Reporter Who Sparred With Sarah Huckabee Sanders On Migrant Policy Doubles Down

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Oaksterdam Dan
Nugstradamus on Monday, June 18, 2018 – 04:29 pm

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“At some point in time, we have been playing by the old rules for so long that we forgot where we are with this administration,” Karem said, adding later, “It is an office of propaganda and I think we should push back harder.”

By Jenna Amatulli

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reporter-who-sparred-with-sarah-huc...

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Briank
Briank on Monday, June 18, 2018 – 05:02 pm

I hate Trump as much as th next guy, but...

A huge part of the problem is that White House spokespeople and reporters are making the news, not just reporting. An exchange between Sanders and a Playboy reporter is not newsworthy.

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Timmy Hoover on Monday, June 18, 2018 – 05:04 pm

https://twitter.com/karenkilgariff/status/1007031187817156608?s=12

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Oaksterdam Dan
Nugstradamus on Monday, June 18, 2018 – 05:09 pm

It gets at this...

To the Press, After 18 Months of Trump

Focus on what he’s really doing.

by Robert Reich

1. Stop treating Trump’s tweets as news.

2. Don’t believe a single word that comes out of his mouth.

3. Don’t fall for the reality-TV spectacles he creates. (For example, his meeting with Kim Jong-un.) They’re not news, either.

4. Don’t let his churlish thin-skinned vindictive narcissistic rants divert attention from what he’s really doing.

5. Focus on what he’s really doing, and put the day’s stories into this larger context. He’s (1) undermining democratic institutions, (2) using his office for personal gain, (3) sowing division and hate, (4) cozying up to dictators while antagonizing our democratic allies around the world, (5) violating the rule of law, and (6) enriching America’s wealthy while harming the middle class and the poor. He may also be (7) colluding with Putin.

6. Keep track of what his Cabinet is doing – Sessions’s attacks on civil rights, civil liberties, voting rights, and immigrants; DeVos’s efforts to undermine public education, Pruitt’s and Zinke’s efforts to gut the environment; all their conflicts of interest, and the industry lobbyists they’ve put in high positions.

7. Don’t try to “balance” your coverage of the truth with quotes and arguments from Trump’s enablers and followers. This is not a contest between right and left, Republicans and Democrats. This is between democracy and demagogic authoritarianism. 

8. Don’t let him rattle you. Maintain your dignity, confidence, and courage.

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Briank on Monday, June 18, 2018 – 05:17 pm

I agree with Reich. However, the link you posted is contrary to what he’s saying. The “news” is Sanders vs. a reporter, not the plight of the refugees.

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Oaksterdam Dan
Nugstradamus on Monday, June 18, 2018 – 05:20 pm

It's  a call out to the national press...

At some point in time, we have been playing by the old rules for so long that we forgot where we are with this administration,” Karem said, adding later, “It is an office of propaganda and I think we should push back harder.