2017 Fake News Awards

[UCFWayne]

1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.

2. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report.

3. CNN FALSELY reported that candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald J. Trump, Jr. had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks.

4. TIME FALSELY reported that President Trump removed a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Oval Office.

5. Washington Post FALSELY reported the President’s massive sold-out rally in Pensacola, Florida was empty. Dishonest reporter showed picture of empty arena HOURS before crowd started pouring in.

6. CNN FALSELY edited a video to make it appear President Trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the Japanese prime minister. Japanese prime minister actually led the way with the feeding.

7. CNN FALSELY reported about Anthony Scaramucci’s meeting with a Russian, but retracted it due to a “significant breakdown in process.”

8. Newsweek FALSELY reported that Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda did not shake President Trump’s hand.

9. CNN FALSELY reported that former FBI Director James Comey would dispute President Trump’s claim that he was told he is not under investigation.

10. The New York Times FALSELY claimed on the front page that the Trump administration had hidden a climate report.

11. And last, but not least: "RUSSIA COLLUSION!" Russian collusion is perhaps the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people. THERE IS NO COLLUSION!

 

[goodknightfl]

The hatred is strong in the media

 

[UCFKnight85]

This is actually a pretty damning review of the media's willingness to lie to attack him.

The Krugman one is the best. The guy is a total imbecile left wing mouthpiece yet the media and liberals still tout him as some sort of respected economist.

 

[NinjaKnight]

Trump has made over 2,000 misleading or outright false statements, but please tell me more about how the media is the problem here.

 

[NinjaKnight]

For those of you who actually have an IQ greater than your shoe size, read below for why this bullshit from Trump only further makes a mockery of our country. For everyone else: please continue to make fools of yourself as per usual.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...a-editorial-social&utm_content&utm_term=blog_

 

[UCFKnight85]

For those of you who actually have an IQ greater than your shoe size, read below for why this bullshit from Trump only further makes a mockery of our country. For everyone else: please continue to make fools of yourself as per usual.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...a-editorial-social&utm_content&utm_term=blog_

lol

Another blog or journal whining about how DANGEROUS! this was. Jesus, give me a break. Go cry and whine somewhere else, snowflakes.

"Just like Stalin!" "Something the SS would be proud of!"

Newsflash: many Americans, myself included, absolutely despised the media in the country way before Trump. The media in this country IS a total joke. They're just supremely butthurt that there's now someone in the WH willing to spar with them on their own terms.

It's funny- when Obama obsessively bitched about Fox News, and singled out their personalities, I don't recall anyone declaring how "dangerous" that was. I guess it only becomes a STALIN! type DANGER! when the bitching from the WH is aimed at left leaning media. Which means 99% of them.

 

[NinjaKnight]

Well I am just absolutely shocked that snowflake85 ignored my post about trumps 2,000+ documented lies, but whines like a little bitch about the "mean old media"

You do relaize lumping Fox "news" in with the likes of the washington post is also a logical fallacy, right? No you probably don't.

 

[UCFWayne]

remember that time the main stream media painted trump in a positive light? yea me neither because over 90% of their coverage of him is in a negative light.

https://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-donald-trumps-first-100-days/
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/n...17-year-news-media-went-war-against-president
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama.html

 

[UCFKnight85]

Well I am just absolutely shocked that snowflake85 ignored my post about trumps 2,000+ documented lies, but whines like a little bitch about the "mean old media"

You do relaize lumping Fox "news" in with the likes of the washington post is also a logical fallacy, right? No you probably don't.

You're right- at least Fox News makes it pretty clear up front what agenda they come at stories from. The WaPo, and CNN, however, hilariously parade around like serious news organizations while at the same time, constantly inserting their left wing bias and obsessive hatred for Trump into every story. They simply do it with more nuance since as stated, they must tell themselves that they're "serious journalists" doing very important work!

 

[NinjaKnight]

Still ignoring trumps thousands of lies. I'm glad to know you hold commerical news to a higher standard than the commander in chief.

 

[UCFWayne]

obama never lied

 

[NinjaKnight]

Lmao still using that argument? Jesus Christ how many times does someone have to point out to you the fallacies behind that? I know I've done it half a dozen times.

This is exactly why I bought stock in Crayola.

 

[UCFKnight85]

Lmao still using that argument? Jesus Christ how many times does someone have to point out to you the fallacies behind that? I know I've done it half a dozen times.

This is exactly why I bought stock in Crayola.

Trump lies about stupid shit that he really shouldn't even bother with, but at the end of the day doesn't really matter. Just nonsense for the media to obsess over. He lies almost in a way that mocks how politicians usually lie- they masquerade as being totally honest, whereas he does it with a smirk on his face since he knows that you know he's bullshitting.

