#38 - And you still haven't answered my #26, Perry "bell boi" Mason:

The media is reporting that two National Guardsmen have been shot in downtown Washington near the White House.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that multiple US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that a Hong Kong fire engulfs high-rise housing estate, killing at least 36.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting A judge in Georgia dismissed the last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump on Wednesday.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that ICE detains WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mother.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting Trump calls female reporter "ugly" after insulting another as "piggy."

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that 21 states sue Trump admin over changes to immigrants' SNAP eligibility.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that Trump's case against Senator Mark Kelly faces steep hurdles under military law.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media reported that City of Salem offices will be closed on Thursday, November 27 in observation of Thanksgiving.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that Charlottesville Holiday Market Begins This Saturday, November 29, Featuring 110 Local Vendors.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting the Bob Crane Community Center was named Official Training Home for Columbus Fury.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media reported Temporary Road Closures on Thanksgiving Morning for Feaster Five Road.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reports on winter weather that impacts Thanksgiving travel in parts of the U.S.

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media answers the question about the Iron Bowl 2025 weather forecast: How cold will it be for Alabama-Auburn game?

===> Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

Oh, do tell us, Perry "bell boi" Mason:

Are all of those things untrustworthy?

#38 Ah, there's our very own Perry "bell boi" Mason:

It isn't "enacting a law," you smooth-brained, adult-sized applesauce.

It is attacking a Constitutionally protected class with chants of "fake news" and "enemy of the people" and "fake news source."

No law has to be promulgated for the damage to be done.

Why, just look at the way you're doing your part in working to destroy the freedom of the press.

#29 Yep. That fits the bill, Snoofy.

The media is reporting that two National Guardsmen have been shot in downtown Washington near the White House.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that multiple US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that a Hong Kong fire engulfs high-rise housing estate, killing at least 36.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting A judge in Georgia dismissed the last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump on Wednesday.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that ICE detains WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mother.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting Trump calls female reporter "ugly" after insulting another as "piggy."

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that 21 states sue Trump admin over changes to immigrants' SNAP eligibility.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that Trump's case against Senator Mark Kelly faces steep hurdles under military law.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media reported that City of Salem offices will be closed on Thursday, November 27 in observation of Thanksgiving.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting that Charlottesville Holiday Market Begins This Saturday, November 29, Featuring 110 Local Vendors.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reporting the Bob Crane Community Center was named Official Training Home for Columbus Fury.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media reported Temporary Road Closures on Thanksgiving Morning for Feaster Five Road.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media is reports on winter weather that impacts Thanksgiving travel in parts of the U.S.

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

The media answers the question about the Iron Bowl 2025 weather forecast: How cold will it be for Alabama-Auburn game?

Trustworthy or untrustworthy?

Oh, do tell us, Perry "bell boi" Mason:

Are all of those things untrustworthy.

And, if you agree with me that they are trustworthy, then what's your goal in throwing out the baby (hypothetical new bias) with the bathwater (all that passes for media in the USA)?

Knock us out, Perry "bell boi" Mason.

#23

The First Amendment says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Perry "bell boi" mason responds:

"Yeah... yeah... I am doing my part to destroy the free press so that there will be nothing left of that First Amendment but religion, speech, assembly, and to petition.

"But those are next!"

#21 Find a dime, Perry "bell boi" Mason, buy a clue:

You keep making my argument for me with a comment like "...they've become increasingly untrustworthy."

Without once considering that, perhaps, this distrust in the freedom of the press coincided so nicely with the rise of rightwing bigots and anti-government zealots (Reagan and Newt), leading directly to the Trump.

And you played your sycophant role to the hilt by making it a self-fulfilling belief:

They've become increasingly untrustworthy because the Trump and sycophants just like you, Perry "bell boi" Mason, keep saying the media is "increasingly untrustworthy."

Oscar-winning performance, Perry "bell boi" Mason.

==> Do you believe that the border is secure... now?

#15 You're trying way too hard, Perry "bell boi" Mason.

Sure, people will view "bad news" with a jaundiced view and blame the messenger.

And the news is, unfortunately, supposed to be that messenger.

But let's take a look at what that opinion poll reveals:

Post Watergate, the trust was (in 1976) nearing 80%.

But, starting in the 1980s, that trust began to go down.

And just what happened in 1980 (or thereabouts)? The starting of the 24 hour news cycle with the launch of CNN.

In 1987, as the decline continued, the FAA decimated the "Fairness Doctrine," and the trust further erodes, but it is still above water, by many points.

In the late 1990s Fox was launched, and with its steady anti-Democratic, and-MSN drumbeat, the decline continued.

In the early 2000s, the W administration sold a bill of goods to the America people about the WMD in Iraq, and it was necessary to attack. The media reported it (the messeger), and when it was discovered that WMD was a lie and the media reported it

But some media supported the war (CNN, Drudge report, etc.), while others (so-called MSN) started having voices speaking out against that war (shades of Walter Cronkite and Vietnam - the real source of rightwing hared of MSM, along with the Nixon/Watergate 'witchhunt'

The trust deteriorates further.

In 2015 (just like earlier vis-a-vis Obama & birth certificate), the Trump starting repeating "fake news" and "fake news media" and sycophants like you nod in agreement.

Without once considering that, perhaps, this distrust in the freedom of the press coincided so nicely with the rise of rightwing bigots and anti-government zealots (Reagan and Newt), leading directly to the Trump.

And you played your sycophant role to the hilt.

Oscar-winning performance, Perry "bell boi" Mason.

And, again, do you believe that the border is secure... now?

#13 A poll reflecting that having the Trump repeating over and over and over again for 10+ years now, about "fake news" and "fake news media," and having sycophants (like you, Perry "bell boi" Mason) repeating the same thing over and over and over again...

...is born out by an opinion poll.

So, once again, Perry "bell boi" Mason...

You cannot cite a single example of this, much less a repeated pattern:

zero introspection and nonstop excuse making and blame shifting.