Pride cometh before a Fall

Pride cometh before a Fall

The Deep State media have no idea how badly they have discredited themselves.  Donald Trump's press conferences are working according to his plan.  

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein initiated a new trend in journalism: showing scribblers could take down a president. They have had many imitators.  Who would not like to go down in history as the next Woodward or Bernstein?  Jim Acosta has also instituted a new trend in journalism: confrontational rudeness.  The press corp apparently sees this as a successful technique.  Sorry Quenosabe.  It is not.  This is an excellent example of Donald Trump playing the press like a fine Stradivarius.  There is no danger that revealing Trump's strategy will alert the press.  If you point out to a madman that his behavior is irrational he does not respond, "Thank you very much I did not realize that I was acting strange.  I will try to act more conventional in the future."  In their colossal arrogance they are convinced that they are so much smarter than the president.  He beats them consistently yet they do not revise their assessment.  Their is something pathological about that behavior.

During an April press conference Olivia Nuzzi from New York Magazine asked, “If an American president loses more Americans over the course of six weeks than died in the entirety of the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be re-elected?”  She claimed, "It wasn’t a gotcha question, it wasn’t designed to provoke."  Remarks like that only damage an individual's credibility.  Of course it was meant to provoke.  This sounds a lot like a CNN producer who claimed the network's journalists were not rooting against the president in November.  "It's not a matter what his political beliefs or his ideological beliefs are. I don't think I have ever run into anybody who says they literally hate Donald Trump the man. Nobody I know is openly rooting for him to lose."

CBS News' Paula Reid's exchange with the President in April was so filled with interruptions that it would be difficult describe.  She did not show any respect for the President.  Her interruptions would have been disrespectful in any exchange with an adult.  The May 12 press conference is another example of confrontational media.  President Trump mentioned that the United States were doing better than other nations.  Weijia Jiang from CBS News asked him, "Why is this a global competition to you if every day Americans are still losing their lives and we’re still seeing more cases every day?"  Trump's response was, "maybe that’s a question you should ask China."  Trump then requested a question from another reporter.  Jiang interrupted asking, "Sir, why are you saying that to me specifically?"  Trump responded, "I’m not saying it specifically to anybody. I’m saying it to anybody that would ask a nasty question like that."  Jiang responded, "That’s not a nasty question."  The President attempted to receive another question when CNN's Kaitlan Collins interjected, "I have two questions."  The President indicated he was calling on another reporter.  Collins would not give up saying, "But you pointed to me. I have two questions, Mr. President."  Trump persisted, "Next, next please."  Collins still would not surrender saying, "But you called on me."  Trump's response was, "I did and you didn’t respond and now I’m calling on the young lady in the back, please."  Collins explained, "I just wanted to let my colleague finish, but can I ask you a question."  At this point the President had had enough and announced, "Okay, ladies and gentlemen thank you very much, appreciate it."  Still Collins would not give up saying, "But you called on me." 

CNN's analysis of the press conference was naturally critical.  Oliver Darcy claimed,
"Trump acts like he wants the US press to be more like China's."  CNN's Wolf Blitzer said, "A very ugly, ugly ending to that one-hour appearance by the President in the Rose Garden."  Darcy pointed out that, "some critics said Trump's remarks toward Jiang were racist.  Other critics suggested the exchange was laced with sexism."  He neglected to point out that other critics did not take their medications that morning and were just simply confused.  A thorough search for "other critics" could result in some thoroughly bizarre claims.

Nuzzi alleged, "The President's unprofessionalism is always revealed most clearly when he is interacting with female reporters."  Is it possible that Nuzzi had Peter Alexander in mind when she made that comment?  Peter appeared to criticize the President for being too optimistic: "Is it possible that your impulse to put a positive spin on things may be giving Americans a false sense of hope, and misrepresenting the preparedness right now."  Next he appears to be critical of the President for not giving a positive message: "What do you say Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?"  He claimed he was giving the President “softball” questions.  Later on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell he claimed, “I was trying to provide the president an opportunity to reassure the millions of Americans, … to provide a positive or uplifting message.” That is an "uplifting message" not a "false sense of hope."  The President tore into him and his response was to appear to be clutching his pearls with a doe eyed look on his face.  This body language may gain sympathy for a pre-teen girl but it is not impressive on a 44 year old man.