You put out headlines with trump in the title to get the clicks. This is what you’ve been signing up for and now you’re being replaced assholes.

This week, the White House sank to a new low on that front, holding a first-of-its-kind “New Media Press Briefing.” While inviting journalists from smaller, less established outlets to the White House is ostensibly a good idea, that’s not what the administration did. Indeed, instead of inviting actual journalists to the event, the White House populated it with a slew of friendly influencers who were all too happy to kiss the president’s ass and ask White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt the softest of softball questions. It was bullshit questions and bullshit answers all the way down.

Leavitt kicked the briefing off by bragging about the administration’s various “accomplishments” over the past 100 years, er sorry, I meant days. “As I promised at my first briefing as press secretary back in January, the Trump White House will speak to all media outlets and personalities—not just the legacy media who traditionally has covered this institution,” Leavitt said.___

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    The funny part is that the same people bank rolling the presidency are the same people bankrolling the legacy media AND the social media influencers.

    There is one group to blame for all this and it’s not hard to find them … anyone that controls billions of dollars of wealth, controls the country.

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        Without a doubt, I say there should be a cap on personal wealth, say 1 billion, because I can’t really see why one person would ever need more than that to live comfortably. Then every dollar made over that goes straight to the federal government.

        Essentially a new income tax bracket for only the wealthiest of individuals that is permanently set at 100%

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          I think it’s time to make an American version of the guillotine where we replace the sharp blade with a giant rock, and keep everything else the same.

          It seems appropriate

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            Given the seeming plummet of intelligence in the US we should name it the Ungabunga. The fact that cavemen didn’t live in caves and weren’t dumb is the other half of the reason.

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                  I mean, archaeologists would argue that both did, there’s simply less found evidence of neanderthals doing it, but it is there. Fires, butchered animal bones, clearly intentional burials, art, the only evidence they haven’t found is a sign on a nail saying “home sweet home”.

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        Contributing millions to dark pacs, which bankroll media outlets either directly or through ad money.

        Although now I’m sure they’re also buying shitcoins in closed door meetings at maralago as well.

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    It is pretty funny since the media wanted this little shit show badly for the money. Oopsies

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      I’ve said this before, but a NYT reporter said exactly that during trump’s first term. He said that he would rather have trump than anyone else because people want to read about him.

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        Yeah I remember that quote it was fucking sickening and really was a good reminder of how shit the media is in the US

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        The media did it’s job. Any objective mind would have read about the pussy grabbing and the promise to have Mexico build the Wall and voted against Donnie.

        It’s like blaming the people who make swimwear for people intentionally drowning themselves.

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          The news did some absolute basic level reporting on obvious things. They also promoted him and Republicans to the front page constantly for clicks and to sell ads and glossed over his nazi rallies and downplayed the insurrection and unironicslly have “what people are saying” trash where crazy people are given equal time with rational people regularly.

          Media is a huge part of why the shitty parts of society aren’t embarassed enough to reconsider their shitty views. Why would they when the media keeps putting someone who matches their stupid opinions on the front page? Why would they question the purpose of doge when the news keeps saying cuts are for efficiency despite never being about efficiency?

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            Yeah. Failure to regulate broadcast media, and not clarifying social media platforms as broadcast media played a huge role in creating this shit show

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          The media has a shit ton of power. I post every weekday the politics and finding real news is next to impossible. They are not doing its actual job, that’s the problem.

          Edit: I should say, mostly the headline creators aren’t doing their job. Usually the real articles are hidden under a vague, water-downed headline.

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        Colors you’ve never see — you’ve never heard of these colors, he says, and many people are saying, I saw a mantis shrimp the other — can you believe — and mantis shrimp were treated very badly, what’s going on, and he said he’s never seen such a color, but they don’t report on that, the crooked lying media, I tell ya, if a mantis shrimp just one time — if, right in the mouth, if one of these journalists had to say it right to their face, one of these mantis shrimp, they wouldn’t last one second against — I’ve seen how fast these guys punch, believe me.