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America's new president gave an address to a joint session of Congress. The Los Angeles Times posted a full transcript of the speech (along with remarks from its staff that may require Javascript to view); Bloomberg uploaded a video of the event.
The New York Times called it "the most presidential speech Mr. Trump has ever given — delivered at precisely the moment he needed to project sobriety, seriousness of purpose and self-discipline."
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Wednesday March 01 2017, @09:45PM (7 children)
I missed the speech (and don't really care!)
What gets me laughing is CNN: they were sooooooo PRO HILLARY THE GODDESS and ANTI-orange man with small hands.
Then Trump wins and says, "CNN, you can no longer play with me in my great bath tub, where it is all soapy and bubbly and warm".
Go look at CNN now! They are cosying up to the Trump like my dog on my leg!
1. Wall Street loved Trump's speech
2. Dow closes above 21,000 for first time ever
3. Van Jones: This was when Trump became President
4. Navy SEAL's widow provides emotional highpoint in Trump speech
There is still some hate, but it seems to have been pulled back a bit.
Just makes me laugh: now, maybe, CNN will get back to "just the facts, ma'am" and leave the politics out of it.
Yeah, i know: i'm naiive.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Sulla on Wednesday March 01 2017, @10:25PM (6 children)
CNNs behavior has been a real shame. My dad has been a lifelong democrat, voted that way as long as he can remember. Seeing the blantant lies put forward by CNN has turned him away from anything they promote because it throws everything they do into question. We need a media that questions the president on the actual issues and facts, while CNN has been doing some of that they have been primarily tabloid tier in their treatment.
I take some satisfaction in knowing that Trump watches the factor and occaionally Wallace stands in on fridays. Wallace is himself a democrat but is excellent about choosing reasonable guests and sticking to the facts.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday March 01 2017, @11:42PM (3 children)
Seeing the blantant lies put forward by CNN
Name one.
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Wednesday March 01 2017, @11:58PM (2 children)
Screw them [youtube.com]
Being a major media outlet they will be telling all sorts of lies that cater to their owner's agendas, they are a bipartisan propaganda network.
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 02 2017, @12:26AM
Like most simplifications that statement leaves out some nuance and edge-cases. But, it's basically correct.
If you posses classified information, even if from a leak, 46 CFR 503.59 applies to you.
However, the Supreme Court did in fact find that the press get's a bit of extra leeway. [theatlantic.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @02:28AM
Oh please. One guy got a little worked up, said something stupid, and literally everyone called him on it.
I was expecting a lie of substance, such as consistently repeating a false narrative across multiple shows.
Like the fox deliberately used disinformation tactics when reporting on climate change. [independent.co.uk]
If you demand perfection then you guarantee failure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @01:16AM
White House access has been dangled in front of the various networks as a carrot to get them to parrot the administration's line, whichever party is in charge, for decades. Not sure how this flip-flop can possibly surprise anyone who's been paying attention.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @02:32AM
You won't get that with for-profit media with commercials/sponsors/underwriting.
(Include NPR and PBS here.)
Outlets which are 100 percent listener-supported/viewer-supported are what you need to seek out.
Pacifica Radio [wikipedia.org]
Free Speech TV [wikipedia.org]
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