What is a legitimate and respectable news source that has been critical of Trump?

[jimithyashford]

Trump Supporters:

Question Please: What is a legitimate and respected news source that has accurately and reliably reported negative or critical things about Trump?

Or are there none, and every single news source that has reported anything bad about Trump is liberal propaganda and fake news? Is there any legitimate journalistic criticism of Trump at all?

*EDIT* to further clarify

Have there been any meaningful (by meaningful I don't mean like a story criticizing his golf scores or the cut of his suit) specific stories that were very critical of Trump that were honest journalists with integrity properly reporting on a real story, or are there none, and literally every single meaningful story critical of Trump has been fake news and propaganda?

 

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Trump Supporters:

Question Please: What is a legitimate and respected news source that has accurately and reliably reported negative or critical things about Trump?

Or are there none, and every single news source that has reported anything bad about Trump is liberal propaganda and fake news? Is there any legitimate journalistic criticism of Trump at all?

RT News. Some of its programs with hosts are pro-Democrats or pro-Bernie and constantly attack Trump.

You know... RT News the one those slobbering idiots who put that CIA/NSA/FBI joint report together mainly pointed the finger at as "interfering" in US elections because they had news reports critical of Hillary Clinton as well as the US Government? Never read that 4th grade report did you? On top of it you've never watched RT have you?

Rather, you've only parroted (like a bird) what you've read or heard in American mainstream news.

Actually, go take a class in journalism from a public American college. That way you can learn to see how much propaganda mainstream American news pushes these days. It's so bad I think they've exceeded Nazi Germany.

Also, when one can, they ought read the source themselves rather than rely on mainstream American news which really has no credibility whatsoever left.

 

[jimithyashford]

RT News. Some of its programs with hosts are pro-Democrats or pro-Bernie and constantly attack Trump.

You know... RT News the one those slobbering idiots who put that CIA/NSA/FBI joint report together mainly pointed the finger at as "interfering" in US elections because they had news reports critical of Hillary Clinton as well as the US Government? Never read that 4th grade report did you? On top of it you've never watched RT have you?

Rather, you've only parroted (like a bird) what you've read or heard in American mainstream news.

Actually, go take a class in journalism from a public American college. That way you can learn to see how much propaganda mainstream American news pushes these days. It's so bad I think they've exceeded Nazi Germany.

Also, when one can, they ought read the source themselves rather than rely on mainstream American news which really has no credibility whatsoever left.

Maybe my question was poorly worded, just to clarify, what is a specific news story?Have there been any stories at all critical of trump that were honest journalism with integrity properly reporting on a real story, or are there none, and literally every single one has been fake news and propaganda?

 

[dorsai]

More than half of the reporting on Fox News "Special Report" (their flagship hard news show) was negative. That's not even getting into the panel. Looking at the graph in the article, it is pretty safe to say that every large news organization put out negative Trump stories.

The pundits are not included in this. Granted, the Fox morning show was usually pretty positive but commentators such as Steve Hayes and Charles Krauthammer (both staunch conservatives) have been firmly on the "Never Trump" bus before and since the election.

Majority of Fox News’ Trump Coverage Has Been Negative According to Harvard Media Study

 

[jimithyashford]

More than half of the reporting on Fox News "Special Report" (their flagship hard news show) was negative. That's not even getting into the panel. Looking at the graph in the article, it is pretty safe to say that every large news organization put out negative Trump stories.

The pundits are not included in this. Granted, the Fox morning show was usually pretty positive but commentators such as Steve Hayes and Charles Krauthammer (both staunch conservatives) have been firmly on the "Never Trump" bus before and since the election.

Majority of Fox News’ Trump Coverage Has Been Negative According to Harvard Media Study

Im sorry to push back, but I am afraid you didn't answer the question. For you, personally, can you answer the question:

Have there been any meaningful (by meaningful I don't mean like a story criticizing his golf scores or the cut of his suit) specific stories that were very critical of Trump that were honest journalists with integrity properly reporting on a real story, or are there none, and literally every single meaningful story critical of Trump has been fake news and propaganda?

 

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Maybe my question was poorly worded, just to clarify, what is a specific news story?Have there been any stories at all critical of trump that were honest journalism with integrity properly reporting on a real story, or are there none, and literally every single one has been fake news and propaganda?

