jimnyc
11-03-2020, 03:38 PM
The media is now gleefully stating that if Trump were to declare victory today or tomorrow - they will outright censor him, until THEY feel the election is sufficiently over and a sufficient lead for someone.
I remember Maddow first looking into the camera, you could see the tears in her eyes, talking about how "this is your new reality" about how its not a dream or a nightmare. :rolleyes:
The MSM is so in the tank it's not even funny. Wasn't long ago at all that the left would argue that, and even come out with lame facts or pictures. Now? They don't even bother, don't try and usually won't even enter such discussions. They and the MSM know it and can't deny it any longer.
--
Media Openly Cheered 2008 Election Results, Jeered in 2016
A generation ago, media bias was regarded as a fairly subtle phenomenon, as in, “Did you see Peter Jennings arching his eyebrow last night? What was that all about?”
That was then, this is now, and the media have jettisoned all subtlety to make their editorial preferences obvious. There’s no mystery which candidate is getting the media’s votes today (assuming they haven’t already voted by mail). And if we get the results tonight, their reaction could follow one of two scripts, both of which played out in stark relief in 2008 and 2016.
Four years ago, Donald Trump’s victory left journalists visibly distressed, as they talked about Hillary Clinton’s defeat as if it were the equivalent of the 9/11 terror attacks and a harbinger of the “decline of the civilization.” CNN’s Van Jones referred to Trump’s win as a racist “whitelash,” foreshadowing one of the many fault lines that has separated the liberal media and this President.
But back in 2008, when Barack Obama won the office, there was “communal joy,” and America was now “a more perfect union” after that “man on the moon” moment. Journalists smiled that he was going to bring “excellence” to the office, along with “competence” and “bipartisanship.” Time magazine christened him as a “prince... born in the imagination, out of scraps of history and hope.”
If Joe Biden wins tonight, or in the days to come, expect more of the same open celebration. And if Trump executes a repeat of his 2016 come-from-behind surprise, there’s little doubt that the media screams will be even more painful than four years ago.
2016
■ “People are scared.... I’m still having a hard time getting myself used to standing on this Earth right now. This is a different Earth today than it was 24 hours ago. It’s different place. It just is different.”
— Host Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball, November 9, 2016.
■ “There were gasps around the world. Headlines, ‘Trumpocalypse’ and ‘Disunited States.’ And echoes of the Brexit vote too, against the European Union establishment. But there are deeper concerns tonight that the world’s shining light of democracy has gone dark.”
— Correspondent Richard Engel on NBC Nightly News, November 9, 2016.
■ “This is a moral 9/11. Only 9/11 was done to us from the outside and we did this to ourselves.”
— New York Times columnist Tom Friedman on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, November 11, 2016.
■ “For 240 years, American government and American civilization has been steadily moving up, slowly but surely improving, rising higher and higher and higher and then last night, we turned down. That’s what you’re feeling. That’s what the decline of a civilization feels like....Millions of people, men, women, and children who are feeling this decline of the civilization have been crying over these last 24 hours..But millions of people love that [Trump’s] voice. Millions of American women love that voice. Voted for that voice....That’s the way it is in the decline of the civilization....Every declining civilization has had their cheerleaders on their way down.”
— MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word, November 9, 2016.
■ “I think the extent to which Donald Trump has won, winning a campaign of racism and bigotry, turning out millions of white Americans for that campaign, suggests we are living through a kind of second redemption, a kind of push-back against the advancement of African-Americans, of Hispanics, of women, of Muslim-Americans and I don’t know how long we live with that backlash.”
— Slate columnist Jamelle Bouie on CBS’s live election coverage 12:03am ET, November 9, 2016.
■ “It’s hard to be a parent, tonight, for a lot of us. You tell your kids, don’t be a bully. You tell your kids, don’t be a bigot....And then, you have this outcome....how do I explain this to my children?...This was a ‘white-lash.’ This was a ‘white-lash’ against a changing country. It was a ‘white-lash’ against a black president.”
— CNN’s political analyst Van Jones during live election night coverage 12:44 am ET, November 9, 2016.
