Good session guys. I happen to have a friend who is a cousin to the rancher in AZ --that was charged with murder. What a harrowing event, and there is a lack of facts and transparency in this story--so that it could be used politically. The media, as it is now, cannot be trusted to be fair and truthful.
I wish for you a greater audience! Keep up the good work.
Frankly, Mr Bray lost me at "As a descendant of old New Yorkers, I love listening to him talk that way; “they're eating the pets of the people who live there.” I want professional, thoughtful and intelligent leaders, not a clown. I did listen to the rest and while I sympathize with the discussion, Fox was left out of the discussion. Fox being the worst of the group in misinformation even with the others relying on Govt to tell the truth.
We did talk about Fox. From the transcript, this is the lead-in to the discussion:
Fox really pioneered this. They took a decidedly different view and they did it to run up audience. They picked their audience. They fed the audience what the audience wanted. They fed it all the time. They're still up to that. I told people never watch Fox after 7pm. I don't even know where you start now,
Not in the transcript I have - no mention of Fox. Perhaps I didn't receive the leadup. I realize this was about main stream media, but nothing about J6, Classified Docs, or a complete lack of evidence for a stolen election - remember the months of forensic examination in AZ and some in Georgia showed the rules were followed. Mr Bray is way too selective.
Thank you for writing. Your opinion is valuable and important. We strive to welcome all polite commentary to our fiercely nonpartisan program. There is only one transcript.
I think you are helping this week’s guest, Chris Bray, make his point. It isn’t right versus left or D vs R. It is about a government and corporate media onslought against all of us.
By way of example, the IG testified and confirmed FBI human assets in the January 6th protestors. How many? Doing what? Still classified but so many they had to bring them in from outside DC. One had to watch the testimony on C-SPAN, as I did, to learn this.
Where is the press corps mildly curious about the bombs outside the RNC and DNC on January 6th? Who put up the tiny mock gallows?
Far more damning to Donald Trump’s conduct and much more damaging to his political prospects would be straight up reporting on observable facts all can see,e.g., 187 minutes of doing nothing, broadcasting that “Mike Pence needs to do the right thing” (violate his oath). The slick Hollywood thing was just to enrage the left and make thinking people wonder why those who manufactured it thought it necessary.
For the documents case, I am waiting to learn the content and have a fact set that could help anyone conclude that there is something beyond a garden variety Presidential Records Act case. Again the “reporting” is a narrative not the relay of observable facts.
If you have ideas for guests on The Common Bridge, perhaps an author or podcaster you like, we are always looking for diversity of thought and opinion.
I may be making a case against the slick media narrative but I also add that this narrative about the DOJ persecution is beyond the pale. We as citizens should have already had the factual legal information through the trials against former president Trump on both the J6 and Docs case in order to make an informed decision for this election (actually the primaries). SCOTUS took their time on the monumental question of criminal immunity and really left it wide open to interpretation. Regarding the Docs case, I worked for a major defense contractor and often consulted on classified document violations so I'm particularly outraged this was thrown out based on an technicality by a likely partisan judge. Even if it's a simple violation of the presidential records act is something that should've been quickly dealt with - I point to how CIA director Petraeus was dealt with as an example.
Thank you for that perspective. Your first hand experience and willingness to share it in such a nice way is much more indicative of how we as Americans actually are.
I share your zeal in having a full set of facts in front of the courts and the public. I wrote/posted/spoke many times in January 2021 and since that the president must be accountable to the law and punished if convicted.
Regrets the nonsense cases in New York and the prosecutor behavior in Georgia has muddied the waters and calls other cases into question. Also very I was and am very public with my view that all the hoaxes beginning in 2016 would serve to diminish the public’s attention and belief if real crimes were committed. But here we are.
Great conversation!
Good session guys. I happen to have a friend who is a cousin to the rancher in AZ --that was charged with murder. What a harrowing event, and there is a lack of facts and transparency in this story--so that it could be used politically. The media, as it is now, cannot be trusted to be fair and truthful.
I wish for you a greater audience! Keep up the good work.
Thank you Susan. The case in New York with Daniel Penney is another that is being twisted.
Frankly, Mr Bray lost me at "As a descendant of old New Yorkers, I love listening to him talk that way; “they're eating the pets of the people who live there.” I want professional, thoughtful and intelligent leaders, not a clown. I did listen to the rest and while I sympathize with the discussion, Fox was left out of the discussion. Fox being the worst of the group in misinformation even with the others relying on Govt to tell the truth.
Thanks for listening and commenting.
We did talk about Fox. From the transcript, this is the lead-in to the discussion:
Fox really pioneered this. They took a decidedly different view and they did it to run up audience. They picked their audience. They fed the audience what the audience wanted. They fed it all the time. They're still up to that. I told people never watch Fox after 7pm. I don't even know where you start now,
Not in the transcript I have - no mention of Fox. Perhaps I didn't receive the leadup. I realize this was about main stream media, but nothing about J6, Classified Docs, or a complete lack of evidence for a stolen election - remember the months of forensic examination in AZ and some in Georgia showed the rules were followed. Mr Bray is way too selective.
Thank you for writing. Your opinion is valuable and important. We strive to welcome all polite commentary to our fiercely nonpartisan program. There is only one transcript.
I think you are helping this week’s guest, Chris Bray, make his point. It isn’t right versus left or D vs R. It is about a government and corporate media onslought against all of us.
By way of example, the IG testified and confirmed FBI human assets in the January 6th protestors. How many? Doing what? Still classified but so many they had to bring them in from outside DC. One had to watch the testimony on C-SPAN, as I did, to learn this.
Where is the press corps mildly curious about the bombs outside the RNC and DNC on January 6th? Who put up the tiny mock gallows?
Far more damning to Donald Trump’s conduct and much more damaging to his political prospects would be straight up reporting on observable facts all can see,e.g., 187 minutes of doing nothing, broadcasting that “Mike Pence needs to do the right thing” (violate his oath). The slick Hollywood thing was just to enrage the left and make thinking people wonder why those who manufactured it thought it necessary.
For the documents case, I am waiting to learn the content and have a fact set that could help anyone conclude that there is something beyond a garden variety Presidential Records Act case. Again the “reporting” is a narrative not the relay of observable facts.
If you have ideas for guests on The Common Bridge, perhaps an author or podcaster you like, we are always looking for diversity of thought and opinion.
Thank you again for commenting.
I may be making a case against the slick media narrative but I also add that this narrative about the DOJ persecution is beyond the pale. We as citizens should have already had the factual legal information through the trials against former president Trump on both the J6 and Docs case in order to make an informed decision for this election (actually the primaries). SCOTUS took their time on the monumental question of criminal immunity and really left it wide open to interpretation. Regarding the Docs case, I worked for a major defense contractor and often consulted on classified document violations so I'm particularly outraged this was thrown out based on an technicality by a likely partisan judge. Even if it's a simple violation of the presidential records act is something that should've been quickly dealt with - I point to how CIA director Petraeus was dealt with as an example.
Thank you for that perspective. Your first hand experience and willingness to share it in such a nice way is much more indicative of how we as Americans actually are.
I share your zeal in having a full set of facts in front of the courts and the public. I wrote/posted/spoke many times in January 2021 and since that the president must be accountable to the law and punished if convicted.
Regrets the nonsense cases in New York and the prosecutor behavior in Georgia has muddied the waters and calls other cases into question. Also very I was and am very public with my view that all the hoaxes beginning in 2016 would serve to diminish the public’s attention and belief if real crimes were committed. But here we are.
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