[…] Polls shows that journalism is one of the least respected professions in the country, and with Trump calling out media organizations for their bias, widespread slanted reporting is bound to reinforce this point — and to backfire. Trump’s campaign is throwing down the gauntlet to the political class. If journalists are seen as the mouthpiece of that class, they may soon find themselves covering Trump’s inauguration. (link)

Remember the discussions of “optics” and trying to manufacture the perception of support for Hillary Clinton? It’s all a pretense; a fraud; a corporate media ruse.Well, a great example comes today from “The Hill” , an on-line media outlet promoting the speech of candidate Clinton. Notice anything, well,about the picture:It’s a 100% photoshopped image ( link ) assembling multiple rally crowd pictures to give the impression of Hillary Clinton in St. Petersburg.Hillary is holding a rally at the St. Pete Colliseum in down town St. Petersburg . Located at 353 4th Ave North, the Coliseum venue holds approximately 4,000 people. Hillary Clinton didn’t come close to filling it:A couple of hundred people showed up [door count puts the number at 171] within a St. Petersburg venue capable of holding in excess of 4,000 without seating ( link ).But the media,… well, in the land of make believe, they just can’t help but manufacture the optics because the same media are selling an entirely different story with their polling At this point, the action of the media is beyond ridiculous. Some in the media even note their own embarrassing behavior



As if on a very predictable cue, pollster Patrick Murray strolls in to deliver his narrative.

With ABC (Disney) dropping their media poll on Saturday night, and with Monmouth today having joined the collective, the circle of wagons has closed and our prior prediction stands affirmed.

