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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCBS news officially switched to referring to Trump's tweets
as "racist tweets" each time they were mentioned, after this afternoon's press conference. Both on the local and national news.
It was deliberate and repeated several times. Clearly, a memo went out. Tonight was also Norah O'Donnell's first night as evening anchor.
It was striking to hear "President Trump's racist tweets" spoken again and again.
elleng
(130,956 posts)Thanks
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I watch that news daily, so I noticed the change. Never heard it before today.
I don't know who made the decision, but it was clearly policy.
elleng
(130,956 posts)so I don't know what others see and hear.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)And you could tell by Judy Woodruffs tone of voice how she felt about it.
elleng
(130,956 posts)malaise
(269,026 posts)Forgot
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Put pressure on him and his natural response is to become his unhinged self. EXACTLY what would happen if impeachment hearing started.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)calimary
(81,304 posts)to call it what it is, too.
When he lies, as he mostly does, call it that! DO NOT try to cosmetically adjust it or make it sound less harmful than it is.
Dont call it a falsehood.
Dont call say he misspoke.
Dont say he misled or misrepresented.
Dont say it wasnt true.
Call. It. A. LIE.
He LIED. He LIES. Hes LYING. What he says/said/just said/has been saying is A LIE.
mitch96
(13,907 posts)fierywoman
(7,684 posts)trueblue2007
(17,223 posts)wryter2000
(46,051 posts)"False claims." Drives me nuts.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Calling a lie a lie.
Emphatically I might add!
He was one of, if not the first!
yonder
(9,666 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Won't someone think of the ratings lost if Trump isn't dominating the news cycle? Oh, the hit to executives' bottom line! Won't someone think of the executives?
By contrast, NBC was circumspect about saying "Tweets that some people consider racist." Uh, wanna try, "Tweets that are out-and-out racist, excused only by other racists"?
yonder
(9,666 posts)It will be interesting to see how much leash Norah O'Donnell is given in her new spot.
Cha
(297,275 posts)Takket
(21,574 posts)and gave the Dem 4 airtime from their press conference. Usually they only air one side, drumpf's.
This one feels a little different........ like he finally pushed it a little too far. Far enough the media was willing to call it what it really was. Usually they only do that to Democrats, like when they were calling Omar an anti-Semite the instant the name Israel came out of her mouth.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)This might signal a switch.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)BKDem
(1,733 posts)What were they afraid of? Losing access to Sarah Huckleberry Sandbag?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)David Muir doing the same.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Hubbard and Gannett stayed silent,does not surprised. One out of four,the Media lines are now 75% hard right.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I didn't watch the news on either of them. I generally watch WCCO for the late afternoon news, both local and national. I have been doing that for quite some time. I just can't answer your question.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Fully understand.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Now let's see the rest of the media do the same (except Fox, of course).
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Finally!!!
Good job MM.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)keep on this POS.
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)I did a double take when even Amelia Santaniello (local news anchor for those not in MN) used the word.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)That's another reason I think that CBS News sent out a memo on the subject. It was a very sudden change of language that I had not heard used before.
durablend
(7,460 posts)"FAILING FAKE NEWS IS CALLING ME A RACIST NOW? HELLO? I HAVE A BLACK FRIEND! I CAN'T BE A RACIST!!!!!"
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)Can we retire this one now?
Botany
(70,513 posts)The largest civil rights housing case in history was on him, and nothing could be more racist then his birther crap.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I assume PBS is, too.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)I missed the press conference, but was at the Y right after it ended. CNN was on one of the TV's, and for at least an hour the chyron nearly always stated "racist tweets".
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Aussie105
(5,401 posts)Various network execs have gone to their legal department and went 'OK to call these tweets what they are? Racist?'
Legal department: 'Very clear case. He can't sue us on that. Go for it!'
One tweet too far, Don. You are staring into the precipice. It's a long way down. Are you sure you want to keep going the way you are?
(Then again, you can't teach a senile old dog new tricks, so he probably will.)
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)Will they finally do their job?
Aussie105
(5,401 posts)Seeing they have plucked up the courage, how about backtracking through his presidency, and beyond into the past, and call out every instance of abuse from Don?
Every anti-American word, every phrase he ever muttered, tweeted, that was counter productive to the welfare of the American people, as individuals or collectively.
Plenty to work with.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)now if they stop dancing around what Trump really is and call him a fascist.
Opel_Justwax
(230 posts)reggaehead
(269 posts)Start calling his Concentration Camps what they are we might get somewhere
patphil
(6,180 posts)I live near NYC and have seen and heard him for decades.
Trump has always been a racist...just like his father.
It just goes to show that the turd never falls far from the asshole.
Patrick Phillips
Aussie105
(5,401 posts)Is it OK if I add a few other words to the racist and fascist labels for Donny boy?
Can I add . . . .sadistic, brutal, destructive, hate filled . . . oh goodness, the adjectives are flooding my brain!
mcar
(42,334 posts)Hekate
(90,708 posts)Please?
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)The people's House is asserting itself, Trump is pushing the most radical policies of his time in office and manipulating the Fed, and the media is paying closer attention.
I'll call it right here: Recession by February, Trump's approval in the mid 20's - yes, 20s - and citizens focused like the Vietnam War era. Change is coming. Find a way to hop on board and bring it.
xmas74
(29,674 posts)When the news came on. The owner grabbed the remote,turned it on CBS and said that there's a woman on the air as Norah appeared. In a place that is normally loud and noisy, full of Vietnamese music and tv programming there was dead silence as they talked about ICE. When she said "racist tweet" you could hear women catching their breath, surprised it was called out. The customer next to me said that he could "f@ck himself and his mail order bride to Russia".
The silence was broken but you could feel the hate coming from the workers as they heard his demands for an apology.
Mike Nelson
(9,958 posts)
all over the news stations. FOX was different, though, with Laura Ingram notably defensive. It reminds me of a paper - the NYT, I think - called one of the Presidents lies a.... "lie"!
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,453 posts)is this to misdirect from Epstein?
yesphan
(1,588 posts)on NPR as well.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)treats Donald Trump's excesses.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)riversedge
(70,239 posts)efhmc
(14,726 posts)Just kidding. I know you mean the current ones.
paulkienitz
(1,296 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Not me...
oldsoftie
(12,553 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Approptiate? ABSOLUTELY!!!
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)Finally someone gets it! Call it like it is from now on!!
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)Seems the mainstream media has set a new benchmark in their reporting.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)orangecrush
(19,570 posts)HIM OUT!!!!
For the love of God!
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)It''s sad it took this long to make the networks respond.
But then, I'm from the Walter Cronkite era . . . Huntley and Brinkley . . . John Chancelllor . . . Edward Murrow. Back when men were compelled to tell America exactly what was going on, and call it what it was.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)that he knew about Flynn's discussion with the Russian ambassador? Trump's attorney Dowd claimed that he authored the tweet to bail out Trump. That's when all of Trump's tweets should have been ignored if he can claim that not all his tweets are his.