CNN Responds to Trump's Violent Tweet: "It's a Sad Day"

[bigtree]

twitter.com/brianstelter/status/881521068078505985

Link to tweet

[Thrill]

1. Ouch

[Madam45for2923]

2. CNN CEO Zucker is friends with the Trump family. BOGUS feud?

[dalton99a]

5. Zucker created Trump

Zucker gave him his TV persona which cemented his celebrity status and credibility among TV viewers

[peggysue2]

63. Zucker certainly helped create Trumpmania

Zucker stated: "he may be bad for the country but he's great TV."

So please, any comments now are a day late and dollar short. This is how capitalism eats itself. To death.

[bigtree]

6. bogus or not

...it's an open assault on the media - an encouragement of violence against the press. That's not a ruse, it's a constitutional crisis.

If anything, those close relationships make these attacks even more stark and bewildering.

[emulatorloo]

11. +1. Add this to the revelation that Trump threatened to reveal the sexual secrets of a couple of

Commentators unless they stopped their critical coverage.

Even during the campaign he was encouraging violence against the press, and he's on a long campaign to smear and discredit the free press.

This isn't about "personalities" of news execs, reporters, etc. This is about a President doing everything in his power to undermine the press.

I ass-ume the escalation right now may have to do with that WSJ article tying Flynn to an effort by a GOP operative's negotiating with Russian hackers. Because the question it raises is did Trump ask Flynn to do this.

And no doubt there are other big stories coming up on Trump/Russia. So news media has to be discredited.

[mountain grammy]

26. Exactly!

[C_U_L8R]

41. At least as real as pro wrestling

[dalton99a]

3. They waited until after he became president

[Thrill]

7. They created him. Playing all his rallies

Especially during the Republican primary

[joshcryer]

47. +1, billion dollars in free media.

[mr_liberal]

49. Because it got ratings and they thought he would lose.

Trump seemed bad for the republican party. He seemed like he would be the weakest general election candidate, everybody thought that. Everybody thought he would definitely lose to Hillary.

[bigtree]

8. I don't think his ire is directed at CNN executives

...reporters and journalists are in the line of fire, many whom had nothing to do with his rise.

[YCHDT]

33. yeap

[HAB911]

4. White Trash

[Madam45for2923]

9. It's the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal that's breaking stories on treason, not CNN.

If you could read, you'd realize it's the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal that's breaking stories on treason, not CNN.

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

10. Yep.

The NYT also did a great job exposing his shenanigans

[SweetieD]

15. Also MSNBC is much more critical than CNN yet

Trump hasn't attacked Joy Reid or Maddow or Lawrence. Just mika and joe and only because he feels a personal vendetta against them.


I think the CNN thing is personal too. Because Zucker is or was friends with Jared and Ivanka. Also Jared met with some cnn execs months ago trying to get "fair" coverage of Trump which didn't work. So it seems like when their negotiations fail they go into full attack mode.

[Madam45for2923]

18. Makes sense!

[marlakay]

50. I think he attacks Morning Joe peeps

because a lot of conservatives watch that show. He is trying to keep his base.

[mr_liberal]

51. I think it also has to do with them publishing that Russian dossier about him with prostitutes etc..

I believe thats when he first called them "fake news". Ever since then CNN has been pretty aggressive toward him, they seem really angry about the "fake news" label.

EDIT: CNN actually didn't "publish" the dossier, they linked to it and reported on it. Also it was written up by British ex-MI6 agents.

[Amaryllis]

66. Wonder why not RAchel, Lawrence, Joy, because they are breaking more damaging stuff than

anyone else.

[boston bean]

16. but they are commenting and giving a wider audience. Which, I believe, includes HIS audience.

He is such a fucking thin skinned piece of shit.

[Madam45for2923]

19. I see! That video is vile. What a garbage of a person he is.

[bigtree]

23. you can view this as a warning to the entire media

...mob-style intimidation tactics.

[bora13]

38. i hear

he can read a sundial. but it only tells him that when there is no shadow, it's
time to whip out the spray tan!

[Madam45for2923]

44. whut??? lol!

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. sky is blue, trump lies. water is wet, trump is a narcissistic child.

we need air to breathe - republicans are bankrupt on good ideas for the people.

none of this should be news to anyone who was paying attention.

This was, is and will be an unmitigated disaster that will leave a lasting mark

[bigtree]

14. this isn't normal

...and it's news, even if it's no surprise.

