{"id":33899,"date":"2017-02-15T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33899"},"modified":"2017-02-19T00:53:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T08:53:36","slug":"trump-shill-kellyanne-conway-banned-from-morning-joe-because-she-makes-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33899","title":{"rendered":"Trump Shill Kellyanne Conway Banned From Morning Joe Because She ‘Makes Things Up’"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the many abhorrent things that the Era of Trump will be remembered for is the emergence of “Fake News.”<\/em> The term’s definition has become fuzzy, but within Donald Trump’s circle it is defined as anything with which he disagrees. However, everywhere else it is more accurately defined as news that is deliberately contrived for financial or political gain.<\/p>\n

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The Trump Team has demonstrated its prowess in this new field of fictionalized reporting. Starting from the the top with Trump notching a record number of “Pants-On-Fire”<\/em> lies<\/a><\/strong> on PolitiFact. And his press secretary, Sean “Fibby Spice”<\/a><\/strong><\/em> Spicer valiantly defends his boss with equally dishonest press briefings.<\/p>\n

Another member of the Liars Brigade is Kellyanne Conway, the originator of “alternative facts.”<\/em> However, her star may have fallen a bit in recent days. She was staggeringly out of the loop on the Michael Flynn resignation. Just a few hours before he was sacked she was still insisting that he had the President’s full confidence. And she has recently been called out for not making sense<\/a><\/strong> or for plugging Ivanka’s fashion line. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has called on Trump to investigate and discipline<\/a><\/strong> her for the latter.<\/p>\n

Wednesday morning Conway got some more bad news. The hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe have decided to ban her from future appearances. Both Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski assailed her record of inventing stories just to enhance her bookings. Brzezinski came out swinging with a biting question: “How many times does she go out and say things that are not true?”<\/em> She continued:<\/p>\n

“We know for a fact she tries to book herself on this show. I won’t do it because I don’t believe in fake news or information that isn’t true. Every time I’ve ever seen her on television something’s askew, off or incorrect.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scarborough agreed saying that Conway’s commentaries were “blatantly false.”<\/em> But he went further to assert that she is ill-informed because she isn’t even invited to the meetings of Trump’s inner circle. Consequently, she is “a spokesperson in the White House [who] actually goes out and makes things up.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is good first step for the media. Next Conway should be shunned by every show on MSNBC. Following that, every other network should decline to book her. And if they really want to make a statement honoring truth in politics, they should do the same to Spicer. At the very least they need to stop airing his daily briefings live. By delaying the broadcast they can deny him a platform for his unfiltered propaganda and conduct a fair fact-checking. The public would be surely be better off. And the media could learn from Brzezinski’s example as she declares that:<\/p>\n

“Kellyanne Conway does not need to text our show. At least as long as I’m on it. Because it’s not happening here.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n