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The Washington Post's Philip Bump (full disclosure my former CNN colleague) is one of the first -- or maybe so far the only -- journalist at a mainstream media outlet to get what is seriously disquieting news for the mainstreamers.
Here's Phil's headline: Trump's already largely won his war against the media
Phil begins his story this way:
The choice that President Trump asks America to make is a simple one and one that he's demanded since he jumped into the presidential race. Who are you going to believe, he asks: An industry of people whose jobs depend on presenting factually accurate information about what's happening in the world - or me?Well, okay. Phil has something here but right off the bat he illustrates exactly -- and I do mean exactly -- the media's problem.
And from the outset, we've seen how his supporters answer that question. They believe him.
Notice the way he describes the media? Like this: "An industry of people whose jobs depend on presenting factually accurate information about what's happening in the world..."
Not to put too fine a point on this, but the exact reason for the media's problem is precisely because millions of Americans believe the mainstream media (that would include, ahem, Phil's own Washington Post) is not reporting "factually accurate information about what's happening in the world.."
Comment: "The question is... Will they do anything about it?" The answer is to cut loose from the puppet masters, operate in full integrity and offer honest, unbiased reporting. And, that is why there is independent, alternative news.