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March 24, 2017
So heres something you dont see every day on local TV news: An attack on mainstream media delivered by the person running the largest TV broadcast company in the country.
At 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Scott Livingston, the Vice President of News with Sinclair Broadcast Group, delivered this warning on air on KOMO-TV airwaves:
Im sure you know about the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country, he said. The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media. More alarming, national media outlets are publishing these same fake stories without fact checking first. Unfortunately, some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think....(more)
Here's komo direct link.
http://komonews.com/content-concerns
Was KOMO just bullied into airing right-wing rhetoric?
http://crosscut.com/2017/03/komos-bullied-by-sinclair-right-wing-rhetoric/So heres something you dont see every day on local TV news: An attack on mainstream media delivered by the person running the largest TV broadcast company in the country.
At 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Scott Livingston, the Vice President of News with Sinclair Broadcast Group, delivered this warning on air on KOMO-TV airwaves:
Im sure you know about the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country, he said. The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media. More alarming, national media outlets are publishing these same fake stories without fact checking first. Unfortunately, some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think....(more)
Here's komo direct link.
http://komonews.com/content-concerns
March 11, 2017
Repubs are making progress in imploding the ACA, but how is this worthy of bragging?
Am I reading this right? Irony much?
We are making great progress with healthcare. ObamaCare is imploding and will only get worse. Republicans coming together to get job done!Repubs are making progress in imploding the ACA, but how is this worthy of bragging?
March 6, 2017
1/4 and 509
Don has spent 1/4 of his nights away from the White House since being inaugurated. He has tweeted 509 times in this same time period.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/jan/20/donald-trump-first-100-days-president-daily-updates
March 3, 2017
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Who gave him back his phone?
Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not....
...intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed.....
...to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election, and now they have lost their grip on reality. The real story...
...is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total "witch hunt!"
...intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed.....
...to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election, and now they have lost their grip on reality. The real story...
...is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total "witch hunt!"
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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