Anyways, and I really hate to go down that rabbit hole, but I find it increasingly scary how Trump's administration labels issues/facts they don't agree with as 'fake news.' It's so far beyond appalling. Beyond that, if anyone today hear the latest interview, they stated that the numbers were off and that 'they' (the right' had to refer to "alternative facts" WTF!? Ahh, I need to think long and hard about a suitable response to their insanity, but the sad, sad truth is that we do honestly life in a post-truth era the the left (us) need to think of a more viable and intense response, but we are in a new age...
This "new age"
actually started in the early 1990's with FOX.....as well as some of the radio talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh.
FOX has ALWAYS LIED. ALWAYS. It has
NEVER been a news show. It has
NEVER been "fair and balanced." And it was
NEVER meant to be fair and balanced. It was....from the beginning....meant to bring political power to "the right"....via Roger Ailes. Ailes served under Richard Nixon......and now his "brain child" (FOX) got Donald Trump elected. Hopefully it will end just as Richard Nixon's presidency ended.
So this isn't something that JUST RECENTLY popped up. But like all things FALSE....it needs to be attacked HEAD ON. And THE PRESS needs to "step up." Some of them already are. FOX....never will.
In the coming days and weeks.....I expect Trump to "mellow" his tone.....because clearly there are a lot of people
WHO ARE SO ABSOLUTELY PISSED AT HIM THEY CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT (yes...I am one of them). As I said a few weeks ago...Trump will continue to use FOX News as his megaphone. His buddies Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity will serve up nothing but softball questions to him....just as he wants.
The press.....needs to continue to
STEP UP THEIR GAME. CNN and MSNBC have already done so. Others like NBC, CBS, and ABC need to follow. CNN and MSNBC are calling out lies of Trump's loyal worker bees. At some point....the conversation is going to go from "but those things aren't true".....to....."but those things are a lie." A subtle difference....but important.
I am 99.9% sure that Trump has ALREADY done the thing(s) necessary to remove him from office. But I am only give a 30% - 50% chance of him being removed from office. The "dots" of what he and/or his staff DID AND KNEW......HAVE TO BE CONNECTED.
There are already investigations on going. But will Trump move to stop them? This will be interesting to watch.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14335112/trump-russia-intelligence-fbiThe truth is waiting to be unearthed. It never goes away.....