's overwhelmingly negative reporting drew attention to some troops bringing MAGA hats for the president to sign and how this may be against the guidelines, which forbids active members of the military from participating in “political activities.”

    CNN SLAMMED FOR TRASHING TRUMP'S VISIT TO TROOPS, CRITICIZING SOLDIERS FOR BRINGING MAGA HATS

    The story by CNN politics reporter Eli Watkins, headlined “Troops bringing Trump hats to sign may violate military rule,” was criticized by press secretary Sanders, among others, who fired back at CNN on Thursday, tweeting that the network “will attack anyone who supports President Trump, including the brave men and women of our military who fight everyday to protect our freedom.”

    CNN anchor Don Lemon also took shots at Trump for visiting the troops while the U.S. Coast Guard continues to work without pay during the partial government shutdown and later referred to Trump as “The Grinch” for making Christmas about him as well as his visit with the troops. Former NSA adviser Samantha Vinograd agreed, saying the president “should’ve stayed home.”

    Later on, CNN’s April Ryan said Trump’s visit with the troops “should have happened a long time ago” and questioned whether everyone “should be commending him” for something presidents have done in the past.

    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...aid-trump-did-not-visit-troops-over-christmas
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Oh my goodness, the horrific things you must think of Trump, the King of all the liars.
     
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    Media sneer at Melania Trump’s fashion choices, fawn over Michelle Obama’s

    By Adam Shaw | Fox News

    Media outlets this week, having first fawned over former first lady Michelle Obama’s choice of glitzy boots, quickly offered a different take when it came to current first lady Melania Trump’s fashion choices -- going from fan boy to "Mean Girl."

    Earlier this month, while promoting her new book “Becoming,” Mrs. Obama stepped out on stage in sparkly thigh-high boots from designer Balenciaga. Mainstream media outlets, who have frequently struggled to keep their composure when it comes to the Obamas, lost it.

    “It wasn’t just an eye-catching ensemble. It was fashion. Fashion. Faaaashion!” , The Washington Post wrote.

    CNN declared that Mrs. Obama “ended the year in style,” while Cosmopolitan declared: “All other boots are canceled.”

    “Say it with me: NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR MY FIRST LADY!”, said the Cosmo article headlined: "Michelle Obama Just Stepped Out in $4,000 Gold Thigh-High Boots and I've Never Loved Her More,” declared.


    But even in the breathless coverage, liberal writers found time to pour some scorn on Mrs. Trump, herself a former model. Vox, calling Obama a “style influencer”, then immediately knocked Trump for having “repeatedly made headlines for fashion gaffes.”

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    But when Mrs. Trump accompanied her husband to visit the troops in Iraq on Christmas Day, the media -- in the style of the 2004 movie “Mean Girls" -- went from “that is so fetch” to “you can’t sit with us!”

    Since a first lady might look somewhat out of place wearing thigh-high glitter boots to Al Asad Air Base, she wore a simple shirt, pants and Timberland boots. But this raised some eyebrows in the media, including Yahoo News, where an article appeared: "Melania Trump gets mocked for wearing Timberland boots while visiting the troops.”

    MICHELLE OBAMA WEARS $4K THIGH-HIGH BALENCIAGA GLITTER BOOTS ON BOOK TOUR

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    Melania Trump visited troops in Iraq alongside President Trump. (White House)

    The mocking in this instance came from a handful of Twitter users, with Yahoo noting that “one person even suggested that putting on Timberlands was a last-ditch effort by FLOTUS after getting critiqued for her other shoe choices -- including the infamous “storm stilettos.”

    “However, it wouldn’t be the first time that Melania wore a pair of the brand’s boots, and similarly got mocked for them,” the article said, linking to an article in 2017 when Yahoo last reported on Melania being mocked for wearing Timberlands.

    In Town Hall, Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell criticized the article and compared it to a positive article Yahoo published about the Obama boots. Bozell said that in their eyes, Obama “can do no wrong.”

    MELANIA TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS SHE DOES WHAT'S 'RIGHT,' DESPITE MEDIA CRITICISM

    “One would think feminist women in the media could come up with better articles to write than catty Twitter roundups of liberals sneering about Melania Trump's boots -- especially when it has nothing to do with boots,” he wrote.

    But the media voices weren’t done. On returning from her trip to Iraq, the first lady made her way across the South Lawn wearing some tan leather pants.

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    President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the South Lawn of the White House after making a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Mercury News called it her “latest head-scratching ensemble” and declared 2016 to be a “‘wild’ year of curious, controversial first lady fashion.”

    The Cut called it a “confusing pair of pants.” Vanity Fair launched what it called “an investigation” into the leather pants, which it called an “Internet-baiting fit.” It includes this rather snarky paragraph:

    “At first glance, it does appear that FLOTUS rolled out of bed, threw on a coat, and headed to Air Force One. But as she starts moving, one can see the fabric rolls on her knees -- if one is watching very, very closely. Those would appear to be tan leather pants."

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    This is the same Vanity Fair that in November, covered Michelle Obama’s book with an article headlined: “In the Best Moments of Becoming, the Miracle of Michelle Obama Arises.”

    Mrs. Trump addressed the negative media coverage in an interview this month with Fox News' Sean Hannity, where she said she does "what is right" despite the negative coverage.

    “I do what I think is right. I know I will get the criticism – from the public or from the media – but I will do what is right and what I feel is right for the country and for the people,” Trump replied. “That’s why I say I want to stay true to myself and listen to myself and what to do and what is right, what is wrong and live a meaningful life every day.”
     
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    MEDIA ATTACKED MICHELLE OBAMA. JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM YOUR BOY HANNITY.

    OH THE ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY FROM FOX NEWS ONCE AGAIN.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Mrs. Obama is class. Mrs. Trump is someone who plagiarizes. Can you detect the difference?
     
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    And she was never proud of the America till they won the presidency! And sit under a paster that is condemning and hateful of America.
     
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    Nobody is without spot or wrinkle! Including me.
     
  16. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    That isn't true. It was shortly after that Pastor began speaking hate directed at the United States that the Obamas withdrew from his church. I've heard President Obama condemn the pastor.
     
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    She did say "Im finally Proud to be an American" though.

    Point is, everyone has something and people should rag on any first lady.
    Unless they run for president!
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Also, wasn't it Michelle that said "When they go low, we go high"?

    Where do you get the part where she supposedly was never proud of America? I'd like to see that.
     
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    how about the 20 years before? you really think he just went off after Barrack left he church? I don't
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It was a quote taken out of context, in a similar vein to the "you didn't build those" and the guns and bible thing he 'said'.
     

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