{"id":64103,"date":"2024-11-30T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64103"},"modified":"2024-11-30T14:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:03:43","slug":"yikes-trumps-press-briefing-room-could-be-populated-by-fawning-sycophants-and-maga-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64103","title":{"rendered":"YIKES! Trump’s Press Briefing Room Could Be Populated By Fawning Sycophants and MAGA Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the administration of Donald Trump continues to take shape, the vile nature of the beast is becoming unmistakable. Although he campaigned on “draining the swamp,”<\/em> it is clear that his true intention is to fill it to the brim with toxic sludge. That would explain his proposed department heads whose total lack experience compliments their preposterous policies.<\/p>\n

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Among Trump’s ill-considered staffers are the likes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr at Health and Human Services, Matt Gaetz at the Justice Department (now succeeded by Pam Bondi because Gaetz was TOO sleazy), and Pete Hegseth (whose own mother castigated him as an “abuser”<\/em> of women<\/a><\/strong>) at the Defense Department. The “qualities”<\/em> Trump’s nominees share are primarily unwavering fealty to Trump, and having served previously on Fox News.<\/p>\n

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The nightmare roster of Trump’s Cabinet should not deflect our attention from other critical White House offices that Trump is determined to debase. For instance, Trump is reported to be planning an overhaul of the White House Press Briefing Room. His animosity toward to the media is well known, repeatedly referring to it in Stalinist terms as “the enemy of the people.”<\/em> His hatred of the free press is further evident in his serial lawsuits and threats against news enterprises<\/a><\/strong> that have committed the offense of telling the truth about him.<\/p>\n

The latest wrinkle in Trump’s anti-media campaign is his focus on restricting who will be admitted into the Briefing Room. Politico is reporting<\/a><\/strong> that…<\/p>\n

“‘Both the strategy and the press briefing room will likely look a whole lot more like the media consumption habits of the American voters of today versus the 1980s,’ said a Trump official granted anonymity to discuss plans still in the works. ‘I could very well see a press briefing room where Maggie Haberman sits next to Joe Rogan.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh Great! Trump wants to replace reputable journalists with fawning sycophants and MAGA trolls. To be sure, there are some serious problems with the way that mainstream media has covered Trump over the past few years. They have been far too felicitous, too timid with regard to calling out Trump’s pathological lying, and too quick to normalize or “sane-wash”<\/em> his incomprehensible babbling.<\/p>\n

However, that’s not a reason to ditch the media. It’s a reason to fight to reform it. Even in its current state the media has provided significant information about Trump’s criminal activities and his associations with nefarious players, including agents of hostile foreign adversaries.<\/p>\n

We can wave goodbye to any of that sort of reporting if Trump has his way and the national newspapers and television networks are replaced or overshadowed by people like Rogan, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Nick Fuentes, Laura Loomer, Alex Jones, etc.<\/p>\n

Just imagine the sort of questions that the aforementioned Trump-fluffers would ask of his doting press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. Following his imposition of inflationary tariffs, they would ask how quickly his policy will make all Americans wealthy? After Ukraine falls due to Trump withholding aid, they would inquire as to how much better life will be under Russian rule. As more women and others suffer and die as a result of his weakening or repealing Obamacare, they will seek to learn more about his proposed raw milk cure for the new pandemic.<\/p>\n

The purpose of hosting journalists in the White House Press Briefing room is to hold the administration accountable and gather information to keep the nation’s citizens informed. But under the reign of Trump it would shift to disseminating pure propaganda intended to disinform, and exalt Dear Leader.<\/p>\n

This will make the job of real journalists that much harder. Not just because gathering relevant news will be more difficult, but because breaking through the wall of official propaganda will be a challenge. We will need to come up with new ways to to communicate and to validate the news. And the White House will become an obstacle to those goals. Is the media in its present form capable of operating in this new environment? They – and we – better be.<\/p>\n

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