The next time he craps on a reporter,

[PCIntern]

Somebody should stand up and say: Who the fuck are you to talk to us like that?


It’s gotta get done

[FM123]

1. Yep!

Imagine if they all stood up and said that to him, at once. It needs to be done.

[wnylib]

37. Yes. One reporter alone would not be

effecrive. But one loud, firm reporter who does not back down, followed by a chorus of reporters immediately backing up the first at a presser, would be effective with the public. Not with Trump. He is incapable of change. But it could be the turning point in how he is covered by the media. No more deference for the sake of the office or fear of retaliation. Just blunt, straightforward cries across the nation of, "No more BS."

[Wednesdays]

47. Ceaucescu moment!

[raccoon]

64. Elucidate, my dear Wednesdays. Nt

[Wednesdays]

66. Ceausescu's final speech in 1989

Where it was originally intended to rally support for him, but it devolved into jeering against him. He looked like a deer in the headlights. The next day, he had to flee (in vain).

[Magoo48]

39. I would suggest everyone with Mike and camera stop attending, every outlet stop broadcasting,

and every print publication print only exact details, or better yet, nothing at all about him.

[CaptYossarian]

45. No more free campaign time for the prick.

[BKDem]

65. We don't need a sermon from Mr. Pillow or Trump lecturing a reporter about the population of Seoul

"I know more about South Korea than anybody," says the guy who knows shit about shit.

If you aren't going to fact-check him, you shouldn't be broadcasting what he says.

[The Magistrate]

2. I Agree, Sir

[lostnfound]

4. When The Magistrate agrees with dropping an F-bomb you know the situation is very bad. Nt

[PCIntern]

7. I am greatly honored by that fact

Thank you , Sir. And welcome back.

[CatWoman]

11. lol

too funny

[secondwind]

3. Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arkansas Granny]

5. The next time he refuses to answer, I would like to see the next reporter

confront him with the same question and so on until he finally gives an answer. Like the reporter yesterday (whose name I can't remember) who asked Trump the second of Yamiche's questions.

[malaise]

6. +1,000

and then they should all walk out

[ewagner]

15. Even better....

The reporters should all walk out en masse'

and

the TV Cameramen should shut down and walk off....

This beast thrives on media exposure...starve the beast!

[mitch96]

48. "This beast thrives on media exposure...starve the beast!"

He would go nuts.. then again MSM would not have anything to talk about besides the virus..
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[Hermit-The-Prog]

67. Point each camera at his belly.

[sarge43]

58. And the technical staff with them. No camera, no audio

Snarl at the walls, snowflake.

[bluestarone]

8. 100% AGREE

[usaf-vet]

27. Absolutely, Starve the beast. Take away what he values the most. TV coverage.

[murielm99]

43. The person who runs our Indivisible meetings

has a better idea. Do not watch his press conferences at all. Do not contribute to his ratings. There are other ways to find out what lies he told on any given day.

DO NOT WATCH.

We can all do our part. Not going out of the house seems like an odd way to be helpful, but it is helpful. Not watching this monster is another way that not doing something can work. Starve him of attention.

[lark]

9. Loved Mika's advice to all journalists at his pressers.

She said if he refused to answer a question, every one of them should ask the same question until he answers it. Excellent advice and one I wish would be implemented starting today.

[irisblue]

14. Wait... Mika Mouse?

[lark]

22. Yes, strangely enough.

She was very serious about not letting him bluff his way out of answering legitimate questions that Americans need to know.

[malaise]

21. Knowing him he'll then tun to the OAN hacks

He did that twice last night and let her ask two questions attacking the real media

[Captain Zero]

41. This

And if he doesn't answer it walk out as the next reporter is asking it.

[murielm99]

44. There is a technique called Bird Dogging.

It can work.

https://front.moveon.org/how-to-birddog/

https://www.fcnl.org/updates/bird-dogging-guide-252

[homegirl]

12. From the beginning

I have said-they should in a display of solidarity just walk out.

The present circumstances warrant choosing a single representative of the media to present a limited number of questions at every press event. No need to put all these people in one limited space when we are being asked to maintain a safe social distance. Stop feeding Mr. Trump's insatiable demand for attention.

[McKim]

13. They All Need to....

They all need to get up and walk out. If he has no audience fawning to get information, then he is non existent! He thrives on publicity so pull the plug and leave the briefing room. Someone has to be willing to take one for the nation and possibly lose their job. They would go down in history as a hero.....like remember: “Have you no shame, sir, have you no decency?”

[ewagner]

17. You've got it!

[leftieNanner]

18. And they should all walk out

ON CAMERA!

[Historic NY]

36. Bingo...

he already foams now when stations tune him out...reporters need to tune him out.

[SayItLoud]

16. Stand up. Walk out. NT

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Stand up. Walk out. Starve the beast.

Of course ONE media outlet would stay. And that would just fine with him (them).

