In my life time, or in anything I have read or watched on American politics, I have never seen or heard of a Presidential candidate make such paranoid & outlandish statements~repeatedly..
He has become a professional victim & is doing so in a spoiled rotten kid kinda way, blaming everyone but himself.. If I was the rest of the world I would be very afraid of what I see going on in American politics, the delusions, the lies, the whining, the hate etc etc etc
Now on to our featured imposion of the day, thnX don for the laughs...
"If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20%,
" Trump said Sunday in one of seven anti-media tweets.
The GOP nominee tweeted about no other topics on Sunday. His focus is exclusively on the news media that he says is "protecting" Hillary Clinton.
He also tweeted, "It is not 'freedom of the press' when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false!"(Maybe he will sue the entire media??)
The comment was widely derided by journalists, since the First Amendment provides broad protections against government interference with the press.
With Trump losing to Clinton in polls of key swing states, many Republican and Democratic analysts say they doubt that media-bashing is an effective strategy for persuading voters.
But Trump's most vocal supporters are literally cheering for him to fight the media. His crowds at rallies regularly boo and jeer the journalists who cover the events.
On Saturday night, when Trump said The New York Times is "going to hell" and threatened to revoke the newspaper's press credentials, the crowd applauded approvingly.
Politicians, particularly from the Republican party, frequently complain about media scrutiny and accuse journalists of being biased. But the ferocity of Trump's attacks is unprecedented in modern American politics.
He is explicitly running against the news media, even while running a campaign that relies mostly on news coverage instead of paid ads to communicate with Americans.
"He's turned to bite the hand that fed him," former Time Inc. editor John Huey said on Sunday's "Reliable Sources."
Related: Trump's new problem: His lead on economic issues is gone
Trump's senior communications adviser Jason Miller said the media critiques are necessary.
"If there's completely biased, ridiculous reporting that's going on, then, look, we have to stand up and defend ourselves," he said on "Reliable Sources."
Later in the day, Trump national spokesperson Katrina Pierson said on "CNN Newsroom" that "the media has been writing the Trump campaign's obituary for 424 days."
The campaign has been circulating "media bias award" emails. And Trump himself has been on a tear in recent weeks, criticizing CNN, The New York Times and other outlets nearly every day.
On Friday he called CNN "catastrophic." On Saturday he called CNN "disgusting."
He continues to be a loyal cable news viewer and news website reader, however.
He has become a professional victim & is doing so in a spoiled rotten kid kinda way, blaming everyone but himself.. If I was the rest of the world I would be very afraid of what I see going on in American politics, the delusions, the lies, the whining, the hate etc etc etc
Now on to our featured imposion of the day, thnX don for the laughs...
"If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20%,
" Trump said Sunday in one of seven anti-media tweets.The GOP nominee tweeted about no other topics on Sunday. His focus is exclusively on the news media that he says is "protecting" Hillary Clinton.
He also tweeted, "It is not 'freedom of the press' when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false!"(Maybe he will sue the entire media??
)The comment was widely derided by journalists, since the First Amendment provides broad protections against government interference with the press.
With Trump losing to Clinton in polls of key swing states, many Republican and Democratic analysts say they doubt that media-bashing is an effective strategy for persuading voters.
But Trump's most vocal supporters are literally cheering for him to fight the media. His crowds at rallies regularly boo and jeer the journalists who cover the events.
On Saturday night, when Trump said The New York Times is "going to hell" and threatened to revoke the newspaper's press credentials, the crowd applauded approvingly.
Politicians, particularly from the Republican party, frequently complain about media scrutiny and accuse journalists of being biased. But the ferocity of Trump's attacks is unprecedented in modern American politics.
He is explicitly running against the news media, even while running a campaign that relies mostly on news coverage instead of paid ads to communicate with Americans.
"He's turned to bite the hand that fed him," former Time Inc. editor John Huey said on Sunday's "Reliable Sources."
Huey called Trump a "demagogue" and said journalists are his new scapegoat: "First it was the Mexicans, then it was the Muslims, now it's you. It's the media."
Related: Trump's new problem: His lead on economic issues is gone
Trump's senior communications adviser Jason Miller said the media critiques are necessary.
"If there's completely biased, ridiculous reporting that's going on, then, look, we have to stand up and defend ourselves," he said on "Reliable Sources."
Later in the day, Trump national spokesperson Katrina Pierson said on "CNN Newsroom" that "the media has been writing the Trump campaign's obituary for 424 days."
The campaign has been circulating "media bias award" emails. And Trump himself has been on a tear in recent weeks, criticizing CNN, The New York Times and other outlets nearly every day.
On Friday he called CNN "catastrophic." On Saturday he called CNN "disgusting."
He continues to be a loyal cable news viewer and news website reader, however.
