Rauner sticks up for… the media?
Monday, Oct 15, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt’s induction ceremony into the Illinois Senior Hall of Fame on Friday…
And speaking of her experiences during March Madness, she said she was once told she had more reporters in the room than Tom Brady.
“So I guess that’s a real compliment,” she said. “And you know, I always say to the press — don’t let anybody put you down. You know you have special work to do. So just keep doing it. It’s very important.”
“That’s true,” Rauner interjected.
That’s true? Coulda fooled me.
* Just a tiny sampling of the governor’s whining about media coverage…
* June 27, 2016: “Crains is supposed to be a business publication but they’re a little bit more collectivist than your standard business publication.”
* December 15, 2017: “It’s such spin baloney… What’s frustrating to me and many people around the state is how biased a lot of the media is around Chicago, around the state. Biased for the status quo. Biased for, you know, against the changes that we’re recommending. The bias is, is hard to overcome.”
* December 20, 2017: Rauner accused WBEZ, the public radio station, of dropping its monthly “Ask the Governor” feature, in which he took questions from callers, because WBEZ is “really more of a Democrat station.”
* May 11, 2018: “Don’t get me started on the bias in the media.”
* August 17, 2018: “You know [laughs] one of my biggest frustrations is there’s a lot of left-leaning press, especially up around Chicago, and they’re plenty biased.”
- wordslinger - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 12:22 pm:
Dude’s looking for a friend, somewhere. Maybe he shouldn’t have been such an arrogant bully-boy. Obviously, he doesn’t scare anyone, anymore.
Be nice to the people on your way up, because you’ll meet them again on your way down.
- illini - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 12:24 pm:
Just so we do not forget - Rauner also has his own chain of independent weekly papers that constantly tout his exceptionalism and the same for his hand picked local candidates.
And the Illinois News Network as well. Far too many established papers are picking up their “reporting”.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 12:25 pm:
In private life, Bruce and Diana Rauner could…
1) Say what they think to like-minded folks.
2) Say utter baloney to people they don’t agree with, but “agree” with them for a means to an end.
3) In large part, keeping “1” and “2” separate as not to ruin the phony was 100% easier.
The key, in this instance, is that Bruce and Diana Rauner want their brand(s) untarnished, so not getting the media to repeat, like brainless parrots, the “Bruce and Diana” narrative, they don’t understand why the media doesn’t work for them.
All I hear now… started with Vinicky… “Focus”
See… Bruce and Diana need the brand(s) and messaging on what they want, and not getting voters or people to buy the baloney is the media fault.
Remember, the Superstars were removed, and the BTIA(tm) was brought in for messaging.
That’s selling the ridiculous Raunerite policies, and Raunerism overall, better.
Not making better or more palatable policies. Nope.
Selling the brand better.
Rauner can’t stand that the media won’t sell the way he wants, or how he wants.
When I focus, that’s what I see from Bruce’s remarks.
- Lucky Pierre - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 12:29 pm:
The media does enjoy some special status where they are immune to criticism Sister.
Media Seen as Key to Democracy But Not Supporting It Well
“These findings align with the downward trend in Americans’ trust in the media over the past few decades mostly because of increasing perceptions of bias in news reporting.”
84% say news media “critical” or “very important” to our democracy
28% believe the news media supporting our democracy
Informing citizens, holding leaders accountable seen as top roles
WASHINGTON, D.C — Americans believe the news media play an important role in democracy, particularly in terms of informing the public, yet they do not think the media are fulfilling that role well. Forty-four percent of Americans say the news media are “critical” to democracy, with another 40% saying they are “very important.” At the same time, Americans are nearly twice as likely to say the media support our democracy “very poorly” or “poorly” (43%) as to say they support it “very well” or “well” (28%). Another 27% say the media do an acceptable job in this role.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/225470/media-seen-key-democracy-not-supporting.aspx
- Griffin - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 12:55 pm:
One can simultaneously believe that the press has special, important work to do, and also that they are not doing it well.
- Leigh John-Ella - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 2:08 pm:
Rauner’s so desperate and phony that Sister Jean could have said “I support a progressive income tax” and he would have said “me too Sister Jean”
- Deadbeat Conservative - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 4:37 pm:
=One can simultaneously believe that the press has special, important work to do, and also that they are not doing it well.=
Agreed. With few exceptions, the corporate press has consistently failed to call out Rauner on his nonsense and outright fabrications.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Tuesday, Oct 16, 18 @ 5:40 am:
“Crains is supposed to be a business publication but they’re a little bit more collectivist than your standard business publication.”
That’s what businesses do.
When you work for a company you work towards the company’s goals, not your own.
col·lec·tiv·ist
kəˈlektivəst/Submit
adjective
1.
relating to the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
noun