Maybe they should just stop covering him at all. And maybe other papers should do the same to protest media manipulation.
(Yeah, I know, not gonna happen. But a guy can dream, canāt he?)
Looks like Brave Sir Burr has turned into something that his hero Donald Trump likes to grab fairly often.
Mainstream media has forgotten that Freedom of the Press was written so that the press would be a watchdog against government corruption. These days, even reputable news outlets like CNN devote more screen time to nonsensical topics, like whether or not Emma Watson was wearing underwear when she spoke at the UN than they do to how many billions of tax dollars are ending up in CEO bank accounts.
If I was running for office ā hell, even though Iām not ā a reporter could ask me anything about policy, my campaign, my past, my behavior, or whatever that he/she wanted to ask, expect me to stand there and give a rational complete answer, hold me to it in follow-up, and nail me to a wall (figuratively speaking) when (not if) I do something stupid.
Hey, Richard, if you canāt stand the heatā¦
Yet he was quick to make sure the N&O covered his āapologyā for his Clinton bullseye comment.
āThe comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it,ā Burr said in a written statement provided to The News & Observer.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article111691277.html#storylink=cpy
So basically heās calling them lĆ¼genpresse.
The Trumpization of Republican campaigns continues apace.
So, North Carolinians, are you really going to re-elect this waste of O2 to the Senate?
Facts are such inconvenient things to GOP office seekers.
He went on to say: However, you know you canāt fix stupid
sounds like a demand from a five year oldā¦
Iām gonna hold my breath and turn blue unless you say nice things about meā¦
Thatās political/operative incompetence and strategically insane. Gives me hope he might go down to defeat!
If Alexander Hamilton hadnāt thrown away his shot, we wouldnāt have Aaron Burrās descendent in the Senate.
Imagine how the presidential race might be right now if the fawning media hadnāt covered Trump like a blanket.
I dunno. Look how much extra time Farenholdt has had since the WaPo was kicked off the HOTOG bus. Is a week enough time to look into more Burr mischief?
Maybe they should just stop covering him at all.
Or maybe they should just reprint AP coverage of Burr a day late.
But what an infantile move on Burrās part. Wants to shoot Hillary, but canāt take some negative press.
Wimp.
ā¦and here we thought Sharron Angleās petulant rant of āWe wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reportedā¦ā was just something a whack job would sayā¦it turns out itās a Republican party āthingā.
āSo, North Carolinians, are you really going to re-elect this waste of O2 to the Senate?ā
It aināt easy; Burr, Tillis, McCrory and a stacked Republican legislature desperate to keep things the same as us Northerners move in and beep our horns and speak our minds - whether they want our opinions or not.
Burr has been entrusted with providing the NSA, CIA and FBI with the tools of making a Total Surveillance state, so his capricious behavior doesnāt instill confidence. Imagine even the notion of using the power of the stateās machinery to achieve some partisan objective.
What a coward.
Maybe if somebodyād covered him with a blanket we wouldnāt be in this mess.