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Flippin’ Jersey's avatar

“Waaaaah, we have to be in the room so we can ask snarky, loaded questions, talk over the answers, then “report” on them in the worst way possible!” We don’t loathe the press enough.

SteveO's avatar

That is exactly the point of all of this.

Tim R's avatar

And we finally have a President who is as petty, vindictive, bullying, and narcissistic as the Press has been for ages! I'm here for it!

Dena's avatar

Do we in this age of a plethora of information sources really need a press room in order for the president to communicate with us? It seems to just allow a huge platform for bias, lies & propaganda for most news outlets. Maybe Trumps plan is to shut the process down - maybe why there’s not a new press secretary named?

Juju's avatar

I just heard a reference on Newsmax last night that I’m going to use from this day forward: MSLOL. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As for todays’s take, I respectfully disagree with Jenna. This is not about Trump blocking people who insult him. It’s about Trump banning “trusted press” that are willfully lying to the people, and their mere presence in the White House gives them a position of honest authority on the subjects, of which they have no honesty whatsoever.

He should have banned them 18 months ago but he gave them a chance, repeatedly, and repeated warnings, over and over and over again. They refused to be honest or responsible to the public. They don’t deserve those seats.

Roberta Stack's avatar

I often wonder who to believe in the news. Stopped watching most of it these last 5-6 years. All the outlets seem pretty biased based on political views and capture by big Pharma. I’m all for free speech, but not free lies.

Skenny's avatar

MSM is not a good place to get news. It is now on the second or third level in the Democrat org chart... in the propaganda branch.

Jennifer L.'s avatar

Roberta Stack, may I humbly suggest you start watching (and reading) Promethean Action videos. You can find their channel on YouTube to see if you like them. They do not accept any ad $ at all.

KatWarrior's avatar

Fantastic! I LOVE PA! Highly recommend tuning in!

Tim Pallies's avatar

I watch some PA videos. On the one hand, they sometimes give me hope. On the other, it often feels like they explain away any Trump mistakes (at least from my viewpoint) as Trump masterfully playing 4-d chess. To me, that simply does not ring true.

Jan's avatar

Only so much optimism slant I can believe these days. Even coffee n Covid can instigate some eye rolling sometimes. It’s fine and dandy for all us to “get it” but do any of the democrats read any of the truth? It’s business as usual for them—TDS— and we’re in an echo chamber just like they are. God help us. There is a Godly plan. I just have to pray for discernment and calm down. I just don’t think we’ve come this far for 1 election to lose it all. Vote November. I’m a former democrat until 2021. I will never vote democrat again.

Roberta Stack's avatar

Will do. Thanks

JudyC's avatar

She is excellent!

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Jenna’s link to PA “punishing them” gave my first exposure. That was a brilliant history lesson so well delivered! Now, to get them over to SS… I’m nearing plug pulling time with X, constantly pushing readers to flame out. Gak!

Paige Green's avatar

I got to meet her at our state convention this past August. She’s our state GOP Coalitions Vice Chair. I’m a bit of a fan girl.

KBB's avatar

I find that my most reliable and accurate news source is Jeff Childers at his Coffee & Covid substack. I scan a few other sources also but Childers is the one who pulls it all together for me. The best dot-connector on the internet. Here's his most recent, covering the same story as Jenna:

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/tweet-tweet-tuesday-september-22

Roberta Stack's avatar

Thanks. I’ve been reading him for years. It’s a really good one as is Jenna’s.

Julie Young's avatar

Yes; Jenna and Jeff are my daily must-reads (I’m a paid subscriber to both). I always start with Jenna, needing something guaranteed refreshing before wading into Jeff’s meatier stuff. The two together take a significant time commitment every morning!

Dena's avatar

Yes - see my prior post. These press conferences don’t add anything positive. We don’t need them in order to get news. As for the president’s accomplishments- White House.gov is always available.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

And certainly not lies from people who call themselves journalists on major media outlets. It's one thing to lie on your Facebook page about what you had for dinner; it's another to lie about precisely what a president said or to dishonestly frame an issue.

