Trump's contempt for centrist media may be CNN's saviour!

For the last decade & half, and since the election of George W Bush in particular, Rupert Murdoch's FoxNews under the watchful eyes of wily (& now discredited) Roger Ailes, has set about destroying the credibility, and with it, the rating fortunes of its arch rival CNN.

FoxNews has used a mixture of sensationalist claims, loosely supported accusations & out & out lies whenever possible to achieve its commercial & political strength.

Bible waving dogmatic right wing preachers of division & hate have helped FoxNews control the hearts & minds of the voters in the gun loving bible preaching of "small USA" .

Donald Trump, as it turned out, is the master of media manipulation. He had a stows with Megan Kelly but was always acutely aware of how his own "report a lie enough & people will start to believe it as fact" was aligned with FoxNews strategy.

Politics 101 in FoxNews & Trump's world is about "You have to be trusted by those you lie to"

But amazingly now, following Trump's stows with CNN last week & Sean Spicer's dressing down of media for their "factually accurate" report of lower inauguration crowd numbers today, may bring CNN back to life!

This is because, the millions of anti Trump protesters in the USA & across the world may very well have to turn to CNN as their side's most accessible source of balanced news in the next four years.

New York Times will continue to scrutinise Trump. Bloomberg's will also be there to watchfully report on Trump & his administration. However, their reach remain less than CNN's.

This may overhaul poor ratings fortunes of CNN as most anti Trump viewers turn to it to voice their views & report on Trump's administration.

"Presidency by Twitter" will prove to be naive & a disaster for USA & the World!

Donald Trump is many things to many people, including to those of us who doubted and continue to question his competency, legitimacy, voter appeal & media success.

He means even more to all the right wing "once anti Trump pundits" who have now conveniently changed opinions & positions to fall in line as supporters since Trumps stunning election win in November.

Does Trump suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Most probably!
Does he lie to those voters who trust him? Almost regularly!
Does he know how to play the various media to his advantage? Most definitely!

BUT

Can a "Twitter Presidency" cut it in the brutal world of international diplomacy & global finance? No chance in hell!

Does Trump think he can tweet to throw his support behind Israel's illegal settlements in occupied territories and in the process solve the complex issues in the Middle east?
Or does he think he can tweet Putin & Russia into submission? Surely not! Or he'd better think again!
Does he really think he needs racist redneck grips to prove his legitimacy?
Does he really think a sceptical Europe will turn away from engaging with the likes of Iran just because Trump says so?

He can tweet as much as he wants but the fact is those involved in complex international relations eat "Twitter Presidents" for lunch!

And if  Trump thinks his mastery of media can save him & his multi millionaire & billionaire appointees from probes into whether their businesses directly benefit from their positions, he'd better think again!

Not after what Cheney & the likes of Halliburton fed the American public during the Bush Presidency.

And not when it is already open knowledge that Oil, Mining & Energy lobby groups were Trump's largest & most active financial supporters during his long campaign.

Either Trump quickly sets a more statesmanlike & consultative leadership style free of obvious lies & at times childish  rhetorical nonsense in his 100 honeymoon days in the oval office, or he will cause chaos and disaster the world over, and will not be able to simply fire those who disagree with him!

Trump can tweet but at this rate he will be chased out office in no time not disimilar to what twitter trolls do at their most militant ways!