No media! He's NOT just "different".

[maxrandb]

I swear to fucking God... I Hate these fuckstick stenographers posing as "reporters".

Was listening to NPR on the way home from Ohio, and heard Kornacki on a segment where they were talking about Donnie Shit for Brains attacking Puerto Rico for being insufficiently grateful for the fucking paper towels he tossed their way.

Kornacki said this was "another example of how Donnie Dollhands is just 'different' from previous Presidents".

Holy... God....Fuck NO! Steve.

That's not being "different"... that's being a fucking asshole!

That's not being "different"... that's being an evil, soulless prick!

I mean Fuck!!!!! It's like saying Jeffrey Dahmer's nutritional program is "different" than previous people.

That's like saying Ted Kazynski's correspondence was "different".

That's like saying Hinkley's expression of love was just "different".

God I hate these fuckers with a searing passion. Everytime they do shit like this they are just normalizing and excusing this evil prick.

It's like saying Kornacki doesn't fucking suck at being a "journalist"... he's just "different".

They make my hair hurt.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Kornacki is awful. I turn him off whenever he appears.

I don't think all of them are that bad, though.

[bucolic_frolic]

36. Kornacki is the Devil

He's the kid who argued everything with a calculator and always had a leaded pen in a vinyl holder in his shirt pocket. They're building an expert balloon around him, and his arguments are bogus.

[guillaumeb]

2. Recommended.

A sociopath is also "different" from most people.

And Trump is a sociopath, but he is rich and white. So the US corporate media pretends that sociopathy is eccentricity.

[DemocracyMouse]

13. He's NOT rich! He's in debt up to his gaslit gonads.

[guillaumeb]

14. Probably correct, but he portrayed a rich success on reality television. eom

[Ilsa]

24. His billionaire status is in question.

It is likely he still has net worth after writing off hundreds of millions in debt.

[librechik]

39. yeah but he aces "richieness"

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and thanks to Steven Colbert for the concept

[lunasun]

3. Sickos

[triron]

4. Kornacki is 'different'. He sucks.

But he's not the only one.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. Not lies! Just a different type of truth...

Normalization of the asshole illegitimate has been going on from the start... and was so predictable

[struggle4progress]

6. "Caligula: he's just a bit different than Tiberius and Augustus!"

[dalton99a]

18. +1.

[struggle4progress]

7. "Harold Shipman: he's just a different kind of doctor!"

[forgotmylogin]

8. I like presidents and political pundits who *aren't* assholes. (n/t)

[Farmer-Rick]

9. Jeffrey Dahmer is just a different kind of low carb dieter.

[lunatica]

10. Don't worry. Our new normal is

gut wrenching Terror. No one can change our minds about that, no matter how dumb they are.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. This x 1000

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. The CRAZY and MADDENING thing is...

how the tune will change when a Democrat is POTUS again.

[Karadeniz]

15. How right you are! Part of their problem is sheer laziness. Or fear of offending. Too bad!

They need to figure out precisely what the objectionable behavior was and call it that. Does the action indicate lack of respect...prejudice...ignorance...a diversionary tactic? Then say what it is!

[throwthe_shoe]

16. after the hurricane knocks down mara lago .....

puerto rico can throw trumps some paper towels... fair is fair

[Grasswire2]

17. Kornacki isn't a journalist.

He's a news reader, moderator of cable discussion at times, and a statistician (we are told).

[world wide wally]

19. Kornacki has always been a Trump ass kisser

[ChiTownDenny]

30. +1

Sadly, that's become apparent. Can't watch him anymore.

[dchill]

20. My hair feels your hair's pain.

[Richard58]

21. I totally agree

I've become more and more disillusioned with NPR over the years. They bend over backwards to appear nice and "moderate". I remember before Bill Barr became AG and they had some conservative on who was going on and on about how Barr was "a straight shooter" and "very honest" and how he will make a great AG. And the host just sucked it all in and didn't ask any hard questions. (It's been a while so I don't remember who was talking.) And we all know what a bootlicking POS Barr turned out to be! It just kills me that the Right thinks NPR is this super-lib media outlet. It's not! Not by a long shot!

[maxrandb]

22. Yep, Barr is "just different" from previous AGs

[Delphinus]

23. Agreed.

And welcome to DU!

[Scruffy1]

25. I turned off NPR years ago.

They never ask the important questions. They just give whoever they can get on the air an open mike. In reality their is no public radio. It is nearly all paid for by corporate "donations".

