Politics Meet the Press

[Denny Crane]

this is just why you cannot separate the media's current climate and not address Trump....he declares them the enemy and his supporters declare them all democrats....dysfunction does not breed balance...we have a president who insults everyone....ran a campaign doing it. free pass? There are in fact shoddy journalists who run Nat'l Enquirer quality stories to get some ink.....that's never changed...ever read the Conservative magazine? Those are also journalists. So it's ok to just cite journalists who agree with a guy and just lump a vast majority of media coverage as "fake news"........this doesn't hold water with me...I read stuff and don't need to draw a line in the sand to find news articles that make sense to me. I'm tired of it all being discounted as if there's no truth in print.

We can. We have plenty of threads about Trump's temperament, his accomplishments and lack thereof.

I'm not citing articles that agree with any particular position, just the ones that are clearly wrong and lies, and the ones that prove these wrong and lies.

 

[Denny Crane]

How about this whopper?

https://www.vox.com/2017/5/11/15628276/trump-comey-fired-russia

Trump has now admitted he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation

What trump actually said was that he fired Comey in spite of it likely to prolong any investigation, and that he wanted it done right and to completion. That the firing was in the peoples' best interest. This is the actual context from the interview that Vox uses for its lie:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ey-whether-he-was-under-investigation-n757821

"As far as I'm concerned, I want that thing to be absolutely done properly," Trump said. "Maybe I'll expand that, you know, lengthen the time (of the Russia probe) because it should be over with, in my opinion, should have been over with a long time ago. 'Cause all it is, is an excuse but I said to myself, I might even lengthen out the investigation, but I have to do the right thing for the American people."

 

[Denny Crane]

Approve + no opinion adds up to 61%

I'd vote no opinion, myself, but I certainly don't "disapprove" by definition.


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...ust-29-percent-approve-trump-s-firing-n759196

NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump’s Firing of James Comey

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/15/poll-trump-approval-comey-fired/22086379/

Poll: Trump's approval dips lower, massive disapproval of decision to fire Comey

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/14/politics/nbc-wsj-poll/

Poll: Comey's firing gets low approval; Trump's support unmoved

 

[Denny Crane]

In contrast to NBC, WSJ reports on their joint poll:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-trump-embraces-controversy-the-stakes-get-higher-1494858956

On the other hand, there is compelling evidence that the Comey business hasn't resonated outside of Washington the way it has inside. A weekend Wall Street Journal/NB News poll found that, while 38% of those surveyed disapproved of the Comey firing, and 29% approved, abut one-third said they didn't have an opinion.

Views were shaped by party affiliation; Democrats tended to disapprove, while Mr. Trump has won the support of Republicans. Only 3% of Trump voters disapproved. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump's job-approval rating is 39%. That's low but essentially unchanged by the Comey episode.