3 ms·

Here's a crazy thought - if you're the president of the united states, or in his cabinet, and don't like news coverage that makes POTUS look bad regardless of t

Here's a crazy thought - if you're the president of the united states, or in his cabinet, and don't like news coverage that makes POTUS look bad regardless of the accuracy, how about you find some big boy pants and do better if you don't want to "look bad."

parineum 7mo ago
[flagged]
- _heimdall 7mo ago
  I was going of the OP article here, the quote is a concern that it makes Trump look bad, not that it is inaccurate reporting. I do agree with you though, if reporting is wrong then that's the problem. In those cases, and there are plenty, the concern raised should be inaccuracy rather than optics though.
  - bediger4000 7mo ago
    How do you know the coverage is "wrong"? I mean, no news org, not NYT, not Fox, not WaPo, not even NPR can determine if Trump is lying. Sure, they occasionally note that what he says is "baseless", but never lies. So how are you going to determine wrong?
    - ethbr1 7mo ago
      E.g. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmlzg0p8k2o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmlzg0p8k2o
- scuff3d 7mo ago
  Can you imagine the absolute mayhem at Fox News if Obama had declared himself the greatest president of all time. Or declared a US company a supply chain risk after trying to weasel out of a contract. Or, you know, incited a terrorist attack on the US Capitol...
  - ethbr1 7mo ago
    It's almost like the stuff right wing media falsely claimed Obama and Biden were doing. Like they were preparing for someone to actually do it, because it already happened with the last guy, right?
  - ndsipa_pomu 7mo ago
    That's different as Fox News is an entertainment channel and not news, despite the name.
    - scuff3d 7mo ago
      Unfortunately, there is a fairly large part of the population who disagrees with that.
    - CamperBob2 7mo ago
      And I'll never understand that. If I sell horsemeat in my grocery store, but label it as A5 wagyu beef, there will be legal consequences. When Fox sells "entertainment" (meaning lies) labeled as "news," there are none. So why do they get all the breaks? False advertising and fraud aren't covered by the First Amendment.
- paulryanrogers 7mo ago
  > Nothing Obama could have done was going to make Obama look good on Fox News. So "Fox News" has a massive accuracy problem. Or are they actually only "Fox Commentaries"?
  - _heimdall 7mo ago
    I don't think that's limited to only Fox News. Cable news channels today are seem to be a strong majority opinion pieces. They also seem to mostly be mouthpieces today for whomever is coordinating a broader political message they want being discussed.

parineum 7mo ago

[flagged]

_heimdall 7mo ago
I was going of the OP article here, the quote is a concern that it makes Trump look bad, not that it is inaccurate reporting. I do agree with you though, if reporting is wrong then that's the problem. In those cases, and there are plenty, the concern raised should be inaccuracy rather than optics though.
- bediger4000 7mo ago
  How do you know the coverage is "wrong"? I mean, no news org, not NYT, not Fox, not WaPo, not even NPR can determine if Trump is lying. Sure, they occasionally note that what he says is "baseless", but never lies. So how are you going to determine wrong?
  - ethbr1 7mo ago
    E.g. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmlzg0p8k2o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmlzg0p8k2o
scuff3d 7mo ago
Can you imagine the absolute mayhem at Fox News if Obama had declared himself the greatest president of all time. Or declared a US company a supply chain risk after trying to weasel out of a contract. Or, you know, incited a terrorist attack on the US Capitol...
- ethbr1 7mo ago
  It's almost like the stuff right wing media falsely claimed Obama and Biden were doing. Like they were preparing for someone to actually do it, because it already happened with the last guy, right?
- ndsipa_pomu 7mo ago
  That's different as Fox News is an entertainment channel and not news, despite the name.
  - scuff3d 7mo ago
    Unfortunately, there is a fairly large part of the population who disagrees with that.
  - CamperBob2 7mo ago
    And I'll never understand that. If I sell horsemeat in my grocery store, but label it as A5 wagyu beef, there will be legal consequences. When Fox sells "entertainment" (meaning lies) labeled as "news," there are none. So why do they get all the breaks? False advertising and fraud aren't covered by the First Amendment.
paulryanrogers 7mo ago
> Nothing Obama could have done was going to make Obama look good on Fox News. So "Fox News" has a massive accuracy problem. Or are they actually only "Fox Commentaries"?
- _heimdall 7mo ago
  I don't think that's limited to only Fox News. Cable news channels today are seem to be a strong majority opinion pieces. They also seem to mostly be mouthpieces today for whomever is coordinating a broader political message they want being discussed.