Politics FAKE NEWS STILL GOING STRONG (1 Viewer)

[Lanny]

Dems are.

This is a free country and anybody can say almost anything they want, no matter how crazy.

 

[MARIS61]

 

[julius]

or, I don't know, it's because it's in France and not in the United States?

That's not because of fake news, it's because of Americans not caring about anything outside of the united states.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Then proceeds to cite FoxNews

 

[Lanny]

Study suggests mainstream media double standard at work after arrest of Rep. Chris Collins

By Brian Flood | Fox News

Mainstream media spent more time on the arrest of Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. in one day than it did in a year where Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., was concerned.

Mainstream media has often been accused of focusing on the flaws of Republicans while looking the other way when it comes to Democrats. Consider this week's coverage of the arrest of Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y.

The Media Research Center reported that ABC, CBS and NBC combined to cover Collins’ arrest on evening and morning newscasts for a combined 18 minutes and 24 seconds during the first 24 hours of coverage. The MRC study also noted that similar ordeals involving a Democrat received little to no attention from the same networks.

Former Democrat Rep. Chaka Fattah resigned in 2016 after being convicted of federal corruption charges including bribery, racketeering, money laundering and bank fraud. The networks spent more time on Collins in one day than they did on Fattah in over a year, according to the MRC.

“During the year-and-a-half period in between his indictment and conviction for bribery and fraud, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening programs managed a scant 68 seconds,” MRC associate editor Scott Whitlock wrote.

Former Florida Rep. Corrine Brown was sentenced last year to five years in prison over a variety of charges including fraud, but the networks ignored it all together. ABC, NBC and CBS combined for zero minutes of coverage from Brown’s indictment through sentencing, according to the MRC.

According to the MRC, CBS spent 7 minutes and 6 seconds on the Collins story, while ABC spent 5 minutes and 41 second and NBC dedicated 5 minutes and 37 seconds of airtime on the story.

CBS, ABC and NBC did not immediately respond when asked about the study.

Collins said he believes that charges filed against him "are meritless" and he will remain on the ballot for re-election. The indictment charges 68-year-old Collins; his son, Cameron Collins; and the father of his son's fiancée, Stephen Zarsky, with conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud and making false statements to the FBI. All three pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday afternoon.

“On Wednesday and Thursday, the networks not only offered a lot of time to Collins’s arrest, but they also heavily emphasized the Republican’s connection to Trump,” Whitlock wrote. “Is that the journalistic standard now? Corruption matters because Trump is President? Apparently, corrupt Democrats were of no concern during the Obama era.”

Collins, who has served New York's 27th District since 2013, ran unopposed in the Republican primary and holds what's largely considered a safe Republican seat in a state that went to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016. He's being challenged by Democrat Nate McMurray, a Grand Island, N.Y., town supervisor.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...d-at-work-after-arrest-rep-chris-collins.html

Where do you drag such drivel up? Fox?

 

[Lanny]

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Any hints on who the heck your source is?

 

[Lanny]

NBC News Withheld Evidence Undermining Swetnick’s Credibility
By Jack Crowe

• October 26, 2018 2:24 PM
• NBC News learned in late September that a woman identified by Julie Swetnick as a witness to Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct denied ever having witnessed the misconduct, but failed to report that information until Wednesday evening.
  
  In preparation for an October 1 interview with Swetnick, NBC News contacted a woman she said could corroborate her allegation that Kavanaugh “spiked” the punch at numerous parties in high school in order to facilitate gang rapes. When contacted by NBC on September 30, the unidentified woman said she did not meet Swetnick until they were both adults, and denied ever having witnessed Kavanaugh “spike” anyone’s drink or act in an inappropriate manner toward anyone.
  
  Then, on October 2, after the NBC interview in which Swetnick backtracked from her earlier claims, her attorney, Michael Avenatti, provided a statement, attributed to the same unidentified woman, to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which corroborated his client’s allegations.
  
  “During the years 1981-82, I witnessed firsthand Brett Kavanaugh, together with others, ‘spike’ the ‘punch’ at house parties I attended with Quaaludes and/or grain alcohol. I understood this was being done for the purpose of making girls more likely to engage in sexual acts and less likely to say ‘No,’” the statement read.
  