Depends on what you mean by journalism. If you are talking about in the style and discussion format of Charlie Rose then you have a program run by Chris Hedges on RT America.

Like these two. Neither of which I have watched past the first 30 or 6 seconds. Not because I dislike the host or the show (to the contrary) but rather because I'm familiar enough with him on that show that I can roll the dice and place my bets that the two guests interviewed on the episodes below, by Chris Hedges, are critical of Trump

(I might have to point out that because Chris Hedges is critical of any *major institutions* in the USA while employed by RT and reporting for them, the CIA/NSA/FBI have de facto declared that as Putin and Russia interfering in US politics. Because in their own words in that intelligence report, RT tries to reduce the American citizens faith in American institutions like the Big Banks of the USA etc. Or in other words the CIA/NSA/FBI want foreign news sources to only report globally that, "The US at times has problems but people can always have full faith and trust in America's largest institutions because America is the one Shining City of the Hill that will always do right." But apparently, the CIA/NSA/FBI don't demand RT promote the same faith in the Vatican and Catholic Church as it demands RT do for all major secular institutions of the USA.)

‘On Contact With Chris Hedges’: One Nation Under Donald Trump

Published on Nov 14, 2016

“The election of Donald Trump, woefully unprepared for the presidency, is a massive repudiation of the neoliberal policies of the ruling political and financial elites,” Hedges said in his opening remarks. But despite Trump’s spectacular upset in the election contest against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the candidate heavily favored by many media sources and pundits to win, Hedges said he thought Trump’s chances of sustained success throughout his tenure as president are slight.

On Contact: “Insane Clown President” with Matt Taibbi

Bio on Chris Hedges: [video]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges[/video]

Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, Princeton Professor, and Presbyterian minister. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002)—a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction—Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009), Death of the Liberal Class (2010), The New York Times best seller, written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), and his most recent Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015).

Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig.[1][2] He is also a host for the television program On Contact on RT.[3] Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times,[4] where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).

In 2001, Hedges contributed to The New York Times staff entry that received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002.[5] He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, the University of Toronto and Princeton University, where he is currently a visiting lecturer in African American studies.[4][6][7][8][9]

The bold and underlined my emphasis. This dude leans to the politically left. A progressive liberal.

RT America is not unlike Al Jazzera headquartered in Qatar which Saudi Arabia views as subversive to Saudi Arabia as the CIA/NSA view RT subversive to the USA. But I'm pretty sure American news has its own foreign branches that run news TV programs in foreign countries. But I guess that is okay.

 

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This pro-Democrat, anti-Trump dude on RT (running his own show on RT) is always bashing Trump. I didn't watch this episode either but I'm sure its very critical of Trump.

Trump Exposes His Inner-Bully

Published on Jun 29, 2017

On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom talks with Patty Lovera about the EPA’s new rule that will dismantle the protections to your drinking water. Then he talks with Shelby Emmett and Isaiah Poole about Trump’s twitter tantrum, Mitch McConnells possible bribing of senators to pass the republican health bill, and why Trump can’t keep his campaign promises.

For more information on the stories we've covered visit our websites at thomhartmann.com - freespeech.org - and RT.com.

(RT America shows like "Cross Talk" are more pro or at least positive of Trump and therefore the CIA/NSA/FBI claims RT promotes Trump. But so what if it did? Most Americans don't watch RT anyways. :roll

 

[jimithyashford]

Depends on what you mean by journalism

Dude, I am asking YOU, in YOUR opinion, has there been any report/article/expose/segment run that was highly critical of Trump that was actual honest journalism pursuing a worthwhile story with integrity. Or in YOUR opinion, in YOUR sphere of knowledge, has every single article critical of Trump been fake news and propaganda?

I just need YOUR opinion.

 

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By the way... this is one of the RT programs (which therefore in CIA/NSA propaganda means all RT programs) the CIA/NSA/FBI and there crooked American oligarchs and New World Order lunatics hate. Why? Because the program's hosts, and often times his hand picked guests, question why the USA and Russia need to be enemies. And also question why the USA and its Western partners in Europe ought have the right to rule all of planet earth.

