Published on Jun 17, 2019
TED KOPPEL: ‘YES, THE MEDIA IS OUT TO GET TRUMP’
‘NY Times, Wa Post are not what they used to be’.
MARCH 20, 2019
Former ABC anchor Ted Koppel knows a thing or two about the mainstream media, having been a frontman of it for decades. So it was telling when he declared in an interview recently that President Trump ‘is not mistaken’ about the media being ‘out to get him’.
“So his perception that the establishment press is out to get him–doesn’t mean that great journalism is not being done. It is. But the notion that most of us look upon Donald Trump as being an absolute fiasco…he’s not mistaken in that perception, and he’s not mistaken when so many of the liberal media, for example, described themselves as belonging to the Resistance.” Koppel noted.
Koppel, who has previously attacked the alternative media, including Infowars, made the comments, March 7 during a think tank meeting at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Watch the full Koppel video here
Koppel also noted that media outlets such as the New York Times, and the Washington Post are no longer the pillars of upstanding journalism.
“I’m terribly concerned that when you talk about the New York Times these days, when you talk about the Washington Post these days,” Koppel said, adding “we’re not talking about the New York Times of 50 years ago. We are not talking about the Washington Post of 50 years ago.”
“We’re talking about organizations that I believe have, in fact, decided as organizations that Donald J. Trump is bad for the United States.” Koppel declared.
“We have things appearing on the front page of the New York Times right now that never would have appeared 50 years ago. Analysis, commentary on the front page.” Koppel continued.
Koppel went on to give a specific example of the Times attacking Trump.
“I remember sitting at the breakfast table with my wife during the campaign after the Access Hollywood tape came out and the New York Times, and I will not offend any of you here by using the language but you know exactly what words were used and they were spelled out on the front page of the New York Times.” Koppel said.
“I turned to my wife and I said the Times is absolutely committed to making sure that this guy does not get elected.” he added.
“What does that mean? That’s not said by people who consider themselves reporters, objective reporters of facts.” Koppel urged, adding “We are not the the reservoir of objectivity that I think we were.”
There you have it, even kingpins of the establishment media are shocked by how biased and unneutral it has become.
Impeach-a-mania! Sen. Murphy: Trump ‘Already Crossed the Threshold of What Was Brought’ Against Nixon
By Ian Hanchett
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that President Trump’s actions have “crossed the threshold of what was brought for impeachment” against President Nixon and President Clinton.
Murphy said, “[T]here are so many different ways that you can check the president. The free press checks the president, the judiciary checks him, and Congress checks him. But you are also right that the ultimate check is impeachment. And what we know is that the president’s behavior has already crossed the threshold of what was brought for impeachment before the House in the Nixon administration and the Clinton administration. In fact, he crossed those thresholds in the first weeks or months of office. And so, that is another means, if these other means fail, to control this president.”
Ralph Northam Does Favor For Bezos, Considers Becoming An Independent
By Patrick Howley
Virginia governor Ralph Northam is straining to keep whatever political collateral he has left as concerned Americans everywhere call for him to resign from office. (READ: BLP Publishes Ralph Northam’s Racist Yearbook Photo).
Northam signed a bill on Tuesday that allows Amazon to open a new East Coast headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
Northam is thinking about leaving the Democrat Party now that all major Democrat leaders and his own state party have abandoned him and demanded that he resign and finally end this long national nightmare for his own sake and for the sake of the people of Virginia. Northam has laid low since threatening to moonwalk in a press conference in which he admitted to darkening his face in emulation of Michael Jackson.
Protesters are not backing down, making the state capitol in Richmond reminiscent of Washington, D.C. during Richard Nixon’s final days in office.
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