When are the major media outlets going to report the truth that TFG and his followers are all liars and never stop lying? When are they going to point out the fact that TFG is an inveterate liar, criminal, and totally unfit for any office? Will someone with real integrity and power stop this charade of nominating a person for a position he will never be allowed to occupy. Enough already!
I think we are too gentle with our language here. Trump is a traitor. A traitor to the democratic process. A traitor to our nation. Anyone joining the Trump team is signing on with his treason and thus is a traitor as well. As are all the GOP politicians who refuse to condemn him for his acts. Traitors. Since when is it the duty of the media to fairly present the screeds of traitors? In fact, by doing so, they commit their own acts of treason.
The problem with this statement is that one must first assume the people attracted to the MAGAverse, had integrity to begin with; when all evidence points to the contrary.
This is the “law of attraction” in a bizarro world. Perennial crooks, liars, and grifters, attract their kind in droves.
For instance, Ronna dropped her last name “Romney” just to appease the anointed one. She craved power, got it, and is now paying the price, as have so many others who cross into Thunderdome: two men enter, only one leaves unscathed. And you don’t need to be clairvoyant to figure out who the winner in this contest is always going to be (ie. Trump is declared Club Champion at his country club in NJ).
Trump Inc. operates a 21st century version of W.W. Jacob’s short story, The Monkey’s Paw: wishing for something without thinking through the possible consequences. Or maybe they do know the consequences and just don’t care.
Bottom line: when you make a deal with the devil, the devil will always get his due!
So good riddance to all those who joined the Trump bandwagon. You drank the cyanide, refused to admit it was poison, and decided the cure was worse than the disease.
Great post Professor Reich. Never, Neverland sounds an appropriate address for MAGAts and the trumpster. But somehow it lacks that magical luster of Disney.
The head of the network said he she was hired because it waited a diversity of opinions. Even if the opinion is an outright lie? The head of the network and those executives who voted to hire her should all be fired.
As a former radio beat reporter, it frightens and mystifies me that journalistic organizations including the NYT and NBC can be run by persons who seem to believe that the only way to explain an event or social movement is to provide “opinion” based on proven lies and disinformation as equal in value to that backed by factual evidence. This issue goes far beyond Ronna McDaniel’s hiring and firing. Thank you, Robert Reich and others, for continuing to highlight this extremely dangerous situation. I agree with the assessment that our future as a democracy depends on distinguishing “differing opinions” from outright lies and disinformation. There is no need and indeed no excuse for presenting outright lies as legitimate, counterpoint opinions. This is not truthful reporting and is certainly not journalism.
The problem is, Robert, that Trump's actions are working. He has built his base in the all-too-willing Republican Party, and built his MAGA base all across the country, and some of the media either support him or at least uncritically report his statements and views, to the point where his version of reality is being shared by a chunk of the American population!
How big a chunk? Well, there are about 160 million voters, and recent polls say 40% (64m) are undecided, with the other 60% split down the middle. That 30% for the Republicans is 48 million American voters. Even if only one-third actually believe and support Trumps version of events, that would mean 16 million people have signed up to his lies, or 10% of all voters.
That is HUGE in just 3 years! Look at what that means; 10% of people on a jury, or 10% of people in public office, or 10% of military or police (probably much more), or 10% of public services staff......... We can discuss our opinions of right and wrong all we like, but there are many versions of reality and all are based on alternative models of the world we live in. All are equally valid for the participants, including Trumpists.
Whatever you may think of Trump, if he pulls this off he is likely to have created an enduring myth that will outlast him, in the same way that many right-wingers still celebrate and study Hitler, or dictators celebrate and study Stalin. I suspect the phenomena of Trumpism will outlast us all.
Trump is a human Hotel California.
You can check out but you can never leave.
The Republican Party in its entirety has turned its back on our United States Constitution PERIOD!
When are the major media outlets going to report the truth that TFG and his followers are all liars and never stop lying? When are they going to point out the fact that TFG is an inveterate liar, criminal, and totally unfit for any office? Will someone with real integrity and power stop this charade of nominating a person for a position he will never be allowed to occupy. Enough already!
