Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Matthew Gertz Profile picture
@MattGertz
Sep 24, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
The New York Times ran its story on Trump refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power on page A15, Washington Post on A4. Can't tell if or where they ran stories but it isn't on the Newseum's front pages for Wall Street Journal, LA Times, USA Today, or Chicago Tribune.
The Times prioritized room on the front for “Trump buoyed in the suburbs of Milwaukee.”
It's the second story after Louisville on NBC's Today, with Peter Alexander saying Trump "is taking a position that is not just unprecedented but, critics warn, it is dangerous, refusing to endorse one of the most basic tenets of American democracy."
Similar placement for segment on ABC's Good Morning America, with George Stephanopoulos warning that Trump is "defying democracy."
CBS This Morning's coverage was much briefer and more perfunctory.
Lots of coverage on CNN and MSNBC; a near-total blackout on Fox News, and totally ignored on the popular primetime/Fox & Friends shows.
Wall Street Journal story also ran on A4. It looks like Chicago Tribune and USA Today didn't run print stories at all.
Yesterday I wrote about how Trump exploits the media vulnerability of the finite news hole.

This isn't that. NYT A1 includes "Trump buoyed in the suburbs of Milwaukee,” WaPo has "Trump seeks health care 'wins.'"
LA Times put "Opposing styles in debate preparation" on A1 and "Trump won't commit to exit; Assertion that there 'won't be a transfer' of power alarms experts" on A6.
After I started tweeting about this, the New York Times moved the story to the top of its website.
I wrote about this:
mediamatters.org/donald-trump/m…
This is better.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Matthew Gertz

Matthew Gertz Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @MattGertz

Matthew Gertz Profile picture
Oct 9
Stephen Miller, who has described the Democratic Party as a "domestic extremist organization," is a key figure in the White House push to investigate progressive groups, with targets including ActBlue and George Soros' network, per a new Reuters investigation. Image
Image
"'The goal is to destabilize Soros’ network,' a third White House official said." reuters.com/legal/governme…
A tell here is that Trump keeps complaining about the "very expensive" signs at protests, calling the protesters "paid anarchists," and threatening to come after the funders. No distinction drawn between protected speech and violence, just targeting opposition.
Read 7 tweets
Matthew Gertz Profile picture
Aug 4
A bunch of Fox live-tweets over the weekend, with the president repeatedly praising people giving his line on his television. 🧵
Saturday
Left, Fox, 7:35 a.m.
Right, Trump, 7:56 a.m. Image
Image
Left, Fox, 4:34 p.m.
Right, Trump, 4:51 p.m. Image
Image
Read 6 tweets
Matthew Gertz Profile picture
Jul 11
Crashing out and telling people it's because you're mad about the handling of the Epstein files sounds like a great way to stop doing hard work and get back to making tons of money podcasting... Image
Grain of salt but if the deputy director of the FBI resigns and says it's because the attorney general is directing a cover-up you kinda need to have congressional hearings at that point...
Bad state of affairs that the deputy attorney general had to come out and deny Laura Loomer's claims within the hour of her making them...
Read 9 tweets
Matthew Gertz Profile picture
Jun 18
1. A Fox host told Trump over lunch two weeks ago that Iran was days from a nuke, which he apparently believed over the denials of the former Fox contributor he made director of national intelligence.
2. Then Trump woke up on Friday and saw wall-to-wall positive coverage of Israeli strikes on Iran, and decided he wanted some credit.
3. Now the former Fox host Trump named Secretary of Defense has the U.S. military marshaling forces in the region while a different former Fox host has been in a scorched-earth fight with the first Fox host to capture Trump's attention and stop it.
Read 4 tweets
Matthew Gertz Profile picture
Jun 10
1. I'm going to thread out the very odd sequence of events that led Fox News anchor John Robert, theoretically a "straight news" guy, to pretend the early hours of June 7 actually happened a day ago in order to avoid pointing out that Donald Trump was wrong about something.
2. A few hours ago at the White House, Trump was asked when he last spoke to CA Gov. Gavin Newsom. Trump replied that they had spoked "a day ago."
3. In response, Newsom denied the call had taken place.
Read 12 tweets
Matthew Gertz Profile picture
May 8
Pirro is the 23rd former Fox employee Trump has named to his administration.

She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."

Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
Pirro stands out, even among the long list of shills and propagandists Fox employs, as a diehard Trump sycophant. In 2018, my late colleague Simon Maloy wrote that her "advocacy for the president is so aggressive that it often borders on insane -- some of her commentary would be at home in an authoritarian state media apparatus." mediamatters.org/jeanine-pirro/…
Just a deranged level of demagoguery:
Read 12 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(