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Donald Trump is still piping hot mad over his belief that he doesn’t get a fair shake in the press. On Wednesday, Trump addressed a rally in Ocala, Fla. while claiming that despite a recent WikiLeaks dump on Hillary Clinton, the media is still reporting on him for what he feels are unimportant reasons.
After the leak of his “locker room banter” and his second presidential debate performance, Trump has seemed like he is veering off in a whole new direction. He told his loyal followers on Tuesday that the “shackles” were off from here on out, but it’s even more fascinating to know there were shackles on to begin with. And this new shackle-free campaign is not holding back, as he called out his two favorite targets, Clinton and the media.
Trump criticized the media for not fully reporting on recent WikiLeaks releases or Clinton’s leaked emails. And he scolded them for concentrating on his sniffling during the debates over this information:
“Released by WikiLeaks, make more clear that ever, just how much is at stake in November and how unattractive and dishonest how our country has become…These mainstream media people don’t talk about this. Now if I sneeze today, it’s a major story.”
In all fairness, Trump has used Clinton’s health as a major speaking point on this campaign, so Trump doesn’t have much room to complain regarding his sniffles (which he blamed on a defective mic). During the rally, Trump took a few chances to call out his own followers who have yet to register to vote.
Mission Unshackled is in full-force and this runaway train doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon.
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Trump is an asshole and should be nowhere near the White House, but he ain’t wrong on this one thing. Just look at Uproxx, they have covered Trump’s scandal front and back and pulled a risotto recipe out of the Clinton scandal.
Yeah, but Donald Trump is about the last person with standing to complain about using a cozy relationship with the media to get favorable coverage.
And sites like Brietbart and Fox News do the complete opposite. Don’t pretend like neutral sources aren’t being neutral and providing adequate coverage. If you do, especially without going and conducting research yourself, then you’re just as bad as Trump is on this issue.
No one is doing it right. Journalism is dead in this country. And his issues aren’t “sneezes”. But he’s also right. And while there are sites exclusively slamming her and ignoring him, the overwhelming majority are doing the opposite
If you are comparing yourself to Brietbart and Fox News you have a low standard for yourself and that is the point. @tgbusteed If by neutral you mean independent media on the net…sure, but if you try to act like the mainstream media has paid equal attention to what is in Clinton’s emails that is not true (unless it is Fox News…I am guessing…I never watch Fox). One of the pillars of a democracy is an independent media (which we do not have). I bet you, matter fact I know, more people know about Trump’s scandals back and forth than Clinton’s. Because if you want to know the details of Clinton’s you have to look for it, if you want Trump’s just turn on the TV. Go to Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, CNN.com, NBCnews.com etc right now…all of their top stories and like first 10 articles have something negative about Trump (rightfully so) and you have to search their sites for any mention of Clinton’s email.
Look, you do didn’t say “mainstream media.” You called out UPROXX, a pop culture site with a definite liberal leaning. If you came here looking for neutral, then you’re wrong. That’s why I compared it to Brietbart/FOX. Uproxx is far better imo, but they’re similar in their unabashed biased-ness. That’s a pretty straight forward concept.
As for the other MM sites, you’re wrong. Kind of. Hillary’s emails are old news. When the first batch came out, that’s all that was being covered. Her polls suffered, and her campaign had to adjust and pivot. At the time, it was the only thing being covered. Unfortunately for Trump, Russia timed the hacks and releases poorly. She was able to recover, and his now released videos are being covered exclusively and are doing far more harm. The reason a new set of leaked emails is getting “less coverage,” is simply because it’s not all that new. Its happened before, and anything that gets released from here on out will have little to no impact. It’s a weak attempt by Russia/Wikileaks to draw attention away from Trump. It was a poor decision, and a miscalculation. If Trump’s campaign wants to draw attention away, they’ll need to “uncover,” an entirely new scandal. (Which by the way, is why Trump is alleging that Hillary cheated on Bill, that there’s some conspiracy from the GOP to keep him down, etc.)
Yeah, the dude is typically a blowhard but I don’t disagree with him here.
I disagree. The most respected sites have taken a deep dive into it.
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It’s hard to not focus on his craziness. Nobody in history has had as much controversary and run for president. He choose this not the media. Nobody asked him to run for president. We can’t help the fact that he is obviously a racist and a sexist and all around bigot and constantly seeks out the attention. Sorry the news covers more of the shit show than the average politician who couldn’t compare unless witch hunted by even crazier news outlets. Everything Hillary has done has been covered, it’s just not as controversial.
You guys somehow managed to turn your own lack of reporting something important into somehow taking a swipe at Trump. Fucking Trump is mad at the media right? What an ass.
All the while proving his point. Oh well, off to eat my risotto.
All this media attention,you know he fucking loves it.
Once again Assange has nothing.
If Trump could go 48 hours without saying something completely batshit, then maybe the focus would shift. As is, conservative media have screamed “emails” and “Bengazi” so often that no one outside the right-wing echo chamber gives a fuck. My Facebook feed right now includes posts that the “new” emails prove that Hillary is planning on taking everyone’s guns, that she is conspiring with Isis, and plans to dismantle Christianity across the country. Signal to noise is so out-of-whack.
of course the mainstream media is ignoring it, they stand guilty in them of being what everyone already knew all along, that they are just another extension of the Democratic party.
The shackles are off… we will soon see his Final Form.
Here’s s hint for defeating his Final Form (i.e., Giga Trump). His right tentacle delivers physical attacks, while his left tentacle casts magick spells. So I recommend concentrating your efforts to defeat his left tentacle, otherwise it will just keep healing its right tentacle and its hair. But keep in mind that the tentacles will regenerate themselves after some period of time, and Giga Trump will only be defeated once the HP in its hair is depleted. As far as who should be in your party, I recommend Terra, Sabin, Celes, and Cyan.
He has a point, although it is funny to hear people complain about biased media in a fox news or breibart comment section. But as NPR said, if she wasn’t running against Trump who cant shut up for a few days, the emails might be a big deal, but by the time we finish combing thru them he will do or say something else stupid.