  NBC News spoke to the woman again on October 4 and asked why her written statement contradicted her earlier claims, at which point she reiterated that she had never witnessed Kavanaugh engage in the conduct described. When asked why she would sign a statement to the contrary, the woman accused Avenatti of “twisting” her words and said she only skimmed the statement he prepared for her before signing it.
  
  NBC did not reveal any of this until nearly a month after first learning that Avenatti apparently misrepresented the woman’s claims.
  
  Asked by NBC about the discrepancies in the alleged witness’s account, Avenatti said “It is a sworn declaration that she read and signed and repeatedly stood behind.”
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley referred Avenatti and Swetnick to the Department of Justice Thursday for criminal investigation related to the issuing of false statements to the Committee.
  
  NBC News did not respond to a request for comment.

Who is Jack Crowe?

 

[MARIS61]

Germany: Der Spiegel says star reporter made up material
By FRANK JORDANS | Associated Press

BERLIN – An award-winning journalist who worked for Der Spiegel, one of Germany's leading news outlets, has left the weekly magazine after evidence emerged that he committed journalistic fraud "on a grand scale" over a number of years, the publication said Wednesday.

Spiegel published a lengthy report on its website after conducting an initial internal probe of the work of Claas Relotius, a 33-year-old staff writer known for vivid investigative stories. The magazine said Relotius resigned Monday after admitting some of his articles included made-up material from interviews that never happened.

The Hamburg-based magazine said Relotius contributed almost to 60 articles published in print or online since 2011, first as a freelance writer before being hired full-time last year. The reporter previously worked for other German and Swiss publications and won numerous awards, including CNN Journalist of the Year in 2014.

Spiegel said Relotius acknowledged fabricating parts of at least 14 stories, including a piece about an American woman who he said volunteered to witness the executions of death row inmates, such as one in Texas at the beginning of the year.

Relotius didn't immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

The case, which is still being investigated, "marks a low point in the 70-year history of Der Spiegel," the magazine said.

It said concerns about Relotius' work first were raised in November by a fellow reporter who worked with him on a story about a border militia in Arizona and discovered that supposed interviews had never taken place.

Further fabrications by Relotius included a phone interview with the parents of American football player Colin Kaepernick, who protested police brutality by kneeling during the pre-game singing of the national anthem, Spiegel said. Another was reporting that a sign on the edge of a Minnesota town read "Mexicans Keep Out," Spiegel said.

The magazine said Relotius told editors he the fabrications were an attempt to avoid failure and that he was aware of his deceptions.

"The management of Der Spiegel will appoint a committee of internal and external experts," the publication said, adding that the results will be published.

The German Journalists' Union DJU called the case "the biggest fraud scandal in journalism since the Hitler diaries" that Germany's Stern magazine published in 1983 and were later found to be forgeries.

Spiegel's revelations echoed past instances of journalistic fraud by reporters elsewhere, including Jayson Blair of The New York Times, Christopher Newton of The Associated Press and Janet Cooke, whose 1980 piece about a child addicted to heroin won The Washington Post writer a Pulitzer Prize before it was exposed as untrue.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/germany-der-spiegel-says-star-reporter-made-up-material

 

[CupWizier]

Study suggests mainstream media double standard at work after arrest of Rep. Chris Collins

By Brian Flood | Fox News

Mainstream media spent more time on the arrest of Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. in one day than it did in a year where Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., was concerned.

Mainstream media has often been accused of focusing on the flaws of Republicans while looking the other way when it comes to Democrats. Consider this week's coverage of the arrest of Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y.

The Media Research Center reported that ABC, CBS and NBC combined to cover Collins’ arrest on evening and morning newscasts for a combined 18 minutes and 24 seconds during the first 24 hours of coverage. The MRC study also noted that similar ordeals involving a Democrat received little to no attention from the same networks.

Former Democrat Rep. Chaka Fattah resigned in 2016 after being convicted of federal corruption charges including bribery, racketeering, money laundering and bank fraud. The networks spent more time on Collins in one day than they did on Fattah in over a year, according to the MRC.

“During the year-and-a-half period in between his indictment and conviction for bribery and fraud, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening programs managed a scant 68 seconds,” MRC associate editor Scott Whitlock wrote.

