Originally Posted by
plague
yeah look its only a rumour regarding CNN's reasons so we are playing hypothetical. i disagree a wee bit on their reporting of the buzzfeed stuff. it was no better than the old "unnamed sources tell us...." line that lets you get away with anything. CNN should have verified it, they are a news organisation, they are there to report the news and they have journalistic standards to adhere to. when the dust settled it looked like they just wanted to stick the boot into Trump and went off way too early.
but its a case of the media not trusting the govt and the govt not trusting the media.
this is the way it is now and no it didnt start with Trump, but its reached peak shambles with this current lot.
in the old days the media was never part of the story, that isn't the case anymore as more and more media members make very lucrative livings offering up news as 'opinion' rather than straight reporting.
its also nothing new that pollies just don't face up to hostile media anymore. Obama and Hillary wouldnt go near Fox News and Trump is calling CNN liars to their faces. None of this is healthy and i have no idea how it resolves itself.
social media is definitely going to be a bigger and bigger factor as pollies find a way to get their message out in their words to their supporters without getting a filter from friendly or unfriendly media. Like it or not Trumps twitter feed was a massive part of his reach and appeal. theres probably a lot of people who at least appreciate that they were hearing from the madman directly. Counter this with Hillary who's every move on social media was so polished and vanilla that a lot of people never really believed it was written by her or that the sentiment was ever genuine anyway.
as i said its going to be fascinating to see how it plays out.
again, im cheering for anarchy and chaos, let it fly.