On 17 Aug 17  06:04:00, Bbsing Bbs said the following to All:

BB> Examples are where you post anything about a fun night you had out could im
BB> your ability to be promoted. Or CNN will come look for you and start a camp
BB> to make your current and future life and ability to advance your lot in lif
BB> nightmare or impossible. With this thought in mind I don't believe the

Without getting too political or "preachy-talky"... heres my take on this.

It seemed that when CNN started out in the beginning, they were mostly focused
on reporting "the facts". Its what made them such a powerful, respected
channel. The focus was on that breaking-news and reporting in the most 
factual way they could manage to do so. Some really respected talent was on 
the network at one time. But... as time went on, I think it was towards the 
end of the OJ trial and the Clinton blowjob scandals where the shift went from
facts to "opinion shows". It wasn't really noticable immediately but
gradually over a period of time.

Whether people like Trump or not, one thing became clear, and that was here 
is now a president who took the media to task almost head-on. Openly slamming
CNN and MSNBC. Coupled with his presence on Twitter - Now I understand
Twitter has the right to suspend his account if he gets a little too hot for
his own good, but it did show that he has a "forum", where his words come from
him directly. No spin, twist or opinion from any news channel.

I'm sure its possible to get transcripts of any White House press briefings 
and whatnot, but seems like Trump has almost single-handedly been able to 
control the frenzy surrounding how the media perceives him to be.

When he does post something on Twitter, it is now the media that takes those 
postings and gives their opinions on it. Sure, they report exactly what he 
tweeted, but its now a situation where you have, for example, different 
opinions coming from CNN and the Fox news channel.

Nick

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