Former Florida Rep. Corrine Brown was sentenced last year to five years in prison over a variety of charges including fraud, but the networks ignored it all together. ABC, NBC and CBS combined for zero minutes of coverage from Brown’s indictment through sentencing, according to the MRC.

According to the MRC, CBS spent 7 minutes and 6 seconds on the Collins story, while ABC spent 5 minutes and 41 second and NBC dedicated 5 minutes and 37 seconds of airtime on the story.

CBS, ABC and NBC did not immediately respond when asked about the study.

Collins said he believes that charges filed against him "are meritless" and he will remain on the ballot for re-election. The indictment charges 68-year-old Collins; his son, Cameron Collins; and the father of his son's fiancée, Stephen Zarsky, with conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud and making false statements to the FBI. All three pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday afternoon.

“On Wednesday and Thursday, the networks not only offered a lot of time to Collins’s arrest, but they also heavily emphasized the Republican’s connection to Trump,” Whitlock wrote. “Is that the journalistic standard now? Corruption matters because Trump is President? Apparently, corrupt Democrats were of no concern during the Obama era.”

Collins, who has served New York's 27th District since 2013, ran unopposed in the Republican primary and holds what's largely considered a safe Republican seat in a state that went to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016. He's being challenged by Democrat Nate McMurray, a Grand Island, N.Y., town supervisor.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...d-at-work-after-arrest-rep-chris-collins.html

Most of the fake news is tweeted from Trumpie. You just refuse to accept it. Do you really trust a guy that continually lies and makes personal attacks constantly?

 

[CupWizier]

Fake newsbore Jim Acosta got his childish ass kicked out of the WH so adults can ask the President questions in turn and we can hear his answers.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cn...pended-by-white-house-sarah-sanders-announces

Are you referring to the time the president acted like a baby in diapers?

 

[MARIS61]

My granddaughter loves Trolls.

Poppy is her favorite.

 

[Lanny]

Media silence as gang rape survivor from northern Iraq wins Nobel Peace Prize
By World Tribune on November 1, 2018

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2018

News that Yazidi sex slave survivor Nadia Murad has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war barely registered on the American media radar screen.

Murad was abducted in northern Iraq in August 2014, when Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists took over her village.

Nadia Murda. / AFP / Getty Images
“At just 21 years old, she was kidnapped alongside an estimated 3,000 other Yazidi women and girls, traded as sex slaves from one ISIS fighter to another. She was forced to pray, dress up, and apply makeup in preparation for her rape, which was often committed by gangs,” Kelsey Harkness wrote for The Daily Signal on Oct. 12.

Murad said: “My hope is that all women who speak about their stories of sexual violence are heard and accepted, that their voices are heard so they feel safe.”

But, Harkness wrote, “Nadia’s story is falling on deaf ears. Because being ‘heard’ requires others to listen. Imagine the difference ‘feminists’ could make if, in addition to banging on the doors of the U.S. Supreme Court, they also took a few minutes to bang at the doors of the United Nations.”

“While any comparison between Nadia’s story and the accusations leveled against newly minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would be completely unfair,” Harkness continued, “it is fair to wonder how news of uncorroborated allegations of gang rape brought by porn lawyer Michael Avenatti can overshadow a gang rape survivor-turned-women’s advocate being honored with the most prestigious award in the world.”

When her village was overrun by ISIS, Murad said the Yazidi people – a Kurdish and Arabic-speaking religious minority – were given two choices: Convert to Islam or die. Refusing to give in, Nadia said she watched men get massacred and family members march to their graves.

Thousands of Yazidis remain missing, including at least 1,300 women and children.

In accepting her Nobel Peace Prize, Murad said: “The world should bear its moral and legal responsibility and ensure its proper and fair accountability. The sexual violence and conflicts in our towns and cities must be stopped.”

Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who has also worked to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

https://www.worldtribune.com/media-...K9m-Y43VqQLJXPySxxMPNvhsTkhA_5BMg6cZmpjpKL7Dw

I saw it. Can't remember if it was PBS or CNBC but it was one of the two. Pretty extensive coverage, too.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

My granddaughter loves Trolls.

Poppy is her favorite.

Your granddaughter calls you Poppy?!?

 

[julius]

Your granddaughter calls you Poppy?!?

Hm...if this was Fez saying it about Mags....

