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There is a lot to be said for low expectations, Michael. I went into the voting booth with the expectation that Trump would probably be at least minimally better that Hillary Clinton. Considering what I thought of Hillary, those are very low expectations. I still get pleasantly surprised every day.
It also helps in listening to your show and your guests. I come in with low expectations, and if you don’t annoy me with everything you say, it’s a good day. Today was a pretty good day. Trump unfit for the Presidency? Maybe by some standards, but still more fit for the office than Hillary or ¡JEB! So, only a few things that annoyed me today? You’re doing great, Michael. Aren’t you glad I have low expectations?
Michael, your confusion stems from the misconception that the mainstream media’s job is to convey facts. It’s not. Their job is to advance the Democrat agenda.
What was the clip Andrew Klavan played a few days ago from Mika? Something like Trump can’t shape the narrative, that’s our job.
Something like “Trump’s actually controlling what people think, but that’s our job!”
Merry Christmas Michael and mazel tov to your bride. Hope your throat gets better over the holiday break.
I completely disagree. It IS their job to convey facts. They’re just not doing it. They should be getting called out for it–hard.
A few journalists have enough integrity left to be ashamed.
“One of those immigrants you brought over, Charles Cooke, to take jobs that should be given to good Americans, like maybe me …”
That was funny.
Conservatives complain about the media, but never do anything about it. Here are a couple of suggestions that could actually change the behavior of the liberal nets.
1. How much would it cost to run a one-minute newscast every Friday, immediately following the network news and briefly explaining what each network suppressed, or distorted, or simply got wrong that week. (Be specific; vague, general accusations are worthless.)
2. Months later, conservatives and Republicans will give you the numbers on just how biased each liberal network was in the election. (Any election!) They need to “broadblast” this information, day by day, during the election, when it can still do some good.
@michaelgraham Michael is correct, but @max Max’s view reflects Andrew Breitbart’s accurate description of the mainstream media as the Democrat Media Complex.
I hate to disagree with the brilliant Yuval Levin, but in 2001 we had what we thought was a reasonably conservative, competent politician, competent businessman president. The first thing he did in office with a Republican congress was expand Medicare. The second thing he did was sign Ted Kennedy’s disastrous No Child Left Behind Act, that dramatically expanded the federal government’s impact on local public schools.
Donald Trump has administered the Executive Branch of the federal government more conservatively than any president since Calvin Coolidge.
That’s very doable. Hey, how about a smart, funny late-night-style TV/YouTube show that’s entertaining first and conservative second, to create content that people under 30 might actually watch?