Comments on: The Media Now Has No Excuse For Avoiding The Tough Questions http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 05 May 2026 04:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197835 MtnCaddy Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:58:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197835 Recent polls, Elizabeth? Recent polls, Elizabeth?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197832 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:16:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197832 Clinton left a lot to be desired on the economy, too ... so, there's that. Where is Timothy Geithner when you need him ... oh, wait. Well, I don't blame him one little bit for getting out of public service after all the hard years he put in with no thanks. Clinton left a lot to be desired on the economy, too ... so, there's that.

Where is Timothy Geithner when you need him ... oh, wait. Well, I don't blame him one little bit for getting out of public service after all the hard years he put in with no thanks.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197831 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:14:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197831 Caddy, <i>Elizabeth, what makes you think Muricans still believe Repugs are better stewards of the economy?</i> Polls. Caddy,

Elizabeth, what makes you think Muricans still believe Repugs are better stewards of the economy?

Polls.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197829 ListenWhenYouHear Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:17:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197829 If Trump does one thing well, it's his willingness to commit criminal acts in broad daylight for all the world to see knowing that people will assume that no one would be so stupid as to commit the crime in front of everyone. Asking the Russians to hack Hillary's emails on camera. Saying that he cannot see a reason for Putin to lie about Putin's denial of Russia's role in getting Trump elected. Trump releasing the transcript of him trying to blackmail the Ukrainian president into claiming the Biden's were being investigated for crimes there in order to get military funding that Congress had already approved. Trumps phone call to GA Secretary of State demanding that he find Trump one more ballot than the number Biden had so that Trump would win the election. Trump's daughter receiving 5 patents in China right about the same time as Trump deciding not to place sanctions one of their electronic corporations. All of these things (and much, much more) Trump did for all the world to see without suffering any consequences! If Trump does one thing well, it's his willingness to commit criminal acts in broad daylight for all the world to see knowing that people will assume that no one would be so stupid as to commit the crime in front of everyone.

Asking the Russians to hack Hillary's emails on camera.

Saying that he cannot see a reason for Putin to lie about Putin's denial of Russia's role in getting Trump elected.

Trump releasing the transcript of him trying to blackmail the Ukrainian president into claiming the Biden's were being investigated for crimes there in order to get military funding that Congress had already approved.

Trumps phone call to GA Secretary of State demanding that he find Trump one more ballot than the number Biden had so that Trump would win the election.

Trump's daughter receiving 5 patents in China right about the same time as Trump deciding not to place sanctions one of their electronic corporations.

All of these things (and much, much more) Trump did for all the world to see without suffering any consequences!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197828 MtnCaddy Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197828 BECAUSE... Bush the Elder, Dubya and Trump all left varying degrees of economic calamity upon leaving office. Repugs let polluters pollute, give the rich tax cuts and humor the American Taliban to keep them on board. Dems clean up the messes but Establishment DINOs have thus far held back the Progressives, although some good things have leaked through under Biden. BECAUSE...

Bush the Elder, Dubya and Trump all left varying degrees of economic calamity upon leaving office.

Repugs let polluters pollute, give the rich tax cuts and humor the American Taliban to keep them on board.

Dems clean up the messes but Establishment DINOs have thus far held back the Progressives, although some good things have leaked through under Biden.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197827 ListenWhenYouHear Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:13:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197827 The point I wish that the media would take more seriously is the fact that these documents are a matter of national security. Their content can have extremely serious consequences if it fell into the hands of our enemies. And by "our enemies", I am referring to those that Trump considers his "Besties" and heroes for how they force their citizens to show them respect. Is it just by coincidence that immediately after Trump left office with all of these stolen documents that the Saudi prince went against his country's financial advisers and "invested" over $2.5 Billion dollars into Jared Kushner's brand spanking new equity firm? That's a lot of money to invest in a brand new biz considering Jared has absolutely no projects lined up and no experience whatsoever in this field??? Doesn't it seem much more reasonable that the Saudi prince was purchasing something of high value? Sure, it may be seen as "an investment" down the road. Also, we know that Trump's people asked for a list of every person being paid as a confidential informant by our government in the last 90 days of Trump's presidency. We also know that following Trump's leaving office, there has suddenly been a huge increase in the number of CI's being discovered and killed around the world. Coincidence? Like Jethro Gibbs used to say on NCIS: <b><i>"There are no such things as 'coincidences'."</i></b> The point I wish that the media would take more seriously is the fact that these documents are a matter of national security. Their content can have extremely serious consequences if it fell into the hands of our enemies. And by "our enemies", I am referring to those that Trump considers his "Besties" and heroes for how they force their citizens to show them respect.

Is it just by coincidence that immediately after Trump left office with all of these stolen documents that the Saudi prince went against his country's financial advisers and "invested" over $2.5 Billion dollars into Jared Kushner's brand spanking new equity firm? That's a lot of money to invest in a brand new biz considering Jared has absolutely no projects lined up and no experience whatsoever in this field??? Doesn't it seem much more reasonable that the Saudi prince was purchasing something of high value? Sure, it may be seen as "an investment" down the road.

Also, we know that Trump's people asked for a list of every person being paid as a confidential informant by our government in the last 90 days of Trump's presidency. We also know that following Trump's leaving office, there has suddenly been a huge increase in the number of CI's being discovered and killed around the world. Coincidence? Like Jethro Gibbs used to say on NCIS:

"There are no such things as 'coincidences'."

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197826 MtnCaddy Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:11:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197826 Elizabeth, what makes you think Muricans still believe Repugs are better stewards of the economy? Elizabeth, what makes you think Muricans still believe Repugs are better stewards of the economy?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197825 MtnCaddy Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:10:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197825 I agree with andygaus. Things may improve on the margins but as long as profit remains the overriding motivation for the press that's as good as can be expected. Thank God for the internet. I agree with andygaus. Things may improve on the margins but as long as profit remains the overriding motivation for the press that's as good as can be expected.

Thank God for the internet.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197824 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:34:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197824 I don't think any of this really matters so long as Republicans are seen by a majority of Americans to be the best stewards of economic policy. Let me know when the media starts speaking truth to power about the <b>Republican cult of economic failure</b>. I won't be waiting with bated breath for that if it has to come from the mouths of Democrats first. ;) But, I still imagine what it might be like if Dems held the upper hand with voters on reproductive rights AND the economy. I don't think any of this really matters so long as Republicans are seen by a majority of Americans to be the best stewards of economic policy.

Let me know when the media starts speaking truth to power about the Republican cult of economic failure. I won't be waiting with bated breath for that if it has to come from the mouths of Democrats first. ;)

But, I still imagine what it might be like if Dems held the upper hand with voters on reproductive rights AND the economy.

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/06/the-media-now-has-no-excuse-for-avoiding-the-tough-questions/#comment-197822 andygaus Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:41:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22534#comment-197822 This column strikes me as a pleasant form of wishful thinking. If the media don't grow a spine, I don't think there's any way that one can be implanted. This column strikes me as a pleasant form of wishful thinking. If the media don't grow a spine, I don't think there's any way that one can be implanted.

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