No one should be cynical* about this assault on the press. Trump isn't just angling against the media, he's bumping up against the Constitution.

[NRaleighLiberal]

17. yes- my point is that the media always seems to act surprised. It is entirely predictable.

Somehow that thing needs to be separated from the presidency. No idea how it will happen...

[boston bean]

20. It is predictable he will do something, not what he will do.

And what he does, exceeds expectations, most times.

[bigtree]

21. yeah, the media is on a forced learning curve

...institutionally inclined as they are to regurgitate administration pablum without criticism or dissent.

It would be a boon that Trump's attacks on the press compels them to provide more opposition, if his attacks weren't, essentially, such a direct assault on all of us.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. media has been so focused on shock & schlock since the rise of cable,

That finally they're being forced into actual reporting. The journalists with integrity and intelligence are finally eclipsing the tabloid truthers, I think. Seems from what I read, anyway.

That's a Big Deal, I think. Like, the cultural pendulum coming back from the rightward swing it's been on since raygun.

[DK504]

13. Considering how hard they worked to get

the sociopath elected their shock and horror at his behavior is a bit disingenuous. Now they are shocked and shaken when they actually have to consider his insanity and idiocy while having the nuke codes? 'Cause that wasn't foreseeable.

[maryellen99]

27. I think they were to kiss Trump's ass or lose your job nt

[oberliner]

22. CNN has someone on defending the tweet right now

Saying it was just a joke. That the media has it in for Trump and treat him unfairly. Etc. etc.

[dalton99a]

25. Sure enough

[oberliner]

29. The fact that CNN has so many Trump shills on so regularly

Makes it feel like this is all just a game.

[bigtree]

32. it's a mixed pol Sunday morning panel

...what to expect from conservatives?

Right-wing commentators aren't exclusive to CNN.

[oberliner]

36. Jeffrey Lord called Trump the Martin Luther King of health care

That's not something a normal conservative would say.

[YCHDT]

35. yeap

[mr_liberal]

53. He/she is right. It is just a joke. There are memes like this on the internet ALL THE TIME. nm

[bigtree]

59. this is directed from the highest office in the land

...arguably more consequential coming from the POTUS, than from an internet troll. Puts a spotlight on the lie that Trump isn't encouraging violence.

It was hilarious when that republican candidate slammed that reporter to the ground for asking questions.

[justgamma]

24. I resent the fact that everyone

seems to think Trump started the war on the media. How long ago has it been since the Republicans decided that they must always say the "liberal" media? How long have the Republicans promoted nothing but Faux Snooze? 45 is just the culmination of a sustained effort to discredit the media by the Republicans.

[mountain grammy]

28. I don't think anyone here thinks he started it.

We're afraid he's determined to finish it.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. raygun. fairness doctrine. --- cable and fux spewz. n/t

[Thinkingabout]

30. Fake president, he is unfit.

[AllyCat]

31. Below the dignity of an adult human being

[asuhornets]

34. So embarassing..n/t

[lastlib]

37. We should all be glad he's NOT working on his healthcare bill!

He's doing us a favor neglecting it. At the same time he's not working on it, he's digging his (and the GOPee's) hole a little deeper. Keep digging, Mr. pResiDunce.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

43. Meanwhile, the non-raving pukes who are "merely" sadistic sociopaths

and Hellfire Fanatics are working behind the scenes on dismantling the social contract, and aren't they glad that Comrade Fatass is providing bigly smokescreen.

[lastlib]

64. True point.

They're the ones we should be aiming our fire at. The best thing we can do for the country is ignore pResiDunce AnusMouth (That alone will send him off the deep end!) and concentrate on crushing those "merely" sadistic sociopaths.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

65. I think that the Mueller team is scrutinizing the supporting cast.

Or are they the writers and directors?

[bucolic_frolic]

42. Did he forget he lost the election by 3 million and is office due to a rigged election?

Stop pickin' on CNN, face the truth!

[Vinca]

45. I think we should go find a random 12 year old and put him in charge of the country.

He'd probably do better than this mentally disturbed, overgrown toddler.

[Windy City Charlie]

46. I'm convinced

Most of these fights Trump is having with the media is contrived. He's not getting everything done he said he would (and he knew they were lies) during the campaign, and he's going to use these fights as an excuse for why things didn't get done. He knows his voting base hates the media, so if he can say "if it weren't for the democrats and having to deal with the fake media, believe me, I'd have gotten a whole lot more accomplished," his voters are going to totally believe it. He's using the "fake media" to cover up for his failed campaign lies, and the media is going along right with it.

