I tried for years to warn the media that their blatant bias was going to come back to bite them.
Here were are.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Now that Barack Obama is officially out of the White House, journalists can get back to doing their jobs and holding the president and his staff accountable for their words and actions. The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, for one, can’t wait to get started:
If they lie about crowd size on day two and voter fraud on day five have to assume they will lie about anything going forward.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) January 24, 2017
Wow, Ryan. That’s quite a revelation you’ve got there!
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/823982161019727873
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/823981995508330497
https://twitter.com/unclefacts/status/823984885513801738
That's kind of a shocking reversal on your part. Now, all of a sudden, you're worried about lying?? LOL
— #Trump2020Landslide (@oldhickory49) January 24, 2017
NOW you're concerned? The past 8 years, not so much?
— Chris Hynes (@realchrishynes) January 24, 2017
Truth seeking journo wakes up from an 8 yr coma. Good one.
— MerCel Capital (@darylmox) January 24, 2017
Hate to break it to you, Ryan, but politicians have been lying since the dawn of politics. And your willful blindness is no excuse for failing to call them out before now. Lord knows you’ve had plenty of opportunities:
They might one day work themselves up into telling you that if you like your insurance plan, you can keep your insurance plan. https://t.co/VvNIFu2MzU
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Or Benghazi was caused by a video. https://t.co/nSkxmLuYKQ
— Bobbo (@sledball) January 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ChrisFulaytar/status/823982994352377856
https://twitter.com/KC11A18A/status/823982525462802432
https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/823984686338887680
Let's not forget that "equality" thingy, too… cause, you know….#WomenMarch against Trump, but: pic.twitter.com/vwS7CvfHOi
— W Scott (@scottadcock11) January 24, 2017
Lizza and his MSM colleagues’ dismay at the Trump camp’s blatant lies would carry a lot more weight if they hadn’t sat by and let Obama and the Democrats skate on lie after lie after lie for the past eight years.
Trump: "I'm going to say some stupid shit to see how long the media will run around being outraged by it."
Media: *jumps*
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Here's the best part: Trump's lies (so far), that the media are obsessing over, pale in comparison to the Iran Deal lies.
And yet…
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Where was this media reaction when Obama repeatedly lied about ObamaCare?
Nowhere.
And that's how Trump happened. Now he's playing them.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
None of Trump's lies so far hold a candle to the whoppers the media gave Obama / Earnest / Carney a pass on.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Yes, Trump is a liar.
But because the media gave Obama a pass, they have no credibility to challenge him.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
The same media losing it over Trump's lies happily repeated Democrats' lies about hundreds of things during the Obama years.
Kiss my ass.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Harry Reid clogged up Congress for fucking YEARS and this suddenly outraged media PRAISED his ass for it and blamed the GOP.
FUCK THEM.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Have you seen ONE headline about "Democrats pouncing" like you did when Obama was president? No.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
If Trump were a Democrat, the headlines would read "Republicans pounce on dubious Trump claim."
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Did the Democrats not "pounce" today at a fucking OMB confirmation hearing about inaugural crowd sizes? Where's the "Dems pounce" head?
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
For fuck's sake, people are on the record on creating a giant lie for the media to run with RE the Iran deal. Media plays along.
— Chris Hynes (@realchrishynes) January 24, 2017
Exactly.
Now they're suddenly outraged at some bullshit? https://t.co/i4SCTBSy5W
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
I'm not happy about this.
A strong press is vital to maintaining a civil society. These biased hacks have fucked us all.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
"Like your plan, keep your plan" was a lie that actually hurt millions of Americans.
This HACK media SHRUGGED IT OFF.
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
You're going to try to win back your credibility by harping on some bullshit about crowd sizes and illegal immigrants voting?
Seriously?
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 24, 2017
Sorry, Ryan. Sorry, media. But that’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.
Donald Trump and his staff may very well stand up there on that podium and lie to our faces. But the media will have played a major role in giving them the confidence to do that; after all, they willingly indulged the Obama administration’s repeated lies.
The media have dug this grave for themselves. Maybe someday they’ll manage to dig their way out, but that won’t happen before they start holding all politicians — Republican and Democrat — to account.
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