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I'm also not from the US but from following US politics the two competing sides seem to react to different types of outrage. With Obama in power and the GOP "i

by harryf 9y ago

I'm also not from the US but from following US politics the two competing sides seem to react to different types of outrage. With Obama in power and the GOP "in opposition" you have this "low brow" story around Obama's US citizenship. With Bill Clinton you had a "low brow" scandal around sex and Monica Lewinsky. These seem to provoke the GOP base on nationalistic and religious levels. Meanwhile, with Trump in power and Dems in opposition, you have a "high brow" story around fake news and Russian-manipulated elections, despite Hillary also have a "Russian scandal" in the closet https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/06/561587174/the-alternative-russia-scandal https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/06/561587174.... Seems this story appeals well to the Dem base. So I'd expect if Hillary had one, a Chinese hacker story would be too "high brow" to create outrage with the GOP base. You'd probably have some other low brow story being echoed by Fox News e.g. Pizzagate.

rishav_sharan 9y ago
Well the low brow Stormy story is the current big Trump story on Reddit. I think politics itself has regressed somewhat nowadays and no matter who is in power, you will hear such stories about them
- simion314 9y ago
  I am not from US but I want this FB thing to be kept into the light and some changes done, when it happens in smaller countries there is no chance of any change to happen.
Cthulhu_ 9y ago
There's also the "low brow" (?) one with Stormy Daniels though, as well as the supposed video where Trump gets pissed on by Russian prostitutes. The Daniels case just ended, with her pretty much admitting there's no evidence. Another case of trolling IMO; first we had fake news, lately we have trolling, where a SHOCKING! revelation is announced and talked about for a week (remember that memo?), everyone in the media focuses on it and makes a lot of possible scenarios, aaand then it turns out it wasn't a serious thing. But there's been an impact already.
- nasredin 9y ago
  The Stormy Daniels legal case is still active AFAIK.

by harryf 9y ago

rishav_sharan 9y ago

Well the low brow Stormy story is the current big Trump story on Reddit. I think politics itself has regressed somewhat nowadays and no matter who is in power, you will hear such stories about them

simion314 9y ago
I am not from US but I want this FB thing to be kept into the light and some changes done, when it happens in smaller countries there is no chance of any change to happen.

Cthulhu_ 9y ago

There's also the "low brow" (?) one with Stormy Daniels though, as well as the supposed video where Trump gets pissed on by Russian prostitutes. The Daniels case just ended, with her pretty much admitting there's no evidence. Another case of trolling IMO; first we had fake news, lately we have trolling, where a SHOCKING! revelation is announced and talked about for a week (remember that memo?), everyone in the media focuses on it and makes a lot of possible scenarios, aaand then it turns out it wasn't a serious thing. But there's been an impact already.

nasredin 9y ago
The Stormy Daniels legal case is still active AFAIK.