The Evening Blues - 5-31-22

Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 3:00pm

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No news roundup + tonight's musical feature: Robert "Junior" Lockwood

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features blues guitarist Robert "Junior" Lockwood. Enjoy!

^{Robert Lockwood Jr. - Steady Rollin' Man}

No News or Opinion

Happy day off from the news!

A Little Night Music

Robert Lockwood Jr - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole

Robert Lockwood Jr - Black Spider Blues

Robert Lockwood Jr - Mr. Down Child

Otis Spann w Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Evil Ways

Robert Lockwood Jr - Blues And Trouble

Robert Lockwood Jr & The Aces - Stormy Monday

Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood, Jr. - They Call Me The Little Wolf

Robert Lockwood Jr - Dust My Broom

Otis Spann w Robert Lockwood, Jr. - I Got Rambling On My Mind

Robert Jr. Lockwood - Steady Rollin' Man (playlist)

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 4:55pm

Biden is having a sad…

He’s tired of his aides cleaning up his disasters in isle 9.

White House aides frequently find themselves needing to clarifying the US president’s statements for the public and the press, especially when they are rich in gaffes and slip-ups.
US President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated with his White House aides for launching a "clean-up campaign" in efforts to "rush and explain" something that he says or does, according to NBC News.
The report shed light on the presidential grievances such as low poll numbers that seem to be petrified around 40%, and managerial breakdowns. Besides the fact that Biden is frustrated with how he "cannot catch a break" as it is "one thing after another", it seems that the commander-in-chief is angry at West Wing aides for attempting to walk back his statements.

"The so-called clean-up campaign," Biden is reported to have told advisers, "undermines him and smothers the authenticity that fueled his rise. Worse, it feeds a Republican talking point that he’s not fully in command."

Biden believes he does not get enough credit for things that, in his view, have been positive for the country, especially for the economy. However, polling numbers indicate that US citizens appear unimpressed by reaching pre-pandemic unemployment levels when inflation is breaking historic records and gas prices are soaring.

Under pressure of the "worsening political predicament" and a possible poor performance in the midterms, the president is reported to be pressing aides for sharper strategy and a more compelling message.

Democrats think that if they just say the right message it will make up for breaking their campaign promises. When HerHeinous lost her coronation, Pelosi said that democrats just needed better messaging. Hey Nancy, the message voters sent you was that they were pissed that Obama was such a piss poor president and it’s why they rejected a red Obama term.

No wonder Sussman was acquitted.

The acquittal is no surprise. This is a DC jury, after all. In the Roger Stone case, for example, we documented how a juror lied to get on the panel. (That judge didn’t care.) Making matters worse, the Sussmann judge wrongly allowed for a woman to remain on the jury, despite the fact that her daughter and Sussmann’s are on the same high school crew team. One can’t help but think that juror had her own daughter’s interests in mind – the cohesion of the crew team, sparing her of teenage drama, etc. – when she reached a decision.

After the verdict was announced, the jury’s forewoman held court before the media and expressed her displeasure that the Special Counsel prosecute a false statement case: “There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.”

This juror was never impartial - despite her assurance to the judge.

On the facts, the evidence was more than sufficient to prove Sussmann’s guilt. Sussmann lied to then-FBI general counsel James Baker via text message in order to get a meeting to pass the Alfa Bank hoax materials to the FBI.

Sussmann lied again during the meeting – stating he was not there on behalf of a client – in order to get the FBI to open an investigation into the Trump Organization’s purported ties with Alfa Bank.

See article for more information. It shows the evidence that the jury just ~~wouldn’t~~ couldn’t see that shows that yes indeed Sussman lied to the FBI.

Shitlibs are laughing at the verdict, republicans are yawning because they never thought that anyone would be held accountable for Russia Gate. But hey Mueller got to throw some people in jail right? Yep, but only for process crimes and nothing to do with colluding with Russia.

John Edwards was so right when he said that there were 2 justice systems in America.

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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.

Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 7:12pm

evening snoopy...

@snoopydawg

it's sad that biden thinks he's doing a good job. his delusions of adequacy are pretty amazing, maybe even nixonian in their grandeur. certainly her heinous is well beyond nixon territory.

it's also sad that there is a class of people that can get away with lying at a high level, well, just because. i suspect that this is evidence that her heinous and her minions will walk away from russiagate unscathed.

