The untold abject horror of the turn of events at today's press conference.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

The soon to be President of the United States very literally shouts down a reporter from a news organization that--while not in any way perfect--has been a legitimate source of news for nearly four decades, refuses to even allow him to ask him a question, and he proceeds to brand said news organization in front of his peers as being "fake news."

He then immediately turns to another reporter of a news organization that has existed for less than 10 years, that serves as a popular destination for members of the alt-right and white supremacists, that contains stories with absurdly provocative racist, sexist and bigoted headlines such as "BIRTH CONTROL MAKES WOMEN UNATTRACTIVE AND CRAZY", "THE SOLUTION TO ONLINE 'HARASSMENT' IS SIMPLE: WOMEN SHOULD LOG OFF", "HOIST IT HIGH AND PROUD: THE CONFEDERATE FLAG PROCLAIMS A GLORIOUS HERITAGE" and "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS PROTECTS MUSLIM RAPE CULTURE", who very recently ran a documentably false story about Muslims supposedly burning down a church in Germany which was immediately debunked by German authorities, an organization that until recently was run by his soon to be senior policy advisor, and gladly takes that organization's reporter's question, which was........

"With all the problems that we've seen throughout the media during the course of this election, what reforms do you recommend for this industry here?"

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we've officially arrived at the Dystopia. I hope you've enjoyed your trip.

[KittyWampus]

1. Hoping it makes enough of established "real" news organizations get off their haunches...

and start ripping into him.

[mreilly]

10. Yes. He's already made a lifelong enemy of CNN.

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... he and his diddlyshit sycophants are SO PROUD of that "fake news" epithet they can hurl at anyone they don't like. It's like a "Get Out of Jail Free Card!" they'll exclaim, beaming.

Uh, no... while his idiot supporters may believe whatever pre-screened manipulated garbage they're fed, the 76% of the public who did not vote for this clown and his unending train wreck ARE reachable by facts and logic. And so if Don the Con thinks he can just hold news conferences with Fox News and Breitbart and exclude everyone else who pisses him off, he's got another think coming (not that he's capable of it).

The more news organizations go after him, the more that 76% of the public will continue to wake up to the fact this bozo is the least ethical, least honest, least qualified imbecile to become President - and that he's thoroughly in bed with and controlled by a foreign government.

If THIS is how he starts out before he even took the Oath, he has nowhere to go but down from here. And down he will go, all the way to the bottom of the abyss.

[RiverStone]

19. The irony is CNN helped to create this monster...

Can't tell ya how many times they broke into 5 minutes of Bernie speak for an hour of the bloviating bullshit of the liar in cheif.

They wanted their fucking ratings, and now we are saddled with this racist POS.

No surprise his actions at excluding CNN is another step closer to fascism.

[Raster]

26. Or how many times they showed an empty podium just waiting for tRump to arrive....

...and begin speaking.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cnn-a-heavy-contributor-to-trumps-earned-media/article/2586159

CNN's president downplayed criticism this week that his newsroom pays an inordinate amount of attention to GOP front-runner Donald Trump, but data shows his network is one of the chief contributors to the billionaire businessman's nearly $2 billion in earned media this election cycle.

As the front-runner, Trump was always going to get "a disproportionate amount of attention," Jeff Zucker told reporters this week.

The television executive continued, explaining that part of the reason why Trump gets so much play on CNN is because the candidate makes himself readily available.

<snip, more>

CNN is the Doctor Frankenstein to this tRump monster... they made him, THEY OWN HIM!

[Lifelong Protester]

43. Right on!!

[DK504]

51. And never showed Hillary's speeches.

They yammered about how great it would be and refused to carry anything Hillary. They make me sick.

[Auntie Bush]

57. That really bugged me!

I watched news 12/7 and all I ever saw was that disgusting orange turd. I didn't see a single Hillary speech till just before the election. Also saw a lot of Burnie rallies...but none for Hillary!
Well they helped him get elected...hope they are happy. They probably are because he'll give them more juisy news....the hell with what happens to our country...dollars are much more important.

[nikto]

46. Agreed

[iluvtennis]

47. Totally agree+1000. M$M is big parameter in the equation of the hot mess this country finds itself n

[Different Drummer]

41. ...

least unqualified

I think you meant either "least qualified" or "most unqualified."

[vlyons]

48. It's not so much that he's controlled by a foreign government, but that

all governments are becoming controlled by monopolistic industrialists, who run governments to maximize corporate profits.

[wryter2000]

13. We may already be seeing that

The NYT used the word treason or treasonous in the article today. This could be an interesting example of "Don't pick an argument with someone who buys ink by the barrel."

[BainsBane]

18. Unfortunately, it will probably have a chilling effect

Which is precisely Trump's intent.

[Rollo]

2. The Emperor's Clothes are tattered and torn

...

[juxtaposed]

3. I think we're doing fine, just another sprite going down the rabbit hole.

Let's see what tomorrow brings

[R B Garr]

4. Yup, our first internet troll President. n/t

[BSdetect]

5. They all ought to walk out and leave him ranting

They are obliged to treat this monster with utter contempt.

[stage left]

38. That is exactly what should happen.

What would he do? Make them stay? Hillary Clinton should also rethink her decision to attend the inauguration.

[Lifelong Protester]

44. Yes, she should.

[Auggie]

6. "Abject horror" nails it

I was watching in disbelief

[TrekLuver]

7. The lack of professionalism is astounding. Anyone else acting like this in the work place would be

FIRED. And that's exactly what needs to happen to this summabitch.

[MontanaMama]

8. I was comparing Asset tRump's attempt at using the english language

to the eloquent words of President Obama during his farewell speech. If I said it paled in comparison, it would be too much of a compliment. The man can't speak in complete sentences. He's infantile.

