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As much as we all may loathe Trump - they do this to him every day, all day. I recently had to do some video editing related technology work - we used Trump sp
by jomamaxx 10y ago
As much as we all may loathe Trump - they do this to him every day, all day.
I recently had to do some video editing related technology work - we used Trump speeches as samples.
Watching a bunch of Trump speeches, none of which I have ever seen in full (because I generally don't care about him) - I found that his rhetoric was pretty normal actually. He wasn't bombastic or crazy. Neither were his positions.
But reading the CNN headlines every day - you'd think the guy was Hitler. They took a lot of things out of context.
Now - maybe Trump is 'too dangerous' or whatever to be President - I don't know - I'm not American and I don't have that much of an opinion on it politically, other than he does say some things that are a little scary ...
That said - the means by which information is edited is just as powerful as creating the script oneself.
You don't need to put words in someone's mouth - all you need to do is selectively show the words you want to create a narrative.
And of course - this happens all across the spectrum, not just with more extreme candidates.
- memracom 10y agoIf you've ever been interviewed by the media, you will be shocked at what they publish. Distortion of the message is ingrained even when the topic is totally non-political. The media is mostly about doing a "rush-job". Hurry up and get it out.