If anyone wants to let CNN and MSNBC know how we will react to any broadcast of

[Atticus]

Trump's January 6th Mar-A-Lago "press conference", below is what I just sent them. Contact info is available on line. Compose your own or cut and paste what I wrote, but please encourage them not to give this sociopath free air time.

"ANY network that chooses to broadcast Trump's January 6th Mar-A-Lago "press conference will be providing an open microphone and a national audience to a sociopathic MONSTER intent on destroying our democratic government and seizing absolute power. Should you be one of them, I promise to avoid your future broadcasts AND contact dozens of your largest advertisers to ask why they choose to hand money to a network unconcerned with their complicity in Trump's next coup attempt.
Just so you know."

[GoCubsGo]

1. They damn well had better be airing Speaker Pelosi's vigil, instead.

If I am not mistaken, this stunt was organized in order to distract from the vigil, and why it's being held.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Crook tries to declare crime legal & Constitutional elections illegal & Crook as judge & jury

Rule of law ain't buying it.

[iscooterliberally]

3. I worked in production for years, both as a stage manager and audio engineer.

You have 'open mike', but it should be 'open mic' or just plain old 'open microphone'. Thanks!

[Atticus]

16. U B right. I B wrong. Corrected. Thanks. nt

[iscooterliberally]

17. I love your posts by the way!

[jaxexpat]

20. That'll calm Mike's nerves some, I imagine.

[iscooterliberally]

22. I forgot to mention that my son's name is 'Mike' too!

I shit you not!

[JohnQFunk]

4. I have a hunch that neither plan to carry TFG's cringe-inducing whinefest live - but there's more...

And it's NOT merely because it's guaranteed to be a concentrated spew of lies from the Clementine Caligula. The question is whether or not they will overtly say that they won't because Trump lies perpetually.

The "more" is matter related to the underlying problem:

There is talk in NYC media circles of what will admittedly be a difficult uphill battle - namely, an overt push from other media companies to impel the legislative and executive branches to start calling FOX News, OANN, Sinclair, and Newsmax what they are: political media outlets as opposed to legitimate news organizations.

Google is your friend: bookmark the hundreds of examples of misinfo and disinfo emanating from each of the above. Even the right wing New York Times (there, I said it) has some factual ammunition against these outlets in the form of actual journalism (as opposed to their consistently negative coverage of Democrats, President Biden, VP HAiirs, etc. etc. etc. etc.).

I would encourage everyone to drop a note to their congresscritters and senators and tell them you expect them to take that position immediately and immediately call for the FCC to step in and intervene. I know, I know, insert your pessimistic retort here, to which I say f*** that, DO IT ANYWAY.

Sinclair and NewsCorp (FOX) in particular need not only to start losing licenses but also to be prevented from collecting fees from cable outlets. Political fake news "poutlets" should have to pay cable carriers and streaming services for their programming - as advertising. Trump's upcoming so-called "press conference" is an example of the sort of "programming" for which outlets should pay broadcasters/cable/streamers up front.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. This should be its own

OP - seriously. Great information!

[RainCaster]

7. Those "poutlets" should be banned from the White House

They are not news, but entertainment. Entertainment Tonight isn't allowed at press briefings, Faux News should be held to the same standard.

[llashram]

55. I wish

[duforsure]

6. Broadcasting a fascist propaganda should be criminal,

And they should all stop talking about him. Giving fascist publicity is anti-American.

[DENVERPOPS]

9. In this case

Trump is just a mouthpiece for Putin in all actuality.........

Remember how Trump was given sixty minutes every night on prime time on every major network for months and months??????
It was staged as an "update on the Corona Virus". He would proceed to talk for only two minutes on the virus and then filled the rest of the hour with his psychopathic self aggrandizing rants.........

[ShazzieB]

44. I'll never forget that.

Those spots were excruciating, although they did result in some pretty outrageous footage of Mango Mussolini making a complete ass of himself!

[DENVERPOPS]

59. My Russian friend says

that the main stream media here in the U.S. is little more than Pravda, (state owned media in Russia), when he was growing up....

He has no qualms saying that this crowd of Republicans wants to turn the U.S. Citizens into the way the citizens of Russia are treated....

