June 14, 2016 · 0:00
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How’s THIS for an Idea?

You may not have heard the news that has the media all a flutter this morning.  Donald Trump yesterday banned all reporters from the Washington Post from admission to, and therefore coverage of, all of his events.

How about if all media — newspapers, TV, online — voluntarily stop covering all of his events.

Everyone.  Just. Stop. Mentioning. Him.

Because then there would be a meltdown that we could all enjoy.

And the country would survive.

You’re welcome.

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53 responses to “How’s THIS for an Idea?”

  1. valentinelogar
    June 22, 2016 at 0:00

    He is such an ignoranus. Truly, he is ignorant and an asshole, all at once.

    Like so many others, I wish there were a complete media blackout on this fool. But there won’t be, not so long as he brings in the ratings. Woe unto all of us. Worse? There are many out there who will vote for him, they won’t admit it, not now, but they will vote for him.

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  2. The Cutter
    June 17, 2016 at 0:00

    Ratings talk though

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  3. Lorna's Voice
    June 15, 2016 at 0:00

    Yup, the best way to make sure the first season of a bad TV show doesn’t get a chance for a return to the next season is for low ratings. Well, his approval ratings are in the crapper, but lots of people love to watch a stinker be stinky (do see how I’m keeping my language clean even though I’m talking dirty?). So no media coverage would be his Kryptonite, right? Only he’s not Superman, he’s Stinkerman.

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  4. Scott
    June 15, 2016 at 0:00

    I keep thinking the hate train will run out of steam at some point, but it keeps chugging powerfully along.

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  5. lisakunk
    June 15, 2016 at 0:00

    Brilliant idea. Glad you shared it.

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    • Elyse
      June 15, 2016 at 0:00

      Thanks Lisa. Sadly, nobody is listening. He’s all over the news again tonight. 😬

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      • lisakunk
        June 15, 2016 at 0:00

        I hope you have a strong stomach. He can be sickening in a short amount of time. All I can do is shake my head in amazement at all his followers. Oh, I should change the subject or we’ll have nightmares. Last word. I love it when he gets into it with reporters. If he makes them all hate him, surely his coverage will start showing the worst or not at all. Goodnight.

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        • Elyse
          June 15, 2016 at 0:00

          My stomach is quite strong. It’s the rest of my GI tract that isn’t 💩

          The press has been such a disappointment. If he weren’t who he is, I’d be rooting for him. But he is who he is. Sigh.

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  8. Exile on Pain Street
    June 15, 2016 at 0:00

    It’s not boring. You can say that much.

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  9. Dina Honour
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    The narcissism really is staggering.

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  10. Just Joan
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    The best answer to people like Trump is not hate, but indifference. Because it takes away they one thing he craves–attention! You are onto something, Elyse, and I wish all the media would follow suit. They CAN ignore things… heck, I’ve seen them do it to Bernie Sanders a million times. I have no idea what Trump’s supporters see in him, nothing but a bigoted bully hiding behind a big bank account. There is none so blind as he who will not see. 🙂

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    • Elyse
      June 14, 2016 at 0:00

      Maybe the key to what folks see in DT is that they’re being asked to be on the side of the bully rather than the brunt of the bully. That’s the only thing I have been able to guess at.

      That and they’re now allowed to hate openly. Yeah. That’s probably it.

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  11. Paul
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    If there are any aliens watching this – it would be a good time for you to beam Trump up and take him to another galaxy for study. It’s OK, we won’t complain to the Time Lords. Honest!

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  12. Jim Wheeler
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984

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    • Elyse
      June 14, 2016 at 0:00

      Trump is certainly a corrupting influence. How the hell did we get here, Jim?

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      • Jim Wheeler
        June 14, 2016 at 0:00

        Indeed, Elyse, who would have thought a modern demagogue could flourish with nothing more than juvenile taunts, boasts, innuendo and incomplete sentences? Certainly not I. But it is happening. It is enabled by confirmation bias and based on the ugly side of human nature. I see this as a serious test of whether a free and tolerant society can actually persist.

        I wonder if Orwell’s 1984 is still being taught in the literature courses?

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        • Elyse
          June 14, 2016 at 0:00

          I doubt it.

          In 2004, my route home passed the entrance to the Key Bridge to DC from Rosslyn, VA. There was a sign post there that was always covered in graffitti. One day shortly before the 2004 election, I noticed somebody had painted “Read Orwell” on it. A few days later, a republican, no doubt had changed it to “Read well.” That summed up for me the level of discourse. And it was 12 years ago!

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  13. zorbear
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    I like the way you think. Are you sure you’re not a bear?
    😕

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  14. Life With The Top Down
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    How about we just ban him from the e’fing planet? I’m just begging to be abducted at this point.

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  15. Kate Crimmins
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    What happened to freedom of speech? Here’s the thing. Why doesn’t everyone see how scary this is? I know…speaking to the choir and all that.

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  16. Tippy Gnu
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    This tempts me to subscribe to the Washington Post, even though I live a continent away.

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    • Elyse
      June 14, 2016 at 0:00

      Funny that you should say that. We missed the Post when we were overseas something fierce. But it became very right wing during the Bush years so we cancelled it. I recently got an online subscription because I was tired of not knowing what is happening in town. Obviously I knew they were shaping up!

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  17. El Guapo
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    Nice, but it’ll never happen.
    The orange haired ogre is good ratings.

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  18. Holly
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    Works for me. Can I vote for you instead?

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  20. List of X
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    It’s not going to work, unfortunately, because only the media that is critical of him would be silent, and the media that loves him isn’t going to shut up. Can you imagine that – every article and every news report mentioning Trump is a glowing and supportive story? Because that’s exactly what Donald Trump wants! 🙂

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  21. merrildsmith
    June 14, 2016 at 0:00

    I love everything about this post! 🙂
    If we could only make him go away!

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Play nice, please.