(I say New World Order lunatics because they basically send the message to Russia, China, India and anyone that dare defy their claim to own the world as absolute masters, that if the leaders of these nations do not bow to their demands they are willing to use NATO and lies to blow the whole damn world up in nuclear holocaust.)

 

[dorsai]

Im sorry to push back, but I am afraid you didn't answer the question. For you, personally, can you answer the question:

Have there been any meaningful (by meaningful I don't mean like a story criticizing his golf scores or the cut of his suit) specific stories that were very critical of Trump that were honest journalists with integrity properly reporting on a real story, or are there none, and literally every single meaningful story critical of Trump has been fake news and propaganda?

There were stories on his policy flip-flops, comments during rallies, lines from his speeches, etc. But I really am at a loss to think of an investigative journalist that dug into something and provided not just speculation but documentation and proof. Not saying it doesn't exist but was far eclipsed personal attacks and I don't remember seeing the article. The stories of his finances were true and outlining his developments, bankruptcies, I saw as true -- just not negative enough to make me care. When I investigated claims of racism and intolerance on my own, I found a lot of sources that contradicted. When I was looking into such things as support for the LBGTQ community, I found wildly contradictory info such as him flying the LBGTQ flag at a rally and later becoming the only presidential candidate to mention the community during a convention.

Most of the negative coverage I saw was personal. That really has very little effect on me as I don't really vote for a personality but policies. I kept an eye out for things that would be illegal but so far, I haven't seen it. This doesn't mean I consider all the negative stories about Trump to be fake or propaganda. It just wasn't stuff I cared about.

There was some good investigative journalism on his actual campaign team -- size, states he had offices, staff make-up, etc. It shed some light on how much of a political novice he was. The stories on Bannon made me do some digging of my own.

I was not a big Trump supporter in the primary and when he got the nomination, I did a lot of digging. I looked at old interviews (including the interview with Oprah when she asked him about running for President), looked at documentaries about some of his developments, and watched interviews from former employees. Of course, I had the audio for a few rallies going while I worked from home. Most of what I found actually improved my opinion actually. That surprised me.

So...lots of negative true stories? Yeah, I saw quite a few. Meaningful? Most of them seemed National Enquirer worthy.

Edit: I should probably say TMZ worthy. All of the TMZ stuff is true but does it really change my opinion about anything or anyone...?

 

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Dude, I am asking YOU, in YOUR opinion, has there been any report/article/expose/segment run that was highly critical of Trump that was actual honest journalism pursuing a worthwhile story with integrity. Or in YOUR opinion, in YOUR sphere of knowledge, has every single article critical of Trump been fake news and propaganda?

I just need YOUR opinion.

No. Not on RT. But even some RT program hosts go overboard in anti-Trump criticism in my view. Less so Chris Hedges (who even if I don't agree with I think he intends well and *tries* to be balanced). But the RT program The Big Picture might as well be run by Hillary Clinton and CNN.

In terms of mainstream American news I really trust nothing they say about Trump, and so I rarely listen or read their stories about him. And that's not my fault really, assuming they have changed slightly for the better (assuming that for arguments sake) recently. They did that to themselves by having been so rabidly and blindly anti-Trump, for being completely biased.




You know... during the 1980s Milwaukee's local news paper went down hill. It was pretty bad as a newspaper. Largely because it stopped seriously covering *local news.* Certainly, little to no investigative journalism went on. During some period of the 1990s they rebuilt themselves. Now they are one of the best newspapers in the country because they fulfill their purpose in covering local news with a serious commitment.

American mainstream news--which covers national news--has much the problem the Milwaukee Journal had during the 1980s in my opinion. The mainstream news does not seriously cover national news. Mainland USA news. News here in the USA. Rather, they are puppets for the powerful and that is it. Not to mention they are mouth pieces for the CIA.

Because rather than constantly pushing this "Russia" nonsense why the hell aren't they covering the serious problems deteriorating the country from within? And no... I'm not talking about promoting negligent parents in some LGBTQ campaign dressing their little son and a girl. If parents want to use their little children to push their socio-political rebellions then they have the free right to do that, but mainstream news is not obligated to promote and advance their methods of rebellion. Why not investigate and report on the US banks having started their derivatives scheme back up which crashed the global economy before through the butterfly effect of subprime housing scandal which collapsed the US housing market?

