Sunday, December 10, 2017

Crowds

Recent polls show that the press approval ratings are in the low 30’s and one of the reasons is mistakes like the recent photo by Washington Post reporter David Weigel. He showed the Trump rally in Pensacola two hours before the program started and published that saying the crowd was sparse. In fact when the show started the place was full with thousands outside who could not get. Weigel said he used an image from the Internet without checking its validity. I accept his explanation but it shows ignorance of the politics of the Pensacola area. This is Trump country and I believe this reporter knew that and the photo should have made him suspicious. This sort of thing erodes the credibility of all the press.

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