He’s tired of his aides cleaning up his disasters in isle 9.

White House aides frequently find themselves needing to clarifying the US president’s statements for the public and the press, especially when they are rich in gaffes and slip-ups.
US President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated with his White House aides for launching a "clean-up campaign" in efforts to "rush and explain" something that he says or does, according to NBC News.
The report shed light on the presidential grievances such as low poll numbers that seem to be petrified around 40%, and managerial breakdowns. Besides the fact that Biden is frustrated with how he "cannot catch a break" as it is "one thing after another", it seems that the commander-in-chief is angry at West Wing aides for attempting to walk back his statements.

"The so-called clean-up campaign," Biden is reported to have told advisers, "undermines him and smothers the authenticity that fueled his rise. Worse, it feeds a Republican talking point that he’s not fully in command."

Biden believes he does not get enough credit for things that, in his view, have been positive for the country, especially for the economy. However, polling numbers indicate that US citizens appear unimpressed by reaching pre-pandemic unemployment levels when inflation is breaking historic records and gas prices are soaring.

Under pressure of the "worsening political predicament" and a possible poor performance in the midterms, the president is reported to be pressing aides for sharper strategy and a more compelling message.

Democrats think that if they just say the right message it will make up for breaking their campaign promises. When HerHeinous lost her coronation, Pelosi said that democrats just needed better messaging. Hey Nancy, the message voters sent you was that they were pissed that Obama was such a piss poor president and it’s why they rejected a red Obama term.

No wonder Sussman was acquitted.

The acquittal is no surprise. This is a DC jury, after all. In the Roger Stone case, for example, we documented how a juror lied to get on the panel. (That judge didn’t care.) Making matters worse, the Sussmann judge wrongly allowed for a woman to remain on the jury, despite the fact that her daughter and Sussmann’s are on the same high school crew team. One can’t help but think that juror had her own daughter’s interests in mind – the cohesion of the crew team, sparing her of teenage drama, etc. – when she reached a decision.

After the verdict was announced, the jury’s forewoman held court before the media and expressed her displeasure that the Special Counsel prosecute a false statement case: “There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.”

This juror was never impartial - despite her assurance to the judge.

On the facts, the evidence was more than sufficient to prove Sussmann’s guilt. Sussmann lied to then-FBI general counsel James Baker via text message in order to get a meeting to pass the Alfa Bank hoax materials to the FBI.

Sussmann lied again during the meeting – stating he was not there on behalf of a client – in order to get the FBI to open an investigation into the Trump Organization’s purported ties with Alfa Bank.

See article for more information. It shows the evidence that the jury just ~~wouldn’t~~ couldn’t see that shows that yes indeed Sussman lied to the FBI.

Shitlibs are laughing at the verdict, republicans are yawning because they never thought that anyone would be held accountable for Russia Gate. But hey Mueller got to throw some people in jail right? Yep, but only for process crimes and nothing to do with colluding with Russia.

John Edwards was so right when he said that there were 2 justice systems in America.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 9:01pm

Turley on the jury

@joe shikspack

TURLEY: “I mean, he is facing a jury that has three Clinton donors, an AOC donor, and a woman whose daughter is on the same sports team with Sussmann’s daughter. With the exception of randomly selecting people out of the DNC headquarters, you could not come up with a worse jury” pic.twitter.com/RHqen6AMAc

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 26, 2022

Huge conflicts of interests on the jury but the judge looked the other way. It’s kinda like drugs being found on minor traffic violations but the cops usually have gotten a heads up that drugs were coming up the road. Judges know that too and just look the other way. You’d think that if you were hauling millions in drugs you’d make sure that your car is in pristine condition and you wouldn’t have a taillight out. Or weave down the highway…you’d think. America is broken in so many ways.

Yup…

Michael Flynn was dragged through legal hell for years on charges he lied to the FBI even though it was clear they entrapped him. Hillary's former campaign manager literally testified she gave the green light to spread the fake Alfa Bank story. Sussman was acquitted anyway.

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 31, 2022

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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.

Submitted by Marie on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 9:09pm

Did the prosecutor sleep

@snoopydawg
through voir dire? Or did he/she use up all their challenges on even worse jury candidates?

