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Presentation Paradox – VARIOUS NETWORKS
The onscreen tension is high…depending on what network you are watching.
Not to suggest that the news nets were beyond bursting at the seams for the Donald Trump verdict to be rendered by the jury – instead, we'll show you proof of it.
For reasons that defy newsworthiness, multiple outlets felt the need to go with the count-up timer on screen for how long the Trump trial jury was deliberating. Just to go along with the other impacted and error-prone trial coverage we have seen, the networks could not even get the actual start times of the deliberation correct.
This is why the on-screen timers are such a ridiculous gimmick for cable news. CNN and MSNBC have an over-2-hour discrepancy on how long the Trump trial jury has been deliberating. Both pics are from 3:20 pm today. pic.twitter.com/66S1xbma0l
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 30, 2024
DNC PR Firm – CNN
This makes the past months of obsessive coverage look rather fruitless.
Ahead of the guilty verdict being handed down, CNN had to grapple with a dose of reality. In looking over public opinion polls regarding the lawfare put into action by the Democrats, the results are less than encouraging for the press.
After all that time spent, there has been no noticeable change in the public perception of Trump prior to this trial up to today.
CNN: ‘No Change’ in Public Opinion About Trump During Trial
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 29, 2024
HOST: Why?
ENTEN: Because most Americans don't care that much. They care about the economy, inflation, immigration, and election legitimacy. pic.twitter.com/2n2yNwNwCk
Legalized Press-titution – MSNBC
Does Andy realize he was on a hot mic, during a live broadcast?!
There is no better way to crush your legal professional respect than behaving like a fan-girl over the barrister presiding over the case you are emotionally invested in coming to conclusion.
MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann is about two steps away from "pulling a Toobin" it seems. He was on live television proclaiming how he has a crush on Judge Juan Merchan.
Just "Yikes" at the cringe, Andy…
MSNBC "Legal Analyst" Gushes About Judge Merchan After He Rigs Jury Instructions Against Trump
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 30, 2024
"I have like a man crush on him. He is such a great judge. If you looked in a dictionary for judicial temperament, that's what you would get."
MSNBC is gross.pic.twitter.com/r00BUIX4gm
Low-Octane Gaslighting – SLATE
Over at Slate, it has a SCORCHING exposé by Bill Pruitt. He is a former producer from NBC who worked on "The Apprentice," and he is now going public and spilling the tea because his non-disclosure agreement from his tenure on the show has just expired.
For 20 years, I couldn’t say what Donald Trump did on the set of The Apprentice. Now I can. https://t.co/yHWnZYKy1l
— Slate (@Slate) May 30, 2024
The bulk of the piece is about how the producers manipulated much of the imaging and the show was edited in a favorable fashion. This comes as a surprise to exactly…nobody. Anyone who thought reality TV was in any way realistic, well there is not much more to say to such people. The most scathing component of this article is a "shocking" revelation that during a meeting, Trump said The N-word, regarding a contestant. This is not exactly news, given it is a 20-year-old anecdote and Pruitt claims it was said on tape yet said tape does not actually exist. Also, Slate trotted out this very story roughly eight years ago, and it never once was granted traction as a legitimate story.
This has been floating around for about 8 years.
— Brad Slager - Scrubbing Down In a Bloodbath (@MartiniShark) May 30, 2024
STILL nothing has come out. But journalists will not let the lack of evidence derail a good story! https://t.co/foMjy9eWfC pic.twitter.com/3UxUCUofZc
Low-Octane Gaslighting – DENVER POST
Her opinion that the Justice has no evidence for his opinions is rooted in no evidence.
Megan Schrader is an editor for the opinion section of the Denver Post, and we might say she is properly placed at the paper. She certainly has opinions about Justice Samuel Alito. Schrader jumps on the bandwagon of those in the media calling for Alito to step down, and just like most of the others, she does so without offering anything approaching proof of wrongdoing.
The real amusement is how Megan charges that Alito is a proponent of the Stop The Steal movement, and her primary evidence is that after Alito has been accused of this "he has not said otherwise."
Let it sink in for a moment that evidence strongly supports that Samuel Alito supported the Stop the Steal movement (he also has not said otherwise). A Supreme Court Justice believed Trump with no evidence when he told Americans that a vast conspiracy rigged the 2020 election.
— Megan Schrader (@meganschrader) May 30, 2024
Race to the Bottom – SPECTATOR
We have to guess his interview was with the mirror...?
Sam Forster wrote a book about racism. The way he collected material is utterly hilarious. Sam decided to "go undercover" – as a black person – and traveled the United States to collect examples of hatred. In other words, just like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, he adorned himself in blackface – to accuse other people of being racist.
Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and traveled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society.
— Sam Forster (@ForsterSam) May 28, 2024
Writing Seven Shoulders was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a journalist.
It’s out on May 30th:https://t.co/jK2kvIPh1H pic.twitter.com/TE8mEfOiHi
