I remember when Obama mildly criticized Fox News, the entire journalism world -- hey there, @jaketapper.bsky.social -- rose to its defense. Now Trump is excluding the AP from briefings & all the other media quislings are lining up for their slop without a word of protest. - ThreadSky

volts.wtf • 9 days ago

I remember when Obama mildly criticized Fox News, the entire journalism world -- hey there, @jaketapper.bsky.social -- rose to its defense.

Now Trump is excluding the AP from briefings & all the other media quislings are lining up for their slop without a word of protest.

Reposted from Brian Stelter

For a third straight day, an AP reporter was blocked from attending an Oval Office event, I'm told.

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the0point.bsky.social•8 days ago

Genocide enabler @jaketapper.bsky.social ?

duerpress.com•9 days ago

#CollaborationistsStink

perstephaniel.bsky.social•9 days ago

Jake tapper is an embarrassing white man whose position isn't in danger.

carly911.bsky.social•9 days ago

Jake is a partisan hack

thimbles.bsky.social•9 days ago

No, you're not wrong. When democrats are involved, every sneeze is treated as a constitutional crisis.
When republicans are involved, constitutional crisises are treated as background noise.
There just seems to be an understanding extended towards Republicans that democrats do not get.

thimbles.bsky.social•9 days ago

And it's probably related to that whole "I may work for the liberal media, BUT I'M INDEPENDENT." mush brain goop that journalists love to slop on their pages.
The level of retaliation by the liberal politicians vs the Reich Wing also plays a factor. Journalists love soft targets.

thimbles.bsky.social•9 days ago

And 2009-2010 Obama was a soft target.
Most of the coverage from that time got purged, but look at this article from the Christian Science Monitor:

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2009/1012/obama-vs-fox-news-now-the-gloves-are-off

"President Obama, the man known for his professorial calm..finally appears to have a burr in his saddle.

Fox News."

thimbles.bsky.social•9 days ago

"For an administration whose hallmark has been forbearance, the words..suggest how deeply Fox News has gotten under the Obama team’s skin."

"Far from seeking a truce, the White House appears to be ratcheting up tensions with Fox News."

thimbles.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not much really mentioned, until the middle, about Fox News's conduct, which was actively promoting "tea party" rallies and making a celebrity out of Glen Beck's blackboard during this time.

This:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/bob-inglis-tea-party-casualty/
was what fox news was mainstreaming.
"Terrorist fist bump" stuff.

thimbles.bsky.social•9 days ago

But it was expected that Obama would make nice with the insane, extreme, and lying sections of the media because Democrats are supposed to make nice.

So,when Obama violated expectations, the whole media badgered him until he played nice again.

These expectations don't exist for republicans.

dracula1959.bsky.social•9 days ago

Bye, Bye, free press!

joyouspanther.bsky.social•9 days ago

They can't turn away from the raw masculinity!

saidthat.bsky.social•9 days ago

Honestly, it’s all slop that comes out of there. No reason for reporters with integrity to be there.

lindavt.bsky.social•9 days ago

The White House press corps are a worldwide embarrassment.

dogmom4.bsky.social•9 days ago

Can AP fight this in any way?

volts.wtf•9 days ago

At its best, journalism pulls in precisely the kind of people who *hate* bullies and want to take them down. But US political journalism is filled with betas who envied the jocks in high school & just want to be on their team, to feel strong by proxy.