I tend not to criticize jury decisions because they are the people who sat through the trial and heard all the evidence. However, this was a simple case. Sussman lied to the FBI. How could the prosecutor fail to convince even one juror of that fact?

Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 9:09pm

Lol…

@snoopydawg

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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.

Submitted by Marie on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 7:58pm

Only two times in Biden's long

@snoopydawg
and undistinguished career where he was correctly held accountable for his lies and warmongering:
1) 1988 presidential campaign. (Like Harris 32 years later, he didn't even make it to the Iowa caucus.)
2) 2008 Iowa caucus - 4% (0.22% in NH but he dropped out after Iowa)

Too bad Democratic primary voters forgot who Biden was/is in 2015 (he was polling well enough that he really wanted to jump into the race) and 2020.

He’s tired of his aides cleaning up his disasters in isle 9.

White House aides frequently find themselves needing to clarifying the US president’s statements for the public and the press, especially when they are rich in gaffes and slip-ups.
US President Joe Biden is reportedly frustrated with his White House aides for launching a "clean-up campaign" in efforts to "rush and explain" something that he says or does, according to NBC News.
The report shed light on the presidential grievances such as low poll numbers that seem to be petrified around 40%, and managerial breakdowns. Besides the fact that Biden is frustrated with how he "cannot catch a break" as it is "one thing after another", it seems that the commander-in-chief is angry at West Wing aides for attempting to walk back his statements.

"The so-called clean-up campaign," Biden is reported to have told advisers, "undermines him and smothers the authenticity that fueled his rise. Worse, it feeds a Republican talking point that he’s not fully in command."

Biden believes he does not get enough credit for things that, in his view, have been positive for the country, especially for the economy. However, polling numbers indicate that US citizens appear unimpressed by reaching pre-pandemic unemployment levels when inflation is breaking historic records and gas prices are soaring.

Under pressure of the "worsening political predicament" and a possible poor performance in the midterms, the president is reported to be pressing aides for sharper strategy and a more compelling message.

Democrats think that if they just say the right message it will make up for breaking their campaign promises. When HerHeinous lost her coronation, Pelosi said that democrats just needed better messaging. Hey Nancy, the message voters sent you was that they were pissed that Obama was such a piss poor president and it’s why they rejected a red Obama term.

No wonder Sussman was acquitted.

The acquittal is no surprise. This is a DC jury, after all. In the Roger Stone case, for example, we documented how a juror lied to get on the panel. (That judge didn’t care.) Making matters worse, the Sussmann judge wrongly allowed for a woman to remain on the jury, despite the fact that her daughter and Sussmann’s are on the same high school crew team. One can’t help but think that juror had her own daughter’s interests in mind – the cohesion of the crew team, sparing her of teenage drama, etc. – when she reached a decision.

After the verdict was announced, the jury’s forewoman held court before the media and expressed her displeasure that the Special Counsel prosecute a false statement case: “There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.”

This juror was never impartial - despite her assurance to the judge.

On the facts, the evidence was more than sufficient to prove Sussmann’s guilt. Sussmann lied to then-FBI general counsel James Baker via text message in order to get a meeting to pass the Alfa Bank hoax materials to the FBI.

Sussmann lied again during the meeting – stating he was not there on behalf of a client – in order to get the FBI to open an investigation into the Trump Organization’s purported ties with Alfa Bank.

See article for more information. It shows the evidence that the jury just ~~wouldn’t~~ couldn’t see that shows that yes indeed Sussman lied to the FBI.

Shitlibs are laughing at the verdict, republicans are yawning because they never thought that anyone would be held accountable for Russia Gate. But hey Mueller got to throw some people in jail right? Yep, but only for process crimes and nothing to do with colluding with Russia.

John Edwards was so right when he said that there were 2 justice systems in America.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 8:18pm

I did my best to remind people of Biden’s history

@Marie

But he was running against Trump and the country would have ended if Trump got re-elected according to those who said it. Of course democrats and their mouthpieces had to report on EVERYTHING Trump said and did and take a lot of things out of context. Like telling people to drink bleach when what he meant was sunshine and vitamin d.

Biden was responsible for some of the worst bills passed including the crime and patriot act, but then shitlibs promised to push him left remember? Oh well my conscience is clear…I tried. And I didn’t vote for him.

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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.

Submitted by Marie on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 8:46pm

Why do you feel the need

@snoopydawg
to whitewash an idiotic Trump comment? He's a nincompoop.

