FakeNews

Rachael Rivera

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From Western Journalism, “Geraldo: Maddow’s ‘Reveal’ Of Trump’s Taxes Is Today’s Version Of Al Capone’s Vault.”

More than 30 years after his much-hyped TV event turned out to be literally nothing more than a cloud of dust, Geraldo Rivera gladly handed MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow the mantle of Al Capone’s vault Wednesday following her own much-hyped revelation of President Trump’s tax returns.

The revelation turned out to be only two pages from Donald Trump’s 2005 returns indicating he paid $38 million in total taxes.

That amounted to a 25 percent tax rate, higher than the 18.7 percent paid by former President Obama in 2015.

FakeNews Fail – Rachael Maddow Scoops Trump Taxes

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From Rachael’s parent network, NBC, “Trump Paid $38 Million in 2005 Federal Income Tax, White House Says Before Report.”

In a statement, the White House said the “illegally published” pages proved only that Trump “was one of the most successful businessmen in the world with a responsibility to his company, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required.”

 

Why Trump Ditched Washington Correspondents Dinner

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From Fox News, “Trump says not going to White House Correspondents dinner“.

President Trump said Saturday that he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, escalating his battle with the news media and raising questions about the future of the annual event.

“I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year,” Trump tweeted. “Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!”

The comment was just the latest turn in Trump’s adversarial relationship with the news media, which essentially began at the start of his campaign in July 2015 and took another questionable turn Friday.

Washington Post Fears Passive-Aggressive Trump White House Press Office

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Here’s what the Washington Post writes, “Has the White House press office’s silence become a weapon in its war on the media?”  Oh Nooo’s!  They won’t talk to me.

An eye-opening sentence has appeared in several important news stories about the Trump administration in recent days: The White House did not respond to requests for comment.

Not “the White House declined to comment” or “We’ll get right back to you.” But no response at all when reporters have asked for the White House’s take on developments.

So here’s what I tell ’em. Suck it up Buttercup because I, too, know how it feels to be ignored. I send email after email to the Washington Post asking them for comment on why their Donald Trump coverage is so tainted with liberal bias, and whether it is John Podesta or Robby Mook that is providing them their talking points, but all I hear from them is ‘crickets’.

I’ve also asked them to confirm that Kate Walsh is their insider leaker source. And still more crickets. Why?

John McCain – Maverick Press Stooge

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John McCain has been overseas actively criticizing President Donald Trump’s statements regarding the ‘Fake News’ press and it’s attack of his administration.  Let’s remind maverick press stooge McCain what the press did to his presidential campaign and his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin.  Google screen capture.

 

So John, I’d recommend that you shut your ‘effing pie hole and become part of the solution rather than trying to get on TV as the ‘Maverick 2.0’ darling of the “really Fake News” media .  Just sayin’….

‘Real’ News about CNN’s ‘Allegedly Real’ Fake News

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From Dan Abrams’ Law Newz we hear some ‘real’ news about CNN’s troubles with allegedly real ‘Fake News’.  It sounds complicated, but it’s ‘really‘ not.

Those who accuse CNN and other mainstream media outlets of “fake news” will probably revel in a recent decision by a federal judge in Atlanta, Georgia. While Judge Orinda Evans didn’t all out declare that CNN was peddling in falsehoods, she did take aim at the network in an initial judgment in favor of a former hospital CEO who sued CNN accusing them of purposely skewing statistics to reflect poorly on a West Palm Beach hospital. Judge Evans didn’t mince words in her 18-page order allowing the case to move forward, and dismissing CNN’s attempt to get it thrown out of court.

FakeNews – Will the @realDonaldTrump Now Do SNL?

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That is a question.  Since the @realAlecBaldwin is filling in as the @fakeDonaldTrump in this @FakeNews newspaper story about the @realDonaldTrump, I’m not sure whether to turn the page, change the channel or start following the @realDonaldTrump twitter feed.

Oval Office Cold Open – Alex Baldwin, Saturday Night Live

Snowpocalypse 2017 – Travel and Swimming Forecast

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From AccuWeather,

The storm will affect heavily traveled stretches of Interstate 68, I-70, I-76, I-78, I-80, I-81, I-83, I-84, I-87, I-90 and I-95.

For you swimmers, expect frozen hair and frost accumulations of up to 3/4 of an inch.

Major travel delays and disruptions to daily activities are likely from accumulations ranging from a slushy coating to as much as 12 inches. The snow could fall at the rate of 2 inches per hour. Thunder and lightning can accompany the snow in some locations. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, had thundersnow early Thursday morning.

**Possible FakeNewsAlert – Do not make your swimming plans based on what you read here.