Yesterday the press beat Trump, finally
Saturday, May 14, 2016 by Dave Winer

Something interesting happened yesterday in the US Presidential campaign. We had a day when the press beat Donald Trump.

All of a sudden he didn't have talking points. His denials sounded like the lies they are. His rep on Chris Hayes could only say that the charges were old and that journalists couldn't say someone is lying. (!)

To be clear, if you are lying and the journalist knows it, they must say you're lying. The problem has been that journalists have not been saying it. You could see the panic. Oh no. Now what.

Well of course Slippery Donald is going try to slip out of this. Possibly with violence at a rally. Or stories about  Bill Clinton's penis. Whatever it is, given that it's Trump, it will be demeaning, unsavory and highly un-Presidential.

The goal has to be to make this guy so miserable that he gets the clear picture of what it'll be like to be President. Permanently wipe the grin off his face. Some people are cool enough to handle it, like Obama and HRC. But Trump runs hot, he puts his ego out there, the chip on his shoulder is yuuuuuge. He's totally not built for the job. Soon, hopefully even he will realize that. 

But we'll see how stiff the spine of the press is, and whether their bosses will let them bring down Trump, which should be very very easy for them, if they choose to do it.