 

[vegas giants]

Dude, I am asking YOU, in YOUR opinion, has there been any report/article/expose/segment run that was highly critical of Trump that was actual honest journalism pursuing a worthwhile story with integrity. Or in YOUR opinion, in YOUR sphere of knowledge, has every single article critical of Trump been fake news and propaganda?

I just need YOUR opinion.

It would appear that people believe that Trump has done NOTHING wrong. Now that is funny

 

[jimithyashford]

No. Not on RT. But even some RT program hosts go overboard in anti-Trump criticism in my view. Less so Chris Hedges (who even if I don't agree with I think he intends well and *tries* to be balanced). But the RT program The Big Picture might as well be run by Hillary Clinton and CNN.

In terms of mainstream American news I really trust nothing they say about Trump, and so I rarely listen or read their stories about him. And that's not my fault really, assuming they have changed slightly for the better (assuming that for arguments sake) recently. They did that to themselves by having been so rabidly and blindly anti-Trump, for being completely biased.




You know... during the 1980s Milwaukee's local news paper went down hill. It was pretty bad as a newspaper. Largely because it stopped seriously covering *local news.* Certainly, little to no investigative journalism went on. During some period of the 1990s they rebuilt themselves. Now they are one of the best newspapers in the country because they fulfill their purpose in covering local news with a serious commitment.

American mainstream news--which covers national news--has much the problem the Milwaukee Journal had during the 1980s in my opinion. The mainstream news does not seriously cover national news. Mainland USA news. News here in the USA. Rather, they are puppets for the powerful and that is it. Not to mention they are mouth pieces for the CIA.

Because rather than constantly pushing this "Russia" nonsense why the hell aren't they covering the serious problems deteriorating the country from within? And no... I'm not talking about promoting negligent parents in some LGBTQ campaign dressing their little son and a girl. If parents want to use their little children to push their socio-political rebellions then they have the free right to do that, but mainstream news is not obligated to promote and advance their methods of rebellion. Why not investigate and report on the US banks having started their derivatives scheme back up which crashed the global economy before through the butterfly effect of subprime housing scandal which collapsed the US housing market?

So then your answer is no, to you knowledge none of the journalists that have criticized Trump have ever at any point been making a valid journalistic point with integrity, literally every single journalist that has criticized Trump has been engaging in propaganda, not a single one of them has had a valid point or insight. Again, that is to your knowledge and in your opinion.

Correct?

 

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So then your answer is no, to you knowledge none of the journalists that have criticized Trump have ever at any point been making a valid journalistic point with integrity, literally every single journalist that has criticized Trump has been engaging in propaganda, not a single one of them has had a valid point or insight. Again, that is to your knowledge and in your opinion.

Correct?

I said no, not all criticism of Trump on RT News has been propaganda. Take video one on post #6 of this thread. Two socialists with reasonable criticisms about Trump in some ways. Those two believe in stuff like legalized abortion and climate change threatening mankind that I don't subscribe to. I probably don't look as highly on socialism as they do either.

As for American journalist criticizing Trump I don't listen to them. They have no credibility. Zero. Nor am I trying to meet them middle way. I view them along with most the American Democrats (and the McCain faction Republicans) as needing to be stopped like Nazi Germany in 1940. They are a threat to all life on earth. All life. That means people and dogs and trees in New Zealand.




I used to guard tactical nukes (small nukes) when I was in the military. We and no doubt Russia have nukes moving in subs and on ship all across the earth. One mistake and both nations nuclear doctrine is mass nuclear retaliation.

Both nations during the Cold War decades ago, had close calls with launching nuclear strikes at the other, because both had computer and radar mistakes that read the other having launched a per-emptive nuclear strike. One happened as late as the Bill Clinton Presidency. Yesltin a hardcore alcoholic was awoken out of bed being told the United States had luanched a pre-emptive strike on Russia. His military commanders all told him he must launch a nuclear (mass strikes on every US city with a pop. of 100,000 or more people) strike on the USA as their minutes for a counter strike were ticking down.

Two things prevented nuclear war (which meant within 30 minutes after launch most US cities would have been annihilated, all survivors would envy the dead as their brains swell inside their skulls, some gone blind, boils develop on the skin, limited food and drinking water around). #1 The rocket miraculously veered off course. #2 President Yelstin had *good relations* with President Bill Clinton and could not believe the USA would launch a nuclear attack on Russia.

