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It turns out that President Donald Trump may not have thought through all the consequences before he banned some of his most hated news outlets from the White House.

After Trump declared CNN, MS NOW, and Politico “fake news” and exiled them from the White House grounds on Friday, the other networks that make up the White House press pool—including ABC, CBS, NBC, and even Fox News—agreed to boycott their pool duties on Monday in solidarity with the banned outlets.


Lol, will it be a TACO Tuesday?

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[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago

Conglomerate entity is "banned" so the other comglomerate's entities also don't show up, but it's all because the news is state-owned and the fake rebellion makes everyone believe the bullshit reported later.

CNN is conservative people. This is a performance.

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I'm sure someone already made a tier list, but American media belongs at the bottom.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 33 points 11 hours ago

It is called the Oval Office, and it should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns

Well, what the fuck is he doing there, in that case?!

[-] newton@feddit.online 9 points 9 hours ago

Great idea, the wall of silence, works everytime

[-] Sunflier@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Maybe he didn't boot them himself. Maybe one of the assistants removed the press to keep him from physically attacking them. He has been escalating to that.

[-] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 51 points 14 hours ago

Maybe it can stay like this forever

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Right? Can we, please? I can bear to look at him WAY more than I can bear to listen to that fucking dipshit.

[-] eurodyne@piefed.world 92 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

President Turdbrain does a turdbrain thing because he is a turdbrain

The only ones surprised by this are other turdbrains

Every second that passes wherein this man is not assassinated is a great shame on this nation.

It is a global absurdity that the two people who have actually tried so far were amongst the dumbest of all humans ever to exist

Can we get a smart person on this, please? 8 billion people would thank you.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 16 hours ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 16 hours ago

It is a global absurdity that the two people who have actually tried so far were amongst the dumbest of all humans ever to exist

Thats because they were a political setup allowed to get close during an election year. They frothed his base into a rabid fury. Notice how two happened back to back before the election and then radio silence for two years?

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[-] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 20 points 14 hours ago

Trump has made a comment on this situation:

As expected, Fake News CNN, Politico (Pay back the 8 Million Dollar contribution made by the U.S. Government to keep them afloat!), and MSNOW (formerly known as MSDNC!), have brought suit to gain access to the White House, and your President, ME! They have drawn a great Judge, for them, a man who ruled in favor of Jim Acosta, who now seems to have disappeared from the Planet. The Judge’s name is Tim Kelly, and he was, sadly, appointed by “TRUMP.” In other words, almost without question and, as usual, we’ll go for appeal because Fake News people and publications that only write negatively, and who violate our National Security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown “sources,” shouldn’t be allowed access to the most important Office anywhere in the World. It is called the Oval Office, and it should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns, who purposefully distort, twist, and degrade with everything they write or publish. Virtually every story about me, or anything having to do with me, is negative, wrong and, in many cases, DANGEROUS for our Country! No matter how GREAT my Achievements, they trivialize and demean. The fact is, I won all seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, the Electoral College (312 to 226), and the Counties throughout America by 86%, and yet it is reported that I get 94% bad publicity. With such a Crooked and Corrupt Press, how did I win in such a LANDSLIDE? It is because the Media has NO credibility, and that is a very bad thing for our Nation! Why should I have to give “access” to such people? Perhaps Judge Kelly could explain that! In any event, I have an obligation to fight for the Success and Safety of our Country. FAKE NEWS IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, and I will do whatever is necessary to make sure that the U.S.A. thrives. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Source, I guess

[-] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 37 points 13 hours ago

I read about 20% of that before my brain couldn't interpret the words 😂

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago

I got to "It is called the Oval Office, and it should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns" and laughed because he's the biggest circus clown of all.

[-] smeenz 6 points 10 hours ago

Projection. It's Always Projection

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 9 hours ago

I doubt that he wrote any of that himself.

[-] deadbeef79000 2 points 8 hours ago

I doubt he thought any of that himself.