Biden is venal and semi-senile.

Neither are fit to be in office. OTOH, the "deep state" and banksters and US mega corporations run things regardless of who is in the WH and in Congress. Democratic and Republican voters are nothing more than fools providing the veneer of democracy that allows the real owners to maintain the illusion.

Submitted by on the cusp on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 9:11pm

Trump's comment had

@Marie nothing to do with drinking bleach.
Now, he was incredibly unfit for office, as is Biden, but the press went out of their way to capitalize on Trump saying anything, while they gloss over Biden saying nonsense. Can't take dog faced pony soldier out of context.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by Marie on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 11:32pm

I merely called it an idiotic statement

@on the cusp
Here it is:
[video:https://youtu.be/zicGxU5MfwE]

He didn't say "drink bleach;" he said "inject disinfectant" if the doctors could figure that out. He'd obviously been thinking about how to cure COVID-19 and his non-scientific brain came up with a deep cleanse or flush. imho that's down there with Reagan's "star wars." Both asked the relevant professionals to look into it.

Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:25am

In other words,

@Marie snoopydawg did not white wash it. That was the ultimate point I was trying to make.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by Marie on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:13am

The press isn't harping on all

@on the cusp
the idiocy coming from Biden as they did with Trump, but they aren't glossing it over either. If they were, Biden's approval rating wouldn't be nearing Trump's 2017 low of 35%.

This difference in coverage is about the press, in the aggregate, and not Biden or Trump. 1) The press had a love affair with Obama. They liked his style/persona so much that they rarely criticized the awful things he did. 2) The press had egg on its face for pumping up Trump in the 2016 primary (the ratings kaching) and confidently projecting that HRC would easily win the general (her campaign did pour a lot more money into media buys than Trump's did). It was nearly as inconceivable to them as it was to Hillary that Trump legitimately won. 3) Trump continuously attacked the press and the press responded in kind. The criticisms of both were sometimes appropriate and other times inappropriate. 4) Trump was so exhausting emotionally that the press were relieved that he was gone and Obama's underling would be calm front man for the real PTB.

Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:31am

The press LOVED Trump.

@Marie I do not remember a split second of press stress.They made fortunes off of him.
They love ANYBODY in office that gives them viewers. And the reasons for low numbers for Biden can be seen on gas prices, food prices, COVID deaths,wars, and...other stuff and things.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by Marie on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 2:15pm

Responded to some of that below

@on the cusp
to janis b.

The local NYC media may love Trump, but in politics and at the national level it's more complicated than selling eyeballs and love. Controversy, sex, and war sells better than "love." The beltway culture that gets reported on and amplified by the MSM isn't based on love but interests, mostly financial and "our kind." Trump, as with Jimmy Carter and initially Bill Clinton, failed the "our kind" test. Biden is one of them and he isn't capturing eyeballs for the MSM.. As was GWB and Reagan.

Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 4:22pm

I was only focused on media making money

@Marie off of Trump.
I didn't mean to make any political implications.
I cannot think of a single elected official I regard highly, nor do I consider any of them to be particularly intelligent, but they all seem to have a gift for grift.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by janis b on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:20am

The press always, from the very beginning

@on the cusp

went all out for Trump. He made great news material. I remember how the tv coverage was in the summer of 2016 when I was visiting my mom. You'd think Trump was the only contender for president. When I sat down to breakfast with my mom I'd ask her to please turn the tv off. Her reply was often, "I just wanted to see if Trump was still alive." She would have enjoyed hearing news of his demise.

Submitted by Marie on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 1:19pm

Train wrecks -

@janis b
if it bleeds it leads - get lots of MSM coverage. Doesn't mean that the MSM is all in for "train wrecks."

There are three phases to media coverage of presidential election campaigns when it's an open seat or when an incumbent is challenged for the nomination (1974 and 1980). 1) the six to twelve months prior to the Iowa caucus and includes the intra-party debates 2) six months of the primaries and 3) two to four months general election coverage beginning with the national conventions. The MSM coverage of the candidates and parties isn't static through those phases. In part because press favorites can fall by the wayside as in 2000 when the favorites McCain and Bradley were rejected early by primary voters or as in 1992, a candidate falls out of favor with the MSM.

