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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewsom not backing down! Fact checking trump's lies!
From his twitter just now: "There was no call. Not even a voicemail. Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn't even know who he's talking to."
I assume this is a response to trump's "presser" this morning in which he held forth to a compliant media with abandon. Glad that Newsom is telling what really happened, although the media will not give his statement the attention it deserves.

spanone
(139,225 posts)senseandsensibility
(22,421 posts)They are failing miserably.
spanone
(139,225 posts)Wednesdays
(20,537 posts)They are doing exactly what they are paid to do.
ananda
(32,061 posts)they are succeeding wildly!
Cirsium
(2,628 posts)Their job is to maximize return on investment to the shareholders.
https://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/021815/worlds-top-ten-news-companies-nws-gci-trco-nyt.aspx
Mr.Bee
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GP6971
(35,175 posts)senseandsensibility
(22,421 posts)Maybe I don't want to know.
GP6971
(35,175 posts)republianmushroom
(20,175 posts)What a crock of shit.
America land of the free (?)
flamingdem
(40,483 posts)that the MSM seems to feel obliged to reflect that.
Oh! Bad people! Blah blah blah.
senseandsensibility
(22,421 posts)watching the east coast media's interpretation of events is painful. They don't understand the culture here and there is not enough on the ground reporting and input from local people.
Wednesdays
(20,537 posts)(At least the East Coast between Maine and D.C.)
It's the flyover areas that need to be educated.
Iamscrewed
(393 posts)Honest free press is hard to find these days.
MorbidButterflyTat
(3,107 posts)Reporter: When is last time you spoke with Governor Newsom?
Fugly Felon: A day ago. Called him up to tell him, got to do a better job, he's doing a bad job. Causing a lot of death and potential death
He is a pathological LIAR.
senseandsensibility
(22,421 posts)Important context. Infuriating that he is not being called out on his lying.
MorbidButterflyTat
(3,107 posts)
Dulcinea
(8,513 posts)Calling Scott Pelley!
senseandsensibility
(22,421 posts)He needs to be on every show now. He has stated that trump's version of events is a lie. He needs to be everywhere getting this out there. I really hope the fact that he's not is not because cable news are not willing to have him on. They certainly are willing to run anything trump says with no pushback live.
BadgerMom
(3,227 posts)Im in LA County right now. I turned on local news yesterday. My husband was searching futilely for the Dodger game. KTLA came on. They were showing a fire from Saturday on a loop while the talking head pontificated, spewing misinformation. I havent been so pissed at the local LA news since they allowed Rick Caruso, opponent of Karen Bass in the last mayoral election, to get free airtime to bash her during the fires in a warm up for the next election! Yelled at the TV then. Yelled at it yesterday.
It really seems the medias sprint from the truth has gotten faster recently. We desperately need some truth tellers who arent corporate whores.
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senseandsensibility
(22,421 posts)I am glad Newsom is telling the truth about what is happening to as wide an audience as possible. Aren't you?
NBachers
(18,568 posts)be lost on a small number of our DU family.
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SleeplessinSoCal
(10,096 posts)Promising not to send in troops. It's backwards. The power lies with the state. He's usurped it. It's as disgusting and dangerous to our system as any action via executive action or tweet.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/us-news/trump-promised-not-to-send-in-military-to-tamp-down-on-nyc-protests-if-nypd-keeps-demonstrators-in-line/
BoRaGard
(5,691 posts)miserable Brown Nosers