Skenny's avatar

The MSM is really mad now. WaPo said they are boycotting the Whitehouse, taking their toys and going home. That will show the mean, orange man.

ELKFLA's avatar

I think that what they're really afraid of is that, if they're not seen on TV in the press pool or on the plane, no one will notice or care. The MSM has been circling the drain for awhile now. This is just one more reminder that they’re irreverent.

Jennifer L.'s avatar

ELKFLA, excellent point. Millions of us no longer tune in to fake news sources at all; especially after Covid. And I include Faux News in that. There are so many alternative sources out there now that are far superior.

Jan's avatar
Sep 22Edited

6 years for me, including FOX. Absolutely, no social media either. Somehow I know what I need to know. No YouTube shorts either. Those are a major propoganda vehicle. Hate them.

ELKFLA's avatar

True, but online sources are not much better. A whole lot of TikTok is straight up propaganda. Online providers need to try harder. There's nothing worse than amateur PsyOps that are so sloppy and obvious that the seams show. Come on, people, have some pride in your work! ;-)

Lori's avatar

Watching Trump TV!

Jpeach's avatar

An even better solution than the “CNN, MSNOW, Politico ban would be banning Big Pharma ads. Two Big Mean Birds down with a single stone.

Liz LaSorte's avatar

Great idea. But then, some people won't know that this drug they need to inform their doctor to give them "may cause death."

Skenny's avatar

Side effects in two ads I saw this morning:

# 1 - unclear thinking, drooling

# 2 - cancer, heart attacks

... I think the 2nd one was for heart issues... sorta' like the antidepressants that cause suicidal thoughts.

Mike Lee's avatar

Yes, while pharma is obligated to at least somewhat inform of side effects in their ads, my doctor happily prescribes without mentioning anything about it. Get a new doctor? Hah! Welcome to Medicare Advantage.

Jan's avatar
Sep 22Edited

We have an Advantage Plan. . We can see any doctor we like. Ours is doing well for us and hubby has 3 progressive diseases and he’s in remission from cancer. My ER visit in July cost me $12.20.

Liz LaSorte's avatar

Thanks for adding that comment. I honestly have no clue since I'm not there yet, but the stories I hear...

Jan's avatar

Some Advantage plans are getting a look see but ours, Aetna through Retired Teachers is great for now. Our premiums are very low. I hear lots of scare tactics. So hard to wiggle out the truth about anything these days. Tiresome so I just end up disengaging. I don’t comment around our truth world here as much these days either.

Mehitabel's avatar

And that may not be all the side effects. And the mechanism of action is not clear, but tell your doc you need them anyway. A pox on all their houses!

Kelly Reardon's avatar

This is NOT fake news:

BREAKING: Massive MAHA Coalition Representing 63 Million Followers Sends Open Letter to Trump and RFK Jr. Demanding REMOVAL of the mRNA Platform...

"We ask you to deliver our actual policy goals in the near term, or face the political consequences:

Ban mRNA/gene therapy-derived technologies for all vaccines, due to their demonstrated abject failure regarding safety, efficacy, and disease prevention after more than four years of real-world use and billions of doses administered.

Terminate the PREP Act declaration for COVID injections, as no emergency exists. Extending this declaration, with its ironclad liability shield for manufacturers and administrators, serves no public health interest.

Recommend that Congress repeal the PREP Act entirely, due to its numerous constitutional conflicts.

Ban pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising, as is the practice in every other country except New Zealand.

Review and revise current HHS-level policies that create perverse incentives for healthcare providers to engage in medical coercion, including but not limited to vaccinations.

End conflicts of interest at the CDC, FDA, NIH, and NIAID."

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-massive-maha-coalition-representing

https://americansforhealthfreedom.org/letter-to-kennedy

If so inclined, people can also sign this petition to Repeal the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act...

"We call on Congress to repeal the 1986 law that shields vaccine manufacturers from civil liability and to restore the right of Americans to hold corporations accountable in court for negligent harm.