 

[BonesJones]

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You gotta love the ridiculous thought-process hear. TIME Magazine covers reflecting opinion pieces. So there's media that's biased toward their own opinions? That's a dumb example of the silly narrative you try to paint.

But ya'll get caught up so much in being right that you differentiate different entities doing the same thing. All networks under-report information that goes against the best interest of the opinion of their majority, and over-report and over-sensationalize any bit of information that confirms their best interest.

The dumb thing would be to buy into this and reward one side for the same thing your reprimanding the other for... This further perpetuates the cycle as these networks continue to cater towards your bias. Not only that, but the conversation becomes truly meaningless, and a war over who's bias is more fair. Focus on what I italicized, because I don't think you've fully grasped the concept. But then again, it's not your style to see the idiocy in that.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Hm...if this was Fez saying it about Mags....

HE PUTS HOT CHOCOLATE ON DOGS!

 

[julius]

HE PUTS HOT CHOCOLATE ON DOGS!

Mags once told me that a honeymoon is like an old TV set – four wobbly legs and a worn out knob!!!

 

[barfo]

HE PUTS HOT CHOCOLATE ON DOGS!

HE'S CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUPS!

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

The lowlife liars of the left can't even get through Christmas without lying about our President.

NBC News backtracks on report that said Trump did not visit troops over Christmas
Fox News

NBC News attempted to backtrack on an article published Wednesday which claimed President Donald Trump did not visit the troops over Christmastime when in fact, he did.

The liberal news outlet admitted in an extended editor's note that "the thrust of this article is no longer correct." NBC also adjusted the headline to: "Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops on or before Christmas." The president and first lady left Wednesday night to visit the troops on Thursday.

The note which was published at the top of the original article read: "On Wednesday, NBC News compiled a list of every Christmastime visit to active troops by a president since 2001. That list, as detailed in the article below, showed that former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama visited troops on or before Christmas every year since 2003, and President Donald Trump did so in 2017.

"As of the end of Christmas Day 2018, Trump had not visited troops during the holiday season, and had announced no plans to do so. The article was correct, but on Dec. 26, the situation changed. Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, made an unannounced visit to troops in Iraq. As a result, the thrust of this article is no longer correct, even if it was at the time."

The note continued: "In the interest of transparency, we are keeping the article on NBCNews.com so that the record will reflect the situation on the day the article was published, and are directing readers to the article about Trump’s Iraq visit here. We are also altering one line in the article, as well as the headline, to be more specific and to note that Trump was the first president since 2002 who didn’t visit military personnel on or before Christmas, rather than at Christmastime."

NBC News' mistake comes after Trump's visit to Iraq was heavily criticized by the media. CNN's overwhelmingly negative reporting drew attention to some troops bringing MAGA hats for the president to sign and how this may be against the guidelines, which forbids active members of the military from participating in “political activities.”

CNN SLAMMED FOR TRASHING TRUMP'S VISIT TO TROOPS, CRITICIZING SOLDIERS FOR BRINGING MAGA HATS

The story by CNN politics reporter Eli Watkins, headlined “Troops bringing Trump hats to sign may violate military rule,” was criticized by press secretary Sanders, among others, who fired back at CNN on Thursday, tweeting that the network “will attack anyone who supports President Trump, including the brave men and women of our military who fight everyday to protect our freedom.”

CNN anchor Don Lemon also took shots at Trump for visiting the troops while the U.S. Coast Guard continues to work without pay during the partial government shutdown and later referred to Trump as “The Grinch” for making Christmas about him as well as his visit with the troops. Former NSA adviser Samantha Vinograd agreed, saying the president “should’ve stayed home.”

Later on, CNN’s April Ryan said Trump’s visit with the troops “should have happened a long time ago” and questioned whether everyone “should be commending him” for something presidents have done in the past.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...aid-trump-did-not-visit-troops-over-christmas

 

[Lanny]

The lowlife liars of the left can't even get through Christmas without lying about our President.

NBC News backtracks on report that said Trump did not visit troops over Christmas
Fox News

NBC News attempted to backtrack on an article published Wednesday which claimed President Donald Trump did not visit the troops over Christmastime when in fact, he did.

