Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Acosta to Sanders: Say the press is not the enemy" video.

  1. The "press" has a curious penchant for putting words in the mouths of those they interview: "will you say xxx"; "why won't you say xxx". It's as if their vocabulary is too limited to understand the meaning of sentences not constructed using their preferred terminology. But, of course, that's not it. What it is is "weaponized terminology": they've determined that certain terminology furthers their agenda better than other terminology. So, as much as possible, they tout their buzzwords. The press has a purpose and a function; but it shouldn't have an agenda. They use their positions to fool their viewers into accepting their opinions as "news". Deplorable.
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  2. Trump doesn't say the press is the enemy; he says the fake news media is the enemy. The distortion of his meaning is the only way the fake press can defend its perfidy. What ever happened to reporting the facts and leaving the opinion out? I'll tell you: greed. Boring = bad ratings = no money. So they spiced it up! MSM is now tabloid press--and apparently proud of it. The job of the press isn't "to ask tough questions"; it's to present the facts in a balanced manner that accurately illustrates the truth. And they're lying down on that job.
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