Friday, December 11, 2015




Most American journalists just can't do objectivity -- even when they try

Apparently, Trump's comments about Muslims make him a racist.  Has anybody told them that Muslims are not a race?  There are Muslims of all races.  Islam is a religion.  You can change your religion but not your race.  And why is it OK to criticize  Christians but not Islam?

BuzzFeed journalists have been told they can call Donald Trump a “mendacious racist” on social media as a matter of fact.

In a memo to staff, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith said that describing the Republican presidential candidate as a liar and a racist would not violate BuzzFeed rules about avoiding political partisanship on social media.

“It is, for instance, entirely fair to call him a mendacious racist, as the politics team and others here have reported clearly and aggressively,” wrote Smith. “He’s out there saying things that are false and running an overtly anti-Muslim campaign. BuzzFeed News’s reporting is rooted in facts, not opinion; these are facts.”

Figures from NBC released last week showed that Trump has managed to build a lead despite spending just £217,000 on broadcast advertising, the lowest figure among the leading candidates. In contrast, Jeb Bush has spent more than £28m but has failed to make a significant impact on the race.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Of course most American journalists are biased towards the left, openly. On that basis if they are offended then you know that what offends them is what you believe in and you should support those issues.

Anonymous said...

It's obscene that so much money is spent just getting oneself elected President of the US.

Anonymous said...

... or rather "trying" to get oneself elected!

Bird of Paradise said...

Journalists are nothing but leftists propegandists reading books like Das Kapital and The Communists Manifesto

Alpha Skua said...

The main-stream news media are like the horns of a steer a point here a point there and lot of bull in between

Anonymous said...

Like him or hate him, and frankly I have a foot in both camps, Trump is a brilliant strategist. He is letting the leftist media do his advertising for him.

Anonymous said...

Because they hate him and want to bring him down Trump doesn't have to spend money advertising while the media do it for free.