[AngryOldDem]

8. Will they cover it?

Seems to me they really didn’t give much time to his word salad prior to the election. They either didn’t cover it, or they broke away at the first scent of bullshit.

I’m hoping they just don’t cover this, period.

The man ALWAYS has to keep the attention on HIMSELF. I just hope to Christ he doesn’t announce for 2024 here.

[KS Toronado]

10. Both CNN & MSNBC are not talking very nice about his upcoming press conference

https://www.msnbc.com/zerlina/watch/trump-plans-jan-6-press-conference-at-mar-a-lago-129322053507


https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/12/22/donald-trump-january-6-news-conference-se-cupp-newday-vpx.cnn

[True Blue American]

48. They are still giving Trump

Publicity, even by pretending they are outraged. They aren’t. They live and die on ratings. Ratings have plummeted since Biden took office. Cable lives and dies on fear and outrage.

I refuse to listen to their fake outrage, too! Listen to Chris Hayes and Rachel. Both are almost hysterical.

[Capperdan]

57. Ari Melber and Breaking news

I can't watch this guy anymore, even Nichole is getting tiring. MSNBC in a death spiral.

[KS Toronado]

58. Every time they mention his name or show his picture

they're giving him publicity. I wish when they refer to him they would call him "Der orange wanted to be Fuhrer"
or something similar. Plus his picture should be with his arms crossed and frowning.

[global1]

11. I'm Surprised That Tr**p Is Not Using This 1/6 So-Called Press Conference For $'s.....

You would think this grifter would look at it as an opportunity to make a buck and turn it into a 'pay for view' telecast.

Another way for him to dip into the back pockets of what he calls his base.

[WarGamer]

14. His net worth grew by more in 2021...

Than the last decade.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. I Don't Trust That Analysis

I've done a great deal of digging into his & the TO's asset & debt conditions.
Admittedly, I have limited access into information not readily available to the public, but the data is out there.
If his net worth grew by more, it's because it stopped contracting.

[WarGamer]

32. He's the majority shareholder in DPAC, his SPAC merging with Trump Media and Tech Group.

It has a multi billion dollar valuation.

His real estate projects have been busts for decades.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. I Know

I think DPAC has a wildly inflated value.
We'll see when the dust settles.

[WarGamer]

35. You're 100% right

I don't think it's worth much at all until there's a product.

But there are TONS of crappy stocks worth billions

How can Tesla be worth a Trillion and Ford is worth 110B??

[ProfessorGAC]

36. A Pet Peeve

I looked it up a couple week ago.
Tesla just hit $70 billion in assets, but the market cap is 14x that.
Their revenues are comparable.
Yet Walmart has over $500 billion in revenues & $320 billion in capital.
A market value 800x the free cash flow makes no sense at all.

[WarGamer]

37. BINGO.

I'm an active daily options trader.

I make money off of fluctuations of these garbage stocks. I played TSLA today as it jumped $50 for no reason, lol...

Some people say MAYBE Elon is done selling his stock and that may be the reason...

And funny you mentioned WMT

They announced a month or so ago that they'd be eating the current increased costs of shipping and such things and the stock dropped because investors were pissy that they weren't going to raise prices.

[True Blue American]

49. Agree! Trump is

Desperate for dollars. Anyone ever seen a picture of what he is flying in now? That one picture of him stepping into a tiny jet was the last one.

[MFM008]

30. But

He was removed from the Forbes 400 list and that had to kill him.

[WarGamer]

33. A real crybaby re: his NW

[Sherman A1]

12. I don't watch them now and care not one wit

What they choose to air.

[WarGamer]

13. It'll be on ALL networks...

Maybe not live but they'll all cover it.

TV News makes $$ from eyeballs.

[randr]

15. Heard an announcement last night on MSNBC

They will have reporters covering the speech and will report any threat or confession he may make.

[FakeNoose]

19. Good to know!

If he ever "confesses" to anything I'll be the first one to turn on the TV news and watch it, rejoicing.

But yeah ... not gonna happen.

[ShazzieB]

45. Of course he wouldn't confess anything intentionally.

But there's always a hope that might accidentally reveal something. You never know.

[wnylib]

21. Confession? Highly unlikely.

Threat? Highly likely. His existence is a threat to humankind.

