just over and over again very clever people from the media and democratic parties coming up with elaborate explanations for why doing anything that would meaningfully oppose Trump is foolhardy and it's smarter to do nothing instead. - ThreadSky

mtsw.bsky.social • 17 days ago

just over and over again very clever people from the media and democratic parties coming up with elaborate explanations for why doing anything that would meaningfully oppose Trump is foolhardy and it's smarter to do nothing instead.

Reposted from Brian Stelter

Consider the possibility that the Trump White House WANTS this fight. Wants journalists to act like opponents instead of observers. If the entire press pool skipped a Trump photo op in solidarity with The AP, wouldn't the White House welcome Breitbart and One America News to take their places?

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billferris.bsky.social•17 days ago

Never trust a plan that's indistinguishable from the path of least resistance

wochie.bsky.social•17 days ago

They’re leveling themselves.

waxrepli.ca•17 days ago

of course they want a fight. theyre morons, and morons love fighting.

the press should give them a fight, because when the press fights in earnest it generally wins. ink by the barrel and all that.

hoboabobo8d8.bsky.social•17 days ago

Man, it's almost as if there's a bunch of powerful people in media who like Trump and want him to rule like a king.

chrisblackton.me•17 days ago

At least if they just said, "guys, I'm like legit scared" that would make sense. Instead, they feed each other this BS narrative that they're doing the best they can.

seltsamerweise.bsky.social•17 days ago

I feel the same way about the arguments regarding more forceful resistance. "He's waiting to declare martial law!" just doesn't persuade me into thinking that ineffective protest or capitulation are somehow preferable.

tubbles.bsky.social•17 days ago

I don't think they're all that clever, really.

zecretzquirrel.bsky.social•17 days ago

For an attention whore, the ~quality~ of the attention is secondary to the ~amount~ of it, but in banning the MSM they lose both.

crs1.bsky.social•17 days ago

Dennis Green School of Journalism grads

jamesanatesmith.bsky.social•17 days ago

I don’t know if it’s a comfort, but this was essentially the posture of pre-Gingrich congressional republicans. So things can change pretty quickly.

alwaysadorecats.bsky.social•17 days ago

The media guy who tweeted about the “Biden Too Old” narrative constantly is insisting he’s powerless to shape media narratives.

rntropy.bsky.social•17 days ago

It's the logic of collaborators

mtsw.bsky.social•17 days ago

yes! "the nazis would like nothing more than to see the vichy regime fall and then come in here and rule over us directly. us collaborating with them is the only thing holding them back"

zetsubo.bsky.social•17 days ago

also again if trump did this he would make enemies with all of the media so. good‼️

petedavidsonny.bsky.social•17 days ago

He's just spraying air freshener in the area of his own stench.

bryon29.bsky.social•17 days ago

Stelter has always been a self-serving sack of shit, fuck him.

bitwisebear.bsky.social•17 days ago

Brian has a spineless take there.

coldsportstakes.bsky.social•17 days ago

"We're going to take our time to think very, very hard about what to do, and then hope you forget the whole thing so we can avoid having to do anything at all."

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