Feh. [spits]

volts.wtf•9 days ago

I mean ...

ericasco.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not really sure how “masculinely maximalist” their approach is. We used to just call it “bullying, extortion, and exploitation”.

daintist.bsky.social•9 days ago

The only thing maximal here is toxicity

duerpress.com•9 days ago

VandeHei's slurping of Trump Regime behinds is revolting.

jojosbizarrelife.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's giving, "STRAIGHT DAVE'S MAN-SLAMMIN' MAXOUT"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-cage-fight-duped-arkansas-spectators/#

doctorvive.bsky.social•9 days ago

What the absolute fuck

achamernik.bsky.social•9 days ago

Vander Hei’s take is beyond putrid, and the trad media’s abdication and obeisance are as repulsive as they were predictable.

volts.wtf•9 days ago

All right, credit where credit is due. I sure would like to see something a little more organized & proactive from the press corps, but yelling about it is better than nothing.

wingfoot1618.bsky.social•9 days ago

He’s late waaaay late

pophouse.bsky.social•9 days ago

words are pretty meaningless if they don't back them up with anything imo

the white house needs cnn more than cnn needs to be at stupid signing ceremonies and such.

jojosbizarrelife.bsky.social•9 days ago

How many imperial declarations of successful bowel movements do you really need to cover?

ohbabes.bsky.social•9 days ago

I think you’re actually wrong here (unfortunately). There’s an entire right wing media apparatus fully dedicated to laundering whatever message Trump wants. This is a regime disinterested in the constitution or the courts. I don’t think they give a fuck what CNN does.

rkleiner.bsky.social•9 days ago

☝🏽

cutterjohn.bsky.social•9 days ago

Tapper does the right thing once every month or two and wants some attaboys. Nope, fuck that guy.

33greenfields.bsky.social•9 days ago

Qpp%. F’n Calculating weasel.

jimismash.bsky.social•9 days ago

Unorthodox? no, they're cliche villains. Certainly they're more influential than I would like, but to call the most unimaginative bad guy concepts "unorthodox" is a stretch.

moodyjudyblue.bsky.social•9 days ago

I've blocked Axios for over a year. I suggest everyone do the same.

tedfickes.bsky.social•9 days ago

Axios is embarrassing.

alworth.bsky.social•9 days ago

What a tool

4legsrgood.bsky.social•9 days ago

Case closed

naniej1998.bsky.social•9 days ago

Good god! How embarrassing for Jim VandeHei!

jesterinsocal.bsky.social•9 days ago

JFC 🤮

urband1.bsky.social•9 days ago

Omg

johnnicksanders.bsky.social•9 days ago

Why cover the press briefings? It just gives oxygen to their BS. It's not like anyone leaves those better informed.

marvelle.bsky.social•9 days ago

AP to the media in 2017 - "We've got your back."

Media to AP in 2025 - "Just call it the Gulf of America FFS"

jocibet.bsky.social•9 days ago

They are also lazy as fuck

jefftheyoung.bsky.social•9 days ago

"Quisling" is already a strong contender for 2025 Word of the Year.

ladybangbang.bsky.social•9 days ago

Modern-day journalists helped normalize genocide, false accusations of terrorism, far right extremism, political propaganda, and fascism. They should all be ashamed. Unfortunately, that would require integrity and ethics. Something they clearly forfeited for a front row seat at the nazi convention.

lpj24.bsky.social•9 days ago

Despicable🖕🖕 @cnn.com @cbsnews.com @pbs.org @msnbc.com

tsuper.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not sure back in Obama days anyone including @jaketapper.bsky.social, smart as he is, could have predicted the upside down times of today. Apples and Orange in a different non-predictable way.

ridder.bsky.social•9 days ago

Frogs, boiling water.

And seriously what the hell has happened to @jaketapper.bsky.social ? What a sad way to end a career.

rednecklefty.bsky.social•9 days ago

Anybody hear from the WHCA lately? Or did they run out of fainting salts?

jsyoder.bsky.social•9 days ago

The post truth era actually sucks.

hopesndreams.bsky.social•8 days ago

TBF the entire journalism world has ignored the extreme number of journalists murdered in the last year because most of them were Palestinians intentionally targeted by Israel so... not real shocking at this point

un5toppabl0.bsky.social•9 days ago

White people rarely hold white people accountable 🤍

theultrasecret.bsky.social•9 days ago

Tapper’s incredulousness stemmed in part from his nationalism, a stubborn belief that fascism and its attendant propaganda can’t and won’t exist here. It’s not unique to him of course; and now look where we are.

