As much as Trump
criticizes the press, there's no doubt that they made him what he is.
They made him president.
He spent very little money during primary season. The reason: the mainstream
news gave him 24/7 coverage. I remember working out at the gym in front
of a bank of TVs and all the news channels were waiting breathlessly as his plane pulled up to
some rally. It didn’t seem to matter that he was last in the polls and no one
thought much of him as a candidate, they still gave him unprecedented coverage.
I don’t remember any previous election in which a person got so much free
attention. As he got more coverage, his name became better known with voters
and he garnered more attention. This helped move him up against a big bunch of
other pols who didn’t get anywhere near the coverage. We now live with the end
result of this unrelenting coverage.
And the media continues this assault on viewers mental faculties by endlessly
reporting on his tweets. It doesn't matter that they are inane, have many
misspellings or defame someone, the media happily reports them as if they were
bona fide news.
They are not.
They are also not official policy.
They are not legal documents nor government announcements.
However, they are often inflammatory. They more often than not are lies.
They also are misogynistic and racist on many occasions. They give him an
outlet to make outrageous statements. They allow him to blow off steam in
a public manner. They provide him another avenue to disparage the very media
who report on the tweets. And worse of all, these tweets promote him but not
policy.
So the media need to stop covering these tweets. Don't mention them,
allude to them, nor give them any coverage at all.
Oh sure, the Republican news network, also called Fox News, would still report
them, but that network broadcasts to his hardcore followers anyway.
People who want real news filled with facts do not watch the American
version of Pravda.
If the media stopped covering these infantile musings they might actually force
him to begin to make official statements like normal presidents have in the
past. He might have to actually hold news conferences in which it would
be harder (but not impossible) for him to get away with untruths.
A bigger incentive might be to not give him an outlet to blast the media that
he criticizes but desperately craves. Don't give in to his addiction for
attention.
It would be a start. A start for maybe getting him to behave like an
adult, er, President.
The next logical step would be to stop covering his pep rallies disguised as
campaign events. He's going to attack the press while there anyway, why cover
it? He always says the same things. So just send an intern to listen
to see if he says anything new, and if he does, don't roll the tape, just
briefly mention it.
There is no reason to keep giving him all this free publicity when he's not
saying anything of importance.
So media, stop feeding this narcissistic man's ego and giving him free PR.
The majority of Americans (remember, he lost the popular vote by the largest margin of anyone who claimed the White House) will thank you for the silence.
The Thurber Brigade once again apologizes for taking another sidestep and straying from the ongoing War Between Men and Women (relationships). However, this incessant tweeting by The Orange One and the media coverage has driven us crazy. So although the concept of the news media ignoring him is not new, we hope that if enough voices complain, maybe we'll stop getting deluged by this crazy and useless bilge emanating from the guy. Sadly, we also know that the media loves attention just as much as him. Sigh.
A Thurber Brigade Trump Sidestep
In a shocking news release today, the White House admitted that the recent New York Times article that declared President Trump killed Mike Pence is correct.
The article, published last week, stated that in a fit of rage Trump had shot Pence after the VP laughed when Trump declared he had the most successful presidency in US history. The news release did not clarify why the White House waited until after the news had broken or the other succeeding events that had proven the incident occurred.
Immediately after the NYT article had been released, Trump denied that the incident happened, and Sean Spicer declared in a press conference that Trump had been bowling at the time the alleged murder took place.
The next day, during a TV interview, Kellyanne Conway stated that Trump had actually been in a high level cabinet meeting that took place in a bowling alley.
Both of these accounts were proven wrong when the next day Trump posted a tweet alluding he may have killed Pence, but it had been an accident:
After that Tweet Spicer avoided questions from the press by wearing a long-haired, blond wig, red dress and heels and discreetly rushed past the reporters waiting to hear his next press conference. Conway meanwhile stated that Trump did not mean that he shot Pence, but that Pence had violently grabbed the pistol out of Trump's hand and then shot himself.
Mrs. Pence, when asked about her husband, said that she never noticed him missing until he missed a dinner engagement at a local restaurant yesterday. She stated that even then wondered to herself if he might have been there but may have just not spoken to her as was his usual behavior.
After the most recent White House news release, Jeff Sessions reiterated his belief that if the president does it, it is not illegal.
Meanwhile, both Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell said they did not want to jump to conclusions until they had formed a committee to investigate. When asked about the admission of the White House, the presence of the dead body found in the Oval Office and the gun with only Trump's fingerprints the Republican lawmakers stressed that there wasn't clear proof yet and they would check back after further committee meetings.
The Democratic Party couldn't provide a spokesman, but did release a letter stating that Trump must be impeached and then tried for murder. An hour later they sent out another letter to news organizations stating that they were not sure if that was the proper action and would wait until they could find a spokesman with a backbone before making further comments.
Shortly after the recent news release from the White House Trump posted a new tweet:
His follow-up tweet:
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The Thurber Brigade does not apologize for yet another side-step. If the prez can "allegedly" collude with our foreign rivals, "allegedly" obstruct justice, "allegedly" profit from his dealings while in office, then both parties, his supporters, and those unwilling to take a stand deserve at least a satirical lambasting if not outright contempt for their lack of morality, fortitude, and patriotism.
Why, yes, I bowl