Today, both Russia and China think the USA is planning to literally launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on their countries. Russia believe the US Government with its half with servant mainstream news media is preparing the American people for a mind set that they will support going to war with Russia. And Russia has publicly stated that if it even thinks for a second the USA is launching a nuclear attack on Russia it is releasing a mass nuclear annihilation of just about major American city in the United States.




When it comes to American mainstream media and their constant yapping about Trump and the Russians are under our beds, I treat them like Jesus Christ would: belly crawling serpents.

There is no rebuilding after nuclear war because the ground zero sites will have such high levels of radioactive contamination that they will be uninhabitable for over 1,000 years.


Are You Ready to Die? - PaulCraigRoberts.org

Are You Ready to Die?

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Are You Ready to Die?

Paul Craig Roberts

“Fifty years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing: If a fight is inevitable, you must strike first.” Vladimir Putin

On April 26—16 days ago—Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznihir, Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, stated at the Moscow International Security Conference that the Operations Command of the Russian General Staff has concluded that Washington is preparing a nuclear first strike on Russia.

As I reported some time ago and more recently in my column about North Korea, the Chinese leadership has also concluded that the US intends a nuclear first strike against China.

Alone either Russia or China can destroy the US. If they act together, the destruction of the US would be redundant. What is the intelligence, if any, and morality, clearly none, of the US leadership that recklessly and irresponsibly invites Russia and China to preempt Washington’s attack on them with an attack on the US?

 

[Slingshot Bob]

Well, not this

 

[jimithyashford]

I said no, not all criticism of Trump on RT News has been propaganda. Take video one on post #6 of this thread. Two socialists with reasonable criticisms about Trump in some ways. Those two believe in stuff like legalized abortion and climate change threatening mankind that I don't subscribe to. I probably don't look as highly on socialism as they do either.

As for American journalist criticizing Trump I don't listen to them. They have no credibility. Zero. Nor am I trying to meet them middle way. I view them along with most the American Democrats (and the McCain faction Republicans) as needing to be stopped like Nazi Germany in 1940. They are a threat to all life on earth. All life. That means people and dogs and trees in New Zealand.




I used to guard tactical nukes (small nukes) when I was in the military. We and no doubt Russia have nukes moving in subs and on ship all across the earth. One mistake and both nations nuclear doctrine is mass nuclear retaliation.

Both nations during the Cold War decades ago, had close calls with launching nuclear strikes at the other, because both had computer and radar mistakes that read the other having launched a per-emptive nuclear strike. One happened as late as the Bill Clinton Presidency. Yesltin a hardcore alcoholic was awoken out of bed being told the United States had luanched a pre-emptive strike on Russia. His military commanders all told him he must launch a nuclear (mass strikes on every US city with a pop. of 100,000 or more people) strike on the USA as their minutes for a counter strike were ticking down.

Two things prevented nuclear war (which meant within 30 minutes after launch most US cities would have been annihilated, all survivors would envy the dead as their brains swell inside their skulls, some gone blind, boils develop on the skin, limited food and drinking water around). #1 The rocket miraculously veered off course. #2 President Yelstin had *good relations* with President Bill Clinton and could not believe the USA would launch a nuclear attack on Russia.

Today, both Russia and China think the USA is planning to literally launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on their countries. Russia believe the US Government with its half with servant mainstream news media is preparing the American people for a mind set that they will support going to war with Russia. And Russia has publicly stated that if it even thinks for a second the USA is launching a nuclear attack on Russia it is releasing a mass nuclear annihilation of just about major American city in the United States.




When it comes to American mainstream media and their constant yapping about Trump and the Russians are under our beds, I treat them like Jesus Christ would: belly crawling serpents.

There is no rebuilding after nuclear war because the ground zero sites will have such high levels of radioactive contamination that they will be uninhabitable for over 1,000 years.


Are You Ready to Die? - PaulCraigRoberts.org

Dude, I am not asking about RT news....you are the one who for, whatever reason that I can't identify, limited the scope of your answer to one single news outlet.

To your knowledge has there been any journalist, from ANY outlet, that has run a story critical of Trump that was legitimately reporting on a real and worthwhile story?