The liberal news outlet admitted in an extended editor's note that "the thrust of this article is no longer correct." NBC also adjusted the headline to: "Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops on or before Christmas." The president and first lady left Wednesday night to visit the troops on Thursday.

The note which was published at the top of the original article read: "On Wednesday, NBC News compiled a list of every Christmastime visit to active troops by a president since 2001. That list, as detailed in the article below, showed that former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama visited troops on or before Christmas every year since 2003, and President Donald Trump did so in 2017.

"As of the end of Christmas Day 2018, Trump had not visited troops during the holiday season, and had announced no plans to do so. The article was correct, but on Dec. 26, the situation changed. Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, made an unannounced visit to troops in Iraq. As a result, the thrust of this article is no longer correct, even if it was at the time."

The note continued: "In the interest of transparency, we are keeping the article on NBCNews.com so that the record will reflect the situation on the day the article was published, and are directing readers to the article about Trump’s Iraq visit here. We are also altering one line in the article, as well as the headline, to be more specific and to note that Trump was the first president since 2002 who didn’t visit military personnel on or before Christmas, rather than at Christmastime."

NBC News' mistake comes after Trump's visit to Iraq was heavily criticized by the media. CNN's overwhelmingly negative reporting drew attention to some troops bringing MAGA hats for the president to sign and how this may be against the guidelines, which forbids active members of the military from participating in “political activities.”

CNN SLAMMED FOR TRASHING TRUMP'S VISIT TO TROOPS, CRITICIZING SOLDIERS FOR BRINGING MAGA HATS

The story by CNN politics reporter Eli Watkins, headlined “Troops bringing Trump hats to sign may violate military rule,” was criticized by press secretary Sanders, among others, who fired back at CNN on Thursday, tweeting that the network “will attack anyone who supports President Trump, including the brave men and women of our military who fight everyday to protect our freedom.”

CNN anchor Don Lemon also took shots at Trump for visiting the troops while the U.S. Coast Guard continues to work without pay during the partial government shutdown and later referred to Trump as “The Grinch” for making Christmas about him as well as his visit with the troops. Former NSA adviser Samantha Vinograd agreed, saying the president “should’ve stayed home.”

Later on, CNN’s April Ryan said Trump’s visit with the troops “should have happened a long time ago” and questioned whether everyone “should be commending him” for something presidents have done in the past.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...aid-trump-did-not-visit-troops-over-christmas

Oh my goodness, the horrific things you must think of Trump, the King of all the liars.

 

[MARIS61]

Media sneer at Melania Trump’s fashion choices, fawn over Michelle Obama’s

By Adam Shaw | Fox News

Media outlets this week, having first fawned over former first lady Michelle Obama’s choice of glitzy boots, quickly offered a different take when it came to current first lady Melania Trump’s fashion choices -- going from fan boy to "Mean Girl."

Earlier this month, while promoting her new book “Becoming,” Mrs. Obama stepped out on stage in sparkly thigh-high boots from designer Balenciaga. Mainstream media outlets, who have frequently struggled to keep their composure when it comes to the Obamas, lost it.

“It wasn’t just an eye-catching ensemble. It was fashion. Fashion. Faaaashion!” , The Washington Post wrote.

CNN declared that Mrs. Obama “ended the year in style,” while Cosmopolitan declared: “All other boots are canceled.”

“Say it with me: NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR MY FIRST LADY!”, said the Cosmo article headlined: "Michelle Obama Just Stepped Out in $4,000 Gold Thigh-High Boots and I've Never Loved Her More,” declared.

But even in the breathless coverage, liberal writers found time to pour some scorn on Mrs. Trump, herself a former model. Vox, calling Obama a “style influencer”, then immediately knocked Trump for having “repeatedly made headlines for fashion gaffes.”

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But when Mrs. Trump accompanied her husband to visit the troops in Iraq on Christmas Day, the media -- in the style of the 2004 movie “Mean Girls" -- went from “that is so fetch” to “you can’t sit with us!”

Since a first lady might look somewhat out of place wearing thigh-high glitter boots to Al Asad Air Base, she wore a simple shirt, pants and Timberland boots. But this raised some eyebrows in the media, including Yahoo News, where an article appeared: "Melania Trump gets mocked for wearing Timberland boots while visiting the troops.”

