In a weird sort of way, I kinda miss tRump.

[AProudLefty]

I'll take Tacomama's word over yours any day, son.

Do you hate your mother for being nurturing and loving?

I bet he doesn't even believe his own grandmother.

[Doc Dutch]

Yea, it is kinda weird to watch the MSM go from psychotic to psychophantic...

How so? Seems like good capitalism to me.

[T. A. Gardner]

How so? Seems like good capitalism to me.

Given that viewership for most of the MSM is declining precipitously and that faith in their telling the truth or using facts is at an all time low, I'd say it's more like a special kind of crazy in a padded echo chamber

[Doc Dutch]

I bet he doesn't even believe his own grandmother.

No doubt he has trust issues. He's not stupid but he's certainly twisted somehow. Such things are invariably nature, nurture or a combination of both. IMHO it's well over 75% nurture with a fuzzy 24% mix of nature/nurture and the remainder genetics.

Human beings are amazingly adaptable as individuals much less a species. Finding the lines between nature and nurture is still a puzzle.

[Doc Dutch]

Given that viewership for most of the MSM is declining precipitously and that faith in their telling the truth or using facts is at an all time low, I'd say it's more like a special kind of crazy in a padded echo chamber

People should always do like Reagan said, "Trust, but verify". It's a solid philosophy.

[AProudLefty]

Given that viewership for most of the MSM is declining precipitously and that faith in their telling the truth or using facts is at an all time low, I'd say it's more like a special kind of crazy in a padded echo chamber

You can thank Trump for that one.

[Matt Dillon]

[Doc Dutch]

You can thank Trump for that one.

No shit. Pro or Con, Trump has left an indelible mark on the American Soul. The question now is, "Where do we go from here?"

[PoliTalker]

Hello T. A. Gardner,

Given that viewership for most of the MSM is declining precipitously and that faith in their telling the truth or using facts is at an all time low, I'd say it's more like a special kind of crazy in a padded echo chamber

Viewership is declining because there are so many other options. Too bad so many of them are so fake. Look at what it has done to our country. Ripped it apart, caused bitter polarization. Many families have become estranged as some family members get sucked into low credibility tabloid style infotainment, while others refuse to accept hate and xenophobia; and reject those lost to the cult of nonsense.

When you have a popular politician who does the nation a great disservice by peddling in completely unsupported conspiracy theories such as: 'The other side is a bunch of satan-worshipping pedophiles,' there's not really too much a family can do when one of their own becomes taken in by such nonsense. And then the guy claims, again completely without any evidence, that 'the election was stolen,' and despite losing every court case about it (dozens and dozens) refuses to accept reality, it strains family support and trust. Then this popular figure presses his supporters to continue to believe the nonsense even after all avenues of questioning the election have been exhausted, well, that just hurts our country, hurts our democracy.

The MSM is correctly reporting all of this. There is nothing credible to suggest they are not. If viewers want to reject reality, that's not because of the MSM. It's because of a destructive cult. And it's dangerous to our nation.

[TexanManWithPlans]

Yea, it is kinda weird to watch the MSM go from psychotic to psychophantic...

Maybe you're thinking of how Faux News went from demonizing Obama to fellating Trump.

[Nordberg]

Given that viewership for most of the MSM is declining precipitously and that faith in their telling the truth or using facts is at an all time low, I'd say it's more like a special kind of crazy in a padded echo chamber

Are you crazed rightys going to predict the end of MSM again? Damn. it never gets old, does it?

[cawacko]

Understandable Tacomaman considering basically every single post you've made on this board has been about the guy. You're like the mainstream and (especially) cable news media, hate the guy but are addicted to him and can talk about little to nothing else. Not that you can't keep talking about him on a daily basis going forward if you so desire but six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four months plus into a Biden Administration it probably won't be the same.

[Doc Dutch]

Yea, it is kinda weird to watch the MSM go from psychotic to psychophantic...

Maybe you're thinking of how Faux News went from demonizing Obama to fellating Trump.

Fox News is wavering. Lately they don't seem willing to blow Trump, just give him the occasional handy.

I think all the legal and treason shit has them a little spooked.

[T. A. Gardner]

Are you crazed rightys going to predict the end of MSM again? Damn. it never gets old, does it?

Nah, even propaganda rags like Pravda survive on.

[Walt]

Simply the comic value that he provided on almost a daily basis. It was like a "streaming" class in behavioral science to watch his ridiculous lies and how easily his trumpanzees believed every word.

trump is the sort of person that you keep saying he can't get any worse, and then he gets worse. This goes on for years, and finally you decide to say he will always get worse. But of course, he can't always get worse, he has to hit rock bottom sooner or later. It becomes strangely disappointing when he hits rock bottom.