Please read this
Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?
From sanewashing to false equivalence, many readers have had it with their favorite news publications. Editors would do well to listen.
www.cjr.org
October 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Please read this
I'd've hope TIME would point out that his answers aren't answers at all; they're just mouth music, babbling he hopes the interviewer will accept as appropriate responses.
But I'm looking at the subhead, and it could be describing just about any POTUS except Trump 2.0.
STOP SANEWASHING THE PSYCHO!
But I'm looking at the subhead, and it could be describing just about any POTUS except Trump 2.0.
STOP SANEWASHING THE PSYCHO!
October 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I'd've hope TIME would point out that his answers aren't answers at all; they're just mouth music, babbling he hopes the interviewer will accept as appropriate responses.
But I'm looking at the subhead, and it could be describing just about any POTUS except Trump 2.0.
STOP SANEWASHING THE PSYCHO!
But I'm looking at the subhead, and it could be describing just about any POTUS except Trump 2.0.
STOP SANEWASHING THE PSYCHO!
"while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings"
Pretty good definition of sanewashing. It's been going on for nearly a decade now.
Pretty good definition of sanewashing. It's been going on for nearly a decade now.
October 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
"while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings"
Pretty good definition of sanewashing. It's been going on for nearly a decade now.
Pretty good definition of sanewashing. It's been going on for nearly a decade now.
See also what I wrote for CJR on liberal anger at The Times. It rises unabated. www.cjr.org/analysis/lib...
Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?
From sanewashing to false equivalence, many readers have had it with their favorite news publications. Editors would do well to listen.
www.cjr.org
October 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
See also what I wrote for CJR on liberal anger at The Times. It rises unabated. www.cjr.org/analysis/lib...
Sanewashing genocide by ( fill in blank ) descendants of said victims should be a DSM diagnosis.
October 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Sanewashing genocide by ( fill in blank ) descendants of said victims should be a DSM diagnosis.
Suggestion to the press:
♦️Stop sanewashing him. If you insist on granting him interviews (and there's no reason you should-- his words are completely unrelated to actual policy), just run the unedited transcript. In full. With no editorial comment.
♦️Stop sanewashing him. If you insist on granting him interviews (and there's no reason you should-- his words are completely unrelated to actual policy), just run the unedited transcript. In full. With no editorial comment.
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Suggestion to the press:
♦️Stop sanewashing him. If you insist on granting him interviews (and there's no reason you should-- his words are completely unrelated to actual policy), just run the unedited transcript. In full. With no editorial comment.
♦️Stop sanewashing him. If you insist on granting him interviews (and there's no reason you should-- his words are completely unrelated to actual policy), just run the unedited transcript. In full. With no editorial comment.
You can help improve our legacy media, whose consistent sanewashing of authoritarian actions of the Trump administration add to the threats to our democracy. Sign the letter from the Media and Democracy project.
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www.contrariannews.org
October 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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I'm sure it's deteriorating, but so much energy has been spent sanewashing him that the whiplash is giing to be all the more severe when they can't manage it anymore.
October 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I'm sure it's deteriorating, but so much energy has been spent sanewashing him that the whiplash is giing to be all the more severe when they can't manage it anymore.
Must say, you'd think stenography and transcription are the same, but stenography, in the case of Trump, now reads like concerted sanewashing.
Anyway, this reads like he's a fucking madman.
time.com/article/2026...
Anyway, this reads like he's a fucking madman.
time.com/article/2026...
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Must say, you'd think stenography and transcription are the same, but stenography, in the case of Trump, now reads like concerted sanewashing.
Anyway, this reads like he's a fucking madman.
time.com/article/2026...
Anyway, this reads like he's a fucking madman.
time.com/article/2026...
Does this coverage mean the sanewashing is about to end?
Lord, the man's nuts.
Lord, the man's nuts.
TIME: You said you might annihilate Iran
TRUMP: Yeah, I would do that. It's possible.
TIME: How can the president of peace be calling for annihilation of an entire people?
TRUMP: Bc by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world. With Iran, I don't think you could ever have peace.
TRUMP: Yeah, I would do that. It's possible.
TIME: How can the president of peace be calling for annihilation of an entire people?
TRUMP: Bc by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world. With Iran, I don't think you could ever have peace.
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Does this coverage mean the sanewashing is about to end?
Lord, the man's nuts.
Lord, the man's nuts.
But guys this doesn’t have the @nytimes.com sanewashing of ”we‘ll tell you what he meant to say because we know him so well” interpretation (except for Epstein, Natalie and other scandals we refused to break)
October 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
But guys this doesn’t have the @nytimes.com sanewashing of ”we‘ll tell you what he meant to say because we know him so well” interpretation (except for Epstein, Natalie and other scandals we refused to break)
Sanewashing our way to Christian Nationalist authoritarian dystopia….your “liberal media “, ladies and gentlemen
Hegseth makes a bigoted, unhinged rant and this is how axios covers it up
October 1, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Sanewashing our way to Christian Nationalist authoritarian dystopia….your “liberal media “, ladies and gentlemen
Sanewashing by NPR.
