Media Proves Trump Was Right About Their Dishonesty
When I first read the story in the New York Post claiming that Donald Trump had blasted the press in an “off the record” meeting, my initial reaction was: if the press leaked it, that shows he’s right.
But then I realized: these quotes could have been cleverly planted by a pro-Trump source. Yes, one source called the meeting a “total disaster,” which sounds like a member of the press. But the same quote said Trump gave the press a “Trump-style dressing down.” And another source referred to Martha Raddatz as “a horrible network correspondent who cried when Hillary lost who hosted a debate.” This was starting to sound less like a member of Big Media and more like John Barron, Trump’s alter ego.
Well, it’s now crystal clear that some of the leakers of this “off the record” meeting are from the press, as we learned from a New Yorker piece published today. I’ll bleep the bad language from the sniveling, peevish reporters. Get ready for a belly laugh:
The over-all impression of the meeting from the attendees I spoke with was that Trump showed no signs of having been sobered or changed by his elevation to the country’s highest office. Rather, said one, “He is the same kind of blustering, bluffing blowhard as he was during the campaign.”
Another participant at the meeting said that Trump’s behavior was “totally inappropriate” and “f**king outrageous.” The television people thought that they were being summoned to ask questions; Trump has not held a press conference since late July. Instead, they were subjected to a stream of insults and complaints—and not everyone absorbed it with pleasure.
“I have to tell you, I am emotionally f**king pissed,” another participant said. “How can this not influence coverage? I am being totally honest with you. Toward the end of the campaign, it got to a point where I thought that the coverage was all about [Trump’s] flaws and problems. And that’s legit. But, I thought, O.K., let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. After the meeting today, though—and I am being human with you here—I think, F**k him! I know I am being emotional about it. And I know I will get over it in a couple of days after Thanksgiving. But I really am offended. This was unprecedented. Outrageous!”
Hahahahahahahahahaha.
Let’s start with the obvious point with which I began the post: This was supposed to be an off-the-record meeting. These press “sources” have no business talking about it — and the fact that they do, shows that they are liars, just like Trump said.
There is no overriding public interest that justifies their breaking their promise to keep this meeting off the record. What reason could there possibly be? To let the public know Donald Trump was rude to the press? He’s rude to the press all the time! Is it earth-shattering news that Trump is whiny, thin-skinned, vindictive, and obnoxious? Of course not! That’s how he’s been his whole life! What made them think he was going to stop being that way now?
No, the media sources who broke their word to keep this meeting confidential are untrustworthy snakes who have no justification for their actions. I hope the identities of these “sources” are leaked. They should be.
It’s nice to see that the press can be every bit as whiny and dishonest as Trump.
The press thinks we’re on their side because Trump acts like a petulant fishwife, boo-hooing about all the unfair coverage he has supposedly gotten. Wrong, press! Speaking for myself, I hate both of them. This is like watching Martin Shkreli and Justin Bieber in a celebrity boxing match. You’re not really rooting for either side. You just want it to be vicious, prolonged, and bloody . . . on both sides.
[Cross-posted at RedState.]
When Glennwald’s right, he’s right. This phrase, “off-the-record”. It does not mean what Remnick and his media sources think it does.
WarrenPeese (d5f5a2) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:17 amGive ‘m hell, Donald. 40 years in the stocks after a serious birching is less than half of what MSM’s cabal of anti-American subversives deserves.
ropelight (efd631) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:29 amSo it’s like a celebrity deathmatch between Ozzy Osborne and Elton John.
Root for the umpire.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:32 amYup, I hate both of them. And I hate everyone who voted for him in the Primaries.
John Hitchcock (50bbd6) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:32 amTime is on the media’s side. They don’t have to do anything except keep on doing what they’ve been doing. Right now Trump is riding high on Hope and Change. His support will erode like Carter’s when the economy does not improve and his supporters start seeing his bluff and bluster as bluff and bluster.
nk (dbc370) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:47 amThat’s one heck of heaping pile of hate you’re carrying around John. You ought to consider ways to lighten your load.
ropelight (efd631) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:50 amThere are only two reasons for a press to meet in private off the record with a Republican.
