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Originally Posted by Oberon
But, it's been a long time since the White House has actively shunned select media from White House briefing or gaggle though, hasn't it?
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In a perfect world the role of the media would be to simply report the news and separate their opinion pieces from that news. I think it is safe to say that those days are gone for good and a new reality is with us. In the case of President Trump and the 'left leaning' media it's hard to say who is the enabler.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/o...upid-love.html
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And while many in the press may disdain the way Trump uses them to rile up crowds and deflect from transgressions, they know they have a rare story and a tantalizing, antagonizing protagonist.
As the New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted in January: “Trump has frequently complained about my reporting,” yet, “He remains the most accessible politician I’ve ever covered.”
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Who needs who the most here? Hard to say but I have a feeling that Trump is much more valuable to these people than Clinton would have ever been. For me to believe that these media outlets are criticizing Trump on principle alone would take a lot of alcohol and a briefcase full of money.
From the same article....
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He is the biggest story on the planet, “King Lear meets Rodney Dangerfield,” as Lloyd Grove tweeted after Trump’s recent press conference. As our new president is well aware, he’s a rainmaker and a troublemaker for media.
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