duerpress.com•9 days ago

It also stemmed from his open and virulent careerism.

theultrasecret.bsky.social•9 days ago

No doubt about it!

deb2468.bsky.social•6 days ago

And other new organizations do nothing. I'm so happy I don't go to any of them for information.

nrvschultz.bsky.social•9 days ago

It’s still incredible to me that we are in this moment, just after watching the MSM attack Pres Biden relentlessly for 4 years, and Trump is getting a pass for… everything. Nobody’s even protesting Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza. Where are all you Genocide Joe freaks at??

bastillesam.bsky.social•9 days ago

It was not real. It's manufactured.

hikmah786.bsky.social•7 days ago

@nrvschultz.bsky.social Dems now oppose Trump's plans for ethnic cleansing, but Biden asked Congress in October 2023 for funding for Egypt and Jordan to incentivize them to take Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Same ethnic cleansing bullshiat, different rhetoric.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/politics/biden-aid-israel-ukraine-taiwan-border.html

ohbabes.bsky.social•9 days ago

Or as imperfect as Kamala was, how many stories did they run on her not doing enough interviews…

Meanwhile… fascism…

frenchie100.bsky.social•9 days ago

Speaking of journalists and how subservient they might already be so as to not lose their seat in the "Propaganda Download Room", would you maybe have an answer to my question? I'll appreciate anyone's answer. Thanks! https://bsky.app/profile/frenchie100.bsky.social/post/3li3edzc3uk25

seniorlife2.bsky.social•9 days ago

Total BS

fredvegas.bsky.social•9 days ago

Incredible missed opportunity for "Say, Jake." a la Kendrick.

uumm12.bsky.social•9 days ago

To all PRO-Palestinian

I’m urging you to donate to my family evacuate out of gaza and get to safety.

Any donation counts 🥹

Share and donate please
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blackbirdchi.bsky.social•9 days ago

@jaketapper.bsky.social and @nytimes.com reporters Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman are also quiet considering both of the latter were posting on the minute when the Cuomo hearings were happening and when the joke photo appeared for Franken

pantagrapher.bsky.social•9 days ago

Always holding democrats to the highest standard while treating Fox News operatives as legitimate colleagues worthy of esteem.

bsdtectr.bsky.social•9 days ago

A Fox WH correspondent is on the WHCA Board.

https://whca.press/about/officers/

twistedphilosopher.bsky.social•9 days ago

That's because corporate media is oligarch media. Period.

mathandstuff.bsky.social•9 days ago

Wondering if the American corporate news media complex is every going to admit how badly they've tilted the playing field in favor of Republicans over the past few decades.

Surely the smart ones are aware of this, and know it was deliberate. Not sure about Tapper.

33greenfields.bsky.social•9 days ago

Tapper and Todd set the table years ago

knitdan.bsky.social•9 days ago

I find him generally useless as well, but Tapper is talking about this AP thing

https://bsky.app/profile/jaketapper.bsky.social/post/3lhzigxmfb224

travging.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yeah, he has been questionable the last year or so, but to criticize him on this is stupid.

madmaudlin.bsky.social•9 days ago

Turns out the idea that we had a “Liberal media” was the biggest joke of the 21st century

shorty-jibz.bsky.social•9 days ago

They are fu-kin cowards. Tabloid writers at best

thatfellaleft.bsky.social•9 days ago

Because they fear they will be fired if they do. They are cowardly collaborators. Their corporate masters have laid down the law & like the good little lickspittles that they are they do as they are told. Every one of them deserves what is coming. History will remember their silence.

sethyoder.bsky.social•8 days ago

And of course Obama was right to criticize Fox. In fact, Fox deserves (then and now) to be harshly criticized.

n0s0ul.bsky.social•9 days ago

But standing up against an actual opponent is HARD!
and SCARY!