[flibbitygiblets]

20. or say "I thought we would have zero cases by now? Also show us your tax returns, fraud!

[mitch96]

23. "The next time he craps on a reporter,"

They should throw a CoVid infected shoe at him.. Worked for Bush.. he got the message..
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[2naSalit]

24. Been thinking that for quite a whill now.

[CatMor]

25. Yes, i agree ...

they should have been doing it from the day he was sworn in. He has no right to treat them the way he does. Says a lot about his upbringing.

[gab13by13]

26. What would piss him off

would be if someone said I don't work for you, you work for me.

[Pepsidog]

28. Yes. Great response.

[Mad Lib]

29. I am Spartacus

When he does that to a reporter the very next reporter should get up and ask the exact same question. Kind of an "I am Spartacus" thing. Keep asking until he melts down and walks off the stage. Cow towing to him like most of them and refusing to act like a team do is letting off the hook.

[Ohiogal]

30. Why they haven't already

Gotten up and walked out is a mystery to me.

[empedocles]

32. Reporters need to support one another. Send a signal to traitortrump

[sfstaxprep]

31. Keep Dreaming

It's not gonna happen. The media chosen to be present are mostly Suck Ups, saying "Thank You Mr. President" every time they speak.

Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?

[spudspud]

40. Agreed. /nt

[WinstonSmith4740]

33. Of course they should.

But they won't, because the person whose name is in the bottom right hand corner of their paycheck supports this asshole. And he's made it quite clear that if you want access, you better be prepared to kiss his ass.
I read a book that was written during the Reagan regime called "On Bended Knee". It was about how the press treated Reagan. They're back there now. And they better get off their knees fast. There aren't enough "Yamiches" in the press pool...and they really aren't backing her up. Mika was right...they need to ask the same question over and over until he either answers or his head explodes. My money is on his head exploding.

[spudspud]

42. Absolutely agree.

They've had over 3 years to find a pair of balls and stand up to the cult leader in the White House and have chosen access over principles and decency. Yamiche has zero real support from her fellow white house reporters. Don't give me a Susan Collins special about how concerned you were. And how much you support Yamiche and detest the way she was treated. If you were a reporter in the pool and said NOTHING at the time to the Orange Anus, in the words of Channing Crowder, "Sat your ass down!"

[WinstonSmith4740]

61. Welcome to DU!

[spudspud]

62. Thank you!

Long time lurker. Couldn't hold back the comments any longer.

[AllaN01Bear]

34. din din dind.

[keithbvadu2]

35. Start most questions with: When you lied about...

Start most questions with: When you lied about...

[Baked Potato]

38. Might juice his ratings, so maybe it will happen.

[vierhandig]

46. Don't enable him...

All of the networks should do two things when Trump is speaking live on television: 1) Run a chyron at the bottom of the screen during every Trump speech to fact check him in real time as he's speaking. And if that's not possible, then 2) immediately stop their broadcast of his speech and cut to something else. After every network starts doing one of these things in unison, then Trump will change his lying and self-aggrandizing behavior. For Trump, these media shows are political ads to his base and his way of stroking his own sense of self-importance. The media has to stop enabling Trump. All reporters should get up and walk out when Trump berates one their own, or when it's obvious that he's winging lies to have something seemingly (to himself) important to say.

[Grasswire2]

49. that will be today...soon nt

[la-trucker]

50. Stop being rude you mofo

You work for us

[asiliveandbreathe]

51. We should ALL tune out the evil doer...n/t

[Paladin]

52. The sooner that happens, the better.

Enough of this free electioneering time being granted to the worst, most dangerous president in this country's history. Until we manage to frighten and intimidate trump and his idiot hordes, it's just going to keep happening.

[Skittles]

53. I agree

it is long past being RIDICULOUS

[Texaswitchy]

54. Hell yes.

Stop kissing his ass and being nice.

[rockfordfile]

55. That should've happen a long time ago.

[eleny]

56. Rosie O'Donnell commented about that on Steph Miller's Happy Hour podcast the other day

She said if a reporter pushed back like that they'd be offered their own talk show in a flash. She ought to know about having talk shows!

[klook]

57. I'd like to see them all get up and leave en masse, except for O(n)AN and Faux, of course. (nt)

[smirkymonkey]

59. Totally agree!

I am so sick of the condescending, arrogant, shaming attitude he pulls with reporters. It's downright abusive and so typical of a narcissitic fuckwit like Trump.

I can't tell you how much I would love to see someone finally beat that ugly fucking face to a pulp. He's had this coming his entire life and it is substantially overdue.

[BigmanPigman]

60. I watch the other reporters' faces when he goes off on

anynone of them. I don't know now they can just sit there. I would have done what you said since I am emotional and passionate and couldn't hold my feelings in. I would have told him off three years ago.

[Rhiannon12866]

63. If they all stuck together and walked out, what could he do?

We know that it's all about the publicity and attention for him. What would he do without reporters?