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President's Televised Address

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While this thread is about TV, I had a scare this morning. I could listen to most of "Wait! Wait!" on the podcast, or possibly another affiliate, but we were told the president would come on later in the morning. The podcast was not ready when I last checked, but it was a "best of" episode anyway. Everything might have been heard before but this is not always the case as they record extra stuff they don't use.

The substitute host of "Weekend Edition" said to stay with "Weekend Edition". Some stations air the full three hours. So I thought that meant the show wouldn't be on. I was relieved when the local WFAE host came on to say "Wait! Wait!" was coming up, and in about an hour, the president.

The entire show aired.
 
vchimpanzee said:
While this thread is about TV, I had a scare this morning. I could listen to most of "Wait! Wait!" on the podcast, or possibly another affiliate, but we were told the president would come on later in the morning. The podcast was not ready when I last checked, but it was a "best of" episode anyway. Everything might have been heard before but this is not always the case as they record extra stuff they don't use.

The substitute host of "Weekend Edition" said to stay with "Weekend Edition". Some stations air the full three hours. So I thought that meant the show wouldn't be on. I was relieved when the local WFAE host came on to say "Wait! Wait!" was coming up, and in about an hour, the president.

The entire show aired.
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One correction. While WFAE may run "Weekend Edition" for three hours, the show itself is only a two-hour show with, in some cases (such as this one), updates about significant news events as they occur.
 
From one of the WABC pieces posted earlier:

"Maduro, the illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, empowered violent
gangs and drug cartels, causing the deaths of countless Americans, and aligned with hostile regimes in Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba, threatening our national
security and the stability of the Western Hemisphere."

Delicious! The irony in the statement is biting. I won't say anymore.
 
So we now are in a period where our military is actively engaged in a conflict, and most of the press corps has no presence within the Pentagon.

Of course today it didn't matter, since the press conference was held in Palm Beach, and the press covering it was the white house press corps, not the pentagon. It'll be interesting to watch how press coverage of this situation is carried out. My sense is thar moving forward, more of the coverage will come from the state and justice departments than defense.
 
cc333 said:
Maduro's allies are not going to let this go quietly. Abducting the leader of a foreign country like this – regardless of his/her legitimacy – is not OK and constitutes a blatant act of war.

There will be serious consequences.

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Quite frankly, it’s remarkable that the party of “we can’t be the world’s police” is deathly quiet about this blatant violation of international law and the media, collectively, is largely acting like lap dogs for the administration. No meaningful pushback, no meaningful journalism. But maybe the new CBS can be sure to tell us how some random dude on the street feels and not people who understand law.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
Quite frankly, it’s remarkable that the party of “we can’t be the world’s police” is deathly quiet about this blatant violation of international law
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Not according to Fox News:

www.foxnews.com

House GOP critics break with Trump over Venezuela operation that captured Maduro

GOP critics slammed President Donald Trump's Venezuela military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, questioning constitutional authority and legal precedent for the action.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com

AbrahamJSimpson said:
the media, collectively, is largely acting like lap dogs for the administration. No meaningful pushback, no meaningful journalism.
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Depends on who you read. The "pushback" shouldn't come from members of the media, but from the people they interview. That's been happening all morning. I saw a great interview with the former head of the CIA on how this was carried out.
 
Asking how exactly, in very specific detail, this is legal and not downplaying the actual experts who know damn well it is illegal is a start. So is asking repeatedly until they answer questions and not letting word salad pass as a statement.

We know, they have no actual responsibilities according the apologists. All is well.
 
ted chittenden said:
From one of the WABC pieces posted earlier:

"Maduro, the illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, empowered violent
gangs and drug cartels, causing the deaths of countless Americans, and aligned with hostile regimes in Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba, threatening our national
security and the stability of the Western Hemisphere."

Delicious! The irony in the statement is biting. I won't say anymore.
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Have you ever been to Venezuela? I first went in 1963 and was involved with radio and TV off and on until Maduro pretty much destroyed independent radio.

I have a great number of Venezuelan friends in exile, both in Miami and Katyzuela and a number have already totally agreed with the statement you consider ironic. If anything, it is understated.
 