I think we are too gentle with our language here. Trump is a traitor. A traitor to the democratic process. A traitor to our nation. Anyone joining the Trump team is signing on with his treason and thus is a traitor as well. As are all the GOP politicians who refuse to condemn him for his acts. Traitors. Since when is it the duty of the media to fairly present the screeds of traitors? In fact, by doing so, they commit their own acts of treason.
“The Trump integrity Trap!”
The problem with this statement is that one must first assume the people attracted to the MAGAverse, had integrity to begin with; when all evidence points to the contrary.
This is the “law of attraction” in a bizarro world. Perennial crooks, liars, and grifters, attract their kind in droves.
For instance, Ronna dropped her last name “Romney” just to appease the anointed one. She craved power, got it, and is now paying the price, as have so many others who cross into Thunderdome: two men enter, only one leaves unscathed. And you don’t need to be clairvoyant to figure out who the winner in this contest is always going to be (ie. Trump is declared Club Champion at his country club in NJ).
Trump Inc. operates a 21st century version of W.W. Jacob’s short story, The Monkey’s Paw: wishing for something without thinking through the possible consequences. Or maybe they do know the consequences and just don’t care.
Bottom line: when you make a deal with the devil, the devil will always get his due!
So good riddance to all those who joined the Trump bandwagon. You drank the cyanide, refused to admit it was poison, and decided the cure was worse than the disease.
Everything in life comes with a price…:)
It’s all about integrity—as it should be. If Ronna hadn’t been let go from nbc her lack of integrity
would have eventually rubbed off onto nbc. I can’t believe the people who made the decision to hire
her didn’t understand that, or maybe didn’t care.
It’s sort of like inviting a vampire into your home.
The vampire isn’t going to leave until he’s either turned the homeowners into vampires or drained them of blood.
Great post Professor Reich. Never, Neverland sounds an appropriate address for MAGAts and the trumpster. But somehow it lacks that magical luster of Disney.
Now he’s selling bibles👿🙀🙈
The head of the network said he she was hired because it waited a diversity of opinions. Even if the opinion is an outright lie? The head of the network and those executives who voted to hire her should all be fired.
Here's a happy note:
Oath Keepers' son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oath-keepers-son-emerges-traumatic-childhood-story-long-108442264
Once a Rat, always a Rat!
“ A political party that baselessly denies the outcome of an election has no legitimate claim to be “represented” in the media.
Nor should any official who has gone along with the lie expect a job in a news organization.”
I agree 1000%.
As a former radio beat reporter, it frightens and mystifies me that journalistic organizations including the NYT and NBC can be run by persons who seem to believe that the only way to explain an event or social movement is to provide “opinion” based on proven lies and disinformation as equal in value to that backed by factual evidence. This issue goes far beyond Ronna McDaniel’s hiring and firing. Thank you, Robert Reich and others, for continuing to highlight this extremely dangerous situation. I agree with the assessment that our future as a democracy depends on distinguishing “differing opinions” from outright lies and disinformation. There is no need and indeed no excuse for presenting outright lies as legitimate, counterpoint opinions. This is not truthful reporting and is certainly not journalism.
Kind of makes you wonder how employment opportunities went for members of the National Socialist party in Germany in 1946.
The problem is, Robert, that Trump's actions are working. He has built his base in the all-too-willing Republican Party, and built his MAGA base all across the country, and some of the media either support him or at least uncritically report his statements and views, to the point where his version of reality is being shared by a chunk of the American population!
How big a chunk? Well, there are about 160 million voters, and recent polls say 40% (64m) are undecided, with the other 60% split down the middle. That 30% for the Republicans is 48 million American voters. Even if only one-third actually believe and support Trumps version of events, that would mean 16 million people have signed up to his lies, or 10% of all voters.
That is HUGE in just 3 years! Look at what that means; 10% of people on a jury, or 10% of people in public office, or 10% of military or police (probably much more), or 10% of public services staff......... We can discuss our opinions of right and wrong all we like, but there are many versions of reality and all are based on alternative models of the world we live in. All are equally valid for the participants, including Trumpists.
Whatever you may think of Trump, if he pulls this off he is likely to have created an enduring myth that will outlast him, in the same way that many right-wingers still celebrate and study Hitler, or dictators celebrate and study Stalin. I suspect the phenomena of Trumpism will outlast us all.
The MAGAhats being in NeverNeverLand only works if they’re the Pirates.