Whoever it is on this site that calls him a Shit Gibbon nailed it.

[NastyRiffraff]

30. After Obama's inspiring speech

that left me a weepy, sodden mess, I thought that Dump could never come close to it. His childish use of language, plus his utter lack of empathy and understanding, makes it impossible.

[Grammy23]

55. If tRump suddenly was unable to use the words I, brilliant, disaster

Donald J. tRump, believe me and a few others, he would be unable to babble on at all. Oh, for a bit of aphasia to hit him......

[uponit7771]

9. But her emails !!!

[maddiemom]

22. And Benghazi! !!!!!!!!!!

[oegthe]

11. It's a horror

It's a horror that anyone from Breitbart was at this press conference.

[LovingA2andMI]

12. This Indeed

And Welcome To DU....

[oegthe]

58. A very belated...

thank you!

[iluvtennis]

14. SMDH.nt

[JenniferJuniper]

15. Where's Jeff Gannon these days?

[Mr.Bill]

17. I'm surprised

he wasn't named press secretary.

[JI7]

33. or maybe even he thought this was too sleazy and below his standards

[Mr.Bill]

16. Credible news organizations

should not even attend his press conferences. Just boycott them period. Even at the White House after he gets sworn in. Just leave his press secretary in a room full of nut cases. People will notice this.

[uponit7771]

29. +1, they're not going to get anything but gish gallop out of them anyway! Its been 6 months and

... he's still saying shit from his fuckin campaign !!

He's still selling and he's not comfortable being confronted where he has to know what he's talking about... he's a salesman, he's not the idea guy.

[Mr.Bill]

34. It would speak volumes if he called a press conference

and all that showed up were a handful of wing nuts from right wing websites.

[uponit7771]

36. This is technically the way to fringe despite, isolate them to their base

[Volaris]

45. Then the Press Corp should ask Obama to host the next Correspondents Dinner.

Because fuck you, Donald, THATS why.

[greatbaldeagle]

20. Serves them right. I'm glad he gave them a kick in the ass

They gave his ridiculous birther movement a platform, which created the orange monster we see now. Meanwhile, they ran non-stop coverage of Hillary's emails and Benghazi which both turned out to be non stories. Big Con Don was held to the lowest standards in news media history. They coddled him and gave his minions endless access (even paid Lewandowski) to spew his lies in front of the American people. In the end he treated them like a rented mule and now they don't like it. I hope he continues to call them out and shut them out so that maybe it will make them get off their sorry asses and do the job they should have been doing in the first place. Hold him accountable and do actual journalism instead of pushing for easy ratings.

[Locrian]

50. i agree

the real news of this is how the other reporters did nothing except continue to fall in line
they need to wake up and do their damn job - not kiss ass for access

[hamsterjill]

21. In addition, his comments about Buzzfeed.

A threat that if a media outlet isn't kind to him, that they will pay dearly.

Utter bullshit. I hope the media learn to stick together and rip his ass apart.

[barbtries]

23. if we do not resist

constantly, loudly, all the time, the 1st amendment will be destroyed at the hands of this administration. this cannot be allowed to occur! and only the people can change it.

i'm horrified.

[Jacob Boehme]

24. The demonic genie is completely out of his entrapment now....

[bigtree]

25. I'm old enough to remember

...when others present would defer to the questioner when they were ignored or passed over, often repeating the question that was deflected.

Not so this time. I think that pretty f-ed up.

[Grins]

27. In Trump's defense...

He doesn't have the luxury of Jeff Gannon/Guckert tossing him meatballs.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

28. what is the "10 year old news organization"? n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

31. Brietbart, I believe.

[JHB]

37. Which, I believe, is SinSC's point. There is no NEWS organization by that name...

...just an axe-grinding and propaganda site that quite literally made its name from acts of fraud.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

39. Sorry, guess that flew over my head.

[Skittles]

49. and they asked a question pre-approved by Trump

PRAVDA has officially arrived in America

[SleeplessinSoCal]

32. trump press conference huge success

Everything he does from now on will be hugely successful.

Get with the program.

[spanone]

35. K&R...

[nini]

40. Well, maybe they should stop televising him

Just get the dirt and report it. Keep him off the damned TV to even give him the chance to do that crap in the first place.

[Crash2Parties]

42. First time I've heard a President (elect) say "crap" in a press conference. Like a professional, Don

(In the same way he is "like a smart person" but not actually a smart person?)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

52. Until I read your OP, I thought this cartoon was exaggerating in second panel

[Tommy_Carcetti]

53. Truth is stranger than fiction, indeed. nt

[lark]

54. i am totally worrying that large numbers of us may not survive

this dystopian trumpland that he and the RW 1%ers are in the process of creating.

[saidsimplesimon]

56. A Free Press

Is guaranteed by our Constitution.

Breaking News, I do not have time today to post.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-british-spy-christopher-steele-prepared-explosive-trump-memo-n705891

Former British Spy Christopher Steele Prepared Explosive Trump Memo
by HANS NICHOLS and KEN DILANIAN

An explosive 35-page memo on Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, which contains unverified allegations and which Trump called a "complete fabrication" Wednesday, was written by a former British intelligence officer working for Orbis Business Intelligence, Ltd., two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Separately, Rohit Kachroo, security editor for NBC News British partner ITV News, reported that the man's name is Christopher David Steele, a former officer with MI6 who was posted to Moscow in 1990. The memo was originally generated on behalf of Republican opponents of Trump's but was later shopped to the media by Democrats.
...snip
Steele's whereabouts were not known Thursday, and intelligence analyst Glenmore Trenear-Harvey said it was "perfectly plausible" the ex-spy could be in hiding in fear of retaliation from the Russian government.

"Look what happened to Litvinenko," he said. "Putin has form... Such things have happened in the past."