[-] thunder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 12 hours ago

Can't believe Natalie has time to type all that between diaper changes.

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 3 points 9 hours ago

Women have an amazing capacity for multi-tasking that is truly, truly inspiring. Don't denigrate that.

/s just in case it's needed

[-] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 10 points 13 hours ago

It looks like English but I don't understand a word of it.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 hours ago

Neither does the average magat. The key difference is that they're impressed by that wall of incoherence.

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[-] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 9 points 13 hours ago

Oh Donnie, you can't afford Third Rate Clowns anymore... Look around you! The Third Raters jumped ship after the last administration, and most of them have gone pretty quiet or cashed out on your dirty laundry.

The best you have these days are maybe a few Amateur Jesters, definitely no Clowns of Professional Rating.

[-] zidanerick@lemmy.patton.id.au 3 points 12 hours ago

I have a feeling that the human printer has shown him the disapproval polls recently. If it means I get a week or two of near trump free media then It'll be like christmas again!

[-] artyom@piefed.social 44 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

and even Fox News

WHAT!?

Aidan McLaughlin, the Washington correspondent for Vanity Fair, suggested on social media that, at the rate things are going, a lawsuit may not even have been necessary.

“He’s gonna lift the ban by the end of the week,” he predicted.

Yeah, this guy doesn't work that way. That's too rational of a thought process.

E: they just introduced "Trump TV", I was right again 🤣😭

[-] Master167@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

With the announcement of Trump TV, this ban was just a cover to legitimize state run media.

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

Fox News knows the long con. You start banning outlets that don’t say nice things they get booted when dems take control.

Or even if they say things that don’t slobber Trump enough.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 8 points 12 hours ago

Sure, I just don't understand why they can't apply this simple logic to anything else?

[-] PokerChips@programming.dev 4 points 10 hours ago

They did the maths and realized they could get away with it along dimb magats. They mathed this one and realized it would backfire.

[-] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 4 points 13 hours ago

That's not really the Dem's mode of operation though.

[-] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 9 points 13 hours ago

I'm genuinely surprised that these right-wing desks joined in.

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 39 points 16 hours ago

I love that even Newsmax couldn't sugarcoat this blunder.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 57 points 15 hours ago

The president's voice could be heard faintly. But his words were inaudible over the whir of a helicopter parked nearby.

"There's no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there," explained Bianca de la Garza, who was covering the event for the Trump-friendly outlet Newsmax. 

The anchor said this was maybe "one example" of the president's attack on the media "backfiring just a little bit."

Oh they tried

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

TURD Tuesday

Trump Usually Real Dumb

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago

That video is hilarious. There's no microphones. So he's talking to nobody.

[-] savvie@lemmy.zip 10 points 13 hours ago

“crazy old dude talking to clouds”

[-] redbrick@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago

What's bad about this? I mean...do we really want to hear this buffoon talk?

[-] savvie@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago

a permanent cone of radio silence around Tiny Dee unto eternity would be most welcome!

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

Stupid with Stupidate.

[-] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 18 points 16 hours ago

Natalie didn't change his diaper so he threw a tantrum.

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 10 points 15 hours ago

Hee hee that’s awesome!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago
[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

What? I couldn't hear you over the chopper

[-] aarch0x40@piefed.social 7 points 14 hours ago

Do we ever had to go back to the old way?

[-] ClownStatue@piefed.social 7 points 14 hours ago

I hate Fox as much as anyone with a functioning brain, but saying, “even Fox News…” isn’t necessary. This isn’t the first time he’s gone after journalists like this, and Fox joined the other members of the press pool in their protest last time. They understand as much as anyone else that if he can ban 1 journalist/network, he can ban any journalist/network. And it’s not like they haven’t found themselves the target of his ire in the past.

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 1 points 9 hours ago

He got BIG PISSED when they called, was it Arizona?, for Biden in 2022.

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