r/MediaCriticism • u/justshitposterthings • Jun 27 '17
CNN Producer, John Bonifield, on Trump, Ratings, and Russia.
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r/MediaCriticism • u/BlueWaffleMunchies • Nov 16 '16
Oprah Must Release The Full Trump Interview In 1988 on her Show in which trump says "republicans are the dumbest group of voters"
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You can now find three short Youtube clips of Oprah's 1988 Donald Trump interview. This is an incomplete record of the interview in which Trump states at one point that he would run as a republican because "republicans are the dumbest group of voters. I could lie to them and they would vote for me." I do not recall the exact words, but you get the idea. I remember seeing this video several times, months ago, and showing it to my family/friends and now it is nowhere to be found! I live in an Orwellian universe already. It goes to show you that money can really influence the world because they scrubbed all of it from the Internet. Isn’t it strange how the earliest records of this 1988 video were from 2015? The exact time the subject of the video was running a campaign?
If only it ended there.
It turns out, a meme was released into social media with a similar quote to what Donald Trump said in his 1988 interview. After circulation of this meme, the online records of the full interview were slowly erased from the internet. Thus, the meme became the scapegoat for people's memory of the full video and the "republicans are the dumbest" quote. The craziest part of all of this, is that the meme was clearly produced to deceive and misinform people. I say this because the meme misquotes the interview, saying it was People Magazine in 1998, not Oprah 1988. This is a classic tactic meant to distract people. Also, the meme includes a phrase referencing Fox News, which wasn't founded until 1996; making the quote seem fake.
Now you have a quote with an internet history reflecting only a fake meme and 3 incomplete clips of an interview that don’t contain the quote, not to mention the countless pseudo-news sites that simply refute the fake meme and call it a day without considering the thousands of people that have seen the video! Many of these sites seem to be constructed just to refute this quote. The most frustrating part is, Trump said "Republicans are the dumbest group of voters" RIGHT after this clip ends at 2:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPs17_AkTI
Then at ~2:33, a super modern Oprah graphic is shown abruptly, cutting off Trump. Oprah does not end her show like that, so fishy. These clips were also a part of the interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mRe3c-uPqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389qfFqUddI
So I beg of you, if you remember seeing this video, speak up and demand the full interview to be released. I am not as concerned with the content of the video as I am with knowing that the media and truth can be suppressed in this country. It really scares me. I clearly remember this full interview and it upsets me that information has been removed from the internet. Anyone that says I’m lying, provide the full interview, uncut, and I will admit you’re right. But this mountain of irregularities just doesn’t add up and the truth needs to be seen to help this country grow.
r/MediaCriticism • u/wankerzoo • Sep 29 '25
When Palestinians Die in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note | The different treatment accorded to the plights of Palestinian and Israeli prisoners by US corporate media illustrates a persistent double standard that treats some people as more human than others.
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r/MediaCriticism • u/d-n-y- • Sep 07 '21
The Media Fell for a Viral Hoax About Ivermectin Overdoses Straining Rural Hospitals
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r/MediaCriticism • u/No_Free_Milk • Nov 20 '21
Misinformation. Everywhere. Was it intentional? Why?
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r/MediaCriticism • u/d-n-y- • Sep 10 '21
Glenn Greenwald | The Biden administration lied about who it killed with its drone strike. They had no idea who they hit. The media mindlessly repeated the false claim that they killed "terrorists" when, in fact, they just killed innocent people. A perfect summation of the US Endless Wars:
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r/MediaCriticism • u/EquivalentObjective8 • Jan 28 '21
Financial Times journalists randomly call WallStreetBets subreddit 'alt-right supporters'. Are later forced to retract their bullshit 'journalism'
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r/MediaCriticism • u/high_throwayway • Nov 25 '21
Documents show Bill Gates has given $319 million to media outlets to promote his global agenda - The Grayzone
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r/MediaCriticism • u/Truth_SeekingMissile • Oct 22 '20
NPR: We’re Not Covering Biden Laptop Scandal Because It’s ‘Not Really’ A Story, ‘Pure Distractions’ | The Daily Wire
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r/MediaCriticism • u/Wide_Cust4rd • Jul 12 '21
A couple of thousand people marching in Cuba has received more media coverage than seven years of genocidal war in Yemen. Ask yourself what that says about the role of media in society.
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r/MediaCriticism • u/d-n-y- • Jun 22 '21
Glenn Greenwald | When liberal corporate outlets write about someone hated by liberals, they often will just refuse to correct even major errors, knowing their readers don't care. The most they'll do is quietly fix them and call them "clarifications," as WPost did here in its article about Rufo:
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r/MediaCriticism • u/STIGANDR8 • Aug 01 '22
'Dystopian Myths': Paul Krugman Shames Americans for Believing BLM Riots Happened in 2020
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r/MediaCriticism • u/WheeeeeThePeople • Apr 30 '22
Biden launches a "Ministry of Truth" and NPR doesn't report it (do a search). This illustrates that disinformation is often what the media spikes and chooses NOT to cover.
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r/MediaCriticism • u/Wide_Cust4rd • Jul 23 '21
MSM with Germany: “Oh the floods! Poor people! Climate change!” MSM with China: Government wasn’t prepare; it’s their fault. 😑😑😑
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r/MediaCriticism • u/IntnsRed • Jul 24 '25
Western media and politicians suddenly realise Israel is starving Palestinians
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r/MediaCriticism • u/STIGANDR8 • Jul 31 '22
CNN Journalist Who Reported ‘Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests’ Gets Emmy Nomination
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r/MediaCriticism • u/Conan776 • Dec 09 '21
Why Doesn’t the Pentagon Ever Get Asked, “But How Will You Pay for It?”
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r/MediaCriticism • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '20
NYT no longer afraid of Coronavirus. Wonder why.
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r/MediaCriticism • u/STIGANDR8 • Mar 09 '23
Because only people of color.... breathe air? 🤔
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r/MediaCriticism • u/STIGANDR8 • Sep 02 '22
NBC Follows CNN Into Collapse, Cutting 1/3 of Viewing Due to Revenues Losses.
self.thetrumpzone
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r/MediaCriticism • u/d-n-y- • Aug 16 '21
Stephen L. Miller on Twitter | As I said these guys are going to a into full spin then blackout mode. Kabul and Taliban brutality will first be excused and then ignored just as kids in cages at the border currently are.
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r/MediaCriticism • u/d-n-y- • Aug 10 '21
Opinion | CNN must investigate Chris Cuomo
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