If their ex-boyfriend is the Ghostrider and you want insider info to save your life, or if you are doing a hidden camera ambush and edit to subvert the GOP agenda.
Of course if they were meeting in private off the record with a Democrat we’d never hear about it except for an extraordinary set of circumstances such as a data breach or a DNC hacking, and the leak would show collusion between the reporter and the pol to further subvert and defraud the public.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:51 amThat’s one heck of heaping pile of hate you’re carrying around John. You ought to consider ways to lighten your load.
Preferably not involving towers and firearms.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:53 amAnother possible broken promise; To have his Attorney general appoint a special prosecutor to look into Hillrary Clinton. (Maybe not, Kellyanne Conway only said he was not interested in putting her in jail)
Sammy Finkelman (643dcd) — 11/22/2016 @ 9:55 amHe can offer Hillary time served.
AZ Bob (f7a491) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:01 amHillary Clinton’s foundation fundraising has slipped way way off.
I think investigators are waiting for that situation to mature and ripen before bringing influence peddling charges.
Give it time.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:02 ami hate the filthy propaganda sluts but I love Mr. Trump a lot
he’s a good lil picklehead and he has a very good understanding of how slimy these people are
way better than those silly bush klansters ever did
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:05 amI think they can be forgiven for telling people that they weren’t given any off-the-record information. But the truth is, this always leaks, especially startling information.
Sammy Finkelman (643dcd) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:08 amHey, Mr. Feet! I apologize for teasing you relentlessly over your blathering about the importance of elections and then not voting yourself.
You are in excellent company.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3959536/Some-stars-Hamilton-haven-t-voted-years-despite-clash-vice-president-elect-Mike-Pence-booed-audience.html
They must be friends of yours! You can all share man-bun clips. NTTIAWWT.
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:11 amyes yes my strategy paid off
we didn’t get that pig all up in it and I avoided any possible entanglement with jury duty next year
yay america!
i love it when a plan comes together
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:14 amSpeaking of liars and subverting the GOP,
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/11/22/trump-crowed-during-meeting-with-media-romney-desperately-wants-to-be-secretary-of-state/
A healthy dollop of both.
Proving beyond the doubt that the cream, the pinnacle of America’s main stream media is a scum ring.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:16 amA mold that if discovered in your apartment would cause the building to be condemned.
romney and desperate is sort of a tautology no?
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:19 amThe funny part, Mr. Feet, is you could have been a big supporter of HRC and had the same result because of your actions!
Work done to make something happen: minimal.
Ability to claim credit: achievement unlocked!
Sort of like actors.
Actors are really parakeets. They are colorful, but they make a lot of noise and crap all over things.
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:22 amRe parscale, remember how I cautioned that josh green shouldn’t be trusted, but Bloomberg is so trustworthy. Carlos slims will make tings up on the spot, same for bozos, the journal, gannet et Al.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:23 amAnd if you want to pick on Romney, be prepared for me to make endless fun of you!
Freedom of speech is a good thing.
George Michael has a song about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A
You are a George Michael fan, aren’t you, Mr. Feet?
You surely have earned that exclamation point!
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:25 ami’m awesome i think
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:25 amLuna federation may be on course by 2076, Simon, did romney read about blaine or seward at stanford
narciso (d1f714) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:26 amI loved it in Men in Black when Will Smith kicked the corner of the dumpster and watched piles of Trump Worshipers pouring out, only to crush them into the concrete.
John Hitchcock (50bbd6) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:36 amNarciso, I am so tired of pulling one G when I could be pushing c.
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:43 amNarciso, I hope you have been enjoying “The Expanse” series. First few books are great. Series was darned good so far.
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:44 amLove it! And they were going to give him the benefit of the doubt! Yeah, right, he didn’t believe that either.
The scene back a the office….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVXB-AcABxo
Patricia (5fc097) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:45 amHitchcock… it’s almost Thanksgiving, how about giving the derangement a rest?
Colonel Haiku (0e0056) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:46 amThat’s why they created the gate technology, very well done with a touch of sow, looking forward to season 2
narciso (d1f714) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:47 amPowers Boothe : All that hate’s gonna burn you up, boy!
Charlie Sheen: Keeps me warm.