TheBigA said:
So we now are in a period where our military is actively engaged in a conflict, and most of the press corps has no presence within the Pentagon.
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They have a presence. It is just that the few tiny private “stalls” were reallocated.
 
davideduardo said:
They have a presence. It is just that the few tiny private “stalls” were reallocated.
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They had their press passes revoked as well, so they are not present at press briefings or anywhere else in the pentagon.

www.independent.co.uk

Pentagon press corps surrender badges and walk out over Hegseth policy

Only one news network signed on to the new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

However, it really hasn't affected coverage, because this mission originated at the white house.
 
TheBigA said:
There was a moment during the president's press conference where he was asked about Cuba. The president directed the question to Marco Rubio:

www.foxnews.com

Rubio to Cuba: 'I'd be concerned' after US military arrests Venezuelan leader Maduro

A U.S. military operation captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, bringing them to face federal drug trafficking charges on American soil.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com

So this is not one-and-done.
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Or the feeling is tha, without Venezuela, Cuba will fall on its own.
 
TheBigA said:
There was a moment during the president's press conference where he was asked about Cuba. The president directed the question to Marco Rubio:

www.foxnews.com

Rubio to Cuba: 'I'd be concerned' after US military arrests Venezuelan leader Maduro

A U.S. military operation captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, bringing them to face federal drug trafficking charges on American soil.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com

So this is not one-and-done.
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I think that's by design. That aside, I can't be the only one who noticed the slurring of the President's speech and struggling to read the official statement, right? I mean, I've watched police body cam videos of DUI suspects who were more lucid.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
Quite frankly, it’s remarkable that the party of “we can’t be the world’s police” is deathly quiet about this blatant violation of international law and the media, collectively, is largely acting like lap dogs for the administration. No meaningful pushback, no meaningful journalism. But maybe the new CBS can be sure to tell us how some random dude on the street feels and not people who understand law.
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This is one of my bugbears with modern news broadcasting, this constant obsession with asking "the public" about complex social, economic and political topics.

I don't care what a random guy hanging around a shopping street at 2pm on a Thursday afternoon thinks about the latest political or economic developments, and they never have anything worthwhile to contribute. But the news is obsessed with going out with a mic and a camera and vox popping these nobodies.

I consume the news to a) find out what's going on; and b) get expert opinion and analysis from people who have spent their lives studying and engaging with the topic in question. Instead, we get "We're out in Stockport asking YOU what YOU think of the Venezuelan situation!"
 
Miss Tuned said:
This is one of my bugbears with modern news broadcasting, this constant obsession with asking "the public" about complex social, economic and political topics.
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Because of a thing known as "user generated content." Such as this message board. There's an audience for it, and commercial media organizations need to attract audiences for advertisers. They can either incorporate it in their coverage, or the audience will find it elsewhere.
 
Miss Tuned said:
This is one of my bugbears with modern news broadcasting, this constant obsession with asking "the public" about complex social, economic and political topics.

I don't care what a random guy hanging around a shopping street at 2pm on a Thursday afternoon thinks about the latest political or economic developments, and they never have anything worthwhile to contribute. But the news is obsessed with going out with a mic and a camera and vox popping these nobodies.

I consume the news to a) find out what's going on; and b) get expert opinion and analysis from people who have spent their lives studying and engaging with the topic in question. Instead, we get "We're out in Stockport asking YOU what YOU think of the Venezuelan situation!"
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I remember a reaction story the Associated Press did after basketball star Magic Johnson revealed that he was HIV-positive. Who was asked for their insight? Several teenagers playing basketball on an outdoor court in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where the sport was invented! Their opinions were not at all enlightening, but the story brightened my day on the newspaper copy desk immensely!
 
Deus Ex Machiato said:
I can't be the only one who noticed the slurring of the President's speech and struggling to read the official statement, right?
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This isn't like his first administration, when the people standing next to him were contemplating the 25th amendment. There will be none of that this time. Not from the cabinet, not from congress, and not from the courts. The clock is ticking, they need to get everything done quickly.

It's not as if it's not being pointed out. You can find lots of reporting on it just like this:

newrepublic.com

Cognitive Decline? These Were Trump’s 11 Most Senile Moments This Year

When Donald Trump wasn’t busy falling asleep in front of the cameras, he spent his first year in office struggling to form coherent thoughts.
newrepublic.com newrepublic.com

When the media brings up these things, they get shouted down with charges of biased media and TDS.
 
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