Within each of those phases, there's the amount of coverage and the content - positive, negative, or neutral. A preposterous or outrageous candidate can sometimes capture a disproportionate share of MSM coverage. That was the case in 1992 when Perot jumped in as an independent candidate during phase two of the election cycle. Perot was the model for Trump's quest but within the GOP and in an open seat election. Within a couple of weeks of entering the race, Trump led the GOP pack but only with 25% of the GOP electorate. So, he had a double whammy for MSM coverage, ridiculous and in the lead.

(That was uncommon but not unique in presidential elections. Recall that at a certain point in 1992 Perot led with 40% in the three-way. In 2008 there was the Palin "wow." Before the MSM got serious in their coverage of these two candidates. The US general public is a sucker for novelty acts and the MSM follows the public's lead to capture those eyeballs. However, the life cycle for "pet rocks" is short.)

There was a third factor in play in 2015 but it was covert and thus, impossible to analyze its impact. We know that the MSM was in the tank for HRC from the get-go and we know that HRC wanted a ridiculous GE opponent. Specifically Trump.

The rough breakdown of phase one media coverage was 45% Trump, 25% HRC, and the balance shared by all the other candidates. Media buys - adverts - differed significantly. HRC and Jeb were the biggest spenders, but Sanders, Cruz, Rubio also had large budgets. Content: Trump mostly neutral, at least 30% negative, and not much positive. HRC, very roughly, 40% positive, 30% neutral and 30% negative. Sanders, little coverage beyond his strong small dollar campaign contributions, but otherwise negative. Rubio mostly positive. Cruz mostly neutral to negative.

Watching all this develop, observers (other than Trumpsters) doubted that Trump would get the GOP nomination. Based on the first GOP debate, I had to admit that he was in a strong position, but it depended on his capture of a chunk of the fundies.

Phase two -
Iowa caucus changed the MSM coverage. Trump knocked down a peg, Cruz and Rubio elevated, and the action was no longer limited to the GOP. Trump bounced back with 35% in NH, but Kasich was 2nd with 16% with the balance split among the others (Jeb 11%). It was all over within six weeks as voters for dropouts divided among the remaining candidates, including Trump. Regardless of the MSM coverage, Trump nabbed endorsements from Palin and Carson (when he dropped out) that gave him just enough cred with the fundies to prevent either Cruz or Rubio from consolidating nearly fungible voters. (Trump's strongest early finish was in MA with 49%.)

Sanders finally got some coverage. Almost exclusively negative from the MSM. HRC's coverage was less negative. Trump remained in campaign mode throughout the remaining primaries and therefore, continued to get MSM coverage. By the RNC convention, that coverage was more negative.

General election

If Trump got more coverage, it was because he was out there more, but it was hardly positive. Consider how hard the MSM went against Manafort and barely touched on the Podesta bro who had done the same thing in Ukraine. (And nothing about Obama/Biden activities in Ukraine and all the HRC/DNC Ukies on staff.) The MSM covered but more or less soft pedaled the DNC/DP primary cheating. Which got more MSM coverage in early October: the content of the Podesta email leak or the Access Hollywood video? One story became about an illegal access and leak and it wasn't the Access Hollywood video.

My take is that the MSM was confident that once they turned negative and exposed Trump that he would go down as easily as Perot and Palin had. They didn't factor in Trump's twitter thumb and media savviness. Or the fact that he really wanted to beat HRC and become POTUS. (Throughout phase one I encountered numerous people who said, "What does Trump want." I said, "To be POTUS." They all responded with "No, that can't be it. It must be something else.") Other than Isikoff, the MSM passed on what Fusion/GPS was selling because it was a wild CT. (Same reason the MSM passed on Pizzagate.)

Why in the post election period the MSM then took it up as a credible explanation for why HRC lost is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps guilt for having championed Trump until he secured the GOP nomination? More plausible would be embarrassment over their shoddy coverage of the whole election cycle. Most plausible, an effort to wrest back their power from Trump, a monster of their creation over thirty years.

Submitted by janis b on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 10:23pm

"So, he had a double whammy for MSM coverage,

@Marie

ridiculous and in the lead."

Thank you for clearly expanding on the strategies of news reporting during campaign season. The msn responded, as others often do, to a kid behaving badly for attention by giving him more attention. Trump thrived on all the negative attention he drew, and unfortunately the voting public approved of his bad boy persona. Wouldn’t the msn have taken into consideration that his popularity was growing during those last months of campaigning and think maybe all the coverage was not ideal to ensuring a Hillary win?