MICHELLE OBAMA WEARS $4K THIGH-HIGH BALENCIAGA GLITTER BOOTS ON BOOK TOUR

Melania Trump visited troops in Iraq alongside President Trump. (White House)

The mocking in this instance came from a handful of Twitter users, with Yahoo noting that “one person even suggested that putting on Timberlands was a last-ditch effort by FLOTUS after getting critiqued for her other shoe choices -- including the infamous “storm stilettos.”

“However, it wouldn’t be the first time that Melania wore a pair of the brand’s boots, and similarly got mocked for them,” the article said, linking to an article in 2017 when Yahoo last reported on Melania being mocked for wearing Timberlands.

In Town Hall, Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell criticized the article and compared it to a positive article Yahoo published about the Obama boots. Bozell said that in their eyes, Obama “can do no wrong.”

MELANIA TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS SHE DOES WHAT'S 'RIGHT,' DESPITE MEDIA CRITICISM

“One would think feminist women in the media could come up with better articles to write than catty Twitter roundups of liberals sneering about Melania Trump's boots -- especially when it has nothing to do with boots,” he wrote.

But the media voices weren’t done. On returning from her trip to Iraq, the first lady made her way across the South Lawn wearing some tan leather pants.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the South Lawn of the White House after making a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mercury News called it her “latest head-scratching ensemble” and declared 2016 to be a “‘wild’ year of curious, controversial first lady fashion.”

The Cut called it a “confusing pair of pants.” Vanity Fair launched what it called “an investigation” into the leather pants, which it called an “Internet-baiting fit.” It includes this rather snarky paragraph:

“At first glance, it does appear that FLOTUS rolled out of bed, threw on a coat, and headed to Air Force One. But as she starts moving, one can see the fabric rolls on her knees -- if one is watching very, very closely. Those would appear to be tan leather pants."

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This is the same Vanity Fair that in November, covered Michelle Obama’s book with an article headlined: “In the Best Moments of Becoming, the Miracle of Michelle Obama Arises.”

Mrs. Trump addressed the negative media coverage in an interview this month with Fox News' Sean Hannity, where she said she does "what is right" despite the negative coverage.

“I do what I think is right. I know I will get the criticism – from the public or from the media – but I will do what is right and what I feel is right for the country and for the people,” Trump replied. “That’s why I say I want to stay true to myself and listen to myself and what to do and what is right, what is wrong and live a meaningful life every day.”

 

[CupWizier]

MEDIA ATTACKED MICHELLE OBAMA. JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM YOUR BOY HANNITY.

OH THE ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY FROM FOX NEWS ONCE AGAIN.

 

[Lanny]

Media sneer at Melania Trump’s fashion choices, fawn over Michelle Obama’s

By Adam Shaw | Fox News

Media outlets this week, having first fawned over former first lady Michelle Obama’s choice of glitzy boots, quickly offered a different take when it came to current first lady Melania Trump’s fashion choices -- going from fan boy to "Mean Girl."

Earlier this month, while promoting her new book “Becoming,” Mrs. Obama stepped out on stage in sparkly thigh-high boots from designer Balenciaga. Mainstream media outlets, who have frequently struggled to keep their composure when it comes to the Obamas, lost it.

“It wasn’t just an eye-catching ensemble. It was fashion. Fashion. Faaaashion!” , The Washington Post wrote.

CNN declared that Mrs. Obama “ended the year in style,” while Cosmopolitan declared: “All other boots are canceled.”

“Say it with me: NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR MY FIRST LADY!”, said the Cosmo article headlined: "Michelle Obama Just Stepped Out in $4,000 Gold Thigh-High Boots and I've Never Loved Her More,” declared.

But even in the breathless coverage, liberal writers found time to pour some scorn on Mrs. Trump, herself a former model. Vox, calling Obama a “style influencer”, then immediately knocked Trump for having “repeatedly made headlines for fashion gaffes.”

Video
But when Mrs. Trump accompanied her husband to visit the troops in Iraq on Christmas Day, the media -- in the style of the 2004 movie “Mean Girls" -- went from “that is so fetch” to “you can’t sit with us!”

Since a first lady might look somewhat out of place wearing thigh-high glitter boots to Al Asad Air Base, she wore a simple shirt, pants and Timberland boots. But this raised some eyebrows in the media, including Yahoo News, where an article appeared: "Melania Trump gets mocked for wearing Timberland boots while visiting the troops.”