[bigtree]

48. his support is polling in the 30's

...where he's mortally hurt himself politically is with the lucid (if just as lethal) middle of his party which held their noses and voted for the mentally-stunted demagogue.

The party in control of the Senate, Congress, and the WH was thwarted by the media reporting on his pathetic presidency?

[SammyWinstonJack]

68. They're going to believe it because they want to believe it. Doesn't matter which republican pol

spouts it. Blame the Democrats and The so-called liberal media and they're all on board. The republican base is willfully ignorant.

[Books_Tea_Alone]

52. But why isn't this on all hour???

Just got home from grocery shopping- saw the tweet while in the store. I expected it to be wall to wall coverage but crickets this hour?? Where is the outrage?? A few minutes here and there about how idiots are "defending" it but no outrage?

*A CNN anchor just said "this is so stupid, why are we covering this" (?!?!?)

[Gothmog]

54. The fact that trump has deleted this tweet is telling

[Worktodo]

57. Hasn't been deleted

It's still up as far as I can see.

[Worktodo]

55. This has gone too far

This latest Trump tweet seems to directly condone if not incite violence against Americans. People hitting or shooting each other isn't a democracy anymore. Technically (in the extreme) I guess he can call people "low IQ" and that's his opinion. But this -- this seems like a violation of the oath.

I guess we'll see how congress reacts. After all it was only a few weeks ago that a GOP congressmen assaulted a reporter. Not to mention the horrific shooting. Leadership should be trying to calm things down not ratchet them up. This is not a good direction for the country.

[MontanaMama]

56. His "first"

meeting with Putin? They've been bromancing for at least a year, right?

[Honeycombe8]

58. How the President is acting is very upsetting and alarming to me. I'm worried.

I'm worried what is happening to the country, who will save us. Every day the citizens are subjected to this trailer trash, violent, mean authoritarian who speaks horribly about the country's institutions, system of government, health care for the citizens, you name it.

Who will save us? Who will bring the country back to balance, some normality, some rationality? Back to reality?

[AntiFascist]

60. Trump's strategy appears to be working though...

instead of focusing on the failures of his presidency, his inability to work with Congress on healthcare, the evidence now coming to light that the Trump campaign colluded with Russians, his upcoming meeting with Putin, etc, etc...much of the discussion is instead fully engaged with his little war on the legitimate media.

[bigtree]

61. the press didn't need an excuse to ignore policy

...they've been doing that for years.

Trump is undermining the legitimacy of his word, daily. He's devaluing whatever credibility the republicans need to manage their legislative agenda.

[AntiFascist]

62. I think he's using every trick he can think of to hold onto his 37% approval..

never mind what it does to the Republicans or the legitimacy of his office. Just like he used every trick possible, legal or illegal, to get into office. This same pattern follows from his business practices: he used every trick possible to stay in business, but now most banks and most lawyers will have nothing to do with him.

[BlueJac]

67. That will leave a mark.

[warmfeet]

69. Disgusting asshat disguised as president.

The orange one continues to hit new lows.

[Heartstrings]

70. Not one thing about this is normal..........nt

[Catherine Vincent]

71. What an unpresidential human being!

[BigmanPigman]

72. He's a human being? I could name 10 things that he is and none are human being. YUK!

[JI7]

73. Was it NOT sad when he referred to entire group of people as rapists and murderers ?

how about when he went after rosie o'donnell years before in ugly fucked up ways. how about the many years of him questioning the first black president's birth place ?

[amrita73]

74. Too serious to think this will go away ... it won't. Action is needed.

What is very serious about this is that Trump is just an
instrument in the hands of wackos who do the thinking while Trump does the
clown act (the most famous is Bannon, but they're legion)
who want a change of regime into a one-party system with a "conservative" agenda as only option.

The extreme right is already installed in power.


Meanwhile, the Resistance needs to get looking like a real, united,
active, and strong front to be reckoned with. And I do not see that happening, at least not yet.
Where are the millions marching in Washington-- and every day, not just once?
What's it going to take for people to wake up?

[orangecrush]

75. K&R

We still have a free press.

If we can keep it.

[PatrickforO]

76. Maybe Zucker considers the country above his friendship with Trump

[Sunlei]

77. CNN should research the person who made the gif. trump snatched & used the gif. quickly, he must...

read and perhaps post on that message board. He did give that message board a lot of campaign time.

IMO, he posts there under a 'smurf' name and is a regular reader.