On the other hand, Obama sold an overhaul of the entire US health care system on a lie. A massive lie. Millions of people were implicitly f*cked over, and had their health care suffer as a result, because of this lie.

So fine- Trump lies and bullshits. A lot. Over stuff that 90% of the time doesn't even remotely matter. It's either that, or past Presidents who lied occasionally to pass legislation or start wars that led to actual death and destruction.

 

[NinjaKnight]

Trump lies about stupid shit that he really shouldn't even bother with, but at the end of the day doesn't really matter [citation needed]. Just nonsense for the media to obsess over. He lies almost in a way that mocks how politicians usually lie- they masquerade as being totally honest, whereas he does it with a smirk on his face since he knows that you know he's bullshitting.

On the other hand, Obama sold an overhaul of the entire US health care system on a lie. A massive lie. Millions of people were implicitly f*cked over, and had their health care suffer as a result, because of this lie.

So fine- Trump lies and bullshits. A lot. Over stuff that 90% of the time doesn't even remotely matter[citation needed]. It's either that, or past Presidents who lied occasionally to pass legislation or start wars that led to actual death and destruction.

So (according to you) Trump lies about stuff that doesn't matter. Why exactly should we trust him with stuff that does matter, if he just bullshits on blatantly obvious stuff that anyone can fact check? You all miss the point, the office of POTUS has a shit ton of responsibility, and if you can't be trusted with the small stuff I sure as hell am not going to trust you with the big stuff.

Also please don't stoop to Wayne's level, you know better than trying to use the "but Obama" logical fallacy.

 

[UCFWayne]

i remember obama telling me if i liked my coverage i could keep it plus my payments would go down. which lie that trump has told is worse? i eagerly await your response.

also i heard that people would die because of trumps tax plan. do you have numbers to back those claims up?

i remember trump lying about defeating isis in 30 days. took him 10 months... i mean its not like obama had years to deal with them or anything.

 

[NinjaKnight]

i remember obama telling me if i liked my coverage i could keep it plus my payments would go down. which lie that trump has told is worse? i eagerly await your response.

also i heard that people would die because of trumps tax plan. do you have numbers to back those claims up?

i remember trump lying about defeating isis in 30 days. took him 10 months... i mean its not like obama had years to deal with them or anything.

I literally cannot tell if you are being serious right now since this post could be used in a text book about logical fallacies. There are at a bare minimum 3 different fallacies being used.

if you are actually seriously trying to use that as your argument and not being sarcastic:

HIDE YO CRAYONS EVERYBODY

 

[goodknightfl]

Trump has made over 2,000 misleading or outright false statements, but please tell me more about how the media is the problem here.

They are both a problem.

 

[UCFKnight85]

So (according to you) Trump lies about stuff that doesn't matter. Why exactly should we trust him with stuff that does matter, if he just bullshits on blatantly obvious stuff that anyone can fact check? You all miss the point, the office of POTUS has a shit ton of responsibility, and if you can't be trusted with the small stuff I sure as hell am not going to trust you with the big stuff.

Also please don't stoop to Wayne's level, you know better than trying to use the "but Obama" logical fallacy.

Mostly because despite the Twitter stuff, and general nonsense with the media daily, the actual policy that has emerged from the White House and/or Congress has been pretty damn good. Which tells me that Trump has deferred ALOT of actual decision making to people around him.

Just look at ISIS. The rate in which we annihilated ISIS drastically picked up once Trump was in office and the territory held by ISIS drastically shrunk after that point. They went from controlling most of eastern Syria to now essentially being without any land to control. That's Mattis's doing and Trump allowed him to take off the kiddie gloves and "go kill terrorists" .

 

[UCFWayne]

Mostly because despite the Twitter stuff, and general nonsense with the media daily, the actual policy that has emerged from the White House and/or Congress has been pretty damn good. Which tells me that Trump has deferred ALOT of actual decision making to people around him.

Just look at ISIS. The rate in which we annihilated ISIS drastically picked up once Trump was in office and the territory held by ISIS drastically shrunk after that point. They went from controlling most of eastern Syria to now essentially being without any land to control. That's Mattis's doing and Trump allowed him to take off the kiddie gloves and "go kill terrorists" .

it seems like trump realizes who the good leaders and decision makers are and then lets them do their jobs. i know he got a lot of flack for his early hires, and rightfully so, but the bad ones didnt last long and were replaced.


http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/369112-trumps-first-year-in-office-was-the-year-of-the-woman
trump has put more women in senior and cabinet positions than any president before him. how are the feminists not applauding him on that?