#1.2.1.1.1.3 if it bleeds it leads - get lots of MSM coverage. Doesn't mean that the MSM is all in for "train wrecks." There are three phases to media coverage of presidential election campaigns when it's an open seat or when an incumbent is challenged for the nomination (1974 and 1980). 1) the six to twelve months prior to the Iowa caucus and includes the intra-party debates 2) six months of the primaries and 3) two to four months general election coverage beginning with the national conventions. The MSM coverage of the candidates and parties isn't static through those phases. In part because press favorites can fall by the wayside as in 2000 when the favorites McCain and Bradley were rejected early by primary voters or as in 1992, a candidate falls out of favor with the MSM. Within each of those phases, there's the amount of coverage and the content - positive, negative, or neutral. A preposterous or outrageous candidate can sometimes capture a disproportionate share of MSM coverage. That was the case in 1992 when Perot jumped in as an independent candidate during phase two of the election cycle. Perot was the model for Trump's quest but within the GOP and in an open seat election. Within a couple of weeks of entering the race, Trump led the GOP pack but only with 25% of the GOP electorate. So, he had a double whammy for MSM coverage, ridiculous and in the lead. (That was uncommon but not unique in presidential elections. Recall that at a certain point in 1992 Perot led with 40% in the three-way. In 2008 there was the Palin "wow." Before the MSM got serious in their coverage of these two candidates. The US general public is a sucker for novelty acts and the MSM follows the public's lead to capture those eyeballs. However, the life cycle for "pet rocks" is short.) There was a third factor in play in 2015 but it was covert and thus, impossible to analyze its impact. We know that the MSM was in the tank for HRC from the get-go and we know that HRC wanted a ridiculous GE opponent. Specifically Trump. The rough breakdown of phase one media coverage was 45% Trump, 25% HRC, and the balance shared by all the other candidates. Media buys - adverts - differed significantly. HRC and Jeb were the biggest spenders, but Sanders, Cruz, Rubio also had large budgets. Content: Trump mostly neutral, at least 30% negative, and not much positive. HRC, very roughly, 40% positive, 30% neutral and 30% negative. Sanders, little coverage beyond his strong small dollar campaign contributions, but otherwise negative. Rubio mostly positive. Cruz mostly neutral to negative. Watching all this develop, observers (other than Trumpsters) doubted that Trump would get the GOP nomination. Based on the first GOP debate, I had to admit that he was in a strong position, but it depended on his capture of a chunk of the fundies. Phase two - Iowa caucus changed the MSM coverage. Trump knocked down a peg, Cruz and Rubio elevated, and the action was no longer limited to the GOP. Trump bounced back with 35% in NH, but Kasich was 2nd with 16% with the balance split among the others (Jeb 11%). It was all over within six weeks as voters for dropouts divided among the remaining candidates, including Trump. Regardless of the MSM coverage, Trump nabbed endorsements from Palin and Carson (when he dropped out) that gave him just enough cred with the fundies to prevent either Cruz or Rubio from consolidating nearly fungible voters. (Trump's strongest early finish was in MA with 49%.) Sanders finally got some coverage. Almost exclusively negative from the MSM. HRC's coverage was less negative. Trump remained in campaign mode throughout the remaining primaries and therefore, continued to get MSM coverage. By the RNC convention, that coverage was more negative. General election If Trump got more coverage, it was because he was out there more, but it was hardly positive. Consider how hard the MSM went against Manafort and barely touched on the Podesta bro who had done the same thing in Ukraine. (And nothing about Obama/Biden activities in Ukraine and all the HRC/DNC Ukies on staff.) The MSM covered but more or less soft pedaled the DNC/DP primary cheating. Which got more MSM coverage in early October: the content of the Podesta email leak or the Access Hollywood video? One story became about an illegal access and leak and it wasn't the Access Hollywood video. My take is that the MSM was confident that once they turned negative and exposed Trump that he would go down as easily as Perot and Palin had. They didn't factor in Trump's twitter thumb and media savviness. Or the fact that he really wanted to beat HRC and become POTUS. (Throughout phase one I encountered numerous people who said, "What does Trump want." I said, "To be POTUS." They all responded with "No, that can't be it. It must be something else.") Other than Isikoff, the MSM passed on what Fusion/GPS was selling because it was a wild CT. (Same reason the MSM passed on Pizzagate.) Why in the post election period the MSM then took it up as a credible explanation for why HRC lost is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps guilt for having championed Trump until he secured the GOP nomination? More plausible would be embarrassment over their shoddy coverage of the whole election cycle. Most plausible, an effort to wrest back their power from Trump, a monster of their creation over thirty years.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 10:52pm