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year. trib.al/vq2ElQr
Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection
Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the year.
trib.al
October 1, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Sanewashing by NPR.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/117364413726828037
Hopeful overall, but just the beginning clip of #jacksmith and the #truth about #criminal Donald #TrumpVirus - precious.
#makeamericasane (ish)/(er) ...
Restore #democracy and end the #war, #corruption, #nepotism, #sanewashing by […]
Hopeful overall, but just the beginning clip of #jacksmith and the #truth about #criminal Donald #TrumpVirus - precious.
#makeamericasane (ish)/(er) ...
Restore #democracy and end the #war, #corruption, #nepotism, #sanewashing by […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 1, 2026 at 7:20 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/117364413726828037
Hopeful overall, but just the beginning clip of #jacksmith and the #truth about #criminal Donald #TrumpVirus - precious.
#makeamericasane (ish)/(er) ...
Restore #democracy and end the #war, #corruption, #nepotism, #sanewashing by […]
Hopeful overall, but just the beginning clip of #jacksmith and the #truth about #criminal Donald #TrumpVirus - precious.
#makeamericasane (ish)/(er) ...
Restore #democracy and end the #war, #corruption, #nepotism, #sanewashing by […]
The mainstream media has been sanewashing him since his first time around. 🤬
October 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The mainstream media has been sanewashing him since his first time around. 🤬
Oh it's another sanewashing day at @nytimes.com
Biden's plan was early, proactive, detailed, and concrete. It was built through painstaking consensus with the leaders of the industry. While it didn't have legal teeth to it yet, the will was there and it was a great first step. This is A Nothing.
Biden's plan was early, proactive, detailed, and concrete. It was built through painstaking consensus with the leaders of the industry. While it didn't have legal teeth to it yet, the will was there and it was a great first step. This is A Nothing.
Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today?
President Trump’s plan to let A.I. companies police themselves comes amid mounting examples that they are failing to put safeguards on the technology.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Oh it's another sanewashing day at @nytimes.com
Biden's plan was early, proactive, detailed, and concrete. It was built through painstaking consensus with the leaders of the industry. While it didn't have legal teeth to it yet, the will was there and it was a great first step. This is A Nothing.
Biden's plan was early, proactive, detailed, and concrete. It was built through painstaking consensus with the leaders of the industry. While it didn't have legal teeth to it yet, the will was there and it was a great first step. This is A Nothing.
The worst part is the sanewashing. The irrationality and depravity of it all is rarely identified. It's horse-race, both-sides garbage.
October 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The worst part is the sanewashing. The irrationality and depravity of it all is rarely identified. It's horse-race, both-sides garbage.
Yup. And this is not one of those cases where bad hed but good article. The whole thing is just as misleading.
This was sanewashing by the @washingtonpost.com. No two ways about it. A disgrace, at this point.
This was sanewashing by the @washingtonpost.com. No two ways about it. A disgrace, at this point.
October 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Yup. And this is not one of those cases where bad hed but good article. The whole thing is just as misleading.
This was sanewashing by the @washingtonpost.com. No two ways about it. A disgrace, at this point.
This was sanewashing by the @washingtonpost.com. No two ways about it. A disgrace, at this point.
Beautiful explaining without sanewashing. This is how you do it!
October 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Beautiful explaining without sanewashing. This is how you do it!
Carr on Judicial Sanewashing
Erin M. Carr (Seattle University School of Law) has posted Nothing to See Here: Judicial Sanewashing and the Obfuscation of Constitutional Disorder…...
Erin M. Carr (Seattle University School of Law) has posted Nothing to See Here: Judicial Sanewashing and the Obfuscation of Constitutional Disorder…...
Carr on Judicial Sanewashing
Erin M. Carr (Seattle University School of Law) has posted Nothing to See Here: Judicial Sanewashing and the Obfuscation of Constitutional Disorder (Review of Law and Social Justice) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Less than two years after critics cautioned of the dystopian results of “sanewashing” Donald Trump’s incoherent and factually untethered public pronouncements during the 2024 presidential elections, the country’s political and legal landscape has become unrecognizable.
legaltheoryblog.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Carr on Judicial Sanewashing
Erin M. Carr (Seattle University School of Law) has posted Nothing to See Here: Judicial Sanewashing and the Obfuscation of Constitutional Disorder…...
Erin M. Carr (Seattle University School of Law) has posted Nothing to See Here: Judicial Sanewashing and the Obfuscation of Constitutional Disorder…...