 

[fabknight]

trump has put more women in senior and cabinet positions than any president before him. how are the feminists not applauding him on that?

Because it doesn't fit the narrative being pushed by the media.

 

[UCFWayne]

Because it doesn't fit the narrative being pushed by the media.

so what youre saying is the pussy hat parade wont mention this fact when they meet up this weekend?

 

[fabknight]

There have been boatloads of presidents that have warred with the media and many of them have done worse things than Trump.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/24/sorry-journalists-trump-isnt-first-president-threaten-press/

 

[fabknight]

so what youre saying is the pussy hat parade wont mention this fact when they meet up this weekend?

Feminists are their own worst enemy.

 

[Knight_Light]

Wish Journalism was taught and is required for media employment.

Check, verify and check again died a long time ago.

 

[Ace of Knights]

Wish Journalism was taught and is required for media employment.

Check, verify and check again died a long time ago.

I will agree with you there. It’s turned into nothing but opinion pieces on both sides based in half truths meant to sway people. That’s not journalism.

 

[Knight_Light]

I will agree with you there. It’s turned into nothing but opinion pieces on both sides based in half truths meant to sway people. That’s not journalism.

Exactly..which is why I think those that don't watch Fox News,CNN, MSNBC or Network evening news are much happier people...as almost every news organization is putting out total garbage.

 

[firm_bizzle]

11 lies by the media compared to over 2000 by our president.

 

[UCFWayne]

11 lies by the media compared to over 2000 by our president.

how many people are going to die because of the up coming tax cuts? news made it seem like a lot.

im very worried i will die because im going to get more of my own money back.*

 

[UCFRogerz]

how many people are going to die because of the up coming tax cuts? news made it seem like a lot.

im very worried i will die because im going to get more of my own money back.*

Suffocating in money is a huge concern. It's a wonder Scrooge McDuck lived as long and as prosperous as he did.

 

[UCFKnight85]

Nothing concerns me more than my net take home pay increasing.

 

[UCFWayne]

Suffocating in money is a huge concern. It's a wonder Scrooge McDuck lived as long and as prosperous as he did.

i hope you and your family are able to stay safe. that money youre going to get back is pure evil

 

[UCF11and1]

1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.

2. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report.

3. CNN FALSELY reported that candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald J. Trump, Jr. had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks.

4. TIME FALSELY reported that President Trump removed a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Oval Office.

5. Washington Post FALSELY reported the President’s massive sold-out rally in Pensacola, Florida was empty. Dishonest reporter showed picture of empty arena HOURS before crowd started pouring in.

6. CNN FALSELY edited a video to make it appear President Trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the Japanese prime minister. Japanese prime minister actually led the way with the feeding.

7. CNN FALSELY reported about Anthony Scaramucci’s meeting with a Russian, but retracted it due to a “significant breakdown in process.”

8. Newsweek FALSELY reported that Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda did not shake President Trump’s hand.

9. CNN FALSELY reported that former FBI Director James Comey would dispute President Trump’s claim that he was told he is not under investigation.

10. The New York Times FALSELY claimed on the front page that the Trump administration had hidden a climate report.

11. And last, but not least: "RUSSIA COLLUSION!" Russian collusion is perhaps the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people. THERE IS NO COLLUSION!

The top 11 "false news" include if he shook somebody's hand or not; if he overfed freaking fish or not; and moving a bust or not? I think whoever put that list together is reaching.
BTW, they forgot to include the amount of people that went to the inauguration, I thought that was the #1 fake news during the last year.

 

[UCFWayne]

The top 11 "false news" include if he shook somebody's hand or not; if he overfed freaking fish or not; and moving a bust or not? I think whoever put that list together is reaching.
BTW, they forgot to include the amount of people that went to the inauguration, I thought that was the #1 fake news during the last year.

over 90% of the news featuring trump is negative. he cant possibly be doing that bad of a job. the media is out to get him.

 

[UCFBS]

Trump has made over 2,000 misleading or outright false statements, but please tell me more about how the media is the problem here.

He's just following Hillary and Obama's lead.

It's funny how the "W. lied" cries have pretty much died off. After the Obama administration, and with the prospect of either Hillary or Trump, most Americans view W. far, far more favorably.

Obama first lost me with the "Lobbyist" pipe dream, and then "Gitmo." But I never imagined he'd increase lobbying, expand the federal watch lists over 10x and start tearing down both the 1st Amendment and War Powers Act.

To date, Trump has only attacked the media. He hasn't done anything to harm the 1st Amendment, just threatened to do so. That was no different than Obama in 2009, very similar spat with Fox News as Trump with CNN. We'll see.