Hillary had the media focus on Trump

@janis b

because she thought that he was the easiest to beat. As you mentioned the media covered empty podiums waiting for him to come on whilst ignoring Bernie or other candidates. It’s said that Trump got $2 billion in free advertising because of Hillary’s boneheaded idea. Ed Schulz was fired for wanting to cover Bernie instead of Trump. Then HerHeinous lost to him anyway because people absolutely rejected her.

When she ran against Obama even kos was against her because as he said she was too much of a Clinton democrat. You can find his essay online searching for those words. He knew how badly Bill had screwed us.

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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.

Submitted by janis b on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 11:07pm

The clintons might have

@snoopydawg

disappeared into past history if the msn and those who control it didn't influence the viewing public's minds. Wasn't it america that introduced 'reality shows'? So much baggage.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 11:20pm

Lots of reasons to criticize America

@janis b

Reality TV is just one of many. But I’d put our warmongering in 1st place. And too many people cheer for it.

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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.

Submitted by on the cusp on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 10:09pm

Hillary egged on the media

@janis b @janis b to keep him in the news. She thought it would help her campaign.
Glad your Mom is such a peach!

edit: left out "Mom" first try

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 06/03/2022 - 8:03pm

Peachy, and cheeky, she was.

@on the cusp

I figured you were referring to my mom. You would have definitely appreciated her sassiness.

Submitted by Marie on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 11:38pm

Having reviewed the clip

@snoopydawg
(link down below), he absolutely did not suggest, or mean to suggest, sunshine and vitamin d. He said "inject disinfectant."

Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:14am

Isn't there a bottom line?

@Marie Does it matter if the guy was stupid, that our current zombie is stupid, since they were and are President?
Trump warp sped the vax that Biden (then) didn't trust, but now insists we take? And now people are dying from adverse effects from the jabs both promoted?
Those guys are proof positive our government is, too, incoherent.
Only the 1% like it. The 99% endure it. Until we die.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by janis b on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:22am

I wondered, but never followed

@Marie

where the talk of Trump suggesting ingesting bleach as a remedy for covid came from. The conclusion seems like a far, far stretch from the actual recording of what he said. To me, it sounded like he found the idea of somehow injecting sunlight into the body would be ‘interesting’.

Submitted by QMS on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 5:58pm

In the spirit of a musical interpretation ..

of Tuesday. An old stones song. I think it became a restaurant franchise for awhile?

[video:https://youtu.be/mAyj9q2quYc]

lose your dreams and you will lose your mind
but it may come back on Wednesday

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question everything

Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 7:30pm

evening qms...

@QMS

happy tuesday! since you already snagged the one that comes to mind first, here are a couple more:

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 8:41pm

Good evening Joe, here's a couple more.

@joe shikspack

Hope the rest is doing you well. The news ain't anything none of haven't seen before, it's all a broken needle and all that differs is the length of the skip.

be well and have a good one

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 8:55pm

evening el...

@enhydra lutris

heh, i am only getting some rest due to the hot weather, the projects are continuing apace (albeit slower due to the weather gods "blessing" us with mid 90's temps with fairly high humidity).

i do find that i am not missing the news all that much, since it has been so slow of late. i guess there will be a break in the current patterns down the road a piece, but we'll see.

have a great evening!

Submitted by CB on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 9:16pm

Most world's most powerful man

Footage that went viral after release by Russian embassy in London (Watch)

Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 9:38pm

evening cb...

@CB

pretty amusing, thanks!

Submitted by peachcreek on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 11:51pm

Hey Joe, Thanks for the no-news Tuesday.

Enjoyed Robert Lockwood, Jr. (Or is it Robert Jr. Lockwood?). So many familiar tunes, I just don't always know where they came from. So Thanks for that.
Also, glad to hear you are mostly mended.
All the best to you and all here. Take care.