(08-25-2019, 07:51 PM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(08-25-2019, 04:43 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Story

 "WASHINGTON — A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.

It is the latest step in a long-running effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting. Four people familiar with the operation described how it works, asserting that it has compiled dossiers of potentially embarrassing social media posts and other public statements by hundreds of people who work at some of the country’s most prominent news organizations....."

I don't know how I feel about this. On the one hand the media has been absurdly relentless in their "reporting" of Trump, his family and his administration. Like- full [BLEEP] relentless. It's pretty much a witch hunt the likes of which I don't remember with any previous POTUS. So yeah, I can understand why they would want to go after these folks. 

But should they? It's not a crime to talk smack against anyone, even the POTUS, and God knows he gives them plenty of material to use against him, but to do what this article says they plan to do.... Trump allies pretty much doing to these journalists what the journalists are doing to Trump is like a [BLEEP]-for-tat childish move. You have to be smarter than your enemy, not stoop to their level. And to ruin people's lives and reputations. Granted, those folks made the choice to run their mouth and actions have consequences. 

Journalism used to be a respectable occupation that has turned into a WWE sideshow and long before Trump entered the White House. It's a damn shame we can't trust what we hear from the people who are supposed to provide factual, non-biased information. 

While I would not personally engage in it, it is a legitimate tactic.  The news media in this country operate under a false flag of neutrality and objectivity.  The vast majority of them are committed ideologues pushing forward their favored political agenda.  How I wish we had an objective press!

But since they want to be hyper-partisan hacks, it's entirely justified for them to be on the receiving end of their own tactics.  Sowing and reaping.