I started the day with MSNBC's Morning Joe. Big mistake. One of the topics du jour was Mark Sanford's loss in the South Carolina Republican primary. And once again, MSNBC did not play fair. They talked about how Trump's anti-Sanford tweet sank Sanford's campaign and led to his defeat. This was seen as evidence that this is why Republicans are afraid to stand up to Trump . . . because anyone who opposes Trump falls. And maybe that is true. It sure does explain something that I find incomprehensible: why no Republicans seem to be willing to act like decent human beings in the face of Trump's non-stop idiocy. But as for stating that Trump's tweet killed Sanford's political career?
That's just a lie. In fact, yesterday there was a story on MSNBC about that same Trump tweet . . . but that story was making fun of Trump for tweeting so late in the day (4:12 pm), so close to when the polls would close (7 pm), suggesting that Trump had forgotten about the election. And The New York Times reported that "It is not clear how many voters saw the president’s 11th-hour endorsement and how many of them it swayed." (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/us/politics/mark-sanford- trump.html) I just flipped over to CNN to see what they have to say about this, but to be honest, this is just pro forma: my experience with watching CNN assures me that they will be slightly more anti-Trump than MSNBC.
I really really really dislike Trump. I have no respect for him whatsoever. He is a bad president, a bad man. He is damaging the United States of America every single day he remains in The Oval Office, and I pray (literally literally) that he is kicked out in the very very very near future. But I don't think that MSNBC and CNN are helping us by twisting the truth. You don't fight the Prince of Lies by lying. In fact, that just gives him ammunition to use against you.
Come on, motherfuckers. Tell the truth.
Tell da trufth!
ADDENDUM: And CNN says . . . well, first they had to do a story about a raccoon scaling a skyscraper--apparently that is news, and worthy of several minutes worth of coverage (including video footage and several still pictures, and a promise to "follow this story") . . . and then there was the Singapore Summit, and then . . . well, I just got sick of watching it, so I guess I'll never know.
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