massimus said:
They are all laughably dishonest. I don’t know how you could defend any of them with a straight face. “He’s only attacking them because they are making him look bad.” Yeah, they are trying for sure, 98% percent of time by hook or by crook. With their unknown sources, leakers and “we have no evidence but thought you should know” disclaimers buried at the bottom of their trash articles. Can you give an example of an article where the trashing was unjustified? Or is it just more hyperbole like errorist76? He ruined the whole world in a year and half! Literally Hitler!
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There's a mountain of examples of unjustified impugning. Probably the most consistent one is his raging about the Russia investigation. He frequently calls Trump-Russia a media invention or fabrication and targets WaPo and the Times. I read both those publications though. Neither of them are saying that Trump colluded with Russia. What they have mostly done, is report on events as they happen, or (and this is the part that makes him mad), done investigative reporting that shows how Trump campaign and administration officials have frequently failed to make disclosures that they've been required to make, and caught them in lies about those things.
This is pretty much the function of the media.
I realize that it can be frustrating to see stuff like, "anonymous sources have told the Washington Post." But that's how journalism works. If the Post outed their sources all the time, the sources wouldn't be sources any more and we wouldn't get good information. WaPo and the Times frequently have a beat on good information. They have an excellent track record, and that's why they're considered papers of record. That doesn't mean that they never ever make mistakes, but they print retractions when mistakes are made. If the mistakes are egregious enough, or god forbid, there was willful deception, people get fired and the paper or network takes a massive credibility hit.
You don't strike me as someone who does a lot of reading, if I'm being honest.
Do I think that CNN or MSNBC can froth a bit too much over the Russia investigation? Absolutely. But cable news is trash and it is wrong to lump them in with reputable newspapers. Furthermore, FOX News is equally trashy. But they say pro-Trump things, so he gives them the rub. This is super obvious stuff.