I'd like to think that everyone here knows by now that if the establishment news media gives the Trump the benefit--treating every statement of his and from his team as true-til-proven-otherwise--it's by choice. Honest journalism would require framing like "Trump claims" or even "Trump lies". They know better; they don't care; and only t…
I'd like to think that everyone here knows by now that if the establishment news media gives the Trump the benefit--treating every statement of his and from his team as true-til-proven-otherwise--it's by choice. Honest journalism would require framing like "Trump claims" or even "Trump lies". They know better; they don't care; and only the nation and the world are harmed as a result.
So how Team Trump spins the Arlington disgrace--and is allowed to by both the aforesaid media as well as the Army. (Full disclosure: as a late boomer, our awesome military has never been exactly a cynosure of great respect. Still.)
That said, I want to give Trump a crumb or two of credit for showing that a lot of norms and even laws are bullshit. They work as long as they're enforced. And when the enforcers don't care to do their job--say the US Army refusing to commit to back their personnel at Arlington--we get this embarrassment and disgrace.
Not that those who need to are learning the right lesson. I dunno. People sign up to be willing to die for the nation yet are chickenshit in the face of harassment from the sick fucks of the GOP...
I'd like to think that everyone here knows by now that if the establishment news media gives the Trump the benefit--treating every statement of his and from his team as true-til-proven-otherwise--it's by choice. Honest journalism would require framing like "Trump claims" or even "Trump lies". They know better; they don't care; and only the nation and the world are harmed as a result.
So how Team Trump spins the Arlington disgrace--and is allowed to by both the aforesaid media as well as the Army. (Full disclosure: as a late boomer, our awesome military has never been exactly a cynosure of great respect. Still.)
That said, I want to give Trump a crumb or two of credit for showing that a lot of norms and even laws are bullshit. They work as long as they're enforced. And when the enforcers don't care to do their job--say the US Army refusing to commit to back their personnel at Arlington--we get this embarrassment and disgrace.
Not that those who need to are learning the right lesson. I dunno. People sign up to be willing to die for the nation yet are chickenshit in the face of harassment from the sick fucks of the GOP...