MICHELLE OBAMA WEARS $4K THIGH-HIGH BALENCIAGA GLITTER BOOTS ON BOOK TOUR

Melania Trump visited troops in Iraq alongside President Trump. (White House)

The mocking in this instance came from a handful of Twitter users, with Yahoo noting that “one person even suggested that putting on Timberlands was a last-ditch effort by FLOTUS after getting critiqued for her other shoe choices -- including the infamous “storm stilettos.”

“However, it wouldn’t be the first time that Melania wore a pair of the brand’s boots, and similarly got mocked for them,” the article said, linking to an article in 2017 when Yahoo last reported on Melania being mocked for wearing Timberlands.

In Town Hall, Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell criticized the article and compared it to a positive article Yahoo published about the Obama boots. Bozell said that in their eyes, Obama “can do no wrong.”

MELANIA TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS SHE DOES WHAT'S 'RIGHT,' DESPITE MEDIA CRITICISM

“One would think feminist women in the media could come up with better articles to write than catty Twitter roundups of liberals sneering about Melania Trump's boots -- especially when it has nothing to do with boots,” he wrote.

But the media voices weren’t done. On returning from her trip to Iraq, the first lady made her way across the South Lawn wearing some tan leather pants.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the South Lawn of the White House after making a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mercury News called it her “latest head-scratching ensemble” and declared 2016 to be a “‘wild’ year of curious, controversial first lady fashion.”

The Cut called it a “confusing pair of pants.” Vanity Fair launched what it called “an investigation” into the leather pants, which it called an “Internet-baiting fit.” It includes this rather snarky paragraph:

“At first glance, it does appear that FLOTUS rolled out of bed, threw on a coat, and headed to Air Force One. But as she starts moving, one can see the fabric rolls on her knees -- if one is watching very, very closely. Those would appear to be tan leather pants."

Video
This is the same Vanity Fair that in November, covered Michelle Obama’s book with an article headlined: “In the Best Moments of Becoming, the Miracle of Michelle Obama Arises.”

Mrs. Trump addressed the negative media coverage in an interview this month with Fox News' Sean Hannity, where she said she does "what is right" despite the negative coverage.

“I do what I think is right. I know I will get the criticism – from the public or from the media – but I will do what is right and what I feel is right for the country and for the people,” Trump replied. “That’s why I say I want to stay true to myself and listen to myself and what to do and what is right, what is wrong and live a meaningful life every day.”

Mrs. Obama is class. Mrs. Trump is someone who plagiarizes. Can you detect the difference?

 

[Hoopguru]

Mrs. Obama is class. Mrs. Trump is someone who plagiarizes. Can you detect the difference?

And she was never proud of the America till they won the presidency! And sit under a paster that is condemning and hateful of America.

 

[Hoopguru]

Nobody is without spot or wrinkle! Including me.

 

[Lanny]

And she was never proud of the America till they won the presidency! And sit under a paster that is condemning and hateful of America.

That isn't true. It was shortly after that Pastor began speaking hate directed at the United States that the Obamas withdrew from his church. I've heard President Obama condemn the pastor.

 

[Hoopguru]

That isn't true. It was shortly after that Pastor began speaking hate directed at the United States that the Obamas withdrew from his church. I've heard President Obama condemn the pastor.

She did say "Im finally Proud to be an American" though.

Point is, everyone has something and people should rag on any first lady.
Unless they run for president!

 

[Lanny]

And she was never proud of the America till they won the presidency! And sit under a paster that is condemning and hateful of America.

Also, wasn't it Michelle that said "When they go low, we go high"?

Where do you get the part where she supposedly was never proud of America? I'd like to see that.

 

[Hoopguru]

That isn't true. It was shortly after that Pastor began speaking hate directed at the United States that the Obamas withdrew from his church. I've heard President Obama condemn the pastor.

how about the 20 years before? you really think he just went off after Barrack left he church? I don't

 

[julius]

Also, wasn't it Michelle that said "When they go low, we go high"?

Where do you get the part where she supposedly was never proud of America? I'd like to see that.

It was a quote taken out of context, in a similar vein to the "you didn't build those" and the guns and bible thing he 'said'.