tzadeekrex.bsky.social•9 days ago

Wait are we talking about @jaketapper.bsky.social

mathandstuff.bsky.social•9 days ago

"News" = "passing on anonymous complaints from your buddies."

saddleman.bsky.social•9 days ago

Where are the reporters standing up for each other?

saddleman.bsky.social•9 days ago

Just. totally. broken.

moneill16.bsky.social•9 days ago

What a Facists United States looks like

leoneow.bsky.social•9 days ago

There's a word for it and of course it's German: Pressegleichschaltung

chargoodreau.bsky.social•9 days ago

they are cowardly nepo baby jerks

wayneinseoul.bsky.social•8 days ago

jackbeingbad.bsky.social•9 days ago

The fix was always in

firefighter5802.bsky.social•9 days ago

I agree! Where are the protests from the rest of the free press?

mrcoreyatkinson.bsky.social•9 days ago

Shocked Jake Trumper isn’t speaking out. Shocked, I tells ya!

annecw.bsky.social•8 days ago

White House press corps is full of actors, not journalists. the CJR story about how they were excited to get rid of Biden and welcomed the return of the most corrupt president was a showcase of their abandonment of journalism ethics. https://bit.ly/40uqZYK

bluesugar322.bsky.social•9 days ago

boycott it 2 things
its all lies and
no one f/u on the lies

amb-markab.bsky.social•9 days ago

@jaketapper.bsky.social the guy who used to wade in to random blog comments if someone didn’t praise him? All that caping for Fox and they never even offered him a job or anything.

birddecentralise.bsky.social•9 days ago

WHCA are as big of cucks as republicans in congress. Another institution failing to perform when it actually matters. Cowards and disgraces.

biboarderdude.bsky.social•8 days ago

Exhibit 4,943,853 of how the MSM and "liberal media" are always wired for Republicans.

kstroopwafel.bsky.social•9 days ago

Coming soon: Trump news

klowy.bsky.social•9 days ago

That’s not true. Tapper was very critical. Maybe do some homework before you make a false claim.

33greenfields.bsky.social•9 days ago

Tapper is a cuck

hugetinymistake.bsky.social•9 days ago

"SAY THE LINE, MTSW"

bumblebee543.bsky.social•9 days ago

CNN has asked about it directly to the WH Press Secretary.

chessclubgringo.bsky.social•9 days ago

“America is on the cusp of competitive authoritarianism. The Trump administration has already begun to weaponize state institutions and deploy them against opponents. The Constitution alone cannot save U.S. democracy.”
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump

rpleith2024.bsky.social•9 days ago

If you're a media mogul and you're not bowing to Trump your bottom line is in danger.
I'm telling you hell hath no fury like Trump.
Either obey or die.
Or get shut down and shut out of it all.
AOC refused to obey (as she would) and she got cut out of a leadership spot.
He's dangerous.

crankyoldguynh.bsky.social•9 days ago

They have to stand up. The problem is they think they are—seek the truth not just bylines and airtime. You have a Constitutionally recognized job—so stop listening to your “balanced” words. Edmund Burke said the press was more important than the other three estates. So act like it.

wandasusie101.bsky.social•9 days ago

"Journalists" are a means to an end now ---

And the "ends" is making money and getting clicks.

It is not about integrity and pride anymore...

glitterninja.bsky.social•9 days ago

Every outlet was just waiting for the Obama admin to do something even vaguely actionable so when the Treasury "Czar" Kenneth Feinberg didn't schedule an interview with Fox EVERY OUTLET boycotted the White House in solidarity. In retrospect it's clear it was a partisan political stunt.

valkyriekaren.bsky.social•9 days ago

How puzzling. I feel like the answer is white on the tip of my tongue...

mosyadig.bsky.social•9 days ago

Jake especially was insufferable at that time.

chas99.bsky.social•9 days ago

So many bloody cowards

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