"YOU'RE LYING" Trump Interviews Show Crisis in American Media

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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After President Donald Trump's felony convictions, TV journalists failed to push back on lies being spread by Republicans. Steve Schmidt speaks about how Americans are misled by the media leading to a crisis in journalism. *** To become a The Warning Premium Member and listen to the show 48 hours early with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/ Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

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0:00.0	That's the problem with the Republican Party is that they are suffused with lies.
0:04.0	I don't know why this network is paying Scott to say those lies.
0:08.0	Whoa, whoa, okay. Let's not go there, please.
0:10.0	Let's not go there.
0:12.0	Scott is our colleague, and we're going to treat him respectfully as such.
0:16.0	This is a perfect encapsulation of the state of American journalism.
0:22.4	The American people don't like it.
0:24.0	They can't stand it.
0:25.1	The formula is old.
0:26.5	It's stale.
0:27.7	And it's collapsing.
0:28.8	But don't underestimate its capacity to misinform and do damage.
0:33.0	Each person has an obligation to understand what is happening around them in the community, in the
0:40.3	state, in their county, in the country. And that includes being able to watch a news program and
0:46.0	figure out who is bullshitting you and who is not. It is June the 3rd, 155 days remain.
0:56.6	Out there on the horizon, there is a fight going on.
0:59.6	It is a battle between the truth and the lie.
1:02.9	And it is very important to understand that a democracy cannot survive when the citizen
1:09.0	cannot distinguish between the two. This weekend, Donald Trump
1:13.5	appeared on Fox and France. It was an absurd spectacle. Over and over and over again, Donald
1:21.4	Trump talked about they. They, they, they and them, the thems and the days, all conspiring together since who knows when
1:32.9	to bring him down. What he said over and over again in the interview is that anybody who
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