# I pit the press coverage post Trump assassination attempt **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 14, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209 "2024-07-14T17:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/81 "2024-07-15T17:55:56Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Melania Trump has issued a press release. It’s interesting for what it does and doesn’t say. For example, nothing about being grateful that her husband is alive. > > [Melania Trump issues first statement after assassination attempt against husband](https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/top-stories/blog/rcna161773) I’m left to wonder what speech she’ll plagiarize when she speaks at the convention. “Friends… MAGAs… Countryman… Lend Me Your Ear…!” ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/82 "2024-07-15T17:59:58Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Ha! Especially if it’s true that trump himself didn’t even have a bandage on in the sighting of him going golfing yesterday. If that is true, it lends a lot of credence to this being ‘false flag’… especially since Crooks was a registered Republican. Was this ‘cover’ for Aileen Cannon? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/83 "2024-07-15T18:13:49Z")
The chances of this being a false flag is zero. Think about it- would you consent to a plan that involves you getting grazed in the ear by a rifle shot? The thing that bugs me about news coverage of a breaking story is that they take 6 hours to give 15 minutes of information over and over and over again. Of course they can’t leave the story so I can’t really roast them for this. Back to Melania, tough that she has to wait for Don’s Colonial Penn policy to pay off. I think this would be a good time to dust off her I Don’t Really Care Do You? trenchcoat. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/84 "2024-07-15T18:19:42Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > The hell is with this your side lost? “My side” is the United States, same as you I presume. Is it possible that the person reading these posts to you is just making crap up just to watch you blow your top? I cannot see any coherent connection between the post you quoted and your response. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/85 "2024-07-15T18:29:15Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The chances of this being a false flag is zero. Think about it- would you consent to a plan that involves you getting grazed in the ear by a rifle shot? I wouldn’t but I could totally see someone deciding that is a risk worth taking for their political programme. On the other there is definitely ZERO chance Donald J Trump would risk death or injury for any reason at all. He wouldn’t risk his hamburger coming late for his political programme, he barely has a political program beyond “I should be dictator and everyone should adore me on pain of death”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/86 "2024-07-15T18:29:25Z")
Not sure what you mean by the person reading these posts to me. I was responding to this: > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Lincoln did not cause the Civil War. The Lost Cause (the Confederacy) caused it. @Max_S The Civil War Ended 156 years ago. Your side lost. Get over it. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/87 "2024-07-15T18:29:25Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The chances of this being a false flag is zero. Think about it- would you consent to a plan that involves you getting grazed in the ear by a rifle shot? _If_ it was a false flag op, there was no way they would include Trump in on it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/88 "2024-07-15T18:30:56Z")
That wasn’t what you quoted. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/89 "2024-07-15T18:31:20Z")
I must have left it out on accident. Same post. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/90 "2024-07-15T18:40:09Z")
I’m starting to think that the quote and photo being discussed here would be an interesting GD on the role of journalism in the public sphere. I’d start it, but I don’t want to misstate some of the arguments being presented here since I haven’t really fully digested them. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/91 "2024-07-15T19:16:16Z")
The role of journalism is to make money for the shareholders. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/92 "2024-07-15T19:25:12Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > I saw people today walking around with gauze in their right ear in solidarity. How many are also wearing adult diapers? [Trump Supporters Wearing Diapers at Rallies](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-photos-purportedly-show-174100807.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZnIuZGUv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIkhIg1ya_uO9cFzwcQ6iBOQpHxiGovgxxBYmSLLV_Lnj7ZfQQyEgr-N1D6KSaSls2ikAC4EppxbaNNnsMV3Hl6EG0yyxDDl27sQuQmZm36-jesHBcAt_5rrtiWZp1-Zsmd4AQ0y4KPpiJcnYq0uzc8LDU77kU3_Ve5oI2oUMsQu) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/93 "2024-07-15T20:28:51Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The chances of this being a false flag is zero. Think about it- would you consent to a plan that involves you getting grazed in the ear by a rifle shot? The only people who could possibly think that this could be a false flag are idiots who know nothing about guns and shooting except for the myths they “know” about them and what they see from Hollywood. Trump is damn lucky to be alive, because one inch either way (missing him entirely or at least grazing his skull and not his ear) are both very probable outcomes at that distance. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/94 "2024-07-15T23:47:25Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Or for lying and telling her he was a good shot when he took her money 😜 Oooooooooooo!!! I am mildly curious to see reactions to the shooter; he was exercising his second amendment rights like a good God-fearing 'Murican, but he was exercising them against the god-king. I’m also ignoring the heck out of social media right now… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/95 "2024-07-16T00:35:46Z")
No idea if this is true, but it’s amusing. [![](https://i.imgur.com/kBD0HRL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kBD0HRL.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/96 "2024-07-16T04:38:50Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > No, it’s like me saying the Archduke Ferdinand’s death was so important it actually caused WWI. Only that’s not like what you actually said, dumbass. You said: > [@Max\_S](#): > > A civil war was definitely started because of Lincoln. Saying WWI was started because of Archduke Franz Ferdinand would be equally stupid and incorrect. Ferdinand didn’t cause it. > [@Max\_S](#): > > And you’re telling me that’s a severe misstatement because open hostilities commenced only some couple weeks later. Be that as it may, and whatever definition of war is, it detracts none from the importance of the event, or the divisiveness of the President. It is a severe misstatement, and you really, really need to brush up on your history of the Civil War era if you think hostilities commenced “only some weeks later”. Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860. Delegates form South Carolina called for secession on November 10th and declared its secession in December. Lincoln hadn’t even been inaugurated yet. The attack on Fort Sumter didn’t happen until April 12, 1861, which is what started the fucking war. The “divisiveness” of Lincoln was largely an invention of the Confederacy. He wasn’t threatening to end slavery either before or after he was elected. He wasn’t threatening to “invade” the South. He didn’t even call for volunteers for an army to put down the rebellion until after the Confederacy started the war by attacking Fort Sumter. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/97 "2024-07-16T05:36:54Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > you really, really need to brush up on your history of the Civil War era if you think hostilities commenced “only some weeks later”. Was referring to WWI some weeks after the Archduke was killed, as I recall. ETA: You know what, > [@Dissonance](#): > > Saying WWI was started because of Archduke Franz Ferdinand would be equally stupid and incorrect. Ferdinand didn’t cause it. > because of Archduke Franz Ferdinand > [@Max\_S](#): > > Archduke Ferdinand’s death The analogy I made was between the divisiveness of Lincoln (I had his election and presidency in mind, specifically) and the importance of Ferdinand’s death, as demonstrated by their being among the primary causes of the civil war and WWI respectively. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/98 "2024-07-16T05:41:53Z")
I think it would be easier if you would try to be wrong at one subject at a time instead of multitasking. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209/99 "2024-07-16T05:54:46Z")
There’s just no satisfying some people. ~Max ---
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> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The chances of this being a false flag is zero. Think about it- would you consent to a plan that involves you getting grazed in the ear by a rifle shot? Not only that, but the body language is totally inconsistent with that of someone who’d be in the know about such a plan. I’m pretty sure someone who is thinking, “Okay, I’m going to have a bullet graze my head any time now” would NOT be able to stand confidently on stage and talk in a relaxed, natural, informal way at all. You’d be involuntarily flinching a dozen times in anticipation, maybe with a clenched jaw almost unable to talk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-press-coverage-post-trump-assassination-attempt/1004209.md?page=6)