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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump attacking late night hosts this morning, saying he & GOP should be given "equal time"
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Ohiya
(2,207 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)just after "Fox and Friends" ran a segment on 'leftwing' late night talk show hosts.
Kimmel, Seth, Fallon all "base their unfunny material on leftwing talking points" which delegitimize the comedy.
Of course, Trump is suggesting 'equal time.'
So, who would be the other US president they would be bashing? Hillary?
Generic Brad
(14,270 posts)Getting us to all say the same thing is like herding cats. We do not have someone churning out coordinated bullet points to mindlessly repeat through every outlet within a 24 hour news cycle. There is no way some shadowy Democratic group is telling comedians what to say about him. They have safely come to those conclusions themselves.
no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)highplainsdem
(48,718 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)That sounds amazing, Donald. Equal time is good. Tell your FCC to bring back the Fairness Doctrine!!!!
We'd love fairness on talk radio and cable news.
Did everyone here see the economics paper showing Fox is propanganda and MSNBC is just standard infotainment like CNN? https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/new-analysis-suggests-fox-news-is-working-shifting-votes-to-r-column/?amp=1
(We already knew that , but this is real rigorous data)
NutmegYankee
(16,177 posts)Fairness to them is silence of the left.
HAB911
(8,811 posts)spanone
(135,627 posts)fuck you don
you whining little pissant
we didn't hear you crying when the media gave you $2BILLION dollars of free airtime, now did we donnie......
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)Nothing like falling poll numbers to make the authoritarian want to control the press.
LOCK HIM UP!!
spanone
(135,627 posts)i hate the fucker
malaise
(267,784 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)So is "we."
demmiblue
(36,742 posts)malaise
(267,784 posts)This is psychopathic narcissism on steroids.
What the fool fails to acknowledge is that less and less people support him.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Some near him may profit, but nearly everyone who deals with him loses and is discarded.
malaise
(267,784 posts)in my lifetime.
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)malaise
(267,784 posts)More and More people = All the voices inside my head.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Didn't Fox try a right-wing version of The Daily Show? Bottom line is, conservatives just aren't funny. They think 'funny' is being mean. There is no subtlety, no nuance, no introspection. Conservative 'humor' rarely amounts to anything more than schoolyard bullying.
highplainsdem
(48,718 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,278 posts)Oh, wait. That's a friend of mine who happens to have the same name (and once got very quick treatment at Kaiser when they thought it was the rightwing hack).
My Dennis is more of an Eisenhower Republican, and cleverer partially because his humor isn't based on punching down and showing how much smarter he is than everyone else.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Only sociopaths find humor in that.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)Pedantic me wants to know why every tweet he sends has grammar errors
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)highplainsdem
(48,718 posts)Link to tweet
And he not only showed the clip of Shields laughing about it, which has to have enraged Trump, but he suggested other stupid pickup lines Trump might've tried with other celebrities.
demmiblue
(36,742 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)"Who was that moron?"
True Dough
(17,090 posts)Entertaining, bigly!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)get comfortable with this ridiculous situation. We need to take full advantage of the fact he is easily distracted.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,691 posts)Of course, the marmalade shartcannon wouldn't think of the potential consequences.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)18-carat gold-plated power. Trump's shtick is so predictable, bless his heart. He can't stop himself. And it kills him b/c talented people scare the bejesus out of him.
I worry about him. Old trump could just POP a BLOOD VESSEL any minute. Any guy that "fumes for 2 hrs" is going to be hearing so much worse about himself now that he's paying attention.
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)that Republicans killed. Just sayin'
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)what a moron
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He might throw a tantrum if everyone isn't lavishing him with praise.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Breitbart...Drudge...the rest of the legions of nazis on hate radio...Putin's online army...90% mega/republican/money grubbing con/Dominionism AKA "Christian Sharia" churches...the NRA... etc
I demand equal time!!!!
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)Caliman73
(11,690 posts)They monopolize the time on television. Now, the fact that the stupidity, mendacity, and plain evil of conservatives and Republicans is the subject of many a Late Night comedian's rants; well that is on the conservatives.
Stop doing stupid shit ALL THE TIME and there won't be anything for Late Night comedians to talk about regarding your party.
Anthony Wiener, Bill Clinton, Jon Edwards...they were all skewered by comedians in their time. Problem is that Democratic politicians are often too busy trying to make people's lives better to be doing stupid shit like Republicans, especially Donald Trump, seem to have all the time in the world to do.
Paladin
(28,202 posts)....when trump was making headlines and hogging TV time with all that "Birther" bullshit? Yeah, me neither. That was long ago, back when we had a sane, intelligent, even-tempered gentleman in the White House.
Every time I think trump can't be more of a humiliation, he proves me wrong. The sooner he's gone, the better.
kskiska
(27,040 posts)I recall one attempt called "Fridays." The problem was that they had no sense of humor. How many "conservative" comedians can you name?
July
(4,750 posts)"More and more people" = "Me, myself, and I" (who together pulled this unsubstantiated assertion out of our asses).
Initech
(99,909 posts)Fucking great. Oh and I notice the Russian bots are out in full force attacking Jimmy Kimmel.
maveric
(16,445 posts)Grammy23
(5,807 posts)Virtually every word, every tweet, every utterance that spews forth from his ugly mouth and short fingers gets catapulted out. And he wants MORE time? Just one more piece of evidence that his mind is consumed with narcissism. All about ME, ME, MEEE!
Screw him and his ugly thought processes. He cant be removed fast enough. In case the Republican Party hasnt realized this: he is destroying the party. It wont just be him thst gets destroyed in the end. As the people that enabled him, you will be held accountable for what you did. AND failed to do. You have the power to remove him and you are dragging your feet for your own selfish reasons. And YOU will pay. Enjoy your power
MFM008
(19,776 posts)To much as it is.
kacekwl
(6,993 posts)start their own late nite show. Should be a hoot with all the RW talent.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,009 posts)Want it to stop? Resign.
fierywoman
(7,641 posts)Vinca
(50,168 posts)so it's all bad.
4now
(1,596 posts)Just ask those who know him.