[randr]

23. He is known as some one who brags about their crimes.

[wnylib]

25. True, there is that.

[pwb]

18. I stopped watching all cable news when they went against Joe

on day one. Cable needs to be regulated but that would take a big Democratic victory. Anything calling themselves News should not be able to be silent about major news. It is both what they say and what they don't say that hurts humankind.

[monkeyman1]

43. haven't watched there garbage in 17 yrs . + don't do cable !

waste of money !!

[True Blue American]

50. Same here!

So did millions of others ,rating down around 55,60%.

[Mr.Bill]

24. Send it to every network, including Fox. n/t

[The Wizard]

26. Why would any normal person watch.

It will be more propaganda and professional victimhood than anything else. If he promises to do an
R. Budd Dwyer reenactment he'll get great ratings.

[ancianita]

28. These networks should be broadcasting national vigils to be held Jan 6 2022.

https://www.citizen.org/news/capitol-vigil-to-be-held-calling-for-lawmakers-to-uphold-democracy-a-year-after-january-6-attack/

WHAT:
On Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, Americans across race, place, party, and background are holding candlelight vigils to say: In America, the voters decide the outcome of elections. To prevent this kind of attack from happening again, advocates are demanding that elected leaders pass urgent legislation including the Freedom to Vote Act, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and DC Statehood.
In addition to a national vigil at the U.S. Capitol, nearly 150 events are already planned across the country and this number is increasing rapidly.

WHO:
More than 100 participating organizations and growing from the Not Above the Law Coalition and the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition, which include Public Citizen, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, CASA, Center for Community Change, Center for Popular Democracy, Common Defense, DC Vote, Faith in Public Life, Franciscan Action Network, Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters, League of Women Voters, National Council of Jewish Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Organization for Women, People For the American Way, People’s Action, Progressive Democrats Of America, Sierra Club, Stand Up America, SEIU, Women’s March; a more comprehensive list is being updated at www.Jan6UnityDay.org.

WHERE:
U.S. Capitol and nationwide. Local event information can be found here.
A detailed list:https://www.mobilize.us/democracyvigils/?org_ids=7229

WHEN:
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 at 4:45 p.m. ET

VISUALS:
Participants will be holding candles and placards.

[ShazzieB]

46. Thanks for the information link!

Nothing near me yet, but I will bookmark and check back!

[Mike Nelson]

29. Well...

... yesterday, I thought Biden did a great job with the COVID variant and testing update. However, the CNN people were very negative. It seemed like I was watching FOX. I think they want Crooked Donald back...he's very "newsy" and more people watch. They have more to talk about... so they will cover the ex-President. They are promoting it early.

[dobleremolque]

31. Let them cover it if they want to.

I don't have to watch it and certainly will not. I decline to add my eyeballs to their ratings count.

The shame is that they WILL cover it and then will refuse to identify lies as lies.

[Rhiannon12866]

38. Lawrence O'Donnell said last night that no one should watch it, that it will not be a news conference

Lawrence: Trump Will Never Admit What He Did On January 6

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced how the one year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol will be commemorated by Congress. Donald Trump has also made plans to get in front of a microphone that day and, as Lawrence O’Donnell puts it, share the “rantings of a mad man, spewing incoherent, pathological lies.” Aired on 12/21/2021.

[Raine]

39. I don't believe in censorship ... anyway maybe it's a good thing people see

and hear those things. 🤔

[Blue Owl]

40. Lard Ho

[dchill]

41. K&R!

[Calista241]

42. I wish they would carry it.

Trump being out of the news is the worst thing to happen to Dems and to Biden. The more Trump talks about 2020 and prevents the GOP from looking into 2022, the better.

He’s basically going to remind everyone why they all hate him.

[Rebl2]

54. Never thought

Of it that way. He’s really not ever been totally out of the news though. Seems like I hear something about him almost every day.

[Hoyt]

56. I agree. Put him on 24/7, and call him the head of the Republican Party.

[ShazzieB]

47. Got to love this chyron!

See what it says at the bottom of the screen? "TRUMP ANNOUNCES DESPERATE STUNT"

[sop]

51. Trump's "press conference" would be a perfect time to arrest him when he's indicted for bank

fraud and tax evasion.

[Atticus]

52. I like your attitude. nt

[2naSalit]

53. Ha! He should be arrested...

Every time he gets in front of a microphone and incites violence and insurrection!