An interesting tidbit was found in this morning's New York Times that shows the futility of the effort to date of the Left to cast questions of legitimacy on the incoming Administration of Donald Trump. The Times announced that it will no longer use the term "Fake News" and this is likely to lead to other main stream media groups following soon. And in all fairness to the Times, an organization which I generally adamantly disagree with, they are to be congratulated for early on calling out the use by others of information with zero corroboration concerning Trump and Russia. A good rule of thumb for the media is if you don't have the proof, keep your pens and microphones silent.
Now the Old Gray Lady isn't doing this because it has somehow changed its view of politics and has become enamored with Trump. No, the Gray Lady is facing the inescapable truth that the "Fake News" campaign is not working, in fact, it has backfired due to the brilliance of the Breitbart News organization in co-opting the term from the Left. And as the ridiculous stretch of CNN and Buzzfeed in buying into a story with no evidence, no real facts and only a thirty five page dossier which could have been written by a perverted fifteen year old high schooler shows, facts have a way of catching up with falsehood. And both CNN and Buzzfeed are suffering the consequences of their own stupidity.
And, of course, the fact that the Times has had to lease out large portions of its parent home building due to huge drops in advertising revenue surely plays a part in the decision. But we'll take it and if the Times wants to really be a news organization, not just a hack organization pushing its own stories with limited veracity, we'll welcome the change. But for CNN, we must agree with Trump when he was asked by CNN's James Acosta to answer a question by responding, "You're done. You're fake news." Buzzfeed has already been through the "buzzsaw" and will never recover.
It's a new year and a new era begins in just over seven days, America. Love it, learn to live with it, find yourself in perpetual misery or just leave and find a new home. The new era is here, the election is over and a more traditional view of America is back in vogue. God bless America and may she ever be free.
Now the Old Gray Lady isn't doing this because it has somehow changed its view of politics and has become enamored with Trump. No, the Gray Lady is facing the inescapable truth that the "Fake News" campaign is not working, in fact, it has backfired due to the brilliance of the Breitbart News organization in co-opting the term from the Left. And as the ridiculous stretch of CNN and Buzzfeed in buying into a story with no evidence, no real facts and only a thirty five page dossier which could have been written by a perverted fifteen year old high schooler shows, facts have a way of catching up with falsehood. And both CNN and Buzzfeed are suffering the consequences of their own stupidity.
And, of course, the fact that the Times has had to lease out large portions of its parent home building due to huge drops in advertising revenue surely plays a part in the decision. But we'll take it and if the Times wants to really be a news organization, not just a hack organization pushing its own stories with limited veracity, we'll welcome the change. But for CNN, we must agree with Trump when he was asked by CNN's James Acosta to answer a question by responding, "You're done. You're fake news." Buzzfeed has already been through the "buzzsaw" and will never recover.
It's a new year and a new era begins in just over seven days, America. Love it, learn to live with it, find yourself in perpetual misery or just leave and find a new home. The new era is here, the election is over and a more traditional view of America is back in vogue. God bless America and may she ever be free.
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