Re:The American Press Is Destroying Itself
by Good_Karma on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:07PM
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The best account of the current trajectory of the media landscape I have found is in what was meant to be a sci-fi story called American Goldmine by Paolo Bacigalupi published here ;
https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/toc1909.htm
It's exactly where this is going. Honestly worth the short read. Scary stuff. The 1984 of mainstream media, and it's ( also ) right around the corner.
From Charlottesville to this, you can safely bet that anything reconciliatory that Trump says will be twisted into something divisive through intentionally misreporting what was said.
This is the actual quote. The fact is that he made this remark during a press conference which also discussed jobs numbers;
“Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, color, gender, or creed," Trump said. "They have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. They have to receive it. We all saw what happened last week. We can't let that happen. Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying, 'This is a great day that's happening for our country.' It's a great day for him. It's a great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This is a great day in terms of equality. It's really what our Constitution requires and it's what our country is all about."
When I read this quote I hear Trump praising the protests and supporting the cause of equal treatment under the law and ending police brutality. The mass media reported the statement as, among other things, “revolting”. [1]
[1] - https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202...