President's Televised Address

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

This narcissist would rather take the spotlight off of our mission to the moon to make it about himself.

Trump threatens to jail journalist in bid to find source behind report of missing airman in Iran

Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces

www.theguardian.com

Yes and it always ends in its crazier than we think by the time we hear about this.

When did the Pentagon determine any of this related to a news crew at the scene of a missing airplane in Iran and also how was this investigated if this was true. Also most of the time whenever we hear about journalists in war areas like Iran they are mainly stringers for the wire services by the time we hear about these events.

Trump Threatens Media After Admitting His Team Leaked Downed Pilot

Donald Trump issued the nonsensical threat to a supposed leaker and an unnamed media company.

www.yahoo.com

Donald Trump announced his plans to arrest and detain the individual that first reported the missing airman in Iran—as soon as he figures out who it is.

In the midst of a sprawling, nonsensical speech at the White House Monday, the president claimed that the government was going to hunt down the identity of the government employee that first revealed there was a second airman lost in Iran.

“But these two extraordinary rescues—because there were two, and as you probably know we didn’t talk about the first one for an hour. Then somebody leaked something—which, we’ll hopefully find that leaker. We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” Trump said.



“They basically said, ‘We have one and there’s somebody missing.’ Well they didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information,” Trump continued.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

The threats of massive war crimes are more important than the profanity

But the major broadcasters and cable outlets won’t call it what it is. They’ll focus a bit on the unhinged tone but not the underlying threat. Just like those same broadcast and cable outlets won’t call systemic racism, Christian nationalism and white supremacy what those are.

 

[Don CT]

But the major broadcasters and cable outlets won’t call it what it is. They’ll focus a bit on the unhinged tone but not the underlying threat. Just like those same broadcast and cable outlets won’t call systemic racism, Christian nationalism and white supremacy what those are.

Our current news media only wants ratings not the truth. Speak ill of a portion of the viewers and lose advertisers.

 

[cc333]

Our current news media only wants ratings not the truth. Speak ill of a portion of the viewers and lose advertisers.

In this case, if they say something 51% of their audience doesn't like, their ratings drop by half.

But, if they say something that 51% wants to hear, the other 49% will tune out and the net result is the same.

It's a no-win situation for a ratings-driven media, pretty much.

c

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Our current news media only wants ratings not the truth. Speak ill of a portion of the viewers and lose advertisers.

Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike, employers say

The Israeli military confirms it killed Ali Shoeib and Mohamed Ftouni, alleging they also belonged to Hezbollah's military wing.

www.bbc.com

Targeted Israeli airstrike kills 3 journalists in southern Lebanon covering the war

An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three journalists who were covering the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, their TV stations said.

www.pbs.org

These Are the Journalists Israel Has Killed Since the Start of the Iran War

Israel appears to be systematically targeting journalists who worked for media owned by Hezbollah. Even the group's opponents decry the killings as illegal.

time.com

By the time we find out about the truth we have to look at journalists that have been killed by war as in this case the journalists killed so far in the war in Iran . Lots of the time we have out that the journalists killed in this war either were journalists for their country's news outlet or stringers for the wire services like AP and Reuters at the time of their deaths when I read their obit.

 

[wadio]

NPR this morning just referred to his post as being "laden with expletives."

And, of course, this is not the first time he's done this. During Mr. Trump's first term in office, he referred to certain African and Caribbean nations as being "s**thole countries,", most likely referring to the color of the skin of a majority of their citizens. In that case, NPR played the entire quote (he said it at a White House briefing, if memory serves) only once and with plenty of warning beforehand for those who didn't want their children to hear it. (The network didn't cover the briefing live.)

Trump may have started it but the Democrats are embracing it :

California Governor's Spokesman Responds With F-Bomb to Media Inquiry - Crockett Today

California Governor Gavin Newsom's spokesman, Izzy Gardon, responded to a media inquiry with the phrase "Respectfully, f--k off," summing up the current race to the bottom of American politics. Newsom himself has also unleashed profane attacks, including on Fox News host Sean Hannity. This trend...

nationaltoday.com

 

[TheBigA]

Trump may have started it but the Democrats are embracing it :

So you're equating an email response from a media rep to a public post by the president of the US? Really?

A lot of presidents have used salty language. LBJ was one. So was Nixon. But they tried to keep it private.

 

[wadio]

So you're equating an email response from a media rep to a public post by the president of the US? Really?

A lot of presidents have used salty language. LBJ was one. So was Nixon. But they tried to keep it private.

Nothing is private these days. Newsom is likely running for President, and there are plenty of other examples of foul language from the blue side. It's just a sign of the times.

 

[TheBigA]

Newsom is likely running for President, and there are plenty of other examples of foul language from the blue side. It's just a sign of the times.

So that makes it OK? On Easter Sunday? From a president who appealed to religious groups?

Evangelical leaders return to Oval Office to pray over Trump – Baptist News Global

Evangelical leaders gathered around Trump in the Oval Office March 5 and prayed over him and for U.S. success in the war against Iran.

baptistnews.com

 

[wadio]

So that makes it OK? On Easter Sunday? From a president who appealed to religious groups?

Evangelical leaders return to Oval Office to pray over Trump – Baptist News Global

Evangelical leaders gathered around Trump in the Oval Office March 5 and prayed over him and for U.S. success in the war against Iran.

baptistnews.com

I didn't say it's OK. I don't like it. But these are the times we're living in.

There are words that can be said on broadcast radio today that would not have been acceptable a decade ago. I'm guessing it won't be long before the f-word and the s-word will be OK.

Again, not saying I approve of it.

