Originally Posted by
jimnyc
As I stated before, how many times are we going to see our media gleefully and laughingly report that "Oh, we got 'em this time, we nailed the bastard, he was colluding with Russia" ---- only to find out AGAIN that no such thing happened.
I've never seen a media so aggressive in wanting to attack someone for any reason. They want so badly to get the goods on Trump, that they're willing to make themselves look like asses over and over and over.
Only because your young ass doesn't remember Nixon vs the media. He believed the media cost him the 60 election, and in a way they did, but inadvertently.
Nixon looked like a nervous rat on camera while Kennedy looked like Mr Cool. It was the first time how one presented oneself via television was more important than the issues. Nixon was the FAR more qualified candidate of the two.
Nixon never forgave the media and shut them out while he was President. It eventually led to Watergate where media reporters (Woodward and Bernstein) were determined to dig up dirt on Nixon.
In hindsight, had he been a Democrat and run today, Watergate would have been ignored. It was trivial compared to using an unsecure server for sensitive government business.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke