"How to handle the press" lesson 1 for Biff

dave

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Good point. But you haven't seen false facts reported by CNN?
It is hard for me to know what "facts" are true or false because there are always several versions of most reports. I do know that CNN has an agenda and that agenda favors the opposition of Trump so how can I just take anything they report at face value? They are the ones who decided to give up impartiality. Same goes for all other news outlets.
 

rog1187

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********. His inauguration numbers eat at him. He's not some wunderkind politician....he's a pissbaby.
Well it appears his TV viewership is fourth behind Carter (1977), Reagan (1981) and Obama (2009)...it's funny though, some will say Trump doesn't control the media, but it seems like this is all they are talking about.
 
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WVUCOOPER

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It eats at him because he thinks he's wonderful. He fails to understand, as does the left mocking the size, is those that voted him into office aren't the type to travel to attend such events.

Also, geography plays a big role in that turnout as well. As they pointed out on Meet the Press, the vast majority of counties in MD and VA surrounding DC lean heavily Democrat these days and therefore you can't expect to pull those people in.
Who f'n cares?
 

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Well it appears his TV viewership is third behind Reagan (1981) and Obama (2009)...it's funny though, some will say Trump doesn't control the media, but it seems like this is all they are talking about.
Hooray for him!!!! It's a shame TV numbers can't build the wall.
 

Mntneer

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I agree. He's at 40% approval and barely beat a weak Clinton. The press calls his BS, he rants at them and somehow his base thinks he's geniusly maneuvering the press off a cliff. Not.

Barely beat her?
 

mneilmont

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Well, I agree with your thoughts on his strategy and how effective it's been. Scares the $&@+ out of me though. The smarter they seem to me, the scarier. I liked it better when he was just an egotistical joke.
Is there a translation there that you liked him better when polls had him losing to Hillary?
 

mneilmont

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I liked him better on The Apprentice and in Howard Stern interviews.
And both of you are fairly representative of the liberals. All is great until you get your asses kicked. Also known as real losers. May I assume you are energetic enough to continue showing your collective asses thru the entire term - maybe two?
 

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And both of you are fairly representative of the liberals. All is great until you get your asses kicked. Also known as real losers. May I assume you are energetic enough to continue showing your collective asses thru the entire term - maybe two?
Getting my *** kicked always helped me grow. And you never heard me say ALL was great
 

mneilmont

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Getting my *** kicked always helped me grow. And you never heard me say ALL was great
Well, since you are growing, would you say things are looking more promising? I have heard so much anti-Trump rhetoric from the left, I could not ascertain ALL of what each liberal offered. If you tell me you did not repeat any of those words of wit, I will accept it and say you are growing.
 

Boomboom521

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Well, since you are growing, would you say things are looking more promising? I have heard so much anti-Trump rhetoric from the left, I could not ascertain ALL of what each liberal offered. If you tell me you did not repeat any of those words of wit, I will accept it and say you are growing.
Promising for the environment? Absolutely not. Promising for civil rights? Maybe not. Promising for the economy? Probably. Promising for foreign affairs? Not in my opinion, but I'm a ***** liberal pacifist. Overall? Well, he whined about crowd size while speaking at the CIA, continues to claim all news is fake news (which his followers are buying), and his press secretary lied in his first press conference and didn't take questions....so, no. Maybe the beat changes, but this song sucks so far.
 

mneilmont

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Promising for the environment? Absolutely not. Promising for civil rights? Maybe not. Promising for the economy? Probably. Promising for foreign affairs? Not in my opinion, but I'm a ***** liberal pacifist. Overall? Well, he whined about crowd size while speaking at the CIA, continues to claim all news is fake news (which his followers are buying), and his press secretary lied in his first press conference and didn't take questions....so, no. Maybe the beat changes, but this song sucks so far.
And you can make these decisions before he has spent one day on the job? Can you not see the need to counter punch? I watched recaps of yesterday shows. The media always went back to crowd size. Why? They said it was not important, but they would all get back to the gotcha count. Who knows what the counts were? Two sides arguing and both agree that it is an unimportant point. Media still on the subject this AM. When will they allow it to die? When will you allow it to die? We all know that there is no way in hell anyone can correctly give an accurate count. Why can we not just get along?
 

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And both of you are fairly representative of the liberals. All is great until you get your asses kicked. Also known as real losers. May I assume you are energetic enough to continue showing your collective asses thru the entire term - maybe two?
I'm not liberal...no matter how many times you say it. And I'm not really sure what you mean by...."May I assume you are energetic enough to continue showing your collective asses thru the entire term - maybe two?" Do you mean will I mock the President when he does something stupid? Yes.
 

mneilmont

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I'm not liberal...no matter how many times you say it. And I'm not really sure what you mean by...."May I assume you are energetic enough to continue showing your collective asses thru the entire term - maybe two?" Do you mean will I mock the President when he does something stupid? Yes.
You are as liberal as any liberal I know. I don't recall your "mockin the just released President". Did I overlook what criticism you offered? I will not attempt to keep score, but relatively speaking ..... . This is Trump first working day in office. May we extrapolate a reasonable number of objections you will have against this sorta conservative President over his term or terms?
 

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You are as liberal as any liberal I know. I don't recall your "mockin the just released President". Did I overlook what criticism you offered? I will not attempt to keep score, but relatively speaking ..... . This is Trump first working day in office. May we extrapolate a reasonable number of objections you will have against this sorta conservative President over his term or terms?
You serious?? Obama was the gift that kept on giving. My personal fave was how he solved the black vs cops history with the Beer Summit.
But call me a liberal all you want, it's not like you are ever right about anything anyway.
 

Boomboom521

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You serious?? Obama was the gift that kept on giving. My personal fave was how he solved the black vs cops history with the Beer Summit.
But call me a liberal all you want, it's not like you are ever right about anything anyway.
Geez, liberal isn't that horrible of a term. Its just an ideology that challenges tradition. It's not communism
 

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Your delusion is amazing. The media has simply reported facts. They reported the craziness of Trump. Because Trump was so incredibly bizarre, it appeared the media was biased.
The strategy is brilliant. I don't dispute the coverage, I think I said most of it was spot on. He owned the news then and he owns it now. All press is good press, especially when you are dictating the story lines.
 

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The strategy is brilliant. I don't dispute the coverage, I think I said most of it was spot on. He owned the news then and he owns it now. All press is good press, especially when you are dictating the story lines.
The thing about dominating the headlines/press in America is eventually America tires of you. Let's not pretend he's some supremely popular figure to begin with.
 
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The thing about dominating the headlines/press in America is eventually America tires of you. Let's not pretend he's some supremely popular figure to begin with.

And no one needs to kid themselves, all press is not good press. Everyone in the PR industry knows that....along with perception is reality and the media is your friend.
 

DvlDog4WVU

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The thing about dominating the headlines/press in America is eventually America tires of you. Let's not pretend he's some supremely popular figure to begin with.
Well, now they're going to anyway because he's the President and he's not going to stop doing dumb ****. Nor is the press going to stop making up dumb **** and say he did it.