 

[davideduardo]

And, of course, this is not the first time he's done this. During Mr. Trump's first term in office, he referred to certain African and Caribbean nations as being "s**thole countries,", most likely referring to the color of the skin of a majority of their citizens.

Where is there any reference to race or color?

The only Caribbean nation I recall Trump having referred to so negatively is Haiti. And, irrespective of the ethnicity of the people there, Haiti is absolutely one of the two or three absolute s---hole nations in the world. I have avoided it in the last decade or so, but having been there numerous times, I can agree with everything Trump said about it.

Heck, the gangs that control whole sections of the country have their own radio stations where they advised people to "pay tribute"... or else!

 

[gr8oldies]

I didn't say it's OK. I don't like it. But these are the times we're living in.

There are words that can be said on broadcast radio today that would not have been acceptable a decade ago. I'm guessing it won't be long before the f-word and the s-word will be OK.

Again, not saying I approve of it.

I don't give a damn about the profanity but glossing over the war crimes part is neglect and again, sanewashing.

 

[Deus Ex Machiato]

I don't give a damn about the profanity but glossing over the war crimes part is neglect and again, sanewashing.

I would add the context that in many cases, Newsom's messages are often deliberately trolling the President. I don't particularly care for Newsom, but he has apparently settled on believing that Obama's "when they go low, we go high" is no longer effective in the age where Trump turns the White House Easter Egg Roll into a sleazy campaign event, complaining to the kiddos about Biden's "auto-pen" and Harris' "low IQ."

Stay classy, DC.

 

[Jim1348]

Our current news media only wants ratings not the truth...

Are you suggesting that there was a time that the news media didn't care about ratings?

If so, please tell us when that was?

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

A president using “f—in’” in a post that he clearly had the ability to rethink before publishing it, not in an off-the-cuff, stream-of-consciousness or hot mic moment should be shocking enough.

But earlier this morning, said president, again in a forum where he could rethink his words threatened/promised mass genocide. And our broadcast media? Silent. Oh, perhaps a post of their own amidst all their other social media posts about what happened on Survivor or a duck that acted like a person that went viral on social media. A passing reference in the lead block on the morning shows, but hey look, shiny object over there! Not calling it what it is. This should be shocking and appalling. But no, gotta get that NCAA recap in and then a cooking segment about baked beans.

The president of the USA has threatened war crimes on a mass level. That’s what it means to say a civilization will end. Perhaps it’s a bluff. Perhaps there’s already a deal and this is part of the setup. It shouldn’t matter. The major broadcast and cable outlets ignoring the magnitude of this moment is shameful. Ratings be damned, hurt feelings be damned. Portfolios be damned. Joe Biden stuttering and forgetting a name was a national crisis to them; threatening extinction of an entire civilian population? Eh, ok, but now let’s hear who was shockingly eliminated on American Idol.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

A president using “f—in’” in a post that he clearly had the ability to rethink before publishing it, not in an off-the-cuff, stream-of-consciousness or hot mic moment should be shocking enough.

But earlier this morning, said president, again in a forum where he could rethink his words threatened/promised mass genocide. And our broadcast media? Silent. Oh, perhaps a post of their own amidst all their other social media posts about what happened on Survivor or a duck that acted like a person that went viral on social media. A passing reference in the lead block on the morning shows, but hey look, shiny object over there! Not calling it what it is. This should be shocking and appalling. But no, gotta get that NCAA recap in and then a cooking segment about baked beans.

The president of the USA has threatened war crimes on a mass level. That’s what it means to say a civilization will end. Perhaps it’s a bluff. Perhaps there’s already a deal and this is part of the setup. It shouldn’t matter. The major broadcast and cable outlets ignoring the magnitude of this moment is shameful. Ratings be damned, hurt feelings be damned. Portfolios be damned. Joe Biden stuttering and forgetting a name was a national crisis to them; threatening extinction of an entire civilian population? Eh, ok, but now let’s hear who was shockingly eliminated on American Idol.

Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say

In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.

apnews.com

Well the issue here is if one does not trust where the rest of the media is going we have to go to the wire services like AP or Reuters as reference points for fact checking. They are the best place to find that. But then again I don't know how much the rest of the country understands media literacy. But yes AP has articles on how some of the White House and Pentagon's plans to go after Iran's Power Plants may constitute War Crimes.

 

[TheBigA]

All of the major news services reported the threat. It's not a secret. Nobody is ignoring what this president says. If they did, he'd demand more TV time.
This president will not be ignored.

Trump announces 2-week Iran ceasefire after he'd warned 'a whole civilization will die tonight'

The earlier threat, Trump's most extreme rhetoric since the Iran war started, sparked a wave of Democratic denunciations but was met with mostly silence from top Republicans.

www.nbcnews.com

Trump says "a whole civilization will die tonight" if no deal is reached with Iran

President Trump posted on social media that "a whole civilization will die tonight," adding "but I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."

www.cbsnews.com

President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.

abcnews.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/07/trump-iran-bombing-civilization-war-crime/

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Online is not on air time. This is the kind of thing that should be dominating their coverage, not another day of “crazy uncle Don’s” muttering. How you approach something matters.

If Putin threatened to end our civilization, tonight, what kind of broadcast and cable coverage might we see? Wall to wall. Not a two minute hit and then on to the viral video of the day.

 

[gr8oldies]

Are you suggesting that there was a time that the news media didn't care about ratings?

If so, please tell us when that was?

I think before the 70s, news was a loss leader, not a profit center.

 

[Larry]

And our broadcast media? Silent

I did hear reporting this morning on our local all News radio station (KYW) and when the morning anchors talked to Steve Portnoy of ABC News the word genocide was used.

Maybe radio is less afraid of POTUS as he probably only watches tv, doesn’t listen to radio.