Legislation is now pending before both the US House and Senate to repeal the liability shield."

https://www.vacsafety.org/petition-repeal-1986-law/

Yourlastchance's avatar

Walgreens asked me if a wanted a flu shot today. I replied, "No Death Shot for me."

Kelly Reardon's avatar

The modified mRNA-LNP gene "therapy" transfection shots NEVER should have been injected into a single human being.

They are inherently immunologically dangerous, injurious, and even fatal by their very design. The entire modified mRNA-LNP genetic transfection platform MUST be banned.

But for those who like to play enhanced Russian Roulette with their health and lives (more like 5 bullets, only one empty chamber)...

Here's my fake Big pHARMa ad:

Ask your doctor if transfection is right for you...

Do you want a modified mRNA-LNP gene "therapy" injection, under the guise of a "vaccine", to transfect the cells of tissues and organs inside your body...

Thereby hijacking your own cells' functions in order to produce foreign, non-self proteins...

Thereby initiating a predictable immune system attack response, starting with the Killer T-Lymphocyte cells which will target and destroy as many of your formerly healthy cells that are now expressing foreign, non-self proteins as they can (because that's what they do!)...

Starting a cascade of destruction/harm to the cells, tissues and organs inside your body...

Do you want a modified mRNA-LNP genetic transfection injection that, by its very design, instructs your own cells to become "factories" for the production of foreign, non-self proteins...

Thereby sentencing those very cells (of tissues and organs inside your body) to death when your own immune system targets and kills those very cells...

Do you want a "vaccine" that hijacks your cellular functions, reprogramming your own cells to produce toxic, inflammatory non-self proteins, thereby sentencing those very cells to death via your own immune system??

Expected (intentional) effects include, but are not limited to: myocarditis, cardiac arrest, clots, neurological issues, autoimmune diseases, fertility issues, aggressive cancers, repeated infections, shedding onto others, death...and much more...

If you are too brain damaged from your previous "$afe & Effective" mRNA shots, or too brainwashed and indoctrinated into the cult of "The $cience" to admit that you were horrifically misinformed, deceived, & were/are wrong...

Then ask your doctor if the next modified mRNA-LNP gene "therapy" transfection bioweapon is right for you!

KatWarrior's avatar

What a great idea! LOVE IT!

Jrod's avatar

Donold Twump is weawwy weawwy mean, and weawwy owange. He won’t wet me in his howse and that’s not vewy nice. —signed, butt huwt pwapaganda pushas.

Thing is, he’s 80 years old and he just doesn’t GAF. I can choose who I let into my house. He can too.

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

Trump to the media: “GET OFF MY LAWN!” 😆

Jennifer L.'s avatar

Jenna, definitely, especially since they keep 💩💩💩 on it.

KatWarrior's avatar

Gran Torino! Go Walt! One of my all time favourites.

Don't mess with The Don! Hahahahahahaha

KatWarrior's avatar

1000% I am with you on this! We all should take a page from Don's Playbook! It's none of your business what other people think of you. Period. Full stop.

JudyC's avatar

My mom’s favorite saying that I heard many many times growing up! “Your opinion of me is none of my business!”

KatWarrior's avatar

Love it 😍. I do my best to ignore other people’s opinions of me! Not always perfect, but good enough.

SteveO's avatar

I think one of the best things he can do right now is to get rid of the EO that Obummer did allowing propaganda from government and include it with the MSM since the Deep State dictates what the MSM news prints and speaks.

la chevalerie vit's avatar

Make Armpit Farts Great Again!

(Your first comment is about armpit farts 🤷‍♂️)

Skenny's avatar

On the first day of my 4th grade, as new-to-our-school Ms. Mahomes was writing her name on the board, I launched an underarm salvo to give her an idea of who she was dealing with. She turned, and addressed the class, "What he eat to do that?"

Touche', Ms. Mahomes, touche'. We parried, to and fro, from that day on.

Jennifer McDermott's avatar

You gotta love teachers with a good come back.

