Love that there's #noBias here. I'm sure they contrasted the previous presidents praise for Iran against his attacks against the courts and police. Where was that...will report back when I find that unbiased reporting...
@SecondJon Context? When did Obama praise Iran? When did he attack courts and police?
Previous history notwithstanding, I don't see the "bias" in this article. They reported that he condemned this, he praised that, which he did -- in the same conversation.
It irks me that Trump complains that the press are unfairly attacking him just because they point out his daily falsehoods. Setting the record straight is literally their job.
@peterdrake
I think the contrast is the press under the last president VS the press under the current. They're doing different jobs. It's life two different realities. When someone asked Obama a tough question, he berated them, told them it was his house and they could get out, their further attempts to ask questions were drowned out in the media pool, by the media folks present, by rally style chants of "Obama, Obama, Obama". It's a whole different world when the media is in protection and promotion mode vs when they're in their current mode.
It would seem much less biased if they did the same thing with each president, but they don't.
Obama did praise Iran and did criticize the Supreme Court, Trump evidently praised Saudi Arabia and criticized a lower court. Let's just be fair and say both were a problem or neither were. It appears that #noBias means : whatever my guy does is good, whatever the other guy does is bad. I just see that as biased.
@SecondJon You're referring to this incident?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-reporter-press-conference/
That wasn't a reporter. It was a protester (a left-wing protester at that) who interrupted his speech.
Contrast Trump's reaction to protesters:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-incitement-violence/
I'm sure there were times when Obama didn't like a question from the media, or was critical of Fox News's uniquely dishonest approach, but he was relatively respectful even then. Key & Peele's running gag about Obama's anger translator only worked because of his famously calm demeanor.
Trump, on the other hand, has made extreme statements, calling the media in general the "enemy of the American people" and grossly insulting various reporters to their faces (especially, not surprisingly, female reporters of color). The business with revoking Acosta's press pass was unprecedented (and included the White House sharing a doctored video from InfoWars). He constantly dismisses factual stories critical of him as "fake news".
I reject the implication that each President is just one side or the other of the coin and that the left-leaning mainstream media just started sniping at Trump out of nowhere.
@peterdrake
I think Trump is the anti Obama. I think it was Obama who started with the term "Fake News" and Obama did a lot against the minority in the media who did what he disliked.
Your objections to Trump may be right on. I don't see these as new with Trump. It may be a difference in degree, not a difference of kind. Perhaps he's primarily a pendulum swing from Obama.
@SecondJon There were a couple of speeches where Obama (and Hillary) complained about actual, dangerous fake news (like the Pizzagate nonsense), but they qualitatively did not use the term the way Trump has.
I don't think that Obama generally went after "media who did what he disliked". It is a fair criticism to say that he went too far in hunting down leaks in his own administration. (Trump, it seems, would like to be even more ruthless about this, but fortunately lacks the competence.)
To be clear, I'm not saying everything Obama did was okay. I'm saying that Trump has been significantly worse in every aspect.