Rest - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2020/11/03/flashback-media-openly-cheered-2008-election-results-jeered-2016
I remember Maddow first looking into the camera, you could see the tears in her eyes, talking about how "this is your new reality" about how its not a dream or a nightmare. :rolleyes:
The MSM is so in the tank it's not even funny. Wasn't long ago at all that the left would argue that, and even come out with lame facts or pictures. Now? They don't even bother, don't try and usually won't even enter such discussions. They and the MSM know it and can't deny it any longer.
--
Media Openly Cheered 2008 Election Results, Jeered in 2016
A generation ago, media bias was regarded as a fairly subtle phenomenon, as in, “Did you see Peter Jennings arching his eyebrow last night? What was that all about?”
That was then, this is now, and the media have jettisoned all subtlety to make their editorial preferences obvious. There’s no mystery which candidate is getting the media’s votes today (assuming they haven’t already voted by mail). And if we get the results tonight, their reaction could follow one of two scripts, both of which played out in stark relief in 2008 and 2016.
Four years ago, Donald Trump’s victory left journalists visibly distressed, as they talked about Hillary Clinton’s defeat as if it were the equivalent of the 9/11 terror attacks and a harbinger of the “decline of the civilization.” CNN’s Van Jones referred to Trump’s win as a racist “whitelash,” foreshadowing one of the many fault lines that has separated the liberal media and this President.
But back in 2008, when Barack Obama won the office, there was “communal joy,” and America was now “a more perfect union” after that “man on the moon” moment. Journalists smiled that he was going to bring “excellence” to the office, along with “competence” and “bipartisanship.” Time magazine christened him as a “prince... born in the imagination, out of scraps of history and hope.”
If Joe Biden wins tonight, or in the days to come, expect more of the same open celebration. And if Trump executes a repeat of his 2016 come-from-behind surprise, there’s little doubt that the media screams will be even more painful than four years ago.
2016
■ “People are scared.... I’m still having a hard time getting myself used to standing on this Earth right now. This is a different Earth today than it was 24 hours ago. It’s different place. It just is different.”
— Host Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball, November 9, 2016.
■ “There were gasps around the world. Headlines, ‘Trumpocalypse’ and ‘Disunited States.’ And echoes of the Brexit vote too, against the European Union establishment. But there are deeper concerns tonight that the world’s shining light of democracy has gone dark.”
— Correspondent Richard Engel on NBC Nightly News, November 9, 2016.
■ “This is a moral 9/11. Only 9/11 was done to us from the outside and we did this to ourselves.”
— New York Times columnist Tom Friedman on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, November 11, 2016.
■ “For 240 years, American government and American civilization has been steadily moving up, slowly but surely improving, rising higher and higher and higher and then last night, we turned down. That’s what you’re feeling. That’s what the decline of a civilization feels like....Millions of people, men, women, and children who are feeling this decline of the civilization have been crying over these last 24 hours..But millions of people love that [Trump’s] voice. Millions of American women love that voice. Voted for that voice....That’s the way it is in the decline of the civilization....Every declining civilization has had their cheerleaders on their way down.”
— MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word, November 9, 2016.
■ “I think the extent to which Donald Trump has won, winning a campaign of racism and bigotry, turning out millions of white Americans for that campaign, suggests we are living through a kind of second redemption, a kind of push-back against the advancement of African-Americans, of Hispanics, of women, of Muslim-Americans and I don’t know how long we live with that backlash.”
— Slate columnist Jamelle Bouie on CBS’s live election coverage 12:03am ET, November 9, 2016.
■ “It’s hard to be a parent, tonight, for a lot of us. You tell your kids, don’t be a bully. You tell your kids, don’t be a bigot....And then, you have this outcome....how do I explain this to my children?...This was a ‘white-lash.’ This was a ‘white-lash’ against a changing country. It was a ‘white-lash’ against a black president.”
— CNN’s political analyst Van Jones during live election night coverage 12:44 am ET, November 9, 2016.
Rest - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2020/11/03/flashback-media-openly-cheered-2008-election-results-jeered-2016