[rampartc]

27. a few years ago they all wanted to fire big bird

notice that since the kochs bought the muppets and put them to work on the plantation no one wants to cut pbs anymore.

[Newest Reality]

26. Okay...

I agree with the contents and particulars and your observations. Those with open eyes can get the gist of it.

So, what is the process? How is this happening? The vague "they" and its lack of enough specificity is a doozie. We can easily generalize about the particulars, but that still leaves a nagging sense of something wrong. It's like a Sherlock Holmes deduction problem.

The breakdown of this problem rests on the process and motivations of the mainstream, and I am not alluding to fake news, but rather, some sort of implicit bias or structure that encourages it, and one can assume many factors.

There are independent reporters and various kinds news resources that treat information in a different way, but it looks like the mainstream is about the lowest common denominator, (as per things like the acceptable grade-level of vocabulary used) and also low-information and misinformation. The independent scene is the two-edged sword because you have the fact-based analysis version that cites sources, (not for the tl;dr set, often) and the many biased tentacles of agitprop from third-parties with vested interests that are neither accurate nor reliable.

So, what is the process that influences the mainstream particulars that, to a careful observer, contribute to inane and dissonant results like normalization, et al?

[maxrandb]

31. I'm no expert on the media or psychology... but

I think it goes back to the insipid, non-stop, 24/7 attack on the media as "liberally biased".

Wing nuts have developed almost a palovs dog reaction to American journalist.

It actually is pretty brilliant when you think about it. They have browbeat the media to the point that the media goes out of their way to not appear biased. Even facts must be presented in a way that minimizes the negatives. We can't simply report that Donnie Shit for Brains is yanking breast feeding babies away from their mothers nipples and locking them in cages, we also must present it as "simply a different way to handle immigration".

On the other hand, if facts are inconvenient to the right, they can simply ignore them as fake news.

[Newest Reality]

32. Thanks!

I was hoping to hear more about people's understanding and views about this.

Yeah, that's a significant factor, IMHO. Good point.

[dajoki]

28. Kornacki drives me nuts...

but he isn't the only one. Todd, Mitchell, Tapper, Bash etc. etc. etc. I know I left quite a few out.

[Wawannabe]

29. Feelin ya!

FUCK

[dalton99a]

33. Kornacki is a gratuitous Trump apologist who belongs on FOX News

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. what you said

I feel ya, fellow DUer.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Kornacki is one of my least favorites

These media stars are just so far removed from the consequences of Trump policies. They have theirs, they don't need to worry. If Trump destroys the rest of the country they don't care, they'll just move and vacation elsewhere. Kornacki one of the most groveling sycophants on TV, thinks he can prove anything statistically. Except there are holes in his ideas and you could prove the exact opposite too, just tweak the assumptions and numbers. Total fake expert.

[RVN VET71]

37. Glad you use so much restraint in venting!

Soledad O'Brien, whom I have long loved with a passion bordering on worship, reminded the world in a recent tweet that journalism isn't about balance, it's about truth.

Soledad left network news because that is the belief she adheres to. In her interviews with various assholes -- I'd say Dems as well as Repubs, but, lets face it, virtually always Repubs -- she brooked no bullshit and called out their lies to their damned dull faces. The result was Republican treasonous politicians got their goddamned panties in a wad and said they would not appear again on that network if Soledad was working there. The networks? Of course they encouraged her departure, offered best wishes in her future endeavors and, basically, fired her.

And the left behinds are, for the most part, in it for the benjamins (to echo one of my favorite congress critters). Chuck Todd on MSNBC, Wolf Blitzer on CNN are the most obvious both-siders, "let's leave it there" type of talking heads. But all of them - except maybe Rachel, whom I love almost as passionately as I do Soledad -- are at least mindful of the dangers of exposing the liars lies to the liars face, and consequently somewhat cautious in their interviews.

(Well, actually, I think Rachel is spared the decision whether to counter a fascist's lies with the truth because Republicans as a rule are afraid to appear on her show. Also, she's just so damned good at what she does that MSNBC execs practice a hands-off policy with her. Would love to see her interview a Nunes, or a McConnell, or a Miller -- but that is never going to happen, alas. They are all too afraid of her.)

[librechik]

38. nice finish!

[MarcA]

40. To much of the M$M the "difference" is a feature. n/t

[Beartracks]

41. Being ignorant and careless is not a "style." n/t

[NBachers]

42. Occasionally, I would put on NPR, and I would be so enraged at their lackey-ass slurping

that I had to slap the "off" button before I threw the radio at the wall.