Anna Lafferty's avatar

LOL! thanks for my morning belly laugh!

kingsdaughter22's avatar

Real journalism is all but dead in the US. As recently as the 1950s and 60s, we were taught, in English class and writing classes in both high school and college, how to write a news story. I haven't read one of those in years! And when the headline/title leads you to believe something false before you even get to the story, that is worse. I think news people ought to be required, like doctors and other professionals, to attend and actually learn from continuing education classes, if for no other reason than to remind them to always tell the truth. Then, if their work doesn't show that they know what they're doing, send them out to pasture. Or to work at McDonald's or some equivalent. Just stop lying to us!

Anna Lafferty's avatar

IMO, all sides are complicit. Using inflammatory language instead of just giving facts and/or making clear it's an opinion, not a fact.

Heather B's avatar

The press isn't doing its job though, if all they print are lies. Fiction is not news. I don't blame him. Watched the reel you highlighted. I think all he would have to do is play that reel in court and rest his case. Also freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom of access to the White House. Not sure why they think it does.

L.'s avatar

He "banned" three. 26 others are still listed and welcome.

The Great Santini's avatar

Just an observation, but if I showed up at the WH and demanded access to the Oval Office, I don’t think I would be allowed in. I don’t have many followers, but I have some. I usually confine my bon mots to the comment section. But still, why not. At least I tell the truth. I think that would make me more suitable than CNN, MSNOW, etc. Just sayin’.

Joe Mackey's avatar

Joseph Mackey <jmpath22@gmail.com>

8:04 AM (0 minutes ago)

to Jenna

Bravo Jenna. Bravo! Excellent coverage here ... as the media's ever-shifting tectonic plates are now poised for 9.2! I would upgrade, but I'm already paying for 6 substacks! I will ... shortly.

Stay the course ...

Joe

JudyC's avatar

“ If an outlet gets something factually wrong, it should be called out and corrected.” The problem is, Jenna, that those “facts” are NEVER corrected and the lie stands. If Trump sued the lying media every time they lied about something, that’s all he’d be doing. Even when they report a truth, they twist the meaning to make it a negative. That’s not “reporting”, that’s an opinion piece, but they couch it as “truth”. At this point, anyone who believes a word out of mainstream media, is an idiot!

Marlene Swann's avatar

I read that the other networks were joining the ban “in solidarity.” Did that include Fox News? I didn’t see their name listed, only the 3 networks that normally come to mind. (Without mentioning their names, the phonies!)

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

Yes, Fox News joined the boycott. It’s in the story!😉

Marlene Swann's avatar

I just re-read and saw it - these old eyes! (Or mind….. 🥴) I guess what I’ve been hearing about Fox must be true! So sad. Can’t believe nobody these days. But great to see that link with all the fake news, good job! Wow it was a LOT of lies!

Debby's avatar

I can understand FOX joining the boycott since they were supported when they were banned by Obama.

Jennifer L.'s avatar

Debby, more likely they joined the boycott because they have been anti-Trump since 2016. I still recall the picture of Rupert Murdoch schmoozing it up with Obama’s bestie, Valerie Jarrett, at some fancy dinner event. 🤢🤮

Kathy Armenat's avatar

I still remember a stunned Brett Bair and Megan Kelly on election night in 2016 when Trump won. That opened my eyes to fox (and both of them, tho i was already skeptical of miss megan) and what they really are. There’s a place to make money from conservatives so they do it but they never give you the full story either.

Meddling Kid's avatar

Those who believe this is in any way a constitutional issue don’t have the first clue what the freedom of the press clause means, and should try to locate a 1940s-era independent Soviet journalist to discuss.

Danny Huckabee's avatar

The outlets banded, and the ones organizing to sue the President, are also the ones who colluded to ban Breitbart News from the WH. No doubt other conservative/populace/libertarian outlets were blackballed, as well, but Breitbart was the largest and most well-known.

The invitation to be in the WH press pool is a privileges, not a right. The ugly slanders directed at Trump and his team are far worse than anything I've ever seen, and I have decades of Republican and Democrat involvement. I've never seen such ill-tempered and non-professional behavior by the attendees from the various leftwing publications as what has been shown over the last 10 years, all directed at Trump and his team.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

Up to and including supporting the assassination of Trump. It's despicable.