Press Shatters Record for Worst Week of Coverage Ever
Press Shatters Record for Worst Week of Coverage Ever
It was absolutely terrible
For our third edition of Mainstream Media Fails, we had a ton of garbage to pick from. Here are five of the major failures from the Press this week.
Fake Taylor Swift Support
In a desperate attempt for attention, Trump shared AI-generated images suggesting that he had been endorsed by Taylor Swift. One of the images explicitly reads, “Taylor Swift Wants You to Vote For Donald Trump.” To be clear, Taylor Swift did not endorse him. Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris is inevitable, it’s only a matter of when.
Press didn’t question Trump’s sanity, or call out his narcissistic delusion. Instead, they used the lie as a ploy to get clicks.
The headlines should have said, “Trump lies about Taylor Swift,” with warning labels on any images shared. But they had titles like, “Was Trump endorsed by Taylor Swift?” And put up images of Trump’s post that didn’t have a warning label on it. That’s exactly how you DON’T cover it.
The Democratic Convention
This week had some absolutely horrible coverage of the Democratic Convention.
The Press tried to spotlight the protests. They parroted Trump’s lie that Biden was forced out of the race. They spread complete nonsense about the timing of Biden's speech on Monday, suggesting that it was purposefully pushed out of prime time by the DNC. All of it fell flat.
After the Obamas gave powerful speeches on Wednesday, it seemed like the Press was going to lean in on the positivity of the moment. But it didn’t take long for them to start pushing out juvenile criticisms of Kamala’s powerful speech.
The mainstream media’s honeymoon phase with the new Democratic nominee is over. And we will remain vigilant to call them out for their massive failures, in real time, at a constant.
RFK Dropping Out
The mainstream media is covering Bob Kennedy’s endorsement of Trump as if it is the biggest game-changer of this election cycle. It is not.
In reality, it helps Kamala Harris. The whole purpose of Bob’s campaign was to have the Kennedy name on the ballot in swing states, in order to confuse Democratic voters. It failed miserably. But the Press would never report it that way, because it goes against their pro-Trump narrative.
Bombshell Report on Trump Funneling Campaign Money
CNN released a brutal investigative report titled, “Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns–including his own.”
The investigation confirms, once again, what I’ve been reporting since 2016: Trump’s political career is one big disgusting grift. It’s been 48 hours since they posted the story, and it has yet to gain any steam. This was a real squandered opportunity.
CNN Removes Attack on Walz After Our Pressure Campaign
The report on Trump funneling money wasn’t CNN’s only major blunder. A few hours before Tim Walz made his epic speech, CNN attacked him with a headline that read: “As he prepares to take the stage, 48 Republicans accuse him of ‘abandoning’ his fellow National Guard Members.”
The “story” was about 48 MAGA Republicans who wrote a letter attacking Walz’s military record. None of them served with Walz, or had personal knowledge of his service. We immediately called CNN out for it, and the headline was replaced 24 minutes later, never to be seen again.
We must push mainstream media to do better at a constant. We can't let them get away with spreading Trump's lies or propaganda.
Not only is CNN changing headlines, our pressure campaign hashtags are dominating the trends on social media, and the Press is taking notice.
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Scott
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CNN is using a picture of Trump from 2017 whenever he's shown in a "head-to-head" poll matchup (Kamala's seems to be from 2021). He was 70 then, he's 78 now. There's been a BIG change in his appearance in those years. That's an implicit bias and they need to be called out for it.
It’s so easy to get lost in all of the nonsense, and even sometimes buy into the lies because it’s all we hear. I’m so grateful that you’re doing this for us.