Obviously the media picks what it pushes, left and right. For reasons none of us could even begin to accurately guess.
Oh, I expect we can quite accurately speculate. They make their choices on how it will affect their revenue to come, or in payment for revenue received. I don't think any are in position to ignore their expense to revenue picture. Not exactly how it is suppose to work in light of the preference in law they hold, to enable rendering a service to the public. Unfortunately, I believe the preference in law, leaves room for manipulation of the service provide, in pursuit of the revenue controlled by those with a message to air.
> If the media did a complete job covering "World" attacks, Wolf Blitzer would demand a new contract.
Hahaha. That's actually funny ;-) Whatever side people land on this debate, the best thing is, the WH has the media frantically trying to prove them wrong, which consequently (or in consequently) shoves far more terror attacks down the consumers throat(s), opening more peoples eyes to that, which gives more push for the WH travel ban. I don't think people are scared; at least the people in support of the travel ban. I believe, coming from myself who supports it, that it's more of a no-brainer, in order to protect and mitigate the USA from future potential attacks much like the 78 or whatever the number was that have happened the last 1 1/2 - 2 years, not counting the enormous amount abroad. Being proactive is better than reactive. The only people that I do believe are scared are some of the liberal side, who for some reason, honestly believe "rights" and "American Values" are being scooped up and taken away by the WH. But they have short memories, they forget about the past, ignore the present, and refuse to come out of their protective bubble (so to speak) and open their eyes to see that there are a lot of people that really hate America and the Western world.
The Muslim world is actually a world divided as Sunnies and Shites dislike each other. They seem to accept oppression from their own. Since we meddled in their affairs and started to occupy, bomb, interogate, insult and disregard their values they now have a hate America banner to hold. Years ago, we should have set a plan to involve the Brits as they are responsible for dividing the Ottoman empire in the 1920's. They are the ones that established British control due to oil.
Of course a lot of countries hate us. We've invaded them, bombed them, stolen their resources, marginalized them and have tried to force our values down their throats. All in the name of profit, regardless of the rationalizations we used to achieve our purposes. We say we want to "save them from themselves" or from other evil empires, yet most countries we have tried to "save" are far worse off for having met us. All Trump and his psycho bullshit is going to achieve is to ramp that hate for us up to heretofore unseen levels, while we hunker down behind our wall more fearful than ever. This is the world you younger folks are going to inherit and you WILL reap what you sow. Good luck with that.......of course, you'll blame the liberals for everything and learn nothing.
But, Obama was running this place the last 8 years, and how many bombs did he drop and innocents did he kill? He started and ended his term in a "war". Come on...
What does that have to do with anything Trump is doing??? We've made it our business to make other countries hate us since at least the Kennedy administration. As I said, Trump is ramping up the hatred by the crap he's doing. Argue all you want, it's a proven fact that the world in general liked us better than they do under Trump. Don't waste your time trying to say otherwise. It feels like the old "well, Obama did it so it has to be okay for Trump to do it" rationale, despite the right crying crocodile tears over Obama doing it. Two wrongs don't make a right. So stop blaming Obama for Trump's ham fisted "diplomacy". Trump is poking the rest of the world in the eye and laughing over it. And so are his fans. Like I said, you will reap what you sow.....
This is the problem I have with this statement. The HATE was already ramping up. And then you said "of course you'll just blame the liberals for everything". Trump inherited 8 years of failed policy, divisiveness, body count and bomb dropping from Obama a liberal. He's been in office for less than a month. If you're going to label anything "crap" label what Obama did, accept that, and realize Trump is now proactively trying to defend American lives from the previous administrations boondoggles. Bush ain't innocent either. And I did not vote for Bush. (Just throwing that out there).
And I don't support Obama bombing the shit out of Syria. But at least he got our kids out of Iraq (and mostly out of Afghanistan) and kept them out of Syria. And that is what the electorate (pretty much on both sides of the aisle, which makes a mandate) wanted. Trump's actions are making an already bad situation worse. He has NO mandate and I'd venture to bet a great many more citizens are opposed to his actions than support them. But then, I'm just going by the sheer number and size of protests, along with conversations I have in general with the people I have daily contact with.
Is this in the mainstream news? I should say national. http://www.kvue.com/mb/news/local/travis-county-releases-immigrant-inmates/396035830
Where is the terrorist attack by a white racist who killed Black Christians in South Carolina? Where is the terrorist attack by a white racist who killed Muslims in Quebec? Where is Charlie Hebdo? Where is Israel?
On the subject of media reports, remember when NateBishop posted here about playing pick up ball with Oden and it made national news?
Not surprised he left out attack on Planned Parenthood because that would be considered a righteous act, not terrorism. Perhaps President Bannon thinks the same about the attack on Mother Emanuel church.
