{"id":36284,"date":"2017-11-27T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T20:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36284"},"modified":"2018-01-02T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T03:20:46","slug":"trumps-deranged-reality-tv-contest-to-award-a-fake-news-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36284","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Deranged Reality TV Contest to Award a Fake News Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America&#8217;s first Reality TV president still hasn&#8217;t risen from the inanities of television game shows to the seriousness of world leadership. Donald Trump&#8217;s total inability to behave at a level above a tantrum throwing toddler is frightening and dangerous for our nation &#8211; and planet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-loser.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34875\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1949120818436037\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In another demonstration of his persistent infantilism, Trump returned from a Thanksgiving vacation at his Palm Beach golf resort to his porcelain throne at the White House and fired off a couple of tweets that affirm his narcissism and hatred of the free press. He began with this rhetorical flatulence:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and\/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/935147410472480769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Donald should be careful what he wishes for. The contest he is proposing has already taken place in the form of polls that compare the public&#8217;s trust in the media to their trust in him. And despite his relentless smear campaign against the free press, he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35105\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comes out the loser<\/a><\/strong> in every match-up. That&#8217;s right, he loses to CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and all of the broadcast news networks. He is even getting hammered in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smdolan\/status\/935147665104482306\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter poll<\/a><\/strong> attached to his own tweet.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a rather pathetic display of hubris for Trump to proclaim himself anyone&#8217;s <em>&#8220;favorite president.&#8221;<\/em> Particularly when he is still wallowing in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35485\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lowest depths<\/a><\/strong> of presidential polling in modern history. Americans rebuke him on almost every character trait as well as his overwhelmingly unpopular policies. Yet the only thing he can do is swing wildly at the press in a tactic favored by dictators throughout time. And his tirades are entirely ego-driven. In another of his morning tweets he goes after his former pal, Joe Scarborough:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The good news is that their ratings are terrible, nobody cares! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I7h4Ryin3h\">https:\/\/t.co\/I7h4Ryin3h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/935150368207654912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This was in response to a tweet by his Director of Social Media, Dan Scavino, who sought to embarrass Morning Joe for pre-taping a Thanksgiving episode. Someone should tell them that Sean Hannity pre-tapes every show he does on Fox News. And furthermore, they should be informed that Morning Joe is enjoying it&#8217;s highest ratings ever. It is currently the number two morning news program. And the only thing that Trump&#8217;s ranting does is make those ratings numbers <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/624355ec7d454672a573e0530cdc0c10\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">go even higher<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clearly Trump is suffering a massive meltdown due to his anxiety over the impending legal doom he&#8217;s facing. Special counsel Robert Mueller is closing in on him and his crime family. That fear is being manifested in incoherent tweets and empty (and sad) self-exaltation. But he&#8217;s right about one thing. If there were a contest for a fake news trophy, Fox News should not be allowed to compete. It would be decidedly unfair because they would win every category. Better to just exempt them and name the trophy on their behalf: The Fox News Fake News Award (aka The Foxy). This year&#8217;s top contenders would be Breitbart News, Rush Limbaugh, and Alex Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America&#8217;s first Reality TV president still hasn&#8217;t risen from the inanities of television game shows to the seriousness of world leadership. Donald Trump&#8217;s total inability to behave at a level above a tantrum throwing toddler is frightening and dangerous for our nation &#8211; and planet. In another demonstration of his persistent infantilism, Trump returned from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,684,1200,8],"tags":[554,33,599,1246],"class_list":["post-36284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-joe-scarborough","tag-morning-joe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-9re","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48363,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48363","url_meta":{"origin":36284,"position":0},"title":"Cue Trump Meltdown: Biden&#8217;s Inauguration Drew Millions More Viewers than Trump&#8217;s","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/21\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"UH-OH. 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