John Hitchcock’s going to need another axel to keep his hateload from being shut down.
Pinandpuller (16b0b5) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:54 amThe television people thought that they were being summoned to ask questions; Trump has not held a press conference since late July.
You don’t invite the suits in w/t talent for a presser. They knew that going in.
For three decades the media helped to construct the persona of this Frankenstein for their own greedy purposes. Now he has gotten loose to terrorize the world.
What a show!! It’s gonna be a ratings bonanza for four years!
“For as long as I can remember people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness I decided that if I could not inspire love, which is my deepest hope, I would instead cause fear.” – The Monster [Peter Boyle] ‘Young Frankenstein’ 1974
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:54 amJohn Hitchcock, why don’t you pull the truck over to the next Arby’s and enjoy a nice roast beef sandwich?
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/22/2016 @ 10:58 amAnd ellison meeting with Cairo’s hamas chorus, not a story.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/22/2016 @ 11:00 amYou Trumpkins just be grateful about the bullet you dodged from Cruz. He might have made these NSFW illegal (no, he would not have), and then you would not have been able to do to yourselves what you deserve.
nk (dbc370) — 11/22/2016 @ 11:05 amBeware of Greek losers offering advice.
ropelight (efd631) — 11/22/2016 @ 11:20 amI’m so blessed to be a Trump supporter. I got to enjoy a delightful election season that was fun, revealing, educational, and ultimately satisfying. Now I wake up in the morning filled with joy, a newfound sense of hope and look forward to watching America pulled from the brink and made whole again. The sky is bluer, the air sweeter, and four deer are even frolicking in my back yard.
Sorry about you poor bastages coming off a year of heartache, filled with hate and dread. Must suck to be you.
LBascom (1cae03) — 11/22/2016 @ 11:45 am“Back that rig up over here, Hitchcock!”
— Rudy Ray Moore
Colonel Haiku (0e0056) — 11/22/2016 @ 12:33 pmTrump is playing 3 level chess with these folks.
And yes, Martha Raddatz almost had tears in her eyes on election eve. She lost her spot at the last supper table with Hillary.
This is Trump.
Steve_in_SoCal (58e1f9) — 11/22/2016 @ 1:31 pmWe can’t even trust anyone in the government to not leak information and you want to trust the Press not to? That’s the real belly-laugh Patterico! Keep ’em comin’!
Tillman (a95660) — 11/22/2016 @ 1:55 pmThat’s not a bad idea…..BRB
Bill H (971e5f) — 11/22/2016 @ 2:09 pmTrump has already been corrupted by power and he’s not even sworn in. Of course he had a head start on power. “Divisive” is the favorite weasel-word of the corrupt.
Trump needs to ensure America that he’ll only let mega-rich power players like him off the hook for crimes and that the peons will still be prosecuted if they try it.
Jcurtis (c19dd4) — 11/22/2016 @ 2:30 pmI’m right there with you.
I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying this. This is not a media who fairly covered Bush, Romney, McCain, Palin, and a dozen of the primary contestants while bringing up legitimate criticism of Trump. This is a media that carried water for Trump, gave him so much air time that he blocked out all the other candidates, a media that bet he would be easiest one for Hillary to beat; a media that was blatantly dishonest about the record, positions, morals, and integrity of every other Republican who ran for office.
We’re two weeks into this and the media’s casualties are already mounting. Not sure how they will fare after four more years of this, but I have to think that, come 2020, a lot of them would rather have had a President Romney or a Vice President Palin.
bridget (1c91a9) — 11/22/2016 @ 2:37 pm40 was supposed to be posted to other thread. How about for us bad vision people you use some kind of different color text for comments link if you’re gonna post several inches of text.
Jcurtis (c19dd4) — 11/22/2016 @ 3:08 pmAh Trump whomping the press up longside the head. 2/3 of the country is remembering their old high school cheer: Rah Rah Ree, Kick ’em in the knee! Rah Rah Rass, Kick ’em in the other knee!
Wish Trump was a Missouri mule.
Skeptical Voter (1d5c8b) — 11/23/2016 @ 9:08 amTrump. “Bad for America, good for CBS.” – Les Moonves.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/23/2016 @ 11:05 am