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William Lindsey

"For weeks, major American media organizations — including The Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Times — have possessed internal Trump campaign documents. What do these documents say? We don't know because all three outlets have declined to publish the documents — or excerpt a single sentence."

~ Judd Legum

#KamalaHarris #Trump #Democrats #Republicans #media #WashingtonPost #Politico #NewYorkTimes
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https://popular.info/p/major-outlets-change-standards-for

Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump

For weeks, major American media organizations — including The Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Times — have possessed internal Trump campaign documents. What do these documents say? We don't know because all three outlets have declined to publish the documents — or excerpt a single sentence.

Popular Information

William Lindsey

"None of the outlets even acknowledged that they had been sent the internal documents until after the Trump campaign publicized that it had been hacked by the Iranian government. ...

This is a much different approach than the Washington Post took after hackers connected to the Russian government leaked internal emails from Clinton campaign officials and the Democratic National Committee (DNC)."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #Democrats #Republicans #media #WashingtonPost #Politico #NewYorkTimes
/2

William Lindsey

"Politico made a different judgment in 2016. ...

The New York Times' approach was quite different in 2016, when it published at least 199 articles about the stolen DNC and Clinton campaign emails between the first leak in June 2016 and Election Day."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #Democrats #Republicans #media #WashingtonPost #Politico #NewYorkTimes
/3

William Lindsey

"Something remarkable happened in American politics over the last two weeks. A major party candidate for president suffered what can only be described as an emotional break or medical emergency that resulted in a sudden acceleration in the deterioration of his already deteriorating cognitive abilities and further loss of control over his delusional impulses."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #MentalDecline #age #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-suffers-emotional-break-media

Trump suffers emotional break; media pretends it didn’t happen

September 9, 2024

Today's Edition Newsletter

William Lindsey

"But you wouldn’t know it from reading the stories in the major media outlets—that are obsessing over horse-race polls and debate prognostication....

After his Saturday speeches, Trump posted the worst fascistic, ugly, megalomaniacal threat ever made by an American politician. He threatened to prosecute his opponents if he wins the 2024 election."

#Trump #MentalDecline #age #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/5

William Lindsey

"The election hasn’t occurred, and he is planning to jail people over fictional cheating. He is using fascistic threats to dissuade eligible voters and election officials from engaging in the election process by suggesting that they will be 'sought out, caught, and prosecuted'—as if the legal system is his personal instrument of revenge."

#Trump #MentalDecline #age #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/6

William Lindsey

"The combined effect of Trump's speech and post on Saturday should have been a watershed moment for journalists covering politics in America. ...

So, on a day when Trump's preemptive threat to jail election officials for non-existent fraud should have been the lead story with 48 POINT FONT, the Times placed itself at the center of the universe by highlighting its poll and declaring that its outlier results were correct, and all other polls were inferior."

#Trump #media #NewYorkTimes
/7

William Lindsey

Alexandra Petri notes how Trump uttered meaningless garbage in New York recently,

"And sure enough, out came the headlines: 'Trump Praises Tariffs, And William McKinley, To Power Brokers' (New York Times). CNN’s website went with: 'Trump Claims Boosting Tariffs Will Pay For Child Care But Doesn’t Explain How.'

Perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself."

~ Alexandra Petri

#Trump #media #sanewashing #NewYorkTimes #CNN
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Gift link, Rebecca Schoenkopf:

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The Wonderful Trump Headline Machine

Everything makes sense now.

The Washington Post

William Lindsey

"For God’s sake, political reporters, stop framing these two movements — one to tear down democracy, one to build it up — as equivalent sides across your imaginary continental divide. Stop your false balance. Stop washing the insanity of the fascist party’s leader — and the insanity of his followers for following him."

~ Jeff Jarvis

#Trump #MentalDecline #age #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #sanewashing
/9

https://buzzmachine.com/2024/09/06/the-unprecedented-grand-coalition/

The unprecedented grand coalition

As Nicolle Wallace exclaimed on her show Friday, Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have all gathered together around...

BuzzMachine

William Lindsey

"Stop normalizing his and their patently abnormal and abhorrent behavior. Stop trying to predict (in this unprecedented moment, all your 'models' and experience and presumptions are worthless). Stop hoping for bad news. Stop making the story about yourself — yes, I am looking at you, A.G. Sulzberger — and please try to understand the threats to democracy, liberty, and life from the perspectives of those who do not share the power and privilege of your platforms."

#Trump #media #sanewashing
/10

William Lindsey

"Stop ignoring the rising chorus of critics who are trying to make you and your journalism better — to save journalism from your lapses of judgment. Stop your amnesia about what Trump and company have already shown us to be. Stop making up new white-gloved euphemisms for racism, misogyny, lies, insurgency, corruption, hatred, and grift — call these things what they are, otherwise you are not doing journalism, not informing and explaining reality to your publics."

#Trump #media #sanewashing
/11

William Lindsey

"Donald Trump stepped off stage in Wisconsin Saturday and blasted out a social media post that crammed his authoritarian promise into a 159-word paragraph. The Truth Social post went up at 7:01 p.m. ET; it was copy-pasted over to the platform formerly known as Twitter some two hours later, where the larger audience there heard the same message."

~ John Light

#Trump #media #authoritarianism
/12

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trumps-authoritarian-promise-is-distilled

Trump’s Authoritarian Promise Is Distilled Into A Single Paragraph

INSIDE: Ken Paxton ... Liz Cheney ... Pete Buttigieg

Morning Memo

William Lindsey

"Trump had some other things to say while on the stump over the weekend.

He theorized that executing his plan to deport undocumented immigrants would be 'a bloody story.' …

In case you were still keeping tabs, political prosecutions, mass deportations, and scrapping the Department of Education are all part of Project 2025…."

#Trump #media #authoritarianism #Project2025 #immigrants #violence
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William Lindsey

"Most of all, though, he’s leaning into the violence. Trump, repeatedly and in open sight, is outlining two major initiatives involving large-scale, systematic arrests of groups of people. ...

For the media, the next few months will be a testing point, too. Will they get bogged down in the minutiae of debates over what is the right level for a tax on unrealized capital gains? Or will they be clear-eyed about the threat?"

~ Andrew Egger

#Trump #media #violence
/14

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-leans-into-the-violence

Trump Leans Into the Violence

Is our press corps up for this moment?

The Bulwark

William Lindsey

"I find it exhausting to have to point out that Donald Trump has—yet again—threatened to engage in violent and dictatorial behavior, and that—yet again—the collective reaction by some in America seems to be a numb acceptance that this is just who Trump is."

~ Tom Nichols

#Trump #media #authoritarianism #Project2025 #immigrants #violence
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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/what-the-first-debate-question-for-trump-must-be/679763/

What the first debate question for Trump must be

The moderators ought to start with the fact that he rejects the foundations of the American system of government.

The Atlantic

William Lindsey

"In one day, Trump threatened the use of mass government violence inside the United States, asserted that kids are getting secret medical procedures at schools, and promised to lock up his political opponents. One might reasonably assume that when Trump takes the stage with Vice President Kamala Harris tomorrow night, the first thing the moderators will ask is: Are you out of your mind?"

#Trump #media #authoritarianism #Project2025 #immigrants #violence
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William Lindsey

"The old media trope goes, 'if it bleeds, it leads,' reflecting society’s insatiable desire to consume news stories about crime, death, and destruction. …

Imagine if Kamala Harris held a rally in Wisconsin and unveiled details of her immigration policy. She introduced a deranged and dangerous proposal to deport millions of immigrants and warned that the draconian measure would be a 'bloody story.'”

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #media #violence
/17

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/there-will-be-blood-but-no-headlines

There Will Be Blood, But No Headlines

At his weekend rally, Donald Trump yet again threatened violence and promised his draconian immigration plan, which includes mass deportation, would be a "bloody story." Why isn't this headline news?

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali

William Lindsey

"When Trump, a convicted criminal, promises bloodshed, we should take him literally and seriously. Yet, corporate media simply ignores it because there’s a dangerous and absurd double standard for MAGA due to a nihilistic fidelity to a performative 'both sides; bullshit neutrality."

#Trump #media #violence #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/18

William Lindsey

Jamison Foser comments on the fact the much-touted new New York Times/Siena poll (much touted by NYT itself) finds a majority of voters think Trump occupies "the center."

Who's responsible for giving people that colossal misperception, he wonders?

Could it be the media themselves?

#Trump #media #violence #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/19

https://www.findinggravity.net/p/a-new-poll-finding-voters-think-donald

A new poll finding voters think Donald Trump is a centrist should be a wake-up call for the news media

The news media isn't doing its job

Finding Gravity

William Lindsey

"Where does that perception come from? It comes, in part, from news companies like the New York Times. …

Newspapers like the Times portray Trump and his allies as being obsessed with centrist-friendly things like cutting wasteful spending and increasing government efficiency, instead of exploring their actual extremist views."

#Trump #media #violence #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/20

William Lindsey

"If voters see Trump as some kind of centrist, that is in no small part because news companies like The New York Times persist in cleaning up his incoherent ramblings, downplaying the threat he poses, and helping him pose as an abortion moderate who just wants to reduce wasteful spending and make government more efficient."

#Trump #media #violence #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/21

William Lindsey

"Seemingly out of the blue Monday morning, supporters of former president Donald Trump began posting myriad AI-generated images depicting the Republican presidential nominee as a savior. Not of the American Dream or of Christianity, mind you, the normal targets of such praise. Instead, Trump was shown protecting ducks and kitty cats."

~ Philip Bump

#Trump #media #violence #immigrants
/22

Gift link from Jim Swift:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/09/rumors-about-an-ohio-town-show-scale-right-wing-bubble/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzI1ODU0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI3MjM2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjU4NTQ0MDAsImp0aSI6IjIxODE3M2M1LTg4MzktNDVjMi04OWYwLTQzYjE1NjNlNTM1OSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzA5LzA5L3J1bW9ycy1hYm91dC1hbi1vaGlvLXRvd24tc2hvdy1zY2FsZS1yaWdodC13aW5nLWJ1YmJsZS8ifQ.XOey5m8tUaWw0RE0QfFVUpUCH-lKB3gLOhzyckkGIBE&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack

The right-wing bubble says Trump will save your cat from immigrants

False claims and baseless ones are politically useful, so they rocket to the social media accounts of prominent right-wing people.

The Washington Post

William Lindsey

"If you are not a denizen of the right’s conversational bubble, this will probably strike you as incomprehensible. If you are such a denizen, though, you know what’s happening: Trump and his allies — and his running mate! — are elevating false or unsubstantiated claims about immigrants injuring and eating pets and other animals."

#Trump #media #violence #immigrants
/23

William Lindsey

Why did this patently false, easily disproven story get legs immediately? Bump's answer: the right-wing media bubble. Musk's Twitter (excuse me, X) amplified it — of course — and then J.D. Vance piled on, and now it's an instant article of faith in MAGA circles.

With the corporate media never seeming to show much interest in addressing directly how disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media….

#Trump #media #violence #immigrants #ElonMusk #Twitter #JDVance
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Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Sep 10, 2024

@wdlindsy I thought gift link meant I could read it without creating an account.

William Lindsey

@DanadasGrau I would hope that's what a gift link mean. For me, it opened without any request that I create an account. I'm sorry it apparently doesn't work the same way for other readers when I cut and paste the gift link here.

Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Sep 10, 2024

@wdlindsy oh is that what happened?

Spocko Sep 9, 2024

@wdlindsy I also recently saw the media not headlining Trump's lie that schools perform operations on children. They #sanewashed the headline.

William Lindsey

@spocko Yes, to their great discredit, they have for the most part ignored that whopping, dangerous lie.

Atz Sep 10, 2024

"Where do you stand on sending fake electors to overturn the results of a fair and free election in the United States of America?"

thewritewords Sep 9, 2024

@wdlindsy my hunch is media will ignore it. Violence draws views & revenue. They've ignored Trump's threats since he rode down the escalator.

William Lindsey

@npaulreads Or perhaps they'll ignore the threats of violence and then have to face what happens when it happens — and perhaps will have to face the violence being turned against them after they cravenly refused to see it coming and announce what was happening.

Jason ON Sep 10, 2024

Which is why I stopped reading the NYT. They have capitulated into being the best fascist bootlickers they can be.

William Lindsey

@JasonON I agree. I read them only very selectively, and have never subscribed or wanted to do so.