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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 4 years ago

Do you think the New York Times reporters are creating scandals in order to keep their jobs?

It would seem that with all of the firings and layoffs at the New York Times that a news reporter would come up with the idea that now is the time for him to write something controversial, and may be make himself non-firable and save his job. Hence, you have the nothing-burger scandal about a meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer that resulted in nothing. Likewise, if you had watched Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning, you could see the serious expressions on the faces of the hosts and contributors that something is going to happen. They are much too dour even for their current task of scandalizing a short, low level meeting that resulted in nothing, including no more meetings.

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago
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    There is no doubt that these "news" "journalists" are fabricating stories to try and increase newspaper circulation in a vain attempt to save the NYT from going out of business.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    It's a classic move, and one typical actually typical in government - create a 'crisis' that requires you to exist.

    Since they are firing editors, you can believe more and more fake news will be published!

  • Murzy
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Trump gives the media lots to report about

  • jehen
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    No need to create them. The current administration is a self-sustaining scandal factory.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Do you think surgeons overstate medical problems so they can keep operating?

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    No. I think the Trump cabal is so arrogant and stupid that they never stopped to think about the consequences of their actions.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    People like you really love this expression ''NOTHING BURGER'' don't you ?

    Donald Trump Jr violated the rules by even trying to get the Russians to discredit Hillary Clinton

    during the presidential elections.

    The fact that it resulted in ''nothing'' doesn't make it ''nothing''.

    .. or else any ''attempted'' crime would be OK if it failed.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    I believe they are. I couldn't work like that.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Sounds like you want state run media.

  • Elliot
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Trump Jr. violated federal campaign finance law by having that meeting.

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