This tweet says it all when it comes to the media elite's concrete bubble. https://t.co/qpW3kDg8uV
— Susan Ferrechio (@susanferrechio) May 18, 2017
As Twitchy reported earlier, Fox News’ founder and former Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes has passed away. The discussions about Fox News prompted a New York Times political reporter to weigh in with this observation:
Think about how shrewd it was to label Fox News "Fair & Balanced," and how that misappropriation undermined trust in the mainstream media.
— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) May 18, 2017
Yep, you heard that right:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/865203454062538753
#Facepalm.
You work at the New York Times. ?
— AEWHITE (@AsheWhi) May 18, 2017
Self-awareness is hard!
Your newspaper blamed Republicans for the Tucson and Orlando massacres. https://t.co/8bYXryQY61
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) May 18, 2017
Imagine working for NYT & MSNBC and lecturing people about being fair and balanced. Rich.
— Jay K (@JayKlos) May 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/865203021961146368
Area journalist proposes idea that advertising creates demand instead of vice versa. https://t.co/y6zVAbyEos
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) May 18, 2017
"I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids…and your slogan!" – NY Times on why people don't trust media. https://t.co/tUAEr7ctAH
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) May 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/CasusBelli_JTB/status/865197468862099456
https://twitter.com/_KimberlyCarol/status/865218059832786945
If you think that's what undermined trust, you need to get out of your bubble.
— Glen Bolger (@posglen) May 18, 2017
Last year, @nytimes ran a front-page exposé on @marcorubio's wife having some traffic tickets…
— You Should Have Voted Gary (@colorblindk1d) May 18, 2017
Yeah, that's why people don't trust the media, a slogan. I don't know why we didn't see it sooner, dammit Jeremy why didn't you speak up! https://t.co/fDGMYrzijp
— Josh Fields (@partiallypro) May 18, 2017
My personal fave was front page above fold story on RNC using subliminal "RATS" message in TV ad in 2004. And the John McCain "affair" story
— ?rockmom ? (@rockmom) May 18, 2017
This reads to me as "ever since they started Fox News, we can't completely control the narrative with our liberal propaganda"
— Time2WakeUp